tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post4022220683225989330..comments2024-01-25T09:26:15.915-05:00Comments on Dixie Yid: My Meeting with Rav Schwartz by Rabbi Yaakov FeldmanDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)http://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-51676192056114122982008-09-17T19:17:00.000-04:002008-09-17T19:17:00.000-04:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-79581201005172362602008-09-17T05:46:00.000-04:002008-09-17T05:46:00.000-04:00i agree with neil, and i believe i was posting abo...i agree with neil, and i believe i was posting about the same idea <A HREF="http://awaxingwellspring.blogspot.com/2008/09/coming-up-for-air.html" REL="nofollow">here</A> as Rav Feldman, but without as clear an understanding. (also I haven't really learned the Bilvavi sefarim, but am connecting to the same Torah from somewhere else)<BR/><BR/>as to the cult of personality, when we draw close to someone who is a tzaddik, we are drawing close to the light of HaShem revealed in them, not to the person. A simple example would be Mosheh Rabbeinu, where it says 'he radiated the light of his face' (קרן אור פניו) it wasn't the light of Mosheh Rabbeinu's face, it was the light of HaShem's face, Ohr Pnei Melech, that radiated from Mosheh Rabbeinu's face.yitzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05866660855678077639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-43430374171443159922008-09-17T01:35:00.000-04:002008-09-17T01:35:00.000-04:00I think that R Feldmen hit the nail on the head. ...I think that R Feldmen hit the nail on the head. What I've gotten most out of R Schwartz's teachings is that we need to connect with the inner greatness within each of us to achieve that D'veykus with Hashem.Neil Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12797772082427806345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-38749115836317061352008-09-16T22:19:00.000-04:002008-09-16T22:19:00.000-04:00Anon 6:52:I disagree with your statement about cre...Anon 6:52:<BR/><BR/>I disagree with your statement about creating a cult of personality and I also think that this is not what anon 7:43 meant either. Though I definitely appreciate and agree with what you said about the Baal Shem Tov and what anon 7:43 said about learning what we can actually achieve from Rav Shwartz.<BR/><BR/>-Dixie YidDixieYid (يهودي جنوبي)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03713423988723533390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-74710227127613876052008-09-16T19:52:00.000-04:002008-09-16T19:52:00.000-04:00I agree. I think we are creating a cult of persona...I agree. I think we are creating a cult of personality here. They say that the Baal Shem Tov came to this earth to show the potential a human being can achieve.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2606399196932045640.post-27555363845796012122008-09-16T08:43:00.000-04:002008-09-16T08:43:00.000-04:00I also met with the Bilvavi Rav. It was a wonderfu...I also met with the Bilvavi Rav. It was a wonderful experience. <BR/><BR/>I don't know. This is a nicely written essay but perhaps a bit too dramatic. I saw the Rav as a human being, a great human being, but a HUMAN being. That inspired me even more I believe.<BR/><BR/>We can all be like Rav Schwartz and work on our kesher with Hashem constantly. No, we're not as wise as he is, but we can be like him.<BR/><BR/>Human beings make mistakes, but even with our missteps, we can pick up the pieces and move forward and closer to Hashem.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com