tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post184566748142567232..comments2024-01-25T09:26:15.915-05:00Comments on Dixie Yid: Why Serving Hashem is Not Like Fulfilling Other Ta'avos/DesiresDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-61236938361122538762008-01-26T16:40:00.000-05:002008-01-26T16:40:00.000-05:00What an awesome vort! Yasher koach!What an awesome vort! Yasher koach!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-59633682951569378782008-01-25T14:16:00.000-05:002008-01-25T14:16:00.000-05:00Anon, 10:46,It always goes down during Shabbos Isr...Anon, 10:46,<BR/><BR/>It always goes down during Shabbos Israel-time. It'll be back up after Shabbos. Fear not!<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-73260826625319113732008-01-25T10:46:00.000-05:002008-01-25T10:46:00.000-05:00I'm stunned and disappointed-what happened to the ...I'm stunned and disappointed-what happened to the bilvavi website? if you go to bilvavi.net, everything's gone, the audio and video shiurim-gone How can we get it back?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-76059542159476626322008-01-25T10:39:00.000-05:002008-01-25T10:39:00.000-05:00You did not put a vote for Bilvavi as an option.An...You did not put a vote for Bilvavi as an option.<BR/><BR/>Anyway, the vote is obviously skewed-how did audio shiurim get 20 votes overnight?<BR/><BR/>Whatever happens with the vote, I'm sure you'll end up just putting up whatever you feel like putting up and those who are not into a certain post won't read it- Time will tell if this blog has staying power, but as far as I go, as long as you put up Bilvavi, Rav Moshe Weinberger/Aish Kodesh stuff, and Rav Kook- I'll be a regular.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-63117466382609584692008-01-24T21:58:00.000-05:002008-01-24T21:58:00.000-05:00Chaim,Ashrecha v'tov lach if you have ta'anug earl...Chaim,<BR/>Ashrecha v'tov lach if you have ta'anug earlier rather than later. But I think that he is speaking in a different context. He, I believe, is addressing the problem of when a person *doesn't* feel ta'anug from his avodah. He's trying to tell that person that he shouldn't be discouraged & give up because he doesn't feel any enjoyment from it at the beginning. <BR/><BR/>However, the logic of the idea that if you're only doing a mitzvah because it's enjoyable and you essentially would have done it even if it hadn't been a mitzvah, then there doesn't seem to be any aspect of avodas *Hashem* in the mitzva. Rather, it would be more accurately characterized as "avodas atzmo," serving one's self. How do *you* understand where there is "Avodas *Hashem*" in learning, when you enjoy the learning right away?<BR/><BR/>Perhaps one approach is that talmud Torah is different. Since the "lishma" aspect of talmud Torah is that you are attaining a higher level of deveikus with Hashem through unifying your mind with the "Mind" of G-d, then you are attaining that, regardless whether or not you would have done it anyway if it hadn't been a mitzvah. That could be why learning Torah would still be lishma, even with initial enjoyment, whereas that might not be the case with other mitzvos...<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-75780313864756098052008-01-24T21:45:00.000-05:002008-01-24T21:45:00.000-05:00>>>He says that if we felt the true ta'anug from a...>>>He says that if we felt the true ta'anug from avodas Hashem while we were doing those mitzovs and abstaining from those aveiros, then we would serve Hashem to fulfill a ta'ava, a desire, just like we try to fulfill any other ta'ava.<BR/><BR/>Isn't the whole point of the hakdamah to the Aglei Tal that the enjoyment of learning (ta'anug) does not diminish from the lishma? I imagine the same applies to mitzvos as well.<BR/><BR/>(Note: I did not look back at it inside so I may be missing some nuance)Chaim B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.com