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If we keep God's commandments, and obey His prophets and His sages, we will receive a bounty of blessings. "If ye walk in My statutes" is the beginning of a conditional promise, which if we keep the condition, the promise will be fulfilled. | If we keep God's commandments, and obey His prophets and His sages, we will receive a bounty of blessings. "If ye walk in My statutes" is the beginning of a conditional promise, which if we keep the condition, the promise will be fulfilled. | ||
| − | In ''halacha'': '''A Torah scroll, ''tefillin' or ''mezuzot''… upon skins which were not properly processed, or if he wrote a Torah scroll or ''tefilling'' on skins which were not processed for the sake of the ''mitsva'' -- they are invalid''' {{hcite|i/2301n.htm#14|Laws of Tefillin, Mezuzah and Torah scrolls 1:14}}. The proper processing is detailed there, ''halacha'' 6 -- and copied from the Talmud Bavli shabbat 79a, see there. But today almost no-one processes the skins according to ''halacha'', except a very few individuals -- and the consequence of this is that the majority of Jews in the entire world make blessings over Torah scrolls which are invalid from the very beginning. And why do we use the "new method" for processing skins? Because it is cheaper and quicker. | + | In ''halacha'': '''A Torah scroll, ''tefillin'' or ''mezuzot''… upon skins which were not properly processed, or if he wrote a Torah scroll or ''tefilling'' on skins which were not processed for the sake of the ''mitsva'' -- they are invalid''' {{hcite|i/2301n.htm#14|Laws of Tefillin, Mezuzah and Torah scrolls 1:14}}. The proper processing is detailed there, ''halacha'' 6 -- and copied from the Talmud Bavli shabbat 79a, see there. But today almost no-one processes the skins according to ''halacha'', except a very few individuals -- and the consequence of this is that the majority of Jews in the entire world make blessings over Torah scrolls which are invalid from the very beginning. And why do we use the "new method" for processing skins? Because it is cheaper and quicker. |
In ''halacha'': '''Carrying an object from one "domain" to another is a forbidden labor [on shabbat]''' {{hcite|i/3112n.htm#8|Laws of Shabbat 12:8}}. And the "public domain" is defined: '''What is a "public domain"? The wilderness and forests, and roads leading to them: but only if the width of the road is sixteen ''amot'' (approx 24 feet) or wider, and they are not covered with a roof'''{{hcite|i/3114n.htm#1|ibid 14:1}}, and see Bavli Shabbat 99a. It is impossible to make an ''eruv'' between a private and a public domain. And why do we "carry" in "''eruvim''" which are not ''eruvim''? Because it is easier to believe one who is lenient regarding that which we want to do, than to obey what our Sages commanded. | In ''halacha'': '''Carrying an object from one "domain" to another is a forbidden labor [on shabbat]''' {{hcite|i/3112n.htm#8|Laws of Shabbat 12:8}}. And the "public domain" is defined: '''What is a "public domain"? The wilderness and forests, and roads leading to them: but only if the width of the road is sixteen ''amot'' (approx 24 feet) or wider, and they are not covered with a roof'''{{hcite|i/3114n.htm#1|ibid 14:1}}, and see Bavli Shabbat 99a. It is impossible to make an ''eruv'' between a private and a public domain. And why do we "carry" in "''eruvim''" which are not ''eruvim''? Because it is easier to believe one who is lenient regarding that which we want to do, than to obey what our Sages commanded. | ||
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If ye walk in My statutes, and keep My commandments, and do them (Lev 26:6)
If we keep God's commandments, and obey His prophets and His sages, we will receive a bounty of blessings. "If ye walk in My statutes" is the beginning of a conditional promise, which if we keep the condition, the promise will be fulfilled.
In halacha: A Torah scroll, tefillin or mezuzot… upon skins which were not properly processed, or if he wrote a Torah scroll or tefilling on skins which were not processed for the sake of the mitsva -- they are invalid (Laws of Tefillin, Mezuzah and Torah scrolls 1:14). The proper processing is detailed there, halacha 6 -- and copied from the Talmud Bavli shabbat 79a, see there. But today almost no-one processes the skins according to halacha, except a very few individuals -- and the consequence of this is that the majority of Jews in the entire world make blessings over Torah scrolls which are invalid from the very beginning. And why do we use the "new method" for processing skins? Because it is cheaper and quicker.
In halacha: Carrying an object from one "domain" to another is a forbidden labor [on shabbat] (Laws of Shabbat 12:8). And the "public domain" is defined: What is a "public domain"? The wilderness and forests, and roads leading to them: but only if the width of the road is sixteen amot (approx 24 feet) or wider, and they are not covered with a roof (ibid 14:1), and see Bavli Shabbat 99a. It is impossible to make an eruv between a private and a public domain. And why do we "carry" in "eruvim" which are not eruvim? Because it is easier to believe one who is lenient regarding that which we want to do, than to obey what our Sages commanded.
The Torah also cautions us regarding what will happen and if ye shall reject My statutes, and if your soul abhor Mine ordinances, so that ye will not do all My commandments, but break My covenant (Lev 26:15). May it be His will that we return to Him, and to the words of His prophets and Sages.
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