Dear Rabbi,
Why does the Jewish religion seem to obsess over insignificant details? How much matza do we have to eat, which spoon did I use for milk and which for meat, what is the right way to tie my shoelaces? It seems to me that this misses the bigger picture by focusing on minutiae. Is this
nitpicking what Jews call spirituality?
(I actually already sent you this question over a week ago and didn't receive a reply. Could it be that you have finally been asked a question that you can't answer?!)
Rob
Answer:
Dear Rob,
I never claimed to have all the answers. There are many questions that are beyond me. But it happens to be that I did answer your question, and you did get the answer. I sent a reply immediately. The fact that you didn't receive it is itself the answer to your question.
You see, I sent you a reply, but I wrote your email address leaving out the "dot" before the"com". I figured that you should still receive the email, because after all, it is only one little dot missing. I mean come on, it's not as if I wrote the wrong name or something drastic like that! Would anyone be son it picky as to differentiate between "yahoocom" and " yahoo.com"? Isn't it a bit ridiculous that you didn't get my email just because of a little dot?
No, it's not ridiculous. Because the dot is not just a dot. It represents something. That dot has meaning far beyond the pixels on the screen that form it. To me it may seem insignificant, but that is simply due to my ignorance of the ways of the web. All I know is that with the dot, the message gets to the right destination; without it, the message is lost to oblivion.
Jewish practices have infinite depth. Each nuance and detail contains a world of symbolism. And every dot counts. When they are performed with precision, a spiritual vibration is emailed throughout the universe, all the way to G-d's inbox.
If you want to understand the symbolism of the dot, study I.T.
If you want to understand the symbolism of Judaism, study it.
All the best,
Rabbi B.
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8 comments:
Who to say what's insignificant, when in a way we're all insignificant ourselves...
you know what the rebbehs answer when they dont know
s'iz aal pee kabuleh
come vist my blog!
Sara, I was very impressed with the Rabbi's answer.
Y.Y., I don't know about you, but I have never had any good experiences with ANY Rabbi.
Bucher, I have checked out your blog but you need to write something that we can read in order to make it interesting and have people visit.
Shy, You're good.. you need to post so more of the pesokim on here so we can learn from you.
I got that email. very good analogy.
LVNSM27, Thanks I liked it too.
Brilliant!
it is a brilliant message!
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