As this article goes to press, a committee of the U.N. has decided in favor of the internationalization of Jerusalem, and the newspapers inform us that it is probable that the assembly will also vote for internationalizing Jerusalem. Somehow, our faces are not shown and our spirits are not fallen as they were during those hectic days, 2 eps. ago, when the UN was debating the issue of the existence of a State of Israel.

Mother's Day, by now one of America's firmly established institutions, is one of the finest traditions of this country. Honoring one's mother, and his parents in general, is an ethical dictate with which no one will quarrel. Let us see what the Torah and Talmud have to say on the matter. In the sidra of this past week, we read: איש אמו ואביו תשמורו ואת שבתותי תשמורו.

The problem was approached solely from the point of view of an איסור דאורייתא, a Biblical interdiction, since even if it can be shown that there is no איסור דאורייתא, the lighting of the incandescent bulb on Shabbat is most certainly forbidden by Rabbinic interdiction. The act of lighting the bulb on Shabbat can be assigned to one or more of three אבות מלאכה (major categories of "work"): a) הבערה and כבוי ("burning" and "extinguishing") b) מכה בפטיש ("striking with a hammer", i.e., completion

I. Most of פרק directed towards רב, דיין, ראש קהל. By studying the requirements of their leaders, all Jews will know what is ideally expected of them. II. read Mishna הוי זהירין ברשות וכו. III. ברשות, not מרשות. i.e. Jewish official showed not copy others. Others use the people in own job. example: Jacob saw סולם, is symbol of Jew, way used as means. Same is Jew. Einstein – scie___, Bapysm – France, etc. J. leads, not so. IV. days of "Thursday" thrown at religious Jews. False. " means no

יפה תורה עם דרך ארץ שיגיעת שניהם משכחת עון. דרך ארץ means worldly ways, mundane matters, prosaic aspects of everyday life. Certain of these acts are not covered by specific mitzvoth. Eating your breakfast cereal after the המוציא and before ברכת הזמון is a normal act undirected by specific halachoth. The tanna tells us that all these mundane matters too shall be impregnated with the meaningfulness of Torah. If you eat because you are hungry or because you want your daily fill of vitamins

אל תחזיק טוב וכו' כי לכך נוצרת 1. Necesary virtues – hands, mind 2. unnecessary virtues – music talent. 3. Torah – nec. virtue a)If have it – אל תחזיק etc. don't pin it on lapel. b) if not – terrible cripple כי לכך נוצרת – you were created for Torah as you were for walking, talking, etc. 4. End of האזינו read: כי לא דבר ריק הוא מכם: can empty of water or air, but not of lungs. 5. אונס רחמנא פטרו but still an עם הארץ 6. Letter to convert to help Jews

I. עין הרע, יצר הרע ושנאת הבריות מוציאו. 1. In end of פרק ד': ר' אלעזר הקפר אומר הקנאה, והתאבה, והכבוד מוציאין את האדם מן העולם. i.e. עין הרע = קנאה; תאוה = יצה"ר; שנאת הבריות = כבוד. 2. עין הרע = קנאה: envy – עינו בצרה של אחרים. a) envy unnecessary dissatisfaction → wars etc. b) involves projecting the ego into every situation, coloring every event w. selfishness.

The Sense of Solitude stems from fears – two wars in one generation, and one threatening – the atom bomb, and a lack of inner security, as expressed by Lewisohn: “His heart is still barren and the sky above him empty.” This sense of aloneness is not relieved by the increase of the human family (statistics show there are today more people than ever), the growth of the cities, material abundance of wealth and goods, or comforts and luxuries.3• The symbol of man’s loneliness is the traditional progenitor of the hiunan race, Adam.*M - *M(eo >vft MOM׳' Gm׳I (t?f«A p? k i׳!,, 1ו| לסרין׳ 3 (CSV׳'^a) The Garden of Eden as one's home does not eliminate solitude.b) even the -*י?> is insufficient; knowledge can contribute to loneliness.c) neither is ?״h* ^ו enough.איי a<ן 4' <‘i-U׳ 3(|ץ ^רירי?Possession of "things" doesn't overcome desolation.Mastery of knowledge might emphasize futility.!;. The Sense of Loneliness is Not Relieved by Recourse to:a) Classical View of Man. It venerated knowledge. The dignity of Man only as a receptacle for knowledge. But idea of Man as child of G-d is alien to classicist. Plato: Man is a two-legged animal without feathers. How forlorn is a man so described!b) Christian View. Man despised for his congenital infirmities.c)Mechanistic View. Man is a servant of the State.5• This Sense is Relieved by the Religious View.a)Man is not alone. Ie is a link in the chain of humanity; he is the bridge ober which the Past advances into the Future. He is the heir to the traditions and cultures of generations* nM ’I- ר <)-!ץ^ )132And how he was aloneJ fleeing from Laban, fearing Esau, grappling with an unknown adversary.... But the answer of religion is- I (A Ilk ^ י י< ץ i ^ י ' M י /c) He is part of the fellowship called Society - IcAM'W * MniMfcd) He is with G-d and G-d is with him. p^C^Afi >1jh 7^)ןנ׳ A^h דו<? י£r׳A׳ רח□^ ז י <»׳? .? IJkMi (t| ׳Jin P ^^« M Q,׳K י Atלי ׳Man is not Alone when:a) he associates with the generations w…

