During the Ten Days of Repentance, we ask for "good life and peace." What are we actually trying to say... and does it make sense when Israel is at war?
It's a beautiful essay but I don't understand the question. Of course we want peace. Sometimes we are forced to go to war. But we daven that the war should end, that further war should be unnecessary. We want only peace.
In my studies of our social system of macroeconomics the duality of our natures continuously is apparent. Thus we find supply and demand being made equal and opposite and the concept of trying to produce goods with as little effort as possible is combined with our ambition to enjoy the use of as many of them as possible. Even in this time of war we must always hope for the eventual peace that should balance it. This is our nature, and better understanding of this duality of opposites can be obtained through the subject of economics, which I advise would be a good thing for orthodox students to study having completed their talmudic subjects, (if they ever do).
I will grant peace in the land, and you shall lie down untroubled by anyone; I will give the land respite from vicious beasts, and no sword shall cross your land.
Amen! G'Mar Tov.
To you and your beautiful family as well!
Your words and thoughts are so beautiful, Scott. If only the world could feel the same way.
It's a beautiful essay but I don't understand the question. Of course we want peace. Sometimes we are forced to go to war. But we daven that the war should end, that further war should be unnecessary. We want only peace.
That's a fair question. Perhaps I overstated the question; it's really more of an introduction to the point, rather than a strong kashya.
Point well taken!
Amen. Thank you for such a thoughtful piece about peace!
In my studies of our social system of macroeconomics the duality of our natures continuously is apparent. Thus we find supply and demand being made equal and opposite and the concept of trying to produce goods with as little effort as possible is combined with our ambition to enjoy the use of as many of them as possible. Even in this time of war we must always hope for the eventual peace that should balance it. This is our nature, and better understanding of this duality of opposites can be obtained through the subject of economics, which I advise would be a good thing for orthodox students to study having completed their talmudic subjects, (if they ever do).
וְנָתַתִּ֤י שָׁלוֹם֙ בָּאָ֔רֶץ וּשְׁכַבְתֶּ֖ם וְאֵ֣ין מַחֲרִ֑יד וְהִשְׁבַּתִּ֞י חַיָּ֤ה רָעָה֙ מִן־הָאָ֔רֶץ וְחֶ֖רֶב לֹא־תַעֲבֹ֥ר בְּאַרְצְכֶֽם׃
I will grant peace in the land, and you shall lie down untroubled by anyone; I will give the land respite from vicious beasts, and no sword shall cross your land.
https://www.sefaria.org/Leviticus.26.6