Venue: OU-JLIC at Queens College OU-JLIC at Queens College

Machshava:

Derech Hashem,  Mussar,  Reward and Punishment,  Spirituality 

Collections: R' Charnoff Derech Hashem

Description

Viewing reward and punishment through the model of the carrot and stick is a primitive way of looking at these concepts. A more advanced way of thinking about reward and punishment is to realize that when one chooses good or evil. that choice makes the good or the evil an intrinsic part of ones character. This intrinsic factor of good or evil then naturally causes a positive or negative reaction within oneself. The experience of that reaction is the reward or the punishment. (Part of HaMidrasha at QC, OU-JLIC's Torah learning program for women at Queens College.)