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Tuesday, November 08, 2005

HaRav Aviner and Wearing Kippot

One of the main "hotspots" in Kiryat Moshe is the Tuesday night HaRav Aviner speech. HaRav Aviner is known as one of the heads of the Dati Leumi world. There are at least two parsha sheets that are circulated every week in shuls that he has articles in. The past year they have been mostly anti-disengagement, pro-soldiers, pro-Israel, and anti-disengagement some more. Every week he has a different topic, and this week's topic was machloket. He was against. His main point was that any argument that isnt over Torah isnt allowed, and even when you disagree with someone, don't attack them, attack their ideas. He said the Rambam was very against machloket, even when they burned his books and cursed him out, he refused to fight. His Rebbi asked him what his best day ever was, and he said he was on a boat laying down and someone peed on him. He laid there and didnt get angry, and thats when he knew he had conquered anger. Someone asked him about a Rambam that says you cant allow a Talmid Chochom to be embarrased, HaRav said maybe the Rambam was "cholek al atzmo" (disagreed with himself)(he has a good sense of humor, the kind that you smile and wake up a bit, but not so much a laugh-out-loud type). In the end of the day (Dad, everyone says that, and in Hebrew everyone says "bsofo shel davar" which almost is the same thing) it was a very good shiur and hopefully we will be there next week. I don't plan on ever getting to a madraiga that someone can pee on me and I wont get angry.
In other news, I started learning with Shimi, we found a minhag sefer and started about wearing kippot. So far, we've learned that in the times of the gemara, in Yerushalayim no one wore a kippa, and kohanim werent allowed to when they would duchen, and in bavel some Rabbis would wear one for davening or when they were in their official capacity. So as far as we know, there in no reason to wear one. Keep y'all updated....Shavua Tov

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