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Oct. 12th, 2005 05:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
dancingyeli know i said the previous entry was my last, but you know me...can't resist the internet! heh. well, it really was that i was looking for directions to the synagogue and found a little article on the website and just absolutely had to post it 'cause it sums up several of my issues.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe would always emphasize the value of performing
even one single mitzvah (Jewish observance). He repeatedly proclaimed
that Judaism is not an all-or-nothing religion as some might have you
think ("Either observe all of Torah or don't bother with any of it
'cause you're a 'bad' Jew anyway"). This would be the case if G-d were
a tyrannical dictator whom we needed to placate. In truth, G-d is a
loving father. He asked us to fulfill the mitzvahs, not in quest of
power or control, but out of His deep love for each of us--His precious
children. With children, it's not perfection you look for. A good
parent wants each child to reach their best potential. It's not
"all-or-nothing." It's "do-your-best!"
ok, putting on skirt and running out the door!
The Lubavitcher Rebbe would always emphasize the value of performing
even one single mitzvah (Jewish observance). He repeatedly proclaimed
that Judaism is not an all-or-nothing religion as some might have you
think ("Either observe all of Torah or don't bother with any of it
'cause you're a 'bad' Jew anyway"). This would be the case if G-d were
a tyrannical dictator whom we needed to placate. In truth, G-d is a
loving father. He asked us to fulfill the mitzvahs, not in quest of
power or control, but out of His deep love for each of us--His precious
children. With children, it's not perfection you look for. A good
parent wants each child to reach their best potential. It's not
"all-or-nothing." It's "do-your-best!"
ok, putting on skirt and running out the door!
