tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624420178579748556.post312011600427703897..comments2022-12-13T12:11:17.699+02:00Comments on Parsha'l Thoughts: Whistle While You Do M'lacha?Shelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511343642691365840noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624420178579748556.post-53760531313104510112010-03-12T10:07:53.436+02:002010-03-12T10:07:53.436+02:00Ziggi, you make some interesting points. The term ...Ziggi, you make some interesting points. The term in modern Hebrew 'baal m'lacha' derives from not only the implication in Tanach but also later Mishnaic usage. Avoda is indeed connected to the word 'eved' but the understanding can be 'slave' or servant. We have the term avoda referring to service in the Temple, for example. <br /><br />Yumat is a causative form so, yes, I was trying to decide the best way to translate it. It could be rendered as 'he will be made to die' which is more accurate that 'he will be killed.' The difference is significant as 'he will be killed' implies more directly that some human force will kill him whereas 'he will be made to die,' which is a passive form, implies that his death may come from a Divine source or a human source. <br /><br />Either way, it seems pretty harsh, yes. We learn later on in Vayikra in the incident of the m'koshesh etzim in Bamdibar that, at least in certain cases, violators of Shabbat were put to death. <br /><br />I hope to come back to this topic of punishments in a later post.Shelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511343642691365840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624420178579748556.post-9198321491585647392010-03-11T00:21:38.320+02:002010-03-11T00:21:38.320+02:00you are keeping us in suspense
the best reason to ...you are keeping us in suspense<br />the best reason to keep shabbat i read is the unplugged reason, it is like unplugging and taking a rest from the chaos of electricity and influences <br />anyway can relate sophie, can relate, perhaps find some shabbat keeping friends?<br />and join them ?<br />anyway i think i have a problem with the pasuk <br />"yumat" which you translated "die" as the consequence of not keeping shabat but actually it means "will be killed" which brings me to ask <br />why so cruel ? did they actually execute those who did not follow the rules?<br />sounds rather harsh <br />as for "melacha" we have in hebrew the term <br />"baal melacha" so yes, it is specific <br />avoda is from the same root as "eved" <br />sort of enslaved <br />+melacha may be not only specific but detailed <br />like what you do <br />craft work <br />rather than just plain work<br />why not do it? why so harsh ? <br />why the need to conform and unify? <br />perhaps it is a control mechanism <br />then i feel it bothers me <br />but maybe it started out like that as a way to unify the people under the same laws<br />thanks shell<br />i will try baking challa again <br />tomorrow by the way<br />wish me luck ! <br />it is indeed a melacha !!ziggi star dusthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745499905397750805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624420178579748556.post-6201775286172981572010-03-10T12:56:51.142+02:002010-03-10T12:56:51.142+02:00see my next post for a parsha'l answer ;)see my next post for a parsha'l answer ;)Shelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02511343642691365840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2624420178579748556.post-67256567250498045702010-03-10T08:32:14.265+02:002010-03-10T08:32:14.265+02:00You're touching one of the problems I'm ha...You're touching one of the problems I'm having about keeping Mitzvot (and staying Shabbat at my inlaws - it's the same thing): What *exactly* is m'lacha, and why the heck my hobbies are counted as m'lacha while doing the dishes doesn't.Sophiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00230903868019114590noreply@blogger.com