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Hanukka vs Greek Philosophy
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As we approach the holiday of Chanukah, Rabbi Alpren shares some insights For Rabbi Alpren's contact info go to: https://www.torahanytime.com/#/speaker?l=422
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one of the main personalities that we
come across when it comes to KHAK I
suppose is Aristotle Aristotle was the
father of Greek philosophy of Greek
philos as we know it and really the main
theme behind Greek philosophy is all the
enormity and the profundity and the
power of nature and that's really all
that is behind a Greek philosophy the
strength of a person's sport theater
drama uh buildings dress physical
features and physical strength
everything has to do with physical
strength and nature
that is the principle behind Greek
philosophy in the TOA We Believe much
more than that there's also a spirit of
person a spiritual life not just a
physical life much more much deeper than
that and that is really the basis of the
clash between to to philosophy and Greek
philosophy when we come to understand
that meaning I suppose we're talking
about the introduction the beginning of
Darwinism because really that's where it
became from the theory of of Nature and
the Brilliance of Nature and the power
of nature I suppose really comes as the
theory from Greek philosophy maybe
that's the basis of all secular thought
there is an in interesting incident that
happened some time ago in Bible G in
Jerusalem one of the great Ras ra Kun
came into a fruit and vegetabl store
with a student with a t and they stood
in the store as they were waiting there
a secular Jew came in and stood there
also in the store the secular Jew turned
man and said
to where is the
proprietor turn man and said there is is
no propriety here immediately the
secular Jew turned around and said as
follows what do you mean you're foolish
of course there is a b here what the
Wasa meant he wasn't here at the moment
but the secular Jew thought that Wasa
meant there is no propriety here once
the Wasa heard that he had had any idea
he said no I'll explain to you what
happened meaning in answer to this
secular Jew who has
said of course there must be a of course
there must be a proprietor what happened
was said no I'll explain to what
happened here in this store what
happened was yesterday there was a big
explosion and gasing came up and there
were clouds and all of a sudden in one
corner went the the apples and the
potatoes went over here and the
Cucumbers fell there was a gazm and from
the gazm the Cucumbers sat here and the
tomatoes came here and that's what
happened and the onions came
here
secular completely crazy what do you
think happened here listen to what the
secular D
ter my dear friend let me explain
something to you I explain this
ridiculous Theory just in one store you
say the whole world is like that the
whole world according to secular thought
is there were gas in there was
explosions and the tomatoes fell here
and the potatoes fell here don't you
realize how foolish your theory is of
course there's a babis of course there's
a proprietor you don't see him that's a
point he's not known he's there beyond
our understanding and that is really one
of the reasons why when we say the words
sh the word elu means the dynamic force
that we see all the powers in creation
yud and he and then Rob and he hashem's
name is a hidden entity when we address
the almighty there were two names
there's the name of yud and he the
letters which we use which we refer to
as master all and the word elu MIT means
the dynamic the Creator the supervisor
and that's the nature really if you look
carefully of every BR that we say there
is Blessed Be You God we and K which we
don't understand and Dynamic Creator and
that's the point which which we must try
and learn when we come to Kana as much
as the Greek philosophy said everything
is brilliant and the power of nature but
there's much more than the power nature
where there is also is a hidden entity
of the almighty and that's the nature of
the
creation