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To: Cronos

Emotion? Polish chassidim.

Chabad? (Russian) It’s an acronym for
Chochma (the genesis of an idea)
Binah (Wisdom, contemplation)
Daas (internalization of the acquired knowledge)

It’s also the quintessential difference between Jewish approach to sin and repentance to all others. The mind rules the heart- and our very job is a life-long struggle to think, speak, and act in the G-dly (Torah) way. (Hence all the laws...)

We could discuss later. The irony of ironies is that to Jews, each man needs to perfect himself. To Christians, one man did this and none other is capable. I find it fascinating.


54 posted on 02/12/2021 4:41:24 AM PST by Phinneous (By the way, there are Seven Laws for you too! Noahide.org)
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To: Phinneous
It’s also the quintessential difference between Jewish approach to sin and repentance to all others. The mind rules the heart- and our very job is a life-long struggle to think, speak, and act in the G-dly (Torah) way. (Hence all the laws...)

But this is not an exclusive Jewish trait - in fact I would strongly suggest that many Hebraic groups take the opposite approach - come on, David letting his heart rule his mind and still being beloved of God?

Also, you should meet with a religious Druze - their observance to their secretive Holy books is far more than Jewish observance - as in my opinion the Druze are really Gnostics - "knowledge will save you"

But further afield - the Jainas of India are even more so in the "mind to rule the heart"

55 posted on 02/12/2021 5:18:23 AM PST by Cronos
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To: Phinneous
The irony of ironies is that to Jews, each man needs to perfect himself. To Christians, one man did this and none other is capable. I find it fascinating.

True and this parallels with Sanatana Dharma (the main "Hindu" religion) belief that you are to perfect yourself -- you can see this in the Jain Tirthankara and the Buddhist traditions as well (They derive from the "Hindu" Adharma schools)

Though to Christians - your statement "none other is capable" is not quite the whole truth - the Christian point of view is that "no one can FULLY really perfection WITHOUT God's help." - this is in parallel to rabbinical Judaic belief that "very few have FULLY reached perfection"

56 posted on 02/12/2021 5:22:06 AM PST by Cronos
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