Sunday, May 04, 2008
"...Neither to the Right or to the Left..."
The Faith of Israel
The Faith of Israel, which has come to be known as Judaism, is the one true faith "once and for all delivered to the Tzaddikim"-Yehudah 1:3. This one true faith has come to be known as Judaism because of the House of Judah (the Jewish people, where the term Judaism gets its name) who have been the only ones to maintain the observance of the Torah since the split of the 12 tribes into two separate kingdoms which began to take place after the reign of Shlomo HaMelech (King Solomon).
Now to delve into things a little deeper...
D'varim/Deuteronomy 5:32
"So be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left."
This is best interpreted to obvious mean not to sin, i.e. disobey the Torah. However, I'm going to offer a new view on this mitzvah of Torah that will take a dive into the understand of two other major world religions as well as the Emanations of Elokim.
In the spiritual understanding of Torah (AKA Torah-based Kabbalah/Torat HaSod) it is taught that the Menorah and the Etz Chayim (Tree of Life) are representations of the Sephirot (Emanations) of HaShem. The left and right sides of the Etz Charim/Tree of Life are dominated by the Sephirot/Emanations of: gevurah (on the left) and chesed (on the right.
Gevurah
Gevurah, which represents the left side of the Etz Chayim/Tree of Life as well as the Menorah (since the Etz Chayim and Menorah are representations of the same thing; the Spirits/Emanations of Y-H-V-H) means severity, judgment, strength, and/or mightiness in Hebrew. Gevurah is the judgmental side of HaShem. Rabbi Shaul mentions this aspect of HaShem along with chesed (loving-kindness) in his letter to the gentile converts to Netzari Judaism in Rome (Romans 11:22). It is also taught that the soul of each individual comes from one of the 7 Emanations of HaShem - as we are made in his image, overall, our beings operate strongly out of one of these emanations. This has to do with the person's regular personality as well as his spiritual personality and Israelite tribal identity. (For example, I am a Levi(Levite) - I operate mostly out of gevurah, holy fear of HaShem, and I am very zealous for HaShem and Torah, I can easily choose him over and above anyone on earth, even my own family and close friends. These are typical Levi characteristics.)
The Patriarch Yitzchak is said to have served HaShem out of gevurah/severity.
Chesed
Chesed dominates the right side of the Sephirot/Emanations of HaShem. Chesed (kheh-SEHD) is best translated from Hebrew as kindness or loving-kindness. It represents the mercy and kindness of HaShem, which is considered the expansive side as opposed to the side of gevurah/severity.
We can see that this side is expansive in the Torah, in the story of the Golden Calf (Shemot/Exodus 32), when HaShem is greatly angered at the children of Israel for making and worshiping the Golden Calf. HaShem, out of gevurah/severity decides to destroy all the Israelites and make a nation out of Moshe's descendants. Moshe is then caused to intercede on behalf of the sons of Israel, or in other words, to plead to the chesed/loving-kindness aspect of HaShem. HaShem, although he made up his mind to destroy Israel, didn't because the side of chesed/kindness was caused to expand because of Moshe's intercession.
The Patriarch Avraham is said to have served HaShem more out of chesed/loving-kindness.
Tipheret
Tipheret, roughly translated as glory, is the Sephirot in the middle, between the right and left sides of chesed and gevurah and below Keter (Crown, the Nothingness of YHVH, YHVH Himself). Tipheret is said to be the image or face of HaShem himself (see Tehilah/Psalm 42:2), and HaDerekh (The Way) to Keter (explained in last sentence), to the Ruach HaKodesh, and also the Gateway to Righteousness (see Tehilah/Psalm 118:19). Tipheret is also the essence of the "middle/central pillar" (Zohar Appendix III - The Designations and The Categories, 3a), and this middle pillar is described as the "Son of Yah" (Zohar, vol. 2, p. 115, Amsterdam Edition).
In summary, Tipheret is the perfect balance between gevurah/severity and chesed/loving-kindness, judgment and mercy.
