Wednesday, December 31, 2014

One Should not THROW a Blessing

"And one should not throw a blessing from his mouth."

ולא יזרוק ברכה מפיו

-- Talmud Bavli, Berachot 47a

"And the kohen shall THROW the blood upon the altar of the Lord at the entrance of the Tent of Meeting." 

-- Leviticus 17:6


==Following shechitah (slaughter), the blood is collected in a service vessel and carried to the altar before the priest may THROW the blood upon the altar.

The statement from the sages is a 'segulah' for amplifying energy on the etheric plane. 

There's always more levels of meaning, but there's a difference between meaning, which must be given in thought, versus function, which means the formula from the Bavli can be used as a tool. Once installed in the brain, it makes one's blessings more energetically powerful. This should be combined with the connection to the avodah of the sacrifice.
  

Monday, December 22, 2014

Talmud Bavli Shabbat on Fear as Prerequisite to the Study of the Six Orders of the Mishnah

"Reish Lakish said: What is implied by that which is written: 'The stability of your time and the strength of salvation is wisdom and knowledge; the fear of God is in His storehouse' (Isaiah 33:6)? 'Stability' - this refers to Seder Zera'im; 'your time' - this refers to Seder Mo'ed; 'the strength' - this refers to Seder Nashim; 'salvation' - this refers to Seder Nezikin; 'wisdom' - this refers to Seder Kodashim; 'and knowledge' - this refers to Seder Toharot. But even so, 'the fear of God is in His storehouse.'"

-- Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 31a

Talmud Bavli Shabbat on Fear as Prerequisite to Torah Knowledge

"Rabbah bar Rav Huna said: Any person who has acquired for himself Torah knowledge, but has not acquired for himself the fear of Heaven is comparable to a treasurer to whom the keys to the inner chambers have been handed, whereas the keys to the outer chambers were not handed to him. How can such a treasurer possibly gain entrance to either the inner or the outer chambers?"

-- Talmud Bavli, Shabbat 31a-b

Sunday, December 14, 2014

Rambam on Meriting Eternal Life in the World to Come by Performing Mitzvot with Love

"It is a fundamental principle of the Torah that in order to merit eternal life in the World to Come a person must fulfill at least one mitzvah properly with complete devotion to God. This mitzvah must be performed without incorporating in it any personal interest in the observance, intending it only fulfill God will with love."

-- Rambam, Peirush HaMishnayot, Makkot 3:16

The Rambam is commenting on the following mishnah:

"Rabbi Chananaia ben of Akashya says: The Holy One, Blessed is He, wanted to confer merit upon Israel, therefore he gave them Torah and mitzvot in abundance. As it says, 'Hashem desired for the sake of Israel's righteousness, that the Torah be expanded and strengthened.' (Isaiah 42:21)." -- Mishnah, Makkot 3:16


One should clarify Rambam's conception: "... performed without incorporating in it any personal interest..." This would be negated should one be performing the mitzvah with the intention to "merit eternal life in the World to Come."
  

Tuesday, December 9, 2014

The 3 Essential Daily Prayer Sessions and the 12 Essential Daily Prayers

There are 3 Essential Daily Prayer Sessions:

1. Morning (Shacharit) - instituted by Abraham.
2. Afternoon (Minchah) - instituted by Isaac.
3. Evening (Maariv) - instituted by Jacob.

The 12 Essential Daily Prayers:

1. First Blessing of the Recitation of the Shema (Shacharit)
2. Second Blessing of the Recitation of the Shema (Shacharit)
3. The Shema (Shacharit)
4. Third Blessing of the Recitation of the Shema (Shacharit)
5. Shemoneh Esrei (Shacharit)
6. Shemoneh Esrei (Minchah)
7. Fourth Blessing of the Recitation of the Shema (Maariv)
8. Fifth Blessing of the Recitation of the Shema (Maariv)
9. The Shema (Maariv)
10. Sixth Blessing of the Recitation of the Shema (Maariv)
11. Seventh Blessing of the Recitation of the Shema (Maariv)
12. Shemoneh Esrei (Maariv)


The entire round of 12 prayers is a mathematically precise sequence. There are certain Metatronic wavelengths that can only be accessed by the complete performance of all 12 prayers.

Midrash Rabbah Devarim on the Meticulousness in the Enunciation of the Letters of the Recitation of the Shema

"A halakhic question: A man of Israel who recited the Shema reading and was not meticulous in enunciating each of its letters, has he fulfilled his obligation?

"The Sages taught in a Mishnah: If one recited the Shema and was not meticulous in enunciating each of its letters, Rabbi Yose says that he fulfilled his obligation, but Rabbi Yehudah says that he has not fulfilled his obligation.

"And what is 'meticulousness of the letters'? Our Rabbis taught us: With regard to the words 'bechol' and 'levavchem' (Deut. 11:13), one must separate between the lamed at end of bechold and the lamed at the beginning of levavchem. Similarly with regard to the words 'vaavadtem' and 'meheirah' (Deut. 11:17), one must separate between the mem at the end of 'vaavadtem' and the mem at the beginning of 'meheirah'."

-- Midrash Rabbah, Devarim Rabbah, 2.31


This is a very straightforward proof-text for the fact that halakhic regulations are expressed as morphic functions of the vibrational effect generated by the person's actions in the world. That is, there is a mathematical physics to halakhah, in addition to the scholarly dimension of Talmudic analysis.

Here, the fulfillment of the Shema is a function of the correct pronunciation of each letter that comprises each of the 248 words that make up the daily Shema recitation. 

Sunday, December 7, 2014

Talmud Bavli Pesachim on the Allure of the Book of Chronicles

"Rami bar Rav Yuda said in the name of Rav: From the day that the Book of Yochasin was hidden, the strength of the Sages became weak and their eyesight was dimmed. Mar Zutra said: The section in the Book of Chronicles between the first mention of Atzel and the last mention of Atzel holds four hundred camel-loads worth of exposition."

-- Talmud Bavli, Pesachim 62b

"The Book of Yochasin was a collection of Tannaitic expositions on the Biblical Book of Chronicles." 

-- Rashi


"And to Atzel were six sons." -- I Chronicles 8:38

"These are the sons of Atzel." -- I Chronicles 9:44

Midrash Rabbah Devarim on the Halakhah of Reciting Shemoneh Esrei after the Shema

"A question of halakhah: If an Israelite were reciting the Shema, would it be permissible for him to wait following the reciting of the Shema [i.e. get up and do something else], and only later pray the Shemoneh Esrei (Eighteen Blessings)?

"The Sages taught as follows: Immediately following the blessing of redemption [i.e. the blessing after the Shema is read] is the Shemoneh Esrei prayer.

"And one who does these things, what is his reward? Rabbah bar Avin said: If he recites Shema with the accompanying blessings, and immediately following, prays the Shemoneh Esrei, he may be assured that his prayer will be heard."

-- Midrash Rabbah, Devarim Rabbah 2.10 (on Devarim 4:7).


This is coded for Overself Dynamics.
 

Friday, December 5, 2014

Beit & Shabbat

Beit: first letter of Torah,
Beit: second letter of Alef-Beit.

Beit = BYT = 2+10+400 = 412 = 7,
Beit = 'house'.

A house defines inside,
and defines outside.

Work: outer processing,
Rest: inner processing.

Six days of outer processing,
One day of inner processing.

The completion of the outer Beit is Shabbat,
Shabbat is the beginning of the inner Beit.

The house is prepared to dwell inside,
The bride is welcomed into her home.

-- S.A.O.