{"id":51317,"date":"2019-03-13T18:23:51","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T16:23:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=51317"},"modified":"2022-10-04T15:22:58","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T12:22:58","slug":"be-open-to-above-but-guarded-from-falling","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/be-open-to-above-but-guarded-from-falling\/","title":{"rendered":"Be Open To Above, But Guarded From Falling"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[281],"tags":[538,363,571],"acf":{"old_id":"51317","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":42746,"related_cahpter":"175","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"And return all lost things - including yourself...","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the ancient times, and still in many parts of the world today, the roof is a usable place where one can dry fruits and seeds, hang laundry, sleep in the summer and sunbathe in winter, play, sit and chat, lookout and more. Such a roof should have a railing so no one falls. Does the Torah really need to tell us the obvious?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Kabbalists play with the fact that in gematria \u05d2\u05d2\u05da \u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">gag-cha<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d \u2013 your roof \u2013 is numerically equal to God\u2019s four-letter name (26). They tell us that we should have a \u201crailing\u201d \u2013 what today we would call \u201cboundaries\u201d \u2013 around ourselves to protect ourselves from \u201cfalling\u201d and prevent disruptive things from coming in. Our \u00a0\u201croof,\u201d the highest point in our being and therefore, our connection with the Divine, needs to be open, accessible and also &#8211; secure and safely guarded.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This comes sandwiched between \u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hashev teshivenu<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, the instruction to return lost objects, and the prohibition to mix two kinds if seeds. Is it possible those are all connected? Perhaps \u2018returning\u2019 lost objects speaks not only to stray ox, donkey, sheep or garment but to what these qualities stand for in our process of<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> teshuva<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> \u2013 return. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">And perhaps the Hebrew word for \u201ctwo kinds of seeds\u201d &#8211; \u201c<\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">kil\u2019ayim<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201d, literally meaning \u2013 two prisons, highlights for us that we are not to mix things that inhibit and limit each other\u2019s growth, i.e. that \u201cimprison\u201d each other, preventing mutual growth. This applies to plants, animals and people too. In that sense, our goal should be teshuva, bringing us back when we lose our right path for a new beginning; but absolute teshuva can lead to \u201cmelting\u201d into the Divine and self-loss. This interpretation is advising this process be handled with care: strive to develop to our fullest potential, create healthy boundaries and don\u2019t mix with those who hold us back and restrain our growth.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Image by: StockSnap<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from Pixabay<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":51338,"id":51338,"title":"dt22-rooftop","filename":"dt22-rooftop.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-rooftop.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/be-open-to-above-but-guarded-from-falling\/dt22-rooftop\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"dt22-rooftop","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":51317,"date":"2019-03-13 16:23:34","modified":"2019-03-13 16:23:48","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1920,"height":1280,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-rooftop-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-rooftop-300x200.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":200,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-rooftop-768x512.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":512,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-rooftop-1024x683.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":683,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-rooftop.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":1024,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-rooftop.jpg","2048x2048-width":1920,"2048x2048-height":1280,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-rooftop-1200x800.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":800,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/dt22-rooftop-630x420.jpg","home_baner-width":630,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Be Open To Above, But Guarded From Falling","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"And return all lost things - 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