tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post5574663704505578061..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: R' Zalman Sorotzkin on Female CreativityChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-78211434605846167312010-01-13T17:06:04.870-05:002010-01-13T17:06:04.870-05:00fyi hebrewbooks.org should have this seferfyi hebrewbooks.org should have this seferAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-32609076283003900042010-01-13T14:47:38.790-05:002010-01-13T14:47:38.790-05:00Anon1:45...
It was a joke :)
Hell has no fury l...Anon1:45... <br /><br />It was a joke :)<br /><br />Hell has no fury like a woman scorned. (In a round about way)<br /><br /><br /><br /><br />That too was a joke. In case it was not understood.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-15668448040393469782010-01-13T06:38:37.508-05:002010-01-13T06:38:37.508-05:00Men and women tend to communicate in different way...Men and women tend to communicate in different ways. Neither way is a 'weakness'. It is just a different way. Rashis' 'weak as a women' statement is simply stated that way because children associate woman with weak. Thus 'weak as a woman' would convey to the children that Moshe lost his strengrh because Am Yisrael had lost theirs. But again, the plain reading of the text shows that it was simply overwhelming for them and so they wanted Moshe to explain it as a Mother would to a young child 'at'.Dunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942871543480266918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-68920305772200663692010-01-13T06:29:55.264-05:002010-01-13T06:29:55.264-05:00This explanation though is also lovely and beautif...This explanation though is also lovely and beautiful. I always like multiple explanations. I agree with the cleverness thing.g. To clarify what I was sayin Rashis 'weak' is simply a way to explain to the children that he eplained it as a women or that he became less intense, also it shows the kids that he was weak - meaning this was wrong of bnei Yisrael. Lastly to Anon 7:33 - Women are not weak. It was because of the merit of women that we were freed from Egypt. Men and women can beoth be strong or weak. It's just that different traits are usually emphasized, but they are really one being as in Adam and Chavah. As for men being more stragit forward. Neither is more straight forward, rather "tedaber Lebeit yisrael, Vetomar Lebeit yaakov" - It is a different way of communicating information. Each way is right for different people at different times. You simply think men are more straight forward because that is (tedaber) the way you understand best.Dunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942871543480266918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-56465464323520863922010-01-13T06:18:50.140-05:002010-01-13T06:18:50.140-05:00Firstly, extremely cute, and I don't mean that...Firstly, extremely cute, and I don't mean that in a condescending way. It is a beautiful explanation and though I am a man, I join in with the "huzzah for women". Secondly, it is always good to look at the plain text before trying to understand Rashi. In the text, the people are extremely terrified by such closeness to God. Such a revelation/prophetic experience is simply too much for them to handle. So they say to Moshe "You go listen to God, and then 'at' tell us. The reason they are saying 'at' is clear. Since they say 'at' right after they expose that this revelation is too much for them, therefore the 'at' connotes gentleness. i.e. This is too harsh for us, so you go listen to this and then you will explain it to us as 'at' (It is they who say 'at') - In a gentler way so we will not be so terrified.They are terrified, so they say to Moshe when you explain it be like 'at' - console us, be gentle with us, soft voice... Thirdly, it should be known that Rashi Taught children and thus when reading Rashi this should always be kept in mind. What message was Rashi trying to tell the youngsters with 'as weak as a woman'? Childrens' understanding is Man = strong, Woman = weak. Thus Rashi is simply trying to convey to the children that Moshe was weakened, thus saying that am yisrael did a bad thing. What was the bad thing? A person should feel directly in contact with God, not want someone else to be in contact with God for them. Bnei Yisrael were choosing to have a more pleasant 'at' voice speak to them instead of directly with God though it would have been tougher. Thus, since they refused the holiness, Moshe became 'weak - as a woman' (Rashi says 'as a woman - because that's how kids see things) since they needed a softer interaction.Dunehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07942871543480266918noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-36797013563152309772010-01-12T19:49:02.382-05:002010-01-12T19:49:02.382-05:00Anon 7:33,
Obviously, you haven't met the men...Anon 7:33,<br /><br />Obviously, you haven't met the men whose wives beat them up with 2 liter Coca Cola bottles. Consider yourself blessed and remain happy. <br /><br />I think a woman's cleverness (and sometimes scheming i.e. Glenn Close in <i>Dangerous Liaisons</i>) are part of what makes her so dangerously beautiful.Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-53026387511292848372010-01-12T19:33:35.211-05:002010-01-12T19:33:35.211-05:00"Thus, rather than Moshe making himself as we..."Thus, rather than Moshe making himself as weak as a woman, he actually had to utilize the special characteristics of a woman's creativity and clarity of understanding. Huzzah for women!"<br /><br />But that is the weakness of a woman. Everything is creative and clarified and never straight forward! Brute force is never used. :PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com