Pipeline Torah Gem #903 2025-11-14: Sabbath Day Contemplation
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Vaughn Seward
Nov 30, 2025, 5:07:06 PM11/30/25
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Sabbath Day Contemplation
"How great are Your deeds Hashem; exceedingly profound are Your thoughts." (Psalm 92:6) When I contemplate [on the Sabbath day] the magnitude of Creation, I realize How great are Your deeds. They are truly beyond my comprehension. Moreover, exceedingly profound are Your thoughts. I cannot fathom the reason for many phenomena. One perplexing question is why the Almighty created the world when He did, rather than earlier or later. The only answer for such a query is that God's will is utterly beyond our grasp (Radak). God is constantly supervising and controlling every detail of creation, yet He has designed the universe so that all of His actions are hidden deep beneath a cloak of nature. Since God's hand is invisible, events appear to happen by themselves. This is all part of God's deep design for this world: it is a test to determine whether man will strive to detect God beneath His concealment and to live his life in accordance with the Divine plan (Malbim). Adapted from Artscroll's "The Writings; Psalms" by Rabbi Nossom Scherman / Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz, 2018, page 408-409. Torah Gem Archives: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/torahtidbits
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Yiddish Corner
A fraynt bleybt a fraynt biz di kesheneh. A friend remains a friend up to his pocket. Got helft dem oreman: er farhit im fun tayere aveyres. God helps the poor man: He protects him from costly sins. Der shlof iz der bester dokter. Sleep is the best doctor. Der emes ken arumgeyn a naketer; dem lign darf men baklaydn. The truth can walk around naked; the lie has to be clothed.
"How great are Your deeds Hashem; exceedingly profound are Your thoughts." (Psalm 92:6) When I contemplate [on the Sabbath day] the magnitude of Creation, I realize How great are Your deeds. They are truly beyond my comprehension. Moreover, exceedingly profound are Your thoughts. I cannot fathom the reason for many phenomena. One perplexing question is why the Almighty created the world when He did, rather than earlier or later. The only answer for such a query is that God's will is utterly beyond our grasp (Radak). God is constantly supervising and controlling every detail of creation, yet He has designed the universe so that all of His actions are hidden deep beneath a cloak of nature. Since God's hand is invisible, events appear to happen by themselves. This is all part of God's deep design for this world: it is a test to determine whether man will strive to detect God beneath His concealment and to live his life in accordance with the Divine plan (Malbim). Adapted from Artscroll's "The Writings; Psalms" by Rabbi Nossom Scherman / Rabbi Gedaliah Zlotowitz, 2018, page 408-409. Torah Gem Archives: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/torahtidbits
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Yiddish Corner
A fraynt bleybt a fraynt biz di kesheneh. A friend remains a friend up to his pocket. Got helft dem oreman: er farhit im fun tayere aveyres. God helps the poor man: He protects him from costly sins. Der shlof iz der bester dokter. Sleep is the best doctor. Der emes ken arumgeyn a naketer; dem lign darf men baklaydn. The truth can walk around naked; the lie has to be clothed.
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