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==Value 1: Positive Value of Money== | ==Value 1: Positive Value of Money== | ||
# | # Chullin 91a states the the righteous value their wealth more than their bodies. | ||
# Having wealth is a precondition for becoming a prophet<Ref>Nedarim 38a. However, the Rambam takes this gemara out of context to say that a navi needs to have a broad mind but not technically wealthy.</ref> or a Judge | # Having wealth is a precondition for becoming a prophet<Ref>Nedarim 38a. However, the Rambam takes this gemara out of context to say that a navi needs to have a broad mind but not technically wealthy.</ref> or a Judge<ref>Ketubot 104b</ref>. | ||
==Value 2: Not an end in itself== | ==Value 2: Not an end in itself== | ||
# | # Juggler and the king | ||
# | ===Yishuv Hadaat=== | ||
# rambam - ability to learn better | |||
===In order to serve him better=== | ===In order to serve him better=== | ||
# | # rambam - that's the reason that hashem gives us physical brachot in the first place | ||
# | # rebbe always had physical success and still swore that he didn't enjoy this world inappropriately | ||
# | # using physicality to serve him better makes the physical into spiritual - b'chol darchecha, rambam s"a | ||
==Value 3: Enjoying from Hashem's world== | ==Value 3: Enjoying from Hashem's world== | ||
# Hashem is going to ask us in the future why we didn't enjoy from his world. rav hirsch on avot 3 about looking at a tree during learning. | |||
# Hashem is going to ask us | |||
==Value 4: | ==Value 4: Sufficiency for the Essentials== | ||
# | # Avot - im ein kemach ein torah | ||
# | # Avot - kol torah sheyeshi imo derech eretz . See Parnasa page about the value of parnasa. | ||
==How to Balance spirituality and physicality?== | ==How to Balance spirituality and physicality?== | ||
Mesilat yesharim - only involving yourself in physicality according to your need and no more. | |||
==Being happy with what you have== | ==Being happy with what you have== | ||
# | # crucial key to being a happy person. avot. rav dessler. | ||
==Sources== | ==Sources== | ||
<references/> | <references/> | ||
Revision as of 02:19, 25 November 2014
Value 1: Positive Value of Money
- Chullin 91a states the the righteous value their wealth more than their bodies.
- Having wealth is a precondition for becoming a prophet[1] or a Judge[2].
Value 2: Not an end in itself
- Juggler and the king
Yishuv Hadaat
- rambam - ability to learn better
In order to serve him better
- rambam - that's the reason that hashem gives us physical brachot in the first place
- rebbe always had physical success and still swore that he didn't enjoy this world inappropriately
- using physicality to serve him better makes the physical into spiritual - b'chol darchecha, rambam s"a
Value 3: Enjoying from Hashem's world
- Hashem is going to ask us in the future why we didn't enjoy from his world. rav hirsch on avot 3 about looking at a tree during learning.
Value 4: Sufficiency for the Essentials
- Avot - im ein kemach ein torah
- Avot - kol torah sheyeshi imo derech eretz . See Parnasa page about the value of parnasa.
How to Balance spirituality and physicality?
Mesilat yesharim - only involving yourself in physicality according to your need and no more.
Being happy with what you have
- crucial key to being a happy person. avot. rav dessler.