{"id":880,"date":"2014-06-05T18:03:22","date_gmt":"2014-06-05T18:03:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/?p=880"},"modified":"2014-06-18T18:05:50","modified_gmt":"2014-06-18T18:05:50","slug":"%d7%99%d7%95%d7%9d-%d7%94-date-7-sivan-5774-6514-roshhashana28-eliezer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/?p=880","title":{"rendered":"\u05d9\u05d5\u05dd \u05d4 Date: 7 Sivan, 5774 (6\/5\/14) \u2013 RoshHashana#28 {Eliezer}"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BACK-PATTING<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>[28a middle] <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rava<\/span>: Mitzvos were not given to derive benefit from.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Rashi<\/span>: The commandments are supposed to be \u2018Yokes on our necks.\u2019<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Ritva<\/span>: In actuality, we surely get credit and benefit from <em>Mitzvos<\/em>, but not in THIS world.<br \/>\n<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Chidushei Ha\u2019rin<\/span>: But we DO feel a sense of physical joy and accomplishment when a <em>Mitzvah<\/em> is completed?! The truth is that we are never DONE and always have more to do and accomplish [and must keep this on the forefronts of our minds].<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>E\u2019s Lesson#1<\/strong><\/span>: We must never become complacent with ourselves. We may use our successes to fuel us further but never to gloat nor demand praise. We have an infinite potential and must strive every day to maximize and actualize our ultimate purpose. We may be amazing and flying high, but how close are we to being the next Moshe or Moshiach? <\/span><\/em><br \/>\n<em><span style=\"color: #339966;\">Think it&#8230; Will it&#8230; Do it!<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">BENEFIT AWAY&#8230;<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Eglay Tal<\/span>: Torah learning is the one exception to the benefit rule. Hashem\u2019s Torah must be learned with a sense of joy and fulfillment. This is the true way of learning for its own inherent sake (<em>Lishma<\/em>). If we robotically read or lullingly listen, we are not practicing properly at all!<\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>E\u2019s Lesson #2<\/strong><\/span>: [quoting R\u2019 Klein] There is a smorgasbord of delicacies in the world of Torah. We each must find what is exquisitely tasty and delightful to our palate. Find what calls out to each of us [be it Dikduk, Torah, Prophets, Gematrias or even Kabbalah], embrace G-d\u2019s teachings while infusing them into our souls, and spread it for others to receive in our unique ways as well.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><span style=\"color: #339966;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BACK-PATTING [28a middle] Rava: Mitzvos were not given to derive benefit from. Rashi: The commandments are supposed to be \u2018Yokes on our necks.\u2019 Ritva: In actuality, we surely get credit and benefit from Mitzvos, but not in THIS world. Chidushei Ha\u2019rin: But we DO feel a sense of physical joy &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-gemarah-roshhashana","category-l4l-by-eliezer","column","twocol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=880"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":882,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880\/revisions\/882"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailydoseofdaf.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}