tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post1455994529875787111..comments2024-03-28T23:20:49.777-05:00Comments on Beis Vaad L'Chachamim: Titzaveh, Shemos 28:29. The Urim Ve'Tumim and the Underpinning of Hashra'as Hashechina.Eliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-70147835787390129532012-02-29T13:51:10.617-06:002012-02-29T13:51:10.617-06:00In this post, the Gaon is an axiom. In life in...In this post, the Gaon is an axiom. In life in general, the Gaon is an axiom.<br><br>Axiom:<br>1. A statement that is assumed to be true. Therefore, its truth is taken for granted within the particular domain of analysis, and serves as a starting point for deducing and inferring other truths.<br>2. A statement that serves as a postulate, a starting point from which other statements are logically derived.Eliezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-19590120383017663692012-02-29T12:01:54.938-06:002012-02-29T12:01:54.938-06:00"the [klaf]... was given by Hashem"in sh..."the [klaf]... was given by Hashem"<br><br>in shemos 34:1, Hashem says He will inscribe the second luchos<br>(reinforced, if you like, by Avos 5:8, "hamichtav", the tool used)-- we see the Heaven>earth connection;<br>there's no such chumashic revelation about His giving the klaf to Moshe, though meanwhile any message/signal min hashamayim <br>(bamidbar 27:21) does indicate <br>Heavenly delivery...<br><br>"avoid the burlesque"<br><br>sound advice, & fair warning (though maybe incomplete: <br>"...save it for Purim")Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-66560524244227432322012-02-29T06:40:52.338-06:002012-02-29T06:40:52.338-06:00Here's a suggestion: please avoid the burlesqu...Here's a suggestion: please avoid the burlesque, such as <br>"or did Hashem Himself initiate contact with instrumental Greetings/ Congratulations from on High? or play 'birchas kohanim' on the breastplate?"Eliezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-53304678825704169502012-02-29T06:36:36.205-06:002012-02-29T06:36:36.205-06:00The Gaon means that the קלף upon which was written...The Gaon means that the קלף upon which was written the שם המפורש was given by Hashem to Moshe to insert into the Choshen. It is well known that this made the Choshen functional as an instrument of communication with the Ribono shel Olam; the Gaon is teaching that this also was mekadeish the Kohanim.Eliezernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-77742998294080455042012-02-29T01:10:50.693-06:002012-02-29T01:10:50.693-06:00if the Urim ve'Tumim were "a product of H...if the Urim ve'Tumim were "a product of Heaven" in that the<br>lighting of the letters of the choshen, & the message sent thereby, were min hashamayim, then there must've been use of the device during the investiture of Aharon & his sons, such that they would become at that very time kodesh--<br><br>what question to Heaven, of national import, was asked then?<br>(or did Hashem Himself initiate contact with instrumental Greetings/ Congratulations from on High? or play 'birchas kohanim' on the breastplate??)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-40923705372287868982012-02-27T13:54:17.681-06:002012-02-27T13:54:17.681-06:00Or, as Rav Hutner says, the equality in the luchos...Or, as Rav Hutner says, the equality in the luchos between bain adam laMokom and bain adam l'chaveiro. Which is underlined by the famous aphorism that the luchos start with אנכי and end with לרעיךAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com