January 31, 1962<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cRaba Bar Rav Yitzhak said to Rav Yehuda, \u2018There is idol-worship in our place, and whenever the world is in need of rain, they appear to them in a dream, telling them, \u2018Slay me a man and I will send rain.\u2019\u2019 They slayed a man for her and she sent rain.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHe replied, \u2018Now if I were dead, no one would tell you the words that Rav said, why it is written \u2018which the Lord your God has Halak<\/em> [divided\/smoothed] to all the nations,\u2019\u2019 meaning that He Hechelik<\/em> [made smooth] their words to banish them from the world. This is as Rish Lakish said, \u2018Why is it written, \u2018If He scorns the scorners and gives grace to the humble,\u2019 he who comes to defile, it is opened to him; He who comes to purify is aided\u2019?\u201d (Avoda Zarah<\/em> 55a).<\/p>\n\n\n\n To understand the above-said, we should interpret that idol-worship means one who does not serve the Creator but himself. This is regarded as performing idol-worship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Idol-worship, meaning the idea that it is not worthwhile to work if not for one\u2019s own sake, exists in our place. This is why he says, \u201cThere is idol-worship in our place, and whenever the world is in need of rain,\u201d meaning when people need to enjoy their lives, they engage in Torah and Mitzvot<\/em> [commandments], which causes them to abstain from several pleasures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n \u201cThey appear to them in a dream,\u201d meaning that this spirit, called \u201cwill to receive for oneself,\u201d appears to them when they are dreaming, meaning during the fall, when only a \u201cpocket of vitality\u201d remains of their spirituality, as it is written, \u201cWe were as dreamers.\u201d At that time, that spirit, which is idol-worship, has strength and it tells them, \u201cSlay me a man and I will send rain.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" January 31, 1962 \u201cRaba Bar Rav Yitzhak said to Rav Yehuda, \u2018There is idol-worship in our place, and whenever the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":6246,"menu_order":0,"template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}}},"topic":[26],"class_list":["post-11605","book","type-book","status-publish","hentry","topic-rabash"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n