Beit Midrash
- Sections
- Chemdat Yamim
- Ein Ayah
Ein Ayah:It is proper for one to point out on his own the fact that his position within the world is more exalted than that of a standard part of the nature of the world. The characteristic of a standard member of the animal kingdom is to lie on the ground when it has time to rest. This is the standard way of the world and a result of one’s normal activity.
However, a human being should not occupy himself in a serious form of rest at a time and place that he is too close to the ground. Rather, he should be awoken to the idea that he needs to be more exalted than the basic level of connection to the land, and therefore he should rest in a position that is above the ground. This is irrespective of any preferences that he might have, based on the structure of his body, to sleep in such a manner. It is appropriate that both the moral and the physical sides of a person lead to his need to be different.
Various Rabbis
Various Rabbis including those of of Yeshivat Bet El, such as Rabbi Chaim Katz, Rabbi Binyamin Bamberger and Rabbi Yitzchak Greenblat and others.
Proper Foundations of the Home
Ein Aya Shabbat Chapter B Paragraph 192
Tevet 12 5777
Responsibilities Based on Different Modes of Influence
Sivan 26 5777
Support for Sons Not Living With Their Father
5770
Buying Looted Seforim from the Slovakians
Iyar 21 5775
Joy and Pleasure
Various Rabbis | 5775
Differences between this World and the Next
Various Rabbis | 20 Cheshvan 5770
Thanks to the Lowly Connector
condensed from Ein Ayah, Shabbat 9:105
Various Rabbis | Tevet 10 5780
