/bant/ - International/Random » Searching for posts with the image hash ‘Er4gAmM4icDFwXD/D14x7A==’.

Anonymous

View Same Google ImgOps iqdb SauceNAO Jeremias_van_Winghe_-_Phinehas_s (...).jpg, 275KiB, 800x1001

Anonymous Sat 14 Sep 2024 00:34:19 No.21217360 View View Report

Quoted By:

>>21217358
>There are numerous reasons for this

>First, Rabbi Akiva represents every man, so to speak. He did not descend from Jewish aristocracy or nobility (see Berachos 27a). He came from a family of converts. There is an opinion that his father was a convert. If not his father, then certainly his grandfather was. Not only that, but he descended from the evil general Sisera, who was the persecutor of the Jews at the time of Deborah. The rabbis tell us that the descendants of Sisera, Nebuchadnezzar and even Haman studied Torah and became prominent Jews. In our time also there are descendants of German officers and SS, as well as descendants of Communists, whose found their way to the Jewish people, and even in areas of prominence in the Torah world

>Nevertheless, Rabbi Akiva’s lineage created a social handicap. It says to be careful of converts 36 times in the Torah. There is no mitzvah that is repeated so many times. The reason is because it is human nature to be clannish, to not like outsiders. Therefore, the Torah emphasizes over and over again that we also are strangers (as though we need that reminder). Nevertheless, apparently we do need that reminder because sometimes we behave that way towards others

>Although Rabbi Akiva began life handicapped in the sense that he lacked pedigree in a society that honored pedigree, he turned it into a positive by becoming the symbol of “every man” who has within him the ability to rise above his limitations and become truly great

Capcode	All Only User Posts Only Verified Posts Only Moderator Posts Only Manager Posts Only Admin Posts Only Developer Posts Only Founder Posts
Show Posts	All Only With Images Only Without Images Only Spoiler Images Only Non-Spoiler Images
Deleted Posts	All Only Deleted Posts Only Non-Deleted Posts
Ghost Posts	All Only Ghost Posts Only Non-Ghost Posts
Post Type	All Only Sticky Threads Only Opening Posts Only Reply Posts
Results	All Grouped By Threads
Order	Latest Posts First Oldest Posts First

Searching for posts with the image hash ‘Er4gAmM4icDFwXD/D14x7A==’. 1 results found.

On these archives

Your latest searches