Mussar Gevurah<\/strong><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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In the Talmud HaShem States, I created the Evil Inclination, but I also Created the Torah, as its antidote.<\/em>\u00a0 Talmud Kuddushin 30b<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
G-d Created evil so that we could conquer it.\u00a0 This is where Gevurah comes into play.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
When you go forth to war against your enemies, and The L-rd (HaShem) your G-d (Elokim) has\u00a0 Delivered them into your hands<\/strong><\/span>, and y<\/strong><\/span>ou have<\/strong><\/span><\/span> taken them captive. Devarim (Deuteronomy)\u00a0 21.10<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
HaShem is Chesed, Elokim in Gevurah.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\nBoth needed to balance each other.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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Our souls contain seven middot (divine emotive attributes).<\/span><\/p>\nGevurah is the fifth in the serfirotic tree and the second emotive attribute<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The word Sefirah from the Hebrew word lesaper (\u05e8\u05dc\u05e1\u05e4<\/span>) means to express or communicate.\u00a0 It implies that the function of a Sefirah is to express a certain attitude.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n\u05d5\u05b7\u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e7\u05b4\u05e8\u05b0\u05d1\u05b7\u05ea \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b4\u05d9\u05dd \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d8\u05d5\u05b9\u05d1 \u05e9\u05b7\u05c1\u05ea\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b7\u05bc\u05d0\u05d3\u05b9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b1\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b4\u05d4 \u05de\u05b7\u05d7\u05b0\u05e1\u05b4\u05d9 \u05dc\u05b0\u05e1\u05b7\u05e4\u05b5\u05bc\u05e8<\/span> \u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05dc \u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b0\u05d0\u05b2\u05db\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea\u05b6\u05d9\u05da\u05b8: \u05e1 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\nBut for me it is good to be near G-d; I have made the L-rd G-d my refuge, that I may declare(tell, Lesaper)<\/strong><\/span> all Your Works.\u00a0 Tehillim (Psalms) 73.28<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
It is also related to the word Sapphire, implying that the function of a Sefirah is to give light.<\/span><\/p>\n\u05d5\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05bc\u05e8\u05b0\u05d0\u05d5\u05bc \u05d0\u05b5\u05ea<\/span> \u05d0\u05b1\u05dc\u05b9\u05d4\u05b5\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b4\u05e9\u05b0\u05c2\u05e8\u05b8\u05d0\u05b5\u05dc \u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05b7\u05d7\u05b7\u05ea \u05e8\u05b7\u05d2\u05b0\u05dc\u05b8\u05d9\u05d5 \u05db\u05b0\u05bc\u05de\u05b7\u05e2\u05b2\u05e9\u05b5\u05c2\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d1\u05b0\u05e0\u05b7\u05ea \u05d4\u05b7\u05e1\u05b7\u05bc\u05e4\u05b4\u05bc\u05d9\u05e8<\/span> \u05d5\u05bc\u05db\u05b0\u05e2\u05b6\u05e6\u05b6\u05dd \u05d4\u05b7\u05e9\u05b8\u05bc\u05c1\u05de\u05b7\u05d9\u05b4\u05dd \u05dc\u05b8\u05d8\u05b9\u05d4\u05b7\u05e8 :\u00a0\u05e1 \u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
And they perceived ( everything from Aleph to Tav<\/span> ) of the G-d of Israel; and there was under His feet a kind of paved work of a sapphire<\/strong><\/span> stone, like the very heaven for clarity: Shemot (Exodus) 24.10<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
And they perceived ( everything from Aleph to Tav ) of the G-d of Israel; and there was under His feet a kind of paved work of a sapphire<\/strong> stone, like the very heaven for clarity: Shemot (Exodus) 24.10<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
When G-d\u2019s Gevurah is more active that His Chesed we tend to feel that He is far, far away.\u00a0 He only does this so that we would seek Him with all our hearts, soul, mind and strength.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
