Wine And Water - A Deeper Understanding Of The Mitzvah Of Water Pouring (2)

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October 11 2011
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Based on the Lubavitcher Rebbe's Likutei Sichos. The two necessary components of avodas Hashem - kabbalas ol malchus shamayim & understanding. If a person wants to serve Hashem based on only his understanding, his avodah will be lost. The first requirement is to accept - na'aseh ve'nishmah (mayim - water); only then can understanding follow (yayin - wine). But na'aseh ve'nishmah (mayim), without any understanding (the sweet taste of wine) is ultimately not sufficient. The excitement of the water-drawing ceremony. The extraordinary story of the tzeduki at the nissuch hamayim ceremony. When Yiddishkeit is shoe-horned into what we want our interpretation of Torah to be. The ancient and modern conflict between the way a person understands and wants to interpret Torah (e.g., tzeduki) and the acceptance of Torah (e.g., Shulchan Aruch Jews). The importance of the p'shutei nefesh (simple Jews). Why was it the "hamon am" (regular simple Jews) who threw their esrogim at the tzeduki, and why did they throw - of all things - their esrogim? When there is a blemish in a Jew's emunah peshutah (simple faith) and "kabbalas ol" then his understanding and learning are also blemished.

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