tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30550193.post8778506333487375164..comments2023-10-31T18:06:37.075+02:00Comments on Sfas Emes: Tazria-Metzora 5631 Third Ma'amarMoshe David Tokayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201862051914605921noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30550193.post-34684384860075968342010-04-16T08:48:22.635+03:002010-04-16T08:48:22.635+03:00The point of this blog is to make the Sfas Emes un...The point of this blog is to make the Sfas Emes understandable in English. The Sfas Emes's style of writing was concise in the extreme. So, I add explanation where needed.<br /><br />Being that this is not a straight translation, it is obviously my understanding of the the Sfas Emes.<br /><br />Most of my addition, however, is simply explaining what the Sfas Emes takes for granted. For example, I'll explain a Zohar in full where the Sfas Emes may quote a few words expecting that the reader knows it.<br /><br />Where I introduce an idea that is not in the ma'amar, it is almost always in other ma'amarim of the Sfas Emes.<br /><br />In the very rare instances that I introduce an idea that is not in the Sfas Emes at all, I credit the source.<br /><br />What specifically were you referring to about this ma'amar?Moshe David Tokayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201862051914605921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30550193.post-80871476228946221152010-04-16T06:11:02.481+03:002010-04-16T06:11:02.481+03:00questio for you: are these essays your interpertat...questio for you: are these essays your interpertation and understading of the Sfas Emes or are there other sources in Sfas Emes that you add from? For example, this one here say a lot more than the piece in the sefer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30550193.post-16013826342281423992009-04-27T18:21:00.000+03:002009-04-27T18:21:00.000+03:00Nope. I had a very litvishe upbringing. My close...Nope. I had a very litvishe upbringing. My closest familial connection to chassidus is that one of my great grandfathers was a Belzer chassid. His son, my grandfather eschewed formal chassidus (following a specific Rebbe) but he was decidedly chassidish going to tishes, wearing a gartel and was close to the Chuster Rav - Rav Yehoshua Gruenwald (who was not a chassid) as opposed to the Chuster Rebbe - Rav Leifer. My father A"H, was far from chassidus.<br /><br />In terms of chassidic thought, on the other hand, the Sfas Emes obviously speaks to me.Moshe David Tokayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201862051914605921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30550193.post-60561629935313932102009-04-24T22:20:00.000+03:002009-04-24T22:20:00.000+03:00Shkoyach
Always a pleasure reading.
Are you a G...Shkoyach<br /><br />Always a pleasure reading. <br /><br />Are you a Ger Chasid? <br /><br />Good Shabbos from Long Beach, CaLong Beach Chasidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07305665670784434023noreply@blogger.com