The Patriarch Yaakov is said to have served HaShem in this perfect balance of judgment and mercy.
Now here's where I'm going with all of this...
Two other faiths have sprouted out of and/or under influence of the Faith of Israel (or Judaism, if you will). These two other faiths are Christianity and Islam.
Christianity as Chesed
Christianity is the religion of Esav. Edomites (descendants of Esav/Edom) founded Rome, which became the center of Christianity, which was formed out of a mixture of Roman paganism with Jewish elements. Esav is today still trying to take the birthright from Yaakov by claiming it as his own, as Christianity claims to have replaced Israel *(see bottom for further details on this).
Among Christianity's false doctrines is the doctrine of pacifism. Quotes are taken out of Jewish context from the Khetuvim Netzarim (Writings of the Nazarenes) and twisted into false doctrine. Christianity is known especially for its "turn the other cheek" mentality towards everyone **(see bottom for more details on this), taking it out of the context of the Torah.
Christinanity is imbalanced in chesed/loving-kindness. I am NOT saying that Christianity is an Emanation of HaShem - God forbid. I am likening it to an imbalance of too much mercy and no judgment or severity.
This imbalance of chesed/loving-kindness is not righteous - in fact, it twists chesed into sin. For example, if a rapist breaks into a man's house and the man allows the rapist to rape his dauther - he has committed a terrible sin and has seriously erred through a major bias to chesed. So is the sin of pacifism like that which Christianity teaches.
Islam as Gevurah
Islam is the religion of Yishmael, Yaakov's brother. Like Christianity, it also claims the birthright away from Yaakov. Most Yishmaelim have been swept into a demonic hatred against the Jewish people as well as the western world. I believe there is a small remnant of Yishmaelim who are righteous, and more who will be redeemed from Islam in the last days.
Islam has sinfully erred in gevurah/severity, although not as badly as most western-gentile-Christians assume. The civil judgments of Islam, although definitely not always, are sometimes righteous. The key to discerning what is too harsh or too merciful can be easily determined by the Torah - the only guideline to righteousness.
Judaism as Tipheret
Judaism is the current name of the Faith of Israel, the faith in the God of Israel along with the observance of his mitzvot/commands found in the Torah.
Within the teachings of the Torah are the perfect balance between gevurah and chesed, judgment and mercy.
So, the Torah mitzvah/command which tells us "be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left"(D'varim/Deuteronomy 5:32) can be said to mean don't err toward gevurah or chesed, but rather be the perfect righteous balance of both. The guideline to this balance is the Torah, as it says "be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you".
Now that we have established that Judaism/the Faith of Israel is the one true faith, lets narrow it down further.
There are 3 major branches of Jewish halacha (way in which to keep Torah) and Torah teaching which stemmed from around the first century AD. The House of Hillel, the House of Shammai, and the House of Yeshua (House of the Netzer; the Netzari/Nazarene sect of Judaism).
Hillel as Chesed
According to the Zohar (Ra'aya Meheimna 3:245a), the House of Hillel was based upon chesed/loving-kindness, while the House of Shammai was based upon gevurah/severity.
Rabbi Hillel, the Master of the House of Hillel was a righteous man. He was always poor even in his highest glory as a Rabbi, he preferred to remain poor and simple. He attracted the most converts to Judaism through his humility and acceptance.
His halacha was based upon chesed/loving-kindness.
Modern Orthodox Judaism is based upon Hillel's halacha.
Shammai as Gevurah
As stated above, the Zohar states that the House of Shammai was based upon gevurah.
Rabbi Shammai's halacha was more strict, and he was much less accepting to converts and the unlearned Jew.
Yeshua as Tipheret
HaNetzer, Baruch Hu, was the perfect balance of chesed and gevurah.
Not only was he this perfect balance in the physical, but he is the perfect balance in Heaven, he is the Path from Malkhut to Keter, he is the middle pillar, Tipheret.
Based upon his actions, teachings, and lifestyle, Rabbi Yeshua can be easily seen as having grown up in a House of Hillel family. In fact, Rabbi Yeshua's life in many ways emulated that of Rabbi Hillel.
