by moi613 | Sep 1, 2026 | Hashkafa
the gemara has a full sugya on dreams in brachos 55a to 57b. a good dream is one of three things that need rachamim (55a). a dream uninterpreted is like a letter unread, and a person troubled by a dream should do hatavas chalom, improving it before three people (55b)....
by moi613 | Sep 1, 2026 | Hashkafa
a person can know all the right ideas and still feel nothing. the torah itself expects that gap to be closed: וידעת היום והשבת אל לבבך (devarim 4:39), know it and bring it back onto your heart, and וידעת עם לבבך (devarim 8:5) puts daas in the heart, not just the head....
by moi613 | Sep 1, 2026 | Hashkafa
what does bittul torah actually mean? it cannot be that every moment not learning is bittul, so where is the line? is time spent exercising, resting, or just taking care of life considered bittul torah, or does the issur only start when a person could be learning and...
by moi613 | Sep 1, 2026 | Hashkafa
two pesukim in mishlei seem to pull in opposite directions. mishlei 24:17 says בנפל אויבך אל תשמח ובכשלו אל יגל לבך, do not rejoice when your enemy falls, and 24:18 adds the reason: פן יראה ה׳ ורע בעיניו והשיב מעליו אפו, lest hashem see and be displeased and turn his...
by moi613 | Sep 1, 2026 | Hashkafa
is there any halachic or hashkafic problem with listening to secular music in general? and does the genre matter, meaning is rap with explicit or violent lyrics judged differently from neutral music, or is music just music?
by moi613 | Aug 31, 2026 | Hashkafa
avoda zara used to be very literal. the rambam in hilchos avoda zara perek 1 describes how it started in the days of enosh, people honoring the stars as servants of the King, then building images, then worshipping the images themselves. and the gemara in chullin 13b...