Lookstein, Shabbat Chol Hamoed Succoth Koheleth 1951. "Cynic, Doubter, Scoffer – Another Look at Ecclesiastes": Scholars call Koheleth “the gentle cynic.” Not true because: contradiction in terms — a cynic is never gentle, but irritating, annoying, offensive. Moreover, a cynic is not learned, and Koheleth is learned. Cynic in Hebrew is לֵץ, and the rabbis say: לא במקרא ולא במשנה ולא בהלכות ולא במדרש ולא בתלמוד ולא במעשה ולא במדרש הלכות, אלא במושב לצים ישב — only those who do not engage in Torah are called letzim. If Koheleth is not a cynic, what then? A doubter. Doubting is responsible for a major part of Jewish legal and religious literature, as in taamei hamitzvot. Abraham is a doubter — he doubts G-d’s ability to be unjust: הֲשֹׁפֵט כָּל־הָאָרֶץ לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה מִשְׁפָּט? Moses doubts G-d’s ability to do evil: לָמָה הֲרֵעֹתָה לָעָם הַזֶּה? The doubter is a hitchhiker on the endless road of knowledge. He may wander from the road but is never lost, for in his hands he carries a compass whose quivering needle constantly points to truth. He hitches rides in many vehicles that pass by — vehicles of pleasure, wealth, knowledge, indulgence — yet he continues to progress at his own pace.But if the doubter is a hitchhiker, the cynic is a hobo. He rides at the mercy of others, can be forced off at a moment’s notice, and when he wanders, he is truly lost. He may cover mileage but not meaningful distance. He experiences respite, but never rest.The cynic may then become a scoffer — one who walks on a treadmill, constantly moving yet going nowhere. Many modern college students fall into this category. They scoff at the Bible as outdated, dismiss tradition as irrelevant. They sample the icing of culture but never sink their teeth into its substance.

Not talking about after death, but about גן עדן התחתון. Paradise is here. Not spot on globe but globe itself, the Paradise which is life. Describe average man’s idea of Paradise: as, sit on soft couch, feet on desk, snip off plum with left hand, apple w. right, long straw to drink from sparkling clear stream, don't have to bend down etc. etc. This not Jewish conception. Not like Moslem ideal as cosmic harem wine women and song (elaborate), not American Indian — charging on white steed down infinite hunting ground, prize beasts to hunt etc. Midrash: G-d had to coax Adam into Eden בדברים נאים. Why? — because fundemantel element of Jewish idea of Eden is A לעבדה ולשמרה, work it and watch it. (Lamm:) story farmer after death taken to beautiful castle, wonderful room. Feet on desk, etc., only presses button and butler appears, brings him whatever he wishes — describe — then, after some weeks, rings for bellboy, says he's getting bored, wants work. Boy: sorry, that's only thing you can't get here. Man: then I'd rather be in hell. Boy: Well, where do you think you are? (polish up). לעבודה. Leisure hours given to modern man by scientific and industrial progress are his downfall. Literally as well as figuratively bored to death. Boredom causes: a) Infidelity of husbands. Too much time on hands, so speeds feet to wrong places. b) " of wives. Housework by mechanical gadgets, too much leisure, go where no belong. c) Gambling. May be part of social acheme in modern age — but only when limited. Describe how overdone in resort hotels when leisure maximum. d) Narcotics. Among rich too, but hushed up. Result of too much time, nothing to do. Talmud says לעבדה refers to תלמוד. Even 1/2 hour day. Everybody has ability to read something serious, not only for scholars. לשמרה refers to זו המצות. Ethics, etc. Watch, or preserve, Judaism. Democracy vs. McCarthyism etc. Anti-semitism etc. If will not do above, then, as with Adam, driven out of Eden, blocked by להט יורד המתהפכת. Rabbis expla…