TORAH

I LOVE LEARNING TORAH,
SHASS AND POSKIM THAT IS
MY BIGGEST DREAM OF LIFE.

IN LAST WEEK'S PARSHA, RE'EH IT STARTS:
" BEHOLD I SET BEFORE YOU A BLESSING AND A CURSE.
THE BLESSING.
IF YOU LISTEN TO THE COMMANDMENTS,
THE CURSE,
IF YOU SHALL NOT  LISTEN TO THE COMMANDMENTS."
RE'EH WRITTEN IN THE SINGULAR,
LIFNEICHEM  WRITTEN IN THE PLURAL.
IF ONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY  TO REBUKE,
A GROUP ( PLURAL ) THAT WILL PROBABLY NOT LISTEN,
HE SHOULD DO IT REGARDLESS THE UNLIKELY CHANCE
THAT ONE PERSON ( SINGULAR ) MIGHT BE INSPIRED.

THE TORAH TELLS US TO REFRAIN FROM DOING THINGS,
DISTANCE OURSELVES FROM THE PRACTICES OF NON-JEWS.
AN EXAMPLE: IT MAY BE THAT IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR US TO
PLANT TREES TO DECORATE OUR SHULS,
BECAUSE OF THE PROHIBITION OF FOLLOWING THE
STATUTES OF THE NON-JEWS.

INDEED IN HIS TESHUVOS THE MAHARSHAM RULES
THAT,FOR THIS REASON, IN AREAS WHERE THE NON-JEWS
HAVE SUCH A PRACTICE IT IS FORBIDDEN FOR JEWS TO
PLANT TREES.

MY QUESTION TO THE RABBIS AND RABBONIM,
WHY DO THEY NOT SHOW THE WAY
SPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO HOLIDAYS.
NOT FOLLOWING THE WAY OF THE NON-JEWS.
EVERYTHING I HAVE DONE IS WITH YIREI SHAMAYIM
AND MESIRUS NEFESH OF SELF SACRIFICE
TO PASS ON THE MESSAGE OF G=D
OF TORAH  AND MITZVOS,
TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE.