Wednesday 5 August 2009

Eqev, Mishnah, Sukkah - Perfect Misunderstanding

Originally published 8/5/09, 3:08 pm.
The Land Of Israel is unique:

D'varim 11:12:

A land that the L-rd Your G-d always Seeks
Always Hashem's Eyes are upon her.


Rashi s.v. Tamid to see what she news and to INNOVATE edicts, sometimes for the good and sometimes for the evil.

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The mishnah was developed and redacted in the Land of Israel.

Thus, it is logical and reasonable that the above supposition is a given premise - at least running in the background of the minds of the Tannaim.

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Mishna Sukkah 2:9

When it rains - they made a parable: like a servant who fills the goblet for his master and the master dumps it in his face.

Based upon Rashi, this is a case of a negative Gezeira that HKBH might, C"V, create when Israel misbehaves in the Land of Israel.

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Perfect Misunderstanding

That is to assume when it rains in the Golah - such as in North America, that Hashem is altering the weather pattern of the masses to smite the few Jews - say in North America. This may be beyond misunderstanding and approaching hubris that the weather in exile - Sukkos or not - is only Jewish-centric.

This is because the context of this Mishnah has been ignored! Reasonable premises about a Jewish Society are illogical when applied to Jews living in a Gentile Society!

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May we all Merit to sit in the Sukkah in our Holy Land, EY, bimheira beyameinu.


KT,
RRW

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