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Parents at Little League - “Parents at Little League”
(BW) In this PPPP + P (Post Purim, Pre-Pesach + Parah) period, the disorientation we feel after encountering the randomness of Purim is mirrored in the aimlessness that B’nei Yisrael experiences with the disappearance of Moshe. Har Sinai was a flash of lightning that vanished into darkness, leaving the people in a desperate search to find some new source of connectedness. Therefore, the Egel itself was something that Moshe could defend as fulfilling a youthful, mammalian desire for sensuality and attachment. As the Kuzari explains, the need for an Egel was no different than the modern need for a shul. However, the mecholot around the Calf was inexcusable. In its attempt to freeze na’arut in time, the mecholot prevent youth’s potential from becoming actualized. The distinction between the Keruvim and the Egel becomes, respectively, the difference between a playfulness in which humanity seeks to discover itself – a playfulness in which the Shechina yearns to dwell, versus a game which is taken too seriously – a game in which retaining a grip on “golden youth” becomes an infatuation.
(BW) In this PPPP + P (Post Purim, Pre-Pesach + Parah) period, the disorientation we feel after encountering the randomness of Purim is mirrored in the aimlessness that B’nei Yisrael experiences with the disappearance of Moshe. Har Sinai was a flash of lightning that vanished into darkness, leaving the people in a desperate search to find some new source of connectedness. Therefore, the Egel itself was something that Moshe could defend as fulfilling a youthful, mammalian desire for sensuality and attachment. As the Kuzari explains, the need for an Egel was no different than the modern need for a shul. However, the mecholot around the Calf was inexcusable. In its attempt to freeze na’arut in time, the mecholot prevent youth’s potential from becoming actualized. The distinction between the Keruvim and the Egel becomes, respectively, the difference between a playfulness in which humanity seeks to discover itself – a playfulness in which the Shechina yearns to dwell, versus a game which is taken too seriously – a game in which retaining a grip on “golden youth” becomes an infatuation.
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