tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post5470538744261930019..comments2023-03-26T10:23:10.561-05:00Comments on Shira bat Sarah: Chazek, Chazek!shirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05561947281041359122noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post-44244351137156311432008-07-21T11:48:00.000-05:002008-07-21T11:48:00.000-05:00akiva,Thank you for responding. If I had read the...akiva,<BR/><BR/>Thank you for responding. If I had read the rest of your post without the veil of anger, I would have seen that we were basically saying the same thing. And for me, it was both listening to and for HaShem. Those years were very difficult. It was a vast sea of darkness with just the barest glimmer of hope that kept me going. A spark on the distant shore if you will.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post-80435240060304316902008-07-19T21:22:00.000-05:002008-07-19T21:22:00.000-05:00SD - Not breaks, when he loses his temper. If you...SD - Not breaks, when he loses his temper. If you've every lost your temper, or more valuablely watched someone else do it, you see that all other thoughts leave and you're focused only on your anger and the issue that brought it. <BR/><BR/>Things of value no longer matter, no matter how important they were, they can be broken without regard. Damage to relationships no longer matter. Akivahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13042484533217272945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post-34286163250115855952008-07-18T12:03:00.000-05:002008-07-18T12:03:00.000-05:00Parshablog has been writing about striking the roc...Parshablog has been writing about striking the rock a lot.<BR/><BR/>One of the commentators (I forget which) identifies Moshe's sin as saying "Listen rebellious ones," - i.e. losing his temper. So there is certainly a basis for what you're saying.Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post-12232912753516815572008-07-18T08:24:00.000-05:002008-07-18T08:24:00.000-05:00I'll have to look it up and read about it. It's ve...I'll have to look it up and read about it. It's very interesting and makes me wonder if this applies to the parsha when Moses struck the rock instead of speaking to it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post-89766001398170166412008-07-18T08:04:00.000-05:002008-07-18T08:04:00.000-05:00IIRC, it is breaking something in anger.It's a dis...IIRC, it is breaking something in anger.<BR/><BR/>It's a discussion in the Gemora of Shabbos. What if someone rips something destructively, is that a Torah prohibition? The Gemora then suggests that if makes someone feel better it is productive and the could be a desecration of Shabbos. The Gemora then answers that tearing something in anger is a bad thing to do.<BR/><BR/>I think that's the way Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post-71284998389007953042008-07-18T07:25:00.000-05:002008-07-18T07:25:00.000-05:00Is it just the breaking of something in anger or a...Is it just the breaking of something in anger or anger itself? At times, anger can be a good motivator to change things. My anger gave me strength to leave an abusive husband. There's good and bad in anger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post-90010906365172544092008-07-17T23:35:00.000-05:002008-07-17T23:35:00.000-05:00FWIW, the Gemora says about one who breaks somethi...FWIW, the Gemora says about one who breaks something in anger that it's as if he has no God. (I believe that's the terminology. I might be a little off, but that the gist.)Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post-6229049963416536172008-07-17T16:48:00.000-05:002008-07-17T16:48:00.000-05:00That would make more sense.That would make more sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post-65466246007469562532008-07-17T16:19:00.000-05:002008-07-17T16:19:00.000-05:00I could be wrong but I think he was using "depress...I could be wrong but I think he was using "depression" in place of "despair."Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post-14535981688910245692008-07-17T08:01:00.000-05:002008-07-17T08:01:00.000-05:00Probably not but he did say depression was a disbe...Probably not but he did say depression was a disbelief in HaShem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4282639310547318353.post-43125963803660521002008-07-16T12:40:00.000-05:002008-07-16T12:40:00.000-05:00I don't think he's referring to clinical depressio...I don't think he's referring to clinical depression.Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.com