{"id":614,"date":"2020-02-17T22:50:13","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T22:50:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/?page_id=614"},"modified":"2020-11-07T15:55:44","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T15:55:44","slug":"pointing-a-finger","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/attitude\/pointing-a-finger","title":{"rendered":"Pointing A Finger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/pointing-a-finger\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-552\" src=\"http:\/\/jewishpath.org\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/01\/Jewishpath-Logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"236\" height=\"183\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">A common practice is assigning responsibility\/guilt to someone or something for an incident that is usually not good. Accusations are charges or claims that the accused has done something illegal or wrong. The practice of blaming others dates back thousands of years to our first parents and the serpent. <span style=\"color: #ff3366;\">Adam blamed The Lord and Eve for his sin.\u00a0<\/span>And the man\/Adam said to The Lord, <span style=\"color: #0066cc;\">&#8216;The wife whom You gave to be with me, she gave me of the tree, and I ate.&#8217; <\/span>Genesis 3.12<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p align=\"JUSTIFY\"><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif; font-size: 18pt;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Midrash states that <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Lord God Himself Brought Eve to Adam. The Lord God plaited her hair in braids and adorned Eve with twenty-four different ornaments. Shabbat 95a, <\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Eiruvin 18a<\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Rabbi Dr. H. Freedman,\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><u>Midrash Rabba<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\">(New York, NY: The Soncino Press 1983) &#8211; Midrash Rabbah writes, <\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><i>Tamar was the daughter of Shem.<\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\">p 142 <\/span><span style=\"color: #000000;\">The Angels descended from The Heavens to The Garden of Eden to play music for Adam and Eve. The Sun, Moon and Stars danced for them. The Lord God Prepared special tables with delicacies on them.<\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\">Rabbi Moshe Weissman, <\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\"><u>The Midrash Says<\/u><\/span><span style=\"color: #999999;\">(Brooklyn, New York:\u00a0 Benei Yakov Publications 1980), pp 40-41<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Questions For Comments<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Lets put ourselves in Adams shoes. Let&#8217;s take a few steps. <span style=\"color: #00ae00;\">What was Adam thinking or feeling. What would I do if I were Adam?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Family and friends please share your thoughts.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">May you be especially blessed with confidence and peace for participating.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Dr. Akiva Gamliel Belk<\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jewishpath.org\/bookpage.html\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt; font-family: 'times new roman', times, serif;\">Author<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; A common practice is assigning responsibility\/guilt to someone or something for an incident that is usually not good. 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