Friday, March 2, 2012
Hi everyone! Yesterday I was visiting Midreshet Harova and I went to a class called "bein adam l'chavaro" They were studying a passuk from the Torah that I found very familiar. It was from Vayikra and was about putting a stumbling block in front of a blind man. The passuk ended with the words "Ani Hashem" and I was so excited that I was so familiar with this topic. The students discussed the practical meaning of putting a stumbling block in front of a blind man, and why it can be found in the same passuk as cursing a deaf man. The British teacher explained that putting a stumbling block in front of a blind man is just "nasty" while there is more depth into the commandment of not cursing a deaf man. Then the class discussed if this was a mitzvah bein adam l'chavaro or bein adam l'makom. It could very well be bein adam l'makon because these two actions are always seen by Hashem although the person who you are immediately affecting may not notice what you are doing. So therefore, it makes sense that this would be bein adam l'makom also. The teacher opened this up to discussion: some girls said it was both makom and chavaro. I happened to remember that Ani Hashem indicated a moral or ethical commandment as opposed to Ani Hashem elokeichem. I was so excited to learn this concept from a different angle, as this teacher presented, and wanted to share it with our chumash class.
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Hello Sade!
ReplyDeleteIt is amazing how you walked in on them learning exactly something you have leared before! I hope you enlightened them too with the ideas given by Mrs. Perl!