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Cheshvan 3 5781 | Rabbi Stewart Weiss
Eating Meat
Why was Noach - and all people thereafter - allowed to eat meat?
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Cheshvan 3 5781 | Rabbi Stewart Weiss
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Cheshvan 2 5781 | Rabbi Ari Shvat
Ein Aya, Shabbat 2, 240 The Heavy Price Paid by Rabbis, Leaders & Their Children
Most people don't realize the extent of self-sacrifice, both physical (financial, health, time, worry, etc.) & spiritual (e.g. their own learning, marriage, children) that rabbis, community leaders & general volunteers lose by serving their students & community. Rabbi's children especially suffer, resenting the high expectations from a very young age! Inevitably, some even rebel against religion or communal service, either consciously or sub-consciously holding "them" responsible for their lost time with their parent. Some rebel to gain their parent's attention. Rav Kook deals with these painful phenomena of literal Mesirut Nefesh (not just Mesirut "Guf"!) & the limits involved, explaining the importance of serving Am Yisrael= serving G-d.
The Education of Children and Students Ein Aya
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