FINAL QUESTIONS – SYNCHRONY
- Explain Rav Ginsburgh’s statement, “Time is the progressive illumination of that singular and perfect Divine image.” From this perspective, what is the purpose of religious practice?
- Which “organ” is rectified by the constant mitzvot? And more specifically, how do these six commandments relate to its various subdivisions?
- How is it possible to obligate faith in G-d and G-d’s One-ness?
- Briefly describe the four stages of loving and fearing G-d.
- What practical suggestions do the Rambam, Sefer Hachinuch, and Tanya give for fulfilling the mitzvah of loving G-d?
- How does relationship with G-d parallel relationship to parents?
- Why are love and fear both essential to a full and balanced relationship with G-d?
- Identify the primary differences between the animal and divine levels of soul.
- Define “evil.”
- How does the Tanya define and distinguish the categories of tzadik, rasha, and benoni?
- What does it mean to see the world from a perspective of “good and evil” as opposed to “true and false?”
- How does one set about reconciling Torah with other, apparently contradictory, knowledge and life experiences?
- Practically, how does one fulfill the commandment of having only pure thoughts?
- What is the Principal of Mutual Arousal? How does it apply to the mitzvah of “not following after the spiritually unproductive thoughts of one’s eyes and heart?”
- What is unique about the six constant mitzvot as compared to other commandments?