tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post1001002197818217827..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: The Pharaoh Narrative As A Tale of Addiction Chanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-86039835364602094412013-04-09T18:23:57.099-04:002013-04-09T18:23:57.099-04:00This is uncanny. Brilliant..
I thought a very sim...This is uncanny. Brilliant..<br /><br />I thought a very similar thought while learning Parshas Bo.<br /><br />R' Mordechai Pogremonsky asks, why does Pharoh beseech Moshe to "Take Away this Death" by Locusts. Where do we find death by Arbeh?<br />He answers that Pharoh was referring to his sudden loss of Bechira, Free Will.<br /><br />So then why doesn't God Help him?<br /><br />Because he asks Moshe to ask God...he never approaches God himself.<br />I think all people have Moshe and Pharoh inside themselves. But when we're doing teshuva we're usually in Moshe mode asking on behalf of our inner Pharoh.<br />It's very very difficult to truly want to give up our defects with every part of our being.<br />Which is why addicts usually need to hit a rock bottom to shatter that persona, before they can admit that their life is unmanageableDavid_on_the_Lakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16755322374991538262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-63257564620780813132013-03-12T12:09:48.565-04:002013-03-12T12:09:48.565-04:00THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS.THANK YOU FOR WRITING THIS.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-34456233829121407712013-03-05T23:04:25.089-05:002013-03-05T23:04:25.089-05:00I haven't have a chance to listen to it yet, b...I haven't have a chance to listen to it yet, but I saw this link to a YU Torah shiur "Addiction and Torah" given this winter by Rabbi Shais Taub, who is a known author and speaker on addiction(he also writes a column for AMI Magazine): <br /><br />http://www.yutorah.org/lectures/lecture.cfm/789906/Rabbi_Shais_Taub/Addiction_and_TorahShades of Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03029177164921795725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-88408401006598472102013-03-04T22:22:23.137-05:002013-03-04T22:22:23.137-05:00Very nice exposition!Very nice exposition!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06735126983266469223noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-62292484178008428452013-03-03T23:37:37.534-05:002013-03-03T23:37:37.534-05:00Fascinating, thank you.
By the way, a similar poi...Fascinating, thank you.<br /><br />By the way, a similar point was recently made by a Christian addict (read comments).<br /><br />http://inchristalonedevotions.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/exodus-11-i-am-an-addict/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-25354972150073720192013-03-03T19:08:26.994-05:002013-03-03T19:08:26.994-05:00Whooaaaaaa... very thought-provoking and very inte...Whooaaaaaa... very thought-provoking and very interesting take. I think this is a great read into why Paro acted the way he did, and a fresh way at perhaps examining the "do we have free will?" conundrum.<br />Thanks Chana!Dananoreply@blogger.com