Was Moses Being Bribed?

Questions and Answers Sometimes, to be asked a question is in itself an opening, to something more...

And even greater, to find a question to ask, is to suddenly swing open a lot of doors, and often, quite unexpectedly.

We have a tradition, a Jewish tradition with questions, called The Four Questions, and curiously it IS about Moses, being Passover.

If Moses "Passed Over" this question and brought it to a higher power, then maybe also, God was laughing, because you see, we can do it, with WORDS, and words themselves have an alchemy all of their own.

How come we can do this with this clay, so often, so beautifully?

Let there be, LIGHT! Reply

Why did Moses Act this way? Moses knew if he answered it, he would have been judged unrighteously; and he could have spoken wavering and wondering if he did what was right in G*Ds eyes. so therefore to take the burden off himself, he said he would "take it to G*D and ask him". That settles it for me! Reply

Rabbinic Fallibility The daughters of Tzelofchad entrance into the holy land could have been a time for all Jews to value to worth of men and women as equal. The law was already influenced by the subectivity of male privledges, and female exploitation. Reply

Rabbinic Fallibility
I think it's clear we all make mistakes, and rabbis, being part of humanity, are not free of errors in judgment, and in the perception of life through their own lenses, and those lenses, as we all know, because we all do perceive differently, can miss something relevant. Can judge wrongly.

Any group of people watching an event will describe it differently and we are all of us conditioned by our life experience, our learning, and our beliefs. To get closer to truth we need each other.

We all need help in getting through life, and finding a mentor is very important, but elevating that mentor as one's personal guru is probably not a good idea. And when a guru thinks they are "the guru", meaning having all the answers, this is a problem.

Humility is the key. Moses knew and he also was sensitive, deeply, to the issue presented in this case. So yes, it's a learning experience.

Rabbis should not accept the cloak of The Rebbe, without expressing deep humility and being open to learn. Reply