tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345202358783241386.post6323471007879117050..comments2023-08-15T09:20:12.403-07:00Comments on Pesach Sheini: The Love That Matters- Is there room for sports fandom in the life of an oveid HaShem?Pesach Sommerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05429802587338023317noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345202358783241386.post-22713702057861136372017-06-27T14:27:37.166-07:002017-06-27T14:27:37.166-07:00Rabbi Schiller just wrote me:
"Fr. Cekada, a...Rabbi Schiller just wrote me:<br /><br />"Fr. Cekada, a staunch seda vacantist (one who believes the see of Rome is vacant), sounds totally like you. Oy veh!"<br /><br />https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pRdIfU9YHU0Yosef Gavriel Bechhoferhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10264311760560329892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345202358783241386.post-42449038651210274962016-10-31T01:11:57.006-07:002016-10-31T01:11:57.006-07:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Gary Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02549621201445968313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345202358783241386.post-65498097688048590392016-10-27T12:33:13.496-07:002016-10-27T12:33:13.496-07:00That said, I don't understand how people enjoy...That said, I don't understand how people enjoy spectator sports, how one turns a bunch of players into "my team", aside from special cases like my sons' Yiddle League or HS teams... (My how the time has flown...)micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2345202358783241386.post-18201979184012389352016-10-27T12:31:27.653-07:002016-10-27T12:31:27.653-07:00Let me quote Rav Shimon Shkop's intro:
And so...Let me quote Rav Shimon Shkop's intro:<br /><br /><i>And so, it appears to my limited thought that this </i>mitzvah<i> [of "</i>qedoshim tihyu<i> -- be holy"]includes the entire foundation and root of the purpose of our lives. All of our work and effort should constantly be sanctified to benefiting the community. We should not use any act, movement, or get benefit or enjoyment that doesn’t have in it some element of helping another. And as understood, all holiness is being set apart for an honorable purpose – which is that a person straightens his path and strives constantly to make his lifestyle dedicated to the community. Then, anything he does even for himself, for the health of his body and soul he also associates to the </i>mitzvah<i> of being holy, for through this he can also do good for the masses. Through the good he does for himself he can do good for the many who rely on him. But if he derives benefit from some kind of permissible thing that isn’t needed for the health of his body and soul, that benefit is in opposition to holiness. For in this he is benefiting himself (for that moment as it seems to him), but no one else.</i><br /><br />Rav Shimon has room for other loves in one's life, what he doesn't have is room for making them a higher priority than imitating Hashem's constant giving to the other.<br /><br />In fact, given that people will always have multiple interests, as well as need to care for our bodies, we can sanctify those pursuits if they are part of the context of a general life of giving. We take care of our own emotional and physical needs (and emotional needs include meeting many of our wants) because without caring for ourselves we have nothing to share with others.micha bergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11612144735431285113noreply@blogger.com