A Different Peace

dear susan,

i think a close reading of the former 'dose': Open for Me & the important comments of those who have commented there - may help you.

R. Freeman, have you not quoted the Zohar in your preceeding dose? "“Open for me just as wide as a pinhole,” G‑d beseeches us, “and I will open for you as the entranceway of a great hall.”
i don't know what volume of the zohar this quote is taken from (sorry) but in my travels this is at least the 2nd translation i have heard; the first translation i heard was one available to secular non-jews: "open for me, my sister an opening no bigger than the eye of a needle, & "I" shall open for you the eternal gate".
why is this 2nd transl. feminine in its source? should i distrust the translator?/myself?/Ha Shem? In Genesis G-d formulated many separations, each sphere of influence, including the physical bodies of male/female. i don't believe G-d's 'eyes' to ever have been coarse, the way our egos can be, & HIS chesed is all day long.

I get a lot from reading your writing and I'm grateful. But this day I need to say that wanting to learn Torah is not an attack on gender difference.(And that's not clear in this piece.) Honesty and clear thinking is key to ethics in this matter. And one has to be careful never use a sacred text to oppress somebody or to justify keeping a Jew from their tradition.

The different True Colors of our world in Judaism is with One Truth in One G-d. To keep the peace in all relationships, and harmony is to have True Colors with One G-d In other words, To keep the peace is to have True Colors with One G-d.

Shalom everyone. To me peace is not a feeling, it is a quietness of G-d's presence as His Spirit engulfs your whole being. When all things of the world and its troubles seem to disappear as you baste in the serene presence of Almighty G-D. Bless His Name. May all of G-d's children be blessed by the presence of his wonderful Holy Spirit.

Shalom

There can be no doubt about God's oneness. And really "True peace is the oneness that sprouts from diversity..." But to some people -sometimes many- true peace appears when all people behaves like just one person, when the whole nation has just one and only one goal and all efforts are accommodated to fulfil that goal. Summarizing, we'll get a true peace when we all live in an anthill.

Outstanding.

The more borders that are in dispute,the less peace one shall have.Breaking down these boundary lines is not by any means easy.Instead of putting up barriers between countries,peoples,and genders,we should begin to build bridges to better understand one another's point of view.Establishing borders eventually will leas to dispute.A mended fence once broke,and will do so again.History tends to repeat itself. Better to repair a neglected bridge than to restore a broken fence.Bridges create a path where there once was none.Borders divide the oneness of the world.

i loved this reading.it was so beautiful and diversity is what life is truly all about.

When are we our own diverse selvs? Is there a time in space when our immaterial Neshomahs are placed in our bodies?
Is this when each prince or princes is?
Could this happen before we are 30 days old?

Could True Peace require even this infantile diversity have borders not be blurred?

Please continue your wonderful work. Indeed, the Rebbe would be very proud of all of you.
WE WANT MOSHIACH NOW
and by doing all of the mitzvot that you are doing, you hasten the arrival of MOSHIACH