His halacha aligned with that of Hillel's much of the time, however, in certain cases (like the case of divorce), Yeshua agreed with Shammai.
In his chastisements of other Pharisees, Rabbi Yeshua seemed to address the Shammai Pharisees. When a Hillel-Pharisee approached Yeshua and asked him what the greatest mitzvah is, Yeshua responded and almost directly quoted Hillel. In the Mark account, the Hillel-Pharisee even adds to what Yeshua said, and Yeshua replies to him saying "you are not far from the Kingdom of Heaven".
And so it is for all those who hunger and thirst for righteousness in the Torah. As the Master says "whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Yes, the water I give him will become in him a wellspring welling up to eternal life."(Yochanan/John 4:13-14)
Shalom,
Chassidishe Yid
*However, among Christianity there are many from the lost 10 tribes of Israel (the Nortern Kingdom; the House of Ephraim/Yosef) who are prophesied to return to the Torah-built Faith of Israel in the last days. Instead of staying in the false faith of Christianity, they must come out of it and become Israelites once again. This, of course, is brought about by HaShem himself through the sacrifice of Moshiach ben Yosef. Their return is happening now in our day.
**Rabbi Yeshua instructed his talmidim to not respond from a personal insult from a fellow Israelite, because any serious matters would be righteously taken care of by the Sanhedrin which was ruling in their day. It is good to note that Rabbi Yeshua amplified Torah teachings, and that Torah was given to and for Israel and no one else. This in mind, Rabbi Yeshua's instruction to "turn the other cheek" was in response to a personal insult from a fellow Israelite, not national attack from enemies of Israel, and not meant to teach peace between those nations the Torah commands Israel to destroy.
The Faith of Israel, which has come to be known as Judaism, is the one true faith "once and for all delivered to the Tzaddikim"-Yehudah 1:3. This one true faith has come to be known as Judaism because of the House of Judah (the Jewish people, where the term Judaism gets its name) who have been the only ones to maintain the observance of the Torah since the split of the 12 tribes into two separate kingdoms which began to take place after the reign of Shlomo HaMelech (King Solomon).
Now to delve into things a little deeper...
D'varim/Deuteronomy 5:32
"So be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left."
This is best interpreted to obvious mean not to sin, i.e. disobey the Torah. However, I'm going to offer a new view on this mitzvah of Torah that will take a dive into the understand of two other major world religions as well as the Emanations of Elokim.
In the spiritual understanding of Torah (AKA Torah-based Kabbalah/Torat HaSod) it is taught that the Menorah and the Etz Chayim (Tree of Life) are representations of the Sephirot (Emanations) of HaShem. The left and right sides of the Etz Charim/Tree of Life are dominated by the Sephirot/Emanations of: gevurah (on the left) and chesed (on the right.
Gevurah
Gevurah, which represents the left side of the Etz Chayim/Tree of Life as well as the Menorah (since the Etz Chayim and Menorah are representations of the same thing; the Spirits/Emanations of Y-H-V-H) means severity, judgment, strength, and/or mightiness in Hebrew. Gevurah is the judgmental side of HaShem. Rabbi Shaul mentions this aspect of HaShem along with chesed (loving-kindness) in his letter to the gentile converts to Netzari Judaism in Rome (Romans 11:22). It is also taught that the soul of each individual comes from one of the 7 Emanations of HaShem - as we are made in his image, overall, our beings operate strongly out of one of these emanations. This has to do with the person's regular personality as well as his spiritual personality and Israelite tribal identity. (For example, I am a Levi(Levite) - I operate mostly out of gevurah, holy fear of HaShem, and I am very zealous for HaShem and Torah, I can easily choose him over and above anyone on earth, even my own family and close friends. These are typical Levi characteristics.)
The Patriarch Yitzchak is said to have served HaShem out of gevurah/severity.
