Pemikiran Yahudi Daniel 1:8: Akeidat Yitzchak

The call to love G'd is addressed to levavcha, the seat of your mind and goodness, that which appreciates all the good G'd does for us; nafshecha, the seat of your passions and urges, which appreciates whenever it is indulged; finally, me-odcha, the aspect of you that desires what is functionally good, useful and expedient. In these three ways, man can express appreciation of what has been done for him. Since he is being appreciative, his love is really of a reciprocal nature. When our sages (Berachot 61) say that the call to love G'd "with all your soul, includes preparedness for martyrdom, this appears to mean that even when it seems that G'd has decreed one's death, one should not reason that since G'd is the source of all goodness that such threat of death emanates from some other source, is the work of Satan. At such times, re-affirmation of the Oneness of G'd is required. This is the reason the sages praise Rabbi Akiva who died proclaiming the shema yisrael. (4) After the affirmation, the verse "these words shall be ..on your heart at all times," stress the need to jog one's memory at all times by remaining aware of these facts. The first action that will help memory to remain alert, is the recording of the relevant passages on a scroll and affixing it in a visible place on all one's doorposts. The word veshinantam, meaning to study, teach repeatedly, is also related to the root of the word "to sharpen." Constant repetition sharpens one's awareness. In addition it may refer to a method of study, to whet one's mind by presenting Jewish history in a challenging manner. "To your children," places special emphasis on those mitzvot that concern themselves with the growth of children into adulthood. (laws of circumcision, first born privileges, marriage laws etc.) "You shall talk about them," concerns all those mitzvot which involve dibbur, word of mouth, prayer, reading the Torah etc. "When you sit in your house, refers to those commandments that involve relationships with fellow human beings, your family who dwell with you, as well as your neighbours. "When you walk on your way," refers to mitzvot which normally present themselves for fulfilment when you are away from home, i.e. return of lost property, sending off the mother bird prior to pocketing the fledglings etc. "When you lie down," refers to laws governing permitted sexual relations with your wife, restrictions due to her menstrual cycle, the observance of the laws of impurity, etc. "When you rise up," refers to the hours of your business day when you are "up and about," active. All the laws pertaining to fair dealings with your fellow men must be remembered during that part of the day. "You shall bind them as a sign," are warnings to observe regulations about forbidden foods, reminders to limit our social contacts with gentiles. "They shall be as frontlets between your eyes." These are warnings not to be misled by what our eyes behold, to be led astray. Eyes may be employed constructively, i.e. when seeing a naked person we are to see to it that he is adequately clothed so as to protect him against heat or cold. Our eyes should not be employed to ogle nudity etc. "You will write them on the doorposts." This refers to all the commandments involving writing; i.e. marriage documents, divorce decrees, Torah scrolls, phylacteries etc. "And on your gates." This is a reference to mitzvot involving judges, since justice used to be practiced in public, at the entrance of the city where the elders would gather.