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« Reply #60 on: March 24, 2010, 01:22:40 pm »

Then said the Holy One, "What blessing is there left that I can give thee, Abraham? If I would say, thou shalt be a righteous man before Me, or that Sarah thy wife shall be a righteous woman before Me, or that all the children of thine house shall be righteous in My sight, behold all this is so already! I will bless thee in that all those destined to be of thy seed shall be like thee, a blessing to all the world, and as the stars of heaven spread light for all, so shall thy seed, who shall be like the stars for multitude.

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« Reply #61 on: March 24, 2010, 01:22:50 pm »

Barmidbar Rabbah, Chap. II.



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« Reply #62 on: March 24, 2010, 01:23:08 pm »

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BETTER FEED THE POOR THAN ENTERTAIN THE ANGELS.
He who does an act of kindness to those who really need it, will have a greater reward than that of Abraham, who showed hospitality to angels. Abraham stood under a tree and waited on the three strangers while they ate and drank. And what reward had his descendants? The manna came down to them, and the springs of water rose up for them; quails came around them for their food, and the cloud of the Divine Glory stood to watch over them. But Abraham's guests were angels, who needed nothing: how much greater, then, will be the reward of those whose kindness is done to the poor, who need all things?

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« Reply #63 on: March 24, 2010, 01:23:19 pm »

Barmidbar R., Chap. XXXIV.

"Remember," says Rabbi Abin, "when a poor man stands at your door, The Holy One stands at his right hand."

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« Reply #64 on: March 24, 2010, 01:23:33 pm »

THE SAND, AND THE FURNACE THAT PURIFIES.
Israel has been compared to the sand of the seashore. What meaneth this?

Men take of the sand and cast it into a fiery furnace and it comes out clear and bright, and they make glass vessels of it through which the light shines. So Israel is cast into the fiery furnace of persecution, and not only are they

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« Reply #65 on: March 24, 2010, 01:23:44 pm »

saved to come out alive (Dan. iii.), but they are purified and they are knit closer together, and help mankind to see the light of heaven.



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« Reply #66 on: March 24, 2010, 01:23:58 pm »

THE STARS ARE NOT ENVIOUS!
The righteous are compared to the stars. For, as the stars (each one of which could burn up this whole world) shine in glory, and never clash together, and are never jealous of one another, but all go on in their appointed courses, dispensing light, so the righteous are at peace with each other, and are glad when others shine. Therefore we pray for Israel that they may all be righteous, and then, "as the Lord maketh peace in heaven," so there will be peace among us.

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« Reply #67 on: March 24, 2010, 01:24:07 pm »

Barmidbar R., Chap. II.



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« Reply #68 on: March 24, 2010, 01:24:17 pm »

THE KING TALKS WITH ALL HIS SERVANTS, SMALL AND GREAT.
It is not to Israel alone that God has spoken and revealed His will; nor even only to recognised prophets, whether in Israel or among the nations. But to all who have His work to do He speaks, much or little, clearly or in parables and visions, according to their needs and according to their fitness to hear and understand.

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« Reply #69 on: March 24, 2010, 01:24:38 pm »

When a king enters a province, to whom does he first speak? Surely to the Governor of the province, who has all the responsibility for the

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« Reply #70 on: March 24, 2010, 01:24:56 pm »

feeding and health of the inhabitants. In like manner God spoke to Moses, who had all the trouble and responsibility of Israel on his shoulders.

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« Reply #71 on: March 24, 2010, 01:25:05 pm »

But Scripture tells of God speaking to Adam and to Noah; to the common earth man and to him who was the type of the whole human race. * This is like unto a king who speaks to his own husbandmen, his gardeners, and the keeper of his cattle. For God gave to Adam the task of keeping and tilling the Garden of Eden, and Noah he commanded to take care of the cattle, and preserve them alive at the time of the deluge.

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« Reply #72 on: March 24, 2010, 01:25:14 pm »

In like manner, there is no man who has not some work to do in the world, the garden of God, or that has not some living creatures under his care.

It is no disgrace to the king to talk with the man who keeps his garden and cultivates it, nor with his herdsmen; and the King of Kings will not leave any of His creatures without guidance.

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« Reply #73 on: March 24, 2010, 01:25:37 pm »

Rabbi Chamma bar Chanina, and Rabbi Issachar of Chapur Mandai, say, that the difference between the prophets of Israel and the prophets of the other peoples of all the earth, is that the prophets of Israel had a fuller revelation. But the rewards and punishments of obedience or heedlessness were only in proportion to the fulness of the revelation given to each. Even the children of Israel were not held guilty under the law


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« Reply #74 on: March 24, 2010, 01:25:43 pm »

after the revelation at Sinai, until it had been taught, and explained, and repeated to them from the Tabernacle.

This may be likened to a king who issues edicts. The people in his realm are not punished for transgressing the new laws until time has been allowed for their promulgation.

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