Beit Midrash
- Sections
- Chemdat Yamim
- Ein Ayah
Ein Ayah:One of the expected results of the sanctity of the Temple is that when one stands there, he is to be totally dedicated to the service of the Holy and the intellectual, and thus not prepared to be involved in the needs of the body. For this reason, he is required to remove his shoes before coming to the holy place, as wearing shoes is a sign of being ready to take care of mundane needs. The connection between shoes and a person’s needs finds expression in the fact that the morning blessing of "… that He did for me all my needs" is recited when one puts on his shoes.
If one needs to refrain from the needs of the body, even when they are not intrinsically matters of disgrace, certainly he has to refrain from that which is unseemly, whether it is categorized as such based on convention, based on nature, or morally, as the example of spitting represents.
Using & Misusing Natural Pity
Ein Aya Shabbat 5,16
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The Placement of Yihiyu L’Ratzon
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The Elusive Inheritance of Personality Traits
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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.
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Following the Majority When the Minority Is More Knowledgeable
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