{"id":76437,"date":"2020-06-24T18:29:25","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T15:29:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=76437"},"modified":"2020-06-24T19:56:20","modified_gmt":"2020-06-24T16:56:20","slug":"if-you-sow-the-seeds-of-righteousness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/if-you-sow-the-seeds-of-righteousness\/","title":{"rendered":"If You Sow The Seeds Of Righteousness\u2026"},"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":[],"acf":{"old_id":"76437","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":33877,"related_cahpter":"510","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"\u2026 then you will reap the fruit of goodness\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In our chapter, Hosea continues his prophecies against Israel\u2019s apostasy and foretells their resulting punishment. In the midst of this prophecy of impending doom, Hosea urges his fellow Israelites: \u201cSow righteousness (<em>tzedaqah<\/em>) for yourselves! Reap the fruit of goodness (<em>chesed<\/em>). And break up your unplowed ground! For it is time to seek the Lord, until He comes and showers His righteousness on you\u201d (Hosea 10:12).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bavli Sukkah 49b derives from this verse a fundamental principle of righteous behavior. Rabbi Eleazar stated that \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d (<em>gemilut chasadim<\/em>) are greater than charity (<em>tzedaqah<\/em>), for it says: \u201cSow righteousness (<em>tzedaqah<\/em>) for yourselves! Reap the fruit of goodness (<em>chesed<\/em>).\u201d When one sows, it is doubtful whether he will eat [the harvest] or not. But when one already reaps, he will certainly eat. Rabbi Eleazar further learned from the same verse that the reward for charity (<em>tzedaqah<\/em>) depends entirely upon the intent of such an act of righteousness (<em>chesed<\/em>, here \u201cloving intention\u201d) in it, for it says: \u201cSow righteousness (<em>tzedaqah<\/em>) for yourselves! Reap the fruit of goodness (<em>chesed<\/em>).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Our Rabbis added that there are three ways in which \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d (<em>gemilut chasadim<\/em>) are superior to charity. For charity can be done only with one&#8217;s money, but \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d can be done with both one&#8217;s person and one&#8217;s money. Charity is only given to the poor, but \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d can be performed both for the rich and the poor. Charity can be given only to the living. But \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d can be performed both for the living (e.g. by rejoicing with the bride and groom) and to the dead (by attending to the funeral and burial of the deceased).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Midrash Tehillim 30:4 applies Hosea\u2019s prophecy to the relationship between two of the principle aspects of God\u2019s nature. God\u2019s \u201cpunishing aspect\u201d is sterile (i.e. it does not \u201cbear fruit\u201d). But God\u2019s \u201crewarding aspect\u201d does bear fruit. As it says: \u201cSow righteousness (<em>tzedaqah<\/em>) for yourselves! Reap the fruit of goodness (<em>chesed<\/em>).\u201d This implies that the Holy One, blessed be He, exacts from Man according to his transgressions, but then returns and grants Man his just reward.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Midrash Tehillim 65:4 also preserves an exchange between two Rabbinic Sages focused on the interpretation of our verse in Hosea. Ben-Azzai asserted that whoever performs \u201cacts of righteousness\u201d may be assured that his prayers will be answered. For it says: \u201cSow righteousness for yourselves! Reap the fruit of goodness.\u201d Rabbi Akivah replied: I do not wish to contradict the teaching of my teacher but rather add to his words by comparing two other verses: \u201cAnd I, in the greatness of Your goodness (<em>be-rov chasdekhah<\/em>) will come into Your House\u201d (Psalms 5:8) and \u201cAs for me, may my prayer come to You, O Lord, at a favorable moment. O God, in the greatness of Your goodness (<em>be-rov chasdekhah<\/em>), answer me with Your sure deliverance\u201d (Psalms 69:14).<\/span><\/p>\n<p>image:\u00a0Shannon Charles Haslewood &#8211; Reaper and Sower (public domain)<\/p>\n","image":{"ID":76450,"id":76450,"title":"hos10-reaper-sower","filename":"hos10-reaper-sower-1.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/hos10-reaper-sower-1.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/if-you-sow-the-seeds-of-righteousness\/hos10-reaper-sower\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"hos10-reaper-sower","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":76437,"date":"2020-06-24 16:56:02","modified":"2020-06-24 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