We should be careful how important we think our own abilities really are. God probably is getting a chuckle about what he sees.
Some may choose to conflate levity with a rejection or disrespect of reality and proper behavior, but truth is the opposite.
The Saturn V rockets that delivered man to the Moon did not defy gravity; they escaped the usual effects of gravity. (levity: the name of a force or property of physical bodies, the opposite of gravity, causing them to tend to rise.)
In order to develop the technology, the engineers observed, studied, acknowledged and accepted all the relevant laws of the natural world that kept man confined to terra firma. Only then could they discover the secret to putting a man on the moon and returning him safely to earth. They had to diligently guard and observe and then steadfastly work within all the established rules in order to transcend them.
There was no room to decide that certains laws of physics didn't matter. The Torah serves as a grand metaphor for every God-given law, a living parable where the parable is the literal meaning. Look what happens when "the rules don't apply to me" types make a habit of doing stupid and/or corrupt things. Extreme dysfunction. People get hurt. People die.
So, what about the ComDem know it alls in US government? Who daily thumb their nose at the very concept of God.
Who will get the laugh on that?
Those intent on creating their own reality discover sooner or later that God's world doesn't function by making things up. Everything starts with the foundation that He set in place.
In spite of (or on account of) Tiny Tim's obvious wiring issues [for which he was greatly mocked and exploited - I'll leave it at that], he sang a sweet, inspiring song about the Man on the Moon.
Here are the lyrics for those who avoid Youtube:
Me And The Man On The Moon
Years ago they said I'd never make it
They tried to stick a pin in my balloon
They said I was too strange
That my dreams were all in vain
But they said the same about
Man on the moon
I knocked on doors and
I sang my songs and
Each day they'd say "Hey go away
And don't come back"
But I crusaded
Until I made it
Nothing's impossible if you try
So have your dream
Go on and sing your song
There's nothing wrong
With singing out of tune
If people laugh
And say your dream can never be
Just think of me
And man on the moon
And just a while back
You'd be a bit cracked
If you would talk about
A walk out on the moon
And who'd believe it
We finally reached it
Nothing's impossible if you try
So have your dream
Go on and sing your song
There's nothing wrong
With singing out of tune
If people laugh
And say your dream can never be
Just think of me
And man on the moon
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The brothers were determined to be rid of that obnoxious Dreamer Joseph, but the proper functioning of the universe did not allow for that option. Joseph *is* the righteous foundation of the world.
"We shall see what will become of his dreams."
Look on the face(s) of the moon. There are two men looking down, a larger man and a smaller one. They share a left eye. The larger man looks utterly shocked, but the little man is smiling:
Beresheet is headed for a landing on the mare that is the little man's right eye, which is the space between the eyes of the larger man. His "third eye" so to speak, the place of insight because...
God's a funny guy. Jews in Space, it's the History of the World! Back to the beginning, square one. Smack between the eyes. Facepalm. You can't make this stuff up. :)
The 50th anniversary is almost here.
That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.
Everyone already knows that laughter (as opposed to mocking) is the best medicine. It heals people right up. How does that work? It puts everyone in stitches. See, it really is the simple meaning! ;)
(I have a dream. It has to do with those twins looking down from the moon, because when the Torah scroll is made into a big circle, it says, "All Israel in the beginning.")