RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: HILTON HEAD MONTHLY: 2013: GREAT IS PEACE: DEREK ERETZ

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL:

HILTON HEAD MONTHLY: 2013:

GREAT IS PEACE:

DEREK ERETZ:

JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

HILTON HEAD MONTHLY MAGAZINE  

DECEMBER 2013:

The latest local reads

24 Nov 2013

Written by Editor

It's that time of year again. Christmas. Chanukah. The Holidays. That means one thing: The mad scramble for gifts. Whether you're shopping for loved ones, office mates, friends, or acquaintances, finding that perfect something for someone can be a nerve-wracking task. If you have a book lover on your list, why not consider something written by a local author? Here are a few local reads worth checking out.

 

Great Is Peace | By Rabbi Arthur Segal and Sara Davies
"A history lesson and guide to interpersonal ethics"
An eye-opening, life-affirming resource for anyone who asks, "What does Judeo-Christianity have to offer for civility and peace in the 21st century?" The great sages understood what many today have forgotten – that each of us can heal and repair the world – one person, one interaction at a time. Each of us can be a vessel of our prayers and hopes for shalom, peace. Each of us can live happy, joyous and free, even when the world seems to be an upside-down place. Bestselling author Rabbi Dr. Arthur Segal of Hilton Head, provides the first modern commentary ever written on the 2,500 year old Babylonian Talmud's Tractate Derek Eretz, conceptualizing archaic references and bringing its timeless wisdom to life in accessible, contemporary language. Available in book and E-book at www.Amazon.com and bookstores.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: MESSIAH: DEREK ERETZ: GREAT=PEACE: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

RABBI ARTHUR SEGAL: MESSIAH: DEREK ERETZ: GREAT IS PEACE: JEWISH SPIRITUAL RENEWAL

 

Shalom , Peace and Happy Holidays:

 Today we continue with a bit more of Jewish Ethics (Great is Peace - Derek Eretz 10:11 ) apropos to the Holiday Season.

 ''Jose the Galilean said: The name of the Messiah is also "Peace" (Shalom), as it is written [Is.4:5]: "The Prince of Peace."

The concept of a Messiah is not Hebraic, nor are Heaven and bodily resurrection. These are Jewish rabbinic concepts discussed in Talmud Sanhedrin.

 During the Messianic Age (Is. 2:4), humans will no longer have a yetzer ha ra (ego). War, hate, persecution, and poverty will no longer exist. Everyone, humans and animals, will live in total peace and well-being.

In Sanhedrin 98a, the prophet Elijah's ghost visits Rabbi Joshua.   "When will the Messiah come?" asks Joshua. "Ask him," the prophet replies. "The Messiah is in Rome among the poor.''

Joshua travels to Rome and meets the Messiah.   Joshua asks, "When you will be coming?" and is told "Today."

Joshua returns to Elijah and says the Messiah did not speak the truth, because he promised to come today, but did not. Elijah replies, "This is what he said to you: 'Today, if you will hear his voice,'" a reference to Psalm 95:7. The coming of the Messiah is conditional, and the condition remains unfulfilled.

 If we as individuals and as a society love, work for, and pursue peace, we can attain it. If we do not love and pursue peace, we will not have peace. If we are not doing our best, and not listening to God's voice of love and peace, we are not spiritually deserving of the Messianic Age.

 The Talmud  Shabbat 118b, offers a test. It says that if all Jews could put aside our differences and observe one Shabbat, the Messianic Age would come. In reality, if all Jews agreed to do so, without fighting about what time to light candles or  whether one needs to wear a head covering, we would already be in the Messianic Age. If the Messiah's name is "Prince of Peace," let us now learn to love peace and each other.

 Rabbi Arthur Segal is an international lecturer, author, and teacher. Visit him at www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.org  . Follow him on FaceBook at 'Arthur L Segal', on Twitter at RabbiASegal, or his blog at http://rabbiarthursegal.blogspot.com  . Email at RabbiASegal@aol.com  

 

RABBI DR ARTHUR SEGAL www.JewishSpiritualRenewal.com/books www.FaceBook.com/Arthur.L.Segal www.FaceBook.com/RabbiArthurSegalJewishSpiritualRenewal www.RabbiArthurSegal.blogspot.com
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 Maker of Shalom (Oseh Shalom) help make us deserving of Shalom beyond all human comprehension!