tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30550193.post9055745425808960619..comments2023-10-31T18:06:37.075+02:00Comments on Sfas Emes: Chanukah 5631 First Night Second Ma'amarMoshe David Tokayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18201862051914605921noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30550193.post-72635248843964640632007-12-09T09:28:00.000+02:002007-12-09T09:28:00.000+02:00Firstly, thank you for your kind words. My purpos...Firstly, thank you for your kind words. My purpose is to spread the Sfas Emes's message and it warms my heart to know that the Sfas Emes is being discussed because of my work. Thank you for playing an important part in the spread of the Sfas Emes's teachings.<BR/><BR/>Surprisingly, I have not noticed any major differences in hashkafa between the Nefesh HaChaim and the Sfas Emes. I am not all that great a scholar so I may be missing or overlooking things but I've found that they share a lot in common. Both the Nefesh HaChaim and the Sfas Emes stress the importance of our actions on a ruchnius level and how much we affect olamos and thereby, the world around us. They both stress the importance of learning Torah.<BR/><BR/>The Sfas Emes has an important message in that, with the proper intent, everything we do can be transformed into a mitzvah. I haven't come across this idea in the Nefesh HaChaim. But I don't know that the Nefesh HaChaim would disagree. <BR/><BR/>In fact, many times, as in this ma'amar, I find back up for the Sfas Emes in the Nefesh HaChaim. It would be an interesting study to do a methodical and systematic comparison.Moshe David Tokayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18201862051914605921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30550193.post-65109983658784840862007-12-05T18:40:00.000+02:002007-12-05T18:40:00.000+02:00Hello Moshe David,I'm a huge fan of your blog and ...Hello Moshe David,<BR/><BR/>I'm a huge fan of your blog and i often quote you (and of course the Sfas Emes) Shabbat morning after the minyan. But I have got a question for you. As you are quoted the Nefesh Hachaim, do you see contradictions between Rav Chaïm and the Sfas Emes in matter of Hashkafa ? (As as it is often said that Nefesh Hachaïm is the mitnaged point of view about the way Hashem relates Himself to our physical world). <BR/><BR/>Hanukka SameahAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com