Moses de Leon was
a founder of Cabala, the great Jewish mysticism. His great book, the Zohar,
became the central text of Cabalism. The Zohar was written about 1280. The
Zohar claimed that Jewish law did not need to be defended rationally at all,
for all its gestures were part of the secret knowledge rites that had to be
done to fix the broken world. According to the Zohar each individual, going
through his or her lawful obligations, was mystically fixing the world.
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Factual: The Zohar claimed
that Jewish law did not need to be defended rationally at all. Answer; TRUE
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Discussion: According to
the Zohar each individual, going through his or her lawful obligations, was
mystically fixing the world. Do you agree with this idea or at least believe
there is a possibility its true?
I believe that it is something that is possible, however, I do not feel like it mystically fixed the world. I feel like the world can't be fixed by each different person going through their lawful obligations. It can't be "fixed" by peoples choices in life.
ReplyDeleteI don't believe that they are necessarily fixing the world. You have to ask whether or not the laws already in place are the right laws, morally, logically, and fair, are the laws to follow.
ReplyDeleteI feel as though the concept is understandable, but irrational. U cant say that a person's lawful obligations will 'fix' the world, because u then open the door to create their own interpretation of these 'obligations' and act accordingly
ReplyDeletei could see it as doing so many rights to overcome your sin. But God has said in the Bible that if you ask for forgiveness, you will be forgiven and let into heaven if you act apon christian duties, not just doing a good think to cover up a murder.
ReplyDeletedoing good things can help your community and all, but i do not believe you can just fix the world based on those acts
I think that people clung to this idea of "mystically fixing the world" because this was during the time of the Crusades destroying Europe and demolishing many Jewish communities. It even states in the book that "in difficult times people long for the comforts of religion" (247). I believe this is true even in today's time. They were experiencing a difficult time and stuck to the first religious movement that sounded comforting at the time.
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