That We Are Not G-d: One Jew's Haikus
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Here's one that ties in with the parsha. See if it rings a bell.
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Anatomy of An Argument
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"It's enough for you"
"No, no - It's enough for you"
Something profound going on here
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In an alternate version of this, line #2 reads "writing poems was normal."
I stand by both.
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Once upon a time
reading/writing was normal
now, not so much so
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NEW FEATURE! Can you identify the prayer line that inspired this haiku?
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Don't trust in princes
for no man has salvation
thus, end is the ground
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Can you identify the blessing that inspired this?
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Light, darkness, and peace
These, and everything, you made
G-d, King of the world
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Where is the once love
for G-d, others, myself, love?
Please help, G-d above
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Diet Tip
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A technique to use:
Step back, watch how others eat
a sobering sight
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Toveil VeSherets BeYado
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One has to let go
of impurity in hand
to become true, pure
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Rashi addresses the question: how did Yosef's cell mates know
that the interpretations he gave them were correct?
He answers that they each dreamt their own dream
and another cryptic dream which was
the interpretation of the other guy's dream.
So when they each got their diagnosis,
they suddenly realized what the second half of their own dream meant
and, they were able to confirm that the interpretation
which the other received was right.
My take on this is that there's a lesson here:
In life we often can't figure things out for ourselves
but we can help each other.
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We own the questions
We have each others answers
So we need to share
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I was once at a funeral where the deceased was praised
(by one of her children) for having children
that all rose to the tops of their fields.
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The top of your field:
A place you want to get to?
And what does that mean?
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A great act of faith
is to recognize, believe
that we are not G-d
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This could apply to many things, maybe anything.
It was written for a friend who is navigating his family
through the difficult reality of the dream of aliyah.
May G-d give them strength and success.
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On one hand: a dream
Not as perfect as it seems
on the other hand
on the other hand
posted by rabbi neil fleischmann @ 11:56 PM
6 Comments:
i love the haikus
this is a fantastic post
no time to comment
wish i didn't have to go to work! i'll just say al tivtichu bndivim
on that note a joke...how do you say flat tire in hebrew? teyseh rucho yashuv ladmato...
Very interesting point about the dreams.
I very much find it to be so that it's easier to come up with the right words for others but not for yourself.
Thank you MSB for the enthusiastic and quick response.
Theres a lot of my kishkas in this one, so I appreciate the feedback.
Thanks Yael. Maybe the lesson from the Rashi is obvious to others, but I felt blessed when the connection came to me. I too think it's true that it's easier to have words/answers for others than for ourselves.
Yes, there is a lot in here. "Borei et hakol" is a bracha that comes to mind, though I'm rusty on brachas....
Top of the field is an interesting one. In the field of Sys Admins, I don't know if there is a top, but there are so many bad Sys Admins (and evil Sys Ops), that just being nice gets you lots of praise.
At this stage of the game, my own parents are just happy that their kids are happy (success or lack thereof not being very important).
when you wash for bread, or even when you have an itch on one hand, it will have to be the other hand that takes care of the other. "one hand washes the other". That's just the way it is. With people also, it's easier to help another.
MiriamL - You sound polished to me. You got it right.
Thanks for the info and insight: I wonder about what top means. When you do a job well, in many fields the reward is to be made administrative. This is up in terms of money and honor/title, but one former teacher describes his top administrative position as akin to putting the toothpicks in the herring for a kiddush. Anyway, thanks too for the comment about parents and pride. Thats nice.
Reminded me of the joke about the woman being picked up by U.S. Gov. helicopter for her son's presidential inauguration and when asked by a neighbor what's going on says - "You know my son the doctor? His brother's making a party." Thanks again for the (always) thoughtful comment.
JB - Thanks so much for your true words. That's why one of the words for friend - YEDID - is made up of the words YAD and YAD. Also, the value of YAD is 14. Doubled (when two hands come together) it's 24, which is the Gematriah of KOACH - strength. (Heard from Rabbi Elihu Marcus)
There's a story about a man who gets shown around heaven and hell by Eliyahu HaNavi. And the two places look the same. They both have a long banquest table filled with food. In Gehenom everyone is starving because they have no elbows abd can't get the food into their mouths. In Olam HaBa all are happily well fed - even though they also don't have elbows. The difference? In heaven people feed each other!
This also ties in with the fact that Yosef - hes the one who started this - comes to his redemption via asking his cellmates why they look sad. Helping another comes back to help him.
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