{"id":65326,"date":"2019-11-06T14:31:06","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T12:31:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=65326"},"modified":"2023-06-01T16:01:18","modified_gmt":"2023-06-01T13:01:18","slug":"the-sense-of-smell","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-sense-of-smell\/","title":{"rendered":"The Sense Of Smell"},"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":[500,703,616],"acf":{"old_id":"65326","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":42746,"related_cahpter":"345","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"A uniquely spiritual sense - from Noah to the messiah","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The messiah shall \u201csense the truth by his reverence of God\u201d, says the prophet in this chapter. In the original Hebrew text, the messiah therefore will not judge by \u201cwhat his eyes behold, nor decide by what his ears perceive\u201d. Instead, he will figure things out by the sense of smell.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ibn Ezra comments how our other senses can lead us to mistake: \u201cThe ear is sometimes deceived in hearing sounds, which are only imaginary; the eye, too, sees things in motion, which in reality are at rest; the sense of smell alone is not deceived\u201d. Rashi connects the word for smell, <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rei\u2019ach <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ru\u2019ach<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, wind of spirit. Therefore, to him, the sense of scent has to do with being filled with God\u2019s spirit. And Malbim further explains that this comes to mean that the reverence makes him spiritual again, taking <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rei\u2019ach<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, smell to <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ruchani<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, spiritual, teaching that the messiah will know the truth through his spirituality.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is so unique about the sense of smell? According to some (mentioned in the Bnai Yissachar), the first human\u2019s name, Adam, is an acronym of three names: Adam, David &amp; Messiah. The messiah ultimately comes to correct the first transgression, that of the Garden of Eden. There we find (Genesis 3:6) that all the senses are mentioned: they touched the fruit, saw it, ate, and heard God\u2019s voice, but the sense of smell was not mentioned there. This is because according to our tradition, smell is not a purely physical sense, which explains the etymological connection between it and spirituality, and which takes us to the spices of <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">havdala<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> on Saturday night, taking a little of Shabbat\u2019s soul with us into the week. On the other hand, we learn that during the time of Bar Kochva, the sages \u201ctested\u201d his ability to judge by smell, and when he failed,, they \u201ckilled him\u201d, or, this was the cause for his death.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Coincidently (or not), the Torah portion we just read describes Noah building an altar and bringing sacrifices to God for saving him from the flood. God\u2019s response is to \u201csmell the pleasing odor\u201d, and then saying to Himself: \u201cNever again will I doom the earth because of man\u201d\u2026 Our sages say that that\u2019s when the sense of smell was created. The Kabbalists hold that Cheshvan is the month when the 3<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">rd<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> Temple will be built, a home which is supposed to last forever, therefore connected to the sense of spirituality.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">May we have many opportunities to smell good scents this month!<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":65328,"id":65328,"title":"is11-nose","filename":"is11-nose.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-nose.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/the-sense-of-smell\/is11-nose\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"is11-nose","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":65326,"date":"2019-11-06 12:30:49","modified":"2019-11-06 12:31:02","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1716,"height":947,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-nose-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-nose-300x166.jpg","medium-width":300,"medium-height":166,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-nose-768x424.jpg","medium_large-width":768,"medium_large-height":424,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-nose-1024x565.jpg","large-width":1024,"large-height":565,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-nose.jpg","1536x1536-width":1536,"1536x1536-height":848,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-nose.jpg","2048x2048-width":1716,"2048x2048-height":947,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-nose-1200x662.jpg","post_full_size-width":1200,"post_full_size-height":662,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/11\/is11-nose-761x420.jpg","home_baner-width":761,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"The Sense Of Smell","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"A uniquely spiritual sense - 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