Beit Midrash
- Sections
- Chemdat Yamim
- Ein Ayah
Ein Ayah: The order in which Hashem formed His creations is that there is a continuous increasing in terms of their completeness. Once creation reached the status of man, who has a significant element of freedom to choose, the basis of the building of the levels of elevation is in regard to man’s moral status.
Therefore, if a person’s moral standing is incomplete and has not reached the point at which sin is not found, death is necessary so that the species can keep moving on in the proper direction. Only eventually will it be achieved that there will be people who are so morally complete that they have not committed any sin.
The moral shortcoming, as long as man has not reached the point at which he has eradicated sin, is not focused on sin specifically done intentionally, which is what can cause a person to be subject to a punishment of death. That refers to death based on an individual sin by chance. Rather, we are talking about a general lowliness that has not allowed getting to the point at which life is so high that it has no connection to sin. In any case, without any sin, death is not appropriate.
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.
Following the Majority When the Minority Is More Knowledgeable
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Tevet 12 5777
Connection to the Present and the Past
Iyar 21 5775
“By their Families and the Household of their Fathers”
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"Rav Kook's 'Take' on the Current Turmoil in Israel"
Ein Aya Shabbat 5,22
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The Need for the Spirit by the Letter of the Law
Various Rabbis | 5769
Our 5 Levels of Life & Existence
Ein Aya Shabbat 5,21
Rabbi Ari Shvat | Iyar 5783
