It is Lucky that Yehudah the Maccabee Did Not Ask... : via Torah HaRav Aviner… Yehudah the Maccabbee is the one who started the Jewish rebellion against the Assyrian/Greeks, who’s victory we commemorate as Chanukah today. It is lucky that Yehudah the Maccabee did not ask politicians, because if he had they would have told him that one must consider the possible international pressure, and he would have sat and deliberated and deliberated. It is lucky that he did not ask too many military strategists and experts, because they would have told him that there is no chance of delivering the strong into the hands of the weak, and they would have broken his spirit. It is lucky that he did not ask statisticians, because they would have revealed to him the secret that we are the few against the many, and he would have been afraid of the demographic demon. He also did not ask Roshei Yeshiva, because if he had, they would have ruled that it is forbidden for yeshiva students to interrupt their Torah learning, and then there would not have been a delivering of the heretics into the hands of those involved in Your Torah. He also did not ask too many Rabbis, because if he had, they would have told him that it is forbidden to challenge the nations of the world, and that we do not rely on a miracle, especially where there is a real potential for danger, etc., etc... He also did not ask the humanists, because they would have confided to him that one soul of Israel is worth more than a few kilometers of land and is more costly for the Nation. He certainly did not ask those who are pure-of-heart, because they would have depressed his spirit, and preached to him that it is not proper to kill or to be killed. He did not ask deep thinkers, because – with their great depth - they would have confused him and stopped him with discussions of the order of priorities: Perhaps the Nation takes precedence, etc., etc... He did not ask the pacifists, because they would have illuminated his eyes to the greatness of peace, and told him that one should never use violence, and that goodwill will resolve everything. He did not ask too many questions, but he fulfilled his national and spiritual obligation. He jumped into the lion’s den, with amazing self-sacrifice into the great battle which saved Israel. And then all of the politicians, all of the strategists, all of the statisticians, all of the Roshei Yeshiva, all of the Rabbis, all of the humanists, all of the pure-of-heart, all of the thinkers, and all of the pacifists became sages after the fact, and they lit Chanukah lights as a remembrance of the victory, and these lights illuminate our lives from those days until this time. - via Mystical Paths - mpaths - * support MYSTICAL PATHS by shopping at Amazon - CLICK NOW NOW NOW * ift.tt/1AKM3Xe
Posted on: Thu, 18 Dec 2014 14:24:31 +0000
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