tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post112066218064520511..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: The reason for mezuzajoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-79965919386383788552011-08-17T03:18:48.868-04:002011-08-17T03:18:48.868-04:00Nice article!
I think though that you are creating...Nice article!<br><br />I think though that you are creating a dichotomy which doesn't exist at least according to the Rambam.<br><br />I don't see any reason to say that the Rambam would deny that the <a href="http://mezuzahstore.com/" rel="nofollow">Mezuzah</a> has intrinsic protective properties (that is to say that it is a type of amulet). What he is trying to stress is that we don't <a href="http://mezuzahstore.com/pages/putting-up-a-mezuzah" rel="nofollow">affix a Mezuzah </a><b>because of</b> its protective properties but rather because <b>G-d commanded us to do so. </b><br><br />That is why he mentions an example of someone who writes mystical names of angels inside of the Mezuzah to 'strengthen' its protective properties. He says that one who adds things to the Mezuzah which are not commanded in the <a href="http://torahscrolls.net" rel="nofollow">Torah</a>, is basically taking G-d's commandment and making it into an amulet.<br><br />We could apply this same principle to so many Mitzvahs. Lets take an extreme commandment. The prohibition against theft. It is clear that when one refrains from theft, they make the world a better place and will naturally improve their life in the long run. Yet we have no right to say that that is the ONLY reason that G-d has prohibited theft.Rather we must refrain from stealing because G-d commanded us to. That also means that there will be instances where some action which seems to us like theft may be permitted and something that seems fine to us is prohibited. <br><br />In short, we can't possibly fathom the wisdom of G-d which is contained in any of his Mitzvahs. There are some Mitzvahs where we do understand some aspect. When it comes to something like Mezuzah where its affect is spritual or supernatural, there is an added danger of turning it from a Mitzvah into hocus pocus.Aaron Shaffierhttp://www.mezuzahstore.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-84660125952050438192011-08-16T17:07:10.977-04:002011-08-16T17:07:10.977-04:00And don't forget MT 6:13 wherein the Rambam go...And don't forget MT 6:13 wherein the Rambam goes in with this:<br /><br />"And it is they (referring to tefillin and mezuzot) who are the angels that save him from sinning, as it states, ‘The angel of the Lord camps around those who fear Him and rescues them.’ Blessed is the Merciful One who has helped us. <br /><br />Beautiful.<br /><br />HaSepharadiAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-81071975387281143552011-08-16T16:56:33.003-04:002011-08-16T16:56:33.003-04:00adderabbi:
interesting idea. rav kanievsky would l...adderabbi:<br />interesting idea. <a href="http://lifeinisrael.blogspot.com/2011/08/interesting-psak-pitum-haktores.html" rel="nofollow">rav kanievsky</a> would likely require a cover for such a mezuza, though...<br /><br />josh fan:<br />right you are. <a href="http://parsha.blogspot.com/2009/04/shaving-specifically-for-meis.html" rel="nofollow">here</a> is that ibn ezra and shadal.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-42799742719930383612011-08-16T16:24:16.028-04:002011-08-16T16:24:16.028-04:00there is a similar conversation regarding the proh...there is a similar conversation regarding the prohibition with using a razor for shaving the EvenEzra seems to say that the isser is just for mourning as that seems to be the peshat in the passuk , apperently shadal read the pasuk as the EE did and based on that reading used a razor .....Josh Fannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-9794524185145115492011-08-16T16:01:02.549-04:002011-08-16T16:01:02.549-04:00The fact that halakha requires sirtut for mezuzot ...The fact that halakha requires <i>sirtut</i> for mezuzot and not tefillin would seem to indicate that, at least at some point, the mezuzah was meant to be read on the way in and out of the home.ADDeRabbihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11749876612695930184noreply@blogger.com