{"id":85039,"date":"2020-12-19T21:48:40","date_gmt":"2020-12-19T19:48:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/?p=85039"},"modified":"2020-12-19T21:48:40","modified_gmt":"2020-12-19T19:48:40","slug":"brothers-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/brothers-others\/","title":{"rendered":"Brothers, Others"},"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":"85039","type":"no","iframe":"","writer":64758,"related_cahpter":"636","type_929":"2","show_author_image":false,"old_create_date":"","old_url":"","post_main_content":{"description":"The psalmist has different prayers for each\r\n\r\n","content":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Rabbi Naftali Tzvi Berlin (1816-1893) in his introduction to the book of Genesis, describes the sin of <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sinat chinam<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, baseless hatred:<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0&#8220;The destruction of the Second Temple occurred to the people because they were a &#8220;perverse and twisted generation.&#8221; \u2026Although they were righteous and pious, toiling in Torah study, they were not upright in their societal behavior. So due to their <\/span><em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sinat chinam<\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for one another residing within their hearts, they suspected anyone who was not religious in accordance with their viewpoint to be a Sadducee or heretic, leading to rampant murder along with a transgression of all the other evils in the world, causing the Temple\u2019s destruction\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The first part of psalm 69 describes a similar situation:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The sin of baseless hatred is very prevalent: &#8220;More numerous than the hairs of my head are those who are <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">sonai chinam<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; (5).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The hatred comes as a reaction to the way one worships God: &#8220;It is for Your sake that I have been reviled, that shame covers my face&#8221; (8).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This hatred comes specifically from people of the same nation with different religious beliefs: &#8220;I am a stranger to my brothers, an alien to my kin. My zeal for Your house has been my undoing; the reproaches of those who revile You have fallen upon me&#8221; (9-10).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The psalmist prays for a time of tolerance, when they will stop persecuting him: &#8220;As for me, may my prayer come to You, O LORD, at a favorable moment; O God, in Your abundant kindness, answer me with Your sure deliverance&#8221; (14).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This is in contrast to the second part of psalm 69.<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The psalmist speaks harshly about the enemies of Israel who have physically hurt the nation: &#8220;Come near to me and redeem me; free me from my enemies\u2026 They give me gall for food, vinegar to quench my thirst\u2026<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Pour out Your wrath on them; may Your blazing anger overtake them&#8221; (19-25).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The psalmist speaks about the haughtiness of these enemies who take credit when in truth it is God who punishes His people: &#8220;For they persecute those You have struck; they talk about the pain of those You have felled&#8221; (27).<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The psalmist prays that God will judge these enemies harshly, due to their depravities and haughtiness: &#8220;Add that to their guilt; let them have no share of Your beneficence&#8221; (28).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We learn from Psalm 69 the dichotomy of prayer:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding our brothers, we should pray for kindness and kindredship.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Regarding our enemies, we should pray for disapproval and downfall.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the center of the psalm is a prayer, beginning and ending with the words &#8220;answer me&#8221;.\u00a0 What an apt centerpiece for the psalm that teaches us about prayer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8220;Answer me, O LORD, according to Your great steadfastness. In accordance with Your abundant mercy turn to me. Do not hide Your face from Your servant, for I am in distress. 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