tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913469968087629350.post9122372665551331593..comments2023-08-15T11:13:47.105-04:00Comments on Elephants For Hebrew School: Mezuzah TalkUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6913469968087629350.post-53629706898064625552010-06-06T02:02:02.035-04:002010-06-06T02:02:02.035-04:00BS"D. This creative essay suggests, "The...BS"D. This creative essay suggests, "The mezuzah is just like the string. It is there to remind you of something." Unfortunately, the author has confused his mitzvot. In actual Judaism, the "reminder" mitzvah for a Jew is tzitzit. A Jew is commanded to look at the tzitzit, and remember to do all the mitzvot. The mezuzah, like the tefillin of the arm and the tefillin of the head, is supposed to be a "sign." It is a sign that this house is a Jewish home. If there is something that it is meant to remind one of, it is obviously that which is written on the mezuzah: "Hear O Israel, the L-rd our G-d, the L-rd is One." Furthermore, when two great Sages of the Jewish people, Hillel the Elder and Rabbi Akiva, wanted to teach us the most important rule in all of Judaism, they didn't say, "Life is incredible. Life is fantastic. Life is amazing. Life is wonderful. It is great to be alive." Instead, they said that the most important rule in Judaism is the mitzvah of Ahavas Yisroel - "Love your fellow as yourself," and "Don't do to others what you wouldn't want them to do to you."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com