A favorite Hasidic teachings:
Noah* utterly failed. He failed his mission, and life.
He was supposed to argue with the Divine, and to do more to save the people of his generation.
Creating your own surviving arc is failure 🤦♀️
* of Biblical Arc fame - this week's Torah portion
Noah* utterly failed. He failed his mission, and life.
He was supposed to argue with the Divine, and to do more to save the people of his generation.
Creating your own surviving arc is failure 🤦♀️
* of Biblical Arc fame - this week's Torah portion
The source of the idea is Zohar (3:15a):
"And he didn't ask mercy for the world, and the water came, and all the people died. That's why it's called Noah's waters. Noah's water of course, because it was his fault. For he didn't ask mercy for the world."
sefaria.org/Zohar.3.15a.1
"And he didn't ask mercy for the world, and the water came, and all the people died. That's why it's called Noah's waters. Noah's water of course, because it was his fault. For he didn't ask mercy for the world."
sefaria.org/Zohar.3.15a.1
*Ark
And here is another piece of that same page, about how ultimately, God doesn't have the last word on what happens the world. Well, at least according to these (I guess heretic according to many people on here) 13th century ancestors of mysticism:
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sefaria.org/Zohar.3.15a.5
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sefaria.org/Zohar.3.15a.5
>>> and let's not forget that according to their teachings, every person has a Tzaddik, a righteous part, within them. So ultimately, we all get the control the world 🤷♀️
Yeah, I know, this is almost the polar opposite of Original Sin some Christians are obsessed with.
Yeah, I know, this is almost the polar opposite of Original Sin some Christians are obsessed with.
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