Tuesday, February 6, 2018

Where Life Becomes Corrupted

Says the Rav ztz"l:

התכונה של הגבר היא בנויה לבא לאשרו ע"י הוספת תרבות ושכלול מדעי ואומנותי, והתכונה של האשה היא בנויה, להיות הולכת ומתפתחת דוקא מתוכיותה, בלא עמל של ספרים, וכל המלמד את בתו תורה כאילו מלמדה תפלות. 

A man finds his fulfillment through study and expansion of the intellect.  A woman is different. A woman is different. A woman is different. [I wrote that three times for emphasis because the differences between the genders is being fudged and even denied in our times.] She grows and develops from her insides without toiling in Torah. A woman ALSO has to grow, no less than a man. A woman has EXACTLY the same obligation as a man to be a spiritual being and to get close to Hashem. She just accomplishes this without books. [And then the Rav quotes the Chazal that looks askance at the practice of the father to teach his daughter]. 

Now the Rav says something frightening. 

כל קלקולי החיים באים, ועכ"פ רבים מהם, מזה שהאיש רוצה ללבוש בגדי אשה, לגדל מאליו כצמח השדה, במובן הרוחני והמעשי, והאשה חפצה ללמוד ולכבש. יבאו ימים ויכיר העולם את עוותתו, ויחזיק כל מין במדתו, ואז יהיה לנו מין אנושי, ממוזג, שהטבע הבריא כשהוא לעצמו, מצד האם, והופעת רוח הפועל והמחפש מצד האב, שניהם כללו את יופיו.

ALL OF THE CORRUPTION OF LIFE COMES, OR AT LEAST MANY OF THEM, FROM THE FACT THAT THE MAN WANTS TO BE A WOMAN, TO GROW AUTOMATICALLY LIKE A VEGETABLE IN THE FIELD, SPIRITUALLY AND PRACTICALLY AND A WOMAN WANTS TO "WEAR THE PANTS IN THE FAMILY", TO STUDY AND CONQUER. 

The day will come when each gender will return to its most basic and healthy nature and balance will be restored.  

[This doesn't mean that women shouldn't study anything and completely ignore their intellectual side. It just means that the stress should be on building a family, developing her emotional side etc. etc.]. 

So men, as they say in Ivrit - תהיה גבר!!! Be a man. And ladies - be ladies. THAT is what you need and that is what the world needs.