Chesed
Chesed dominates the right side of the Sephirot/Emanations of HaShem. Chesed (kheh-SEHD) is best translated from Hebrew as kindness or loving-kindness. It represents the mercy and kindness of HaShem, which is considered the expansive side as opposed to the side of gevurah/severity.
We can see that this side is expansive in the Torah, in the story of the Golden Calf (Shemot/Exodus 32), when HaShem is greatly angered at the children of Israel for making and worshiping the Golden Calf. HaShem, out of gevurah/severity decides to destroy all the Israelites and make a nation out of Moshe's descendants. Moshe is then caused to intercede on behalf of the sons of Israel, or in other words, to plead to the chesed/loving-kindness aspect of HaShem. HaShem, although he made up his mind to destroy Israel, didn't because the side of chesed/kindness was caused to expand because of Moshe's intercession.
The Patriarch Avraham is said to have served HaShem more out of chesed/loving-kindness.
Tipheret
Tipheret, roughly translated as glory, is the Sephirot in the middle, between the right and left sides of chesed and gevurah and below Keter (Crown, the Nothingness of YHVH, YHVH Himself). Tipheret is said to be the image or face of HaShem himself (see Tehilah/Psalm 42:2), and HaDerekh (The Way) to Keter (explained in last sentence), to the Ruach HaKodesh, and also the Gateway to Righteousness (see Tehilah/Psalm 118:19). Tipheret is also the essence of the "middle/central pillar" (Zohar Appendix III - The Designations and The Categories, 3a), and this middle pillar is described as the "Son of Yah" (Zohar, vol. 2, p. 115, Amsterdam Edition).
In summary, Tipheret is the perfect balance between gevurah/severity and chesed/loving-kindness, judgment and mercy.
The Patriarch Yaakov is said to have served HaShem in this perfect balance of judgment and mercy.
Now here's where I'm going with all of this...
Two other faiths have sprouted out of and/or under influence of the Faith of Israel (or Judaism, if you will). These two other faiths are Christianity and Islam.
Christianity as Chesed
Christianity is the religion of Esav. Edomites (descendants of Esav/Edom) founded Rome, which became the center of Christianity, which was formed out of a mixture of Roman paganism with Jewish elements. Esav is today still trying to take the birthright from Yaakov by claiming it as his own, as Christianity claims to have replaced Israel *(see bottom for further details on this).
Among Christianity's false doctrines is the doctrine of pacifism. Quotes are taken out of Jewish context from the Khetuvim Netzarim (Writings of the Nazarenes) and twisted into false doctrine. Christianity is known especially for its "turn the other cheek" mentality towards everyone **(see bottom for more details on this), taking it out of the context of the Torah.
Christinanity is imbalanced in chesed/loving-kindness. I am NOT saying that Christianity is an Emanation of HaShem - God forbid. I am likening it to an imbalance of too much mercy and no judgment or severity.
This imbalance of chesed/loving-kindness is not righteous - in fact, it twists chesed into sin. For example, if a rapist breaks into a man's house and the man allows the rapist to rape his dauther - he has committed a terrible sin and has seriously erred through a major bias to chesed. So is the sin of pacifism like that which Christianity teaches.
Islam as Gevurah
Islam is the religion of Yishmael, Yaakov's brother. Like Christianity, it also claims the birthright away from Yaakov. Most Yishmaelim have been swept into a demonic hatred against the Jewish people as well as the western world. I believe there is a small remnant of Yishmaelim who are righteous, and more who will be redeemed from Islam in the last days.
Islam has sinfully erred in gevurah/severity, although not as badly as most western-gentile-Christians assume. The civil judgments of Islam, although definitely not always, are sometimes righteous. The key to discerning what is too harsh or too merciful can be easily determined by the Torah - the only guideline to righteousness.
Judaism as Tipheret
Judaism is the current name of the Faith of Israel, the faith in the God of Israel along with the observance of his mitzvot/commands found in the Torah.
Within the teachings of the Torah are the perfect balance between gevurah and chesed, judgment and mercy.
So, the Torah mitzvah/command which tells us "be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left"(D'varim/Deuteronomy 5:32) can be said to mean don't err toward gevurah or chesed, but rather be the perfect righteous balance of both. The guideline to this balance is the Torah, as it says "be careful to do what HaShem your God has commanded you".
Now that we have established that Judaism/the Faith of Israel is the one true faith, lets narrow it down further.
There are 3 major branches of Jewish halacha (way in which to keep Torah) and Torah teaching which stemmed from around the first century AD. The House of Hillel, the House of Shammai, and the House of Yeshua (House of the Netzer; the Netzari/Nazarene sect of Judaism).
Hillel as Chesed
According to the Zohar (Ra'aya Meheimna 3:245a), the House of Hillel was based upon chesed/loving-kindness, while the House of Shammai was based upon gevurah/severity.
Rabbi Hillel, the Master of the House of Hillel was a righteous man. He was always poor even in his highest glory as a Rabbi, he preferred to remain poor and simple. He attracted the most converts to Judaism through his humility and acceptance.
His halacha was based upon chesed/loving-kindness.
Modern Orthodox Judaism is based upon Hillel's halacha.
Shammai as Gevurah
As stated above, the Zohar states that the House of Shammai was based upon gevurah.
Rabbi Shammai's halacha was more strict, and he was much less accepting to converts and the unlearned Jew.
Yeshua as Tipheret
HaNetzer, Baruch Hu, was the perfect balance of chesed and gevurah.
Not only was he this perfect balance in the physical, but he is the perfect balance in Heaven, he is the Path from Malkhut to Keter, he is the middle pillar, Tipheret.
Based upon his actions, teachings, and lifestyle, Rabbi Yeshua can be easily seen as having grown up in a House of Hillel family. In fact, Rabbi Yeshua's life in many ways emulated that of Rabbi Hillel.
His halacha aligned with that of Hillel's much of the time, however, in certain cases (like the case of divorce), Yeshua agreed with Shammai.
In his chastisements of other Pharisees, Rabbi Yeshua seemed to address the Shammai Pharisees. When a Hillel-Pharisee approached Yeshua and asked him what the greatest mitzvah is, Yeshua responded and almost directly quoted Hillel. In the Mark account, the Hillel-Pharisee even adds to what Yeshua said, and Yeshua replies to him saying "you are not far from the Kingdom of Heaven".
And so it is for all those who hunger and thirst for righteousness in the Torah. As the Master says "whoever drinks the water I give him will never thirst. Yes, the water I give him will become in him a wellspring welling up to eternal life."(Yochanan/John 4:13-14)
Shalom,
Chassidishe Yid
*However, among Christianity there are many from the lost 10 tribes of Israel (the Nortern Kingdom; the House of Ephraim/Yosef) who are prophesied to return to the Torah-built Faith of Israel in the last days. Instead of staying in the false faith of Christianity, they must come out of it and become Israelites once again. This, of course, is brought about by HaShem himself through the sacrifice of Moshiach ben Yosef. Their return is happening now in our day.
**Rabbi Yeshua instructed his talmidim to not respond from a personal insult from a fellow Israelite, because any serious matters would be righteously taken care of by the Sanhedrin which was ruling in their day. It is good to note that Rabbi Yeshua amplified Torah teachings, and that Torah was given to and for Israel and no one else. This in mind, Rabbi Yeshua's instruction to "turn the other cheek" was in response to a personal insult from a fellow Israelite, not national attack from enemies of Israel, and not meant to teach peace between those nations the Torah commands Israel to destroy.
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Wow. I love the way your use Kahanist symbols, claim to be chassidic, disparage Christianity yet speak about "Rabbi Yeshua" ie. Jesus. You are a Christian hiding in Jew's clothing. Kofer, apikoros, min!
Typical uninformed idiot.
It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out Yeshua was a Pharisaic Rabbi. Whether you believe in him as Moshiach or not.
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It doesn't take a rocket scientist to figure out Yeshua was a Pharisaic Rabbi. Whether you believe in him as Moshiach or not.
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