tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post3304719284067317771..comments2024-03-05T21:22:43.426-05:00Comments on parshablog: The Return of Mr. Cuddlesjoshwaxmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03516171362038454070noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-37979451109395327302007-11-05T23:04:00.000-05:002007-11-05T23:04:00.000-05:00"I find it more troubling when treated as an incan..."I find it more troubling when treated as an incantation."<BR/><BR/>This objection can be made about <I>any</I> liturgical prayer.<BR/><BR/>"I don't know that this proves the effectiveness of this segulah"<BR/><BR/>Of course it doesn't. It is anecdotal and proves nothing, period. Our acceptance of something supernatural as being efficacious (or at least beneficial) must be determined based on weighing the theological evidence...whether we are discussing segulaot (gr?) or more "mainstream" supernatural practices such as prayer.<BR/><BR/>If there is reason to accept it, then perhaps such anecdotes may be properly seen as chizuk for one's emunah.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-3257483405254819352007-10-31T19:42:00.000-04:002007-10-31T19:42:00.000-04:00Be`Ezrat Hashem, tomorrow, a post on this topic.I ...Be`Ezrat Hashem, tomorrow, a post on this topic.<BR/><BR/>I certainly see much less wrong with it if one knows and contemplates the meaning of the words, in which case the idea stressed is how it is all in God's hands. I find it more troubling when treated as an incantation. But the connection to Rabbi Meir, who has little to do with finding lost items, is somewhat troubling, together with the repetition three times...<BR/><BR/>as I said, be`ezrat Hashem, a post for tomorrow.joshwaxmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05149022516101476797noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5589564.post-88329510077330543122007-10-31T18:39:00.000-04:002007-10-31T18:39:00.000-04:00Isn't the formulation "Eloka d'Meir Aneini?" If so...Isn't the formulation "Eloka d'Meir Aneini?" If so what's wrong? Isn't that an appeals to Hashem without an intermediary? In essence it's short for "Hashem please answer me in the merit of Rabbi Meir." Isn't it?Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.com