Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch

Tweets from the teachings of Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch

[Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch @ravhirschtweets]

Shavuot is not a celebration of the giving of the Torah, but of the preparation for the giving of the Torah.

[Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch @ravhirschtweets]

He who partakes of the Pesach offering recovers his own self. His eating of the Pesach offering represents the personality recovering its own freedom.

[Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch @ravhirschtweets]

To all the fathers of Israel this Pesach…

- Chorev, Edot ch. 28, Hagaddah (208)

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Unreal @ravhirschtweets Torah about Machatzis Hashekel.

Basically, we are all counted because we matter and are important, but our value is because we GIVE and contribute.

We are all only a half and incomplete, but need to value our contribution as if its everything.

[Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch @ravhirschtweets]

An elaboration on the meaning of חכמה בינה ודעת and their relationship to one another comes from בראשית (מא:לא)

[Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch @ravhirschtweets]

ואמלא אותו רוח אלוקים בחכמה ובתבונה ובדעת ובכל מלאכה (שמות לא:ג)
“The ideas that find expression through the mishkan and through all it’s parts must remain ever present in the minds of the craftsmen, to guide their thoughts and intentions as they execute the work.”

[Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch @ravhirschtweets]

Kedusha = separation from the low + complete devotion to the Most High.

[Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch @ravhirschtweets]

The משכן and the בגדי כהונה are a testament to the high spiritual standard we are meant to live by.

Their existence announces that sins are unacceptable, which in turn makes room for atonement to take place. Both personal, and institutional.

[Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch @ravhirschtweets]

“(Rav Hirsch) invaded the new era with the weapons of the Torah, analyzed and dissected it down to it’s last ingredients,and then shaped and reformed it until it could be placed at the feet of the Torah as new nourishment for the Divine fire.“

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#torahimderecheretz

[Rabbi Shimshon Raphael Hirsch @ravhirschtweets]

"By keeping God's Torah, the keeper becomes his own cherub and also a cherub of God's glory; his keeping of God's Torah becomes his own protection"

~ Rav Hirsch of the Cherubim