But if from there you shall seek the L-rd your G-d, you\u00a0 shall find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.\u00a0 Devarim (Deuteronomy) 4.29<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
During the High Holy Days we pray that G-d\u2019s Gevurah will be tempered with Chesed.\u00a0 Those days are days of accounting of our soul, days where we truly seek to acquire a Blessed year from HaShem.\u00a0 Our awareness of His Gevurah is heightened during those days.\u00a0 We should strive to carry those energies throughout the year, not just on Yom Kippur where it all culminates.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Chesed is from the masculine side and Gevurah is from the feminine.\u00a0 Chesed is considered male because it expands, it bursts forth.\u00a0 Gevurah is feminine because it receives, it constricts.\u00a0 Abraham is associated with Chesed.\u00a0 He left his homeland and sought out relationships with others.\u00a0 He was always trying to expand by providing travelers with food and lodging.\u00a0 Issac is associated with Gevurah.\u00a0 He is the receptive party in the akeda.\u00a0 He was passive most of his life as is seen in the incidents of Rebeccah and Jacob.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Gevurah is the sefirah of emotion extended inward or away.\u00a0 It limits expansion.\u00a0 When we feel like moving away from something we are activating Gevurah.\u00a0 It takes a lot of strength to move away or limit ourselves in any way.\u00a0 Moving away or inward always has an element in it of limitation or contraction.<\/span>\u00a0<\/p>\n <\/p>\n
The dictionary defines Emotive as — Emotive is used to mean arousing intense feeling<\/u>, while emotional tends to mean characterized by intense feeling<\/u>. — Thus an emotive issue is one which is likely to arouse people’s passions, while an emotional response is one which is itself full of passion.\u00a0 <\/em>https:\/\/www.lexico.com\/definition\/emotive<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\nFeeling and Emotion are two different instincts that are often equated as the same.\u00a0<\/span>Feeling is an instinct that is physical.\u00a0 The realm of feeling belongs to the animal kingdom.\u00a0 It is a response to internal and external physical stimuli.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Emotion has faculties that no animal possesses.\u00a0 Our soul is emotional by nature.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Emotion is a combination of Gevurah and Chesed.\u00a0 Judgment (Gevurah) is passive,\u00a0 Mercy (Chesed) is active.\u00a0 Gevurah is the outer emotional aspect of a person.\u00a0 It is that part that assesses, values, checks and constrains the emotional life of a person.\u00a0 It reacts rather than initiates.\u00a0 Gevurah controls the impulses.\u00a0 Without Gevurah one could run amuck and become a tyrant.\u00a0 However if one removes Gevurah\u00a0 Chesed will drown one in fervor.\u00a0 Adam and the Kabbalistic Tree Z\u2019ev ben Shimon HaLevi Page 157-159<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Gevurah also helps us restrain the Yetzer Rah (the Evil Inclination).\u00a0 Gevurah manifests the power to implement Chesed, it helps us refine our middot, our character<\/span>.<\/p>\n\u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05e2\u05b5\u05e6\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d5\u05b0\u05ea\u05d5\u05bc\u05e9\u05b4\u05c1\u05d9\u05b8\u05bc\u05d4 \u05d0\u05b2\u05e0\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d1\u05b4\u05d9\u05e0\u05b8\u05d4 \u05dc\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d2\u05b0\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u05d4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\nCounsel is mine, and sound wisdom; I am understanding; I have strength (Gevurah)<\/span>.\u00a0 Mishlei (Proverbs) 8.14<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Yours, O Lord, are the greatness, and the might (\u05d4\u05d2\u05b0\u05bc\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05b8\u059a<\/span>), and the glory, and the victory, and the majesty\u2026Divrei Hayamim 1 (1 Chronicles) 29.11<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
\u05de\u05b4\u05d9 \u05d9\u05b0\u05de\u05b7\u05dc\u05b5\u05bc\u05dc \u05d2\u05b0\u05bc\u05d1\u05d5\u05bc\u05e8\u05d5\u05b9\u05ea<\/span> \u05d9\u05b0\u05d4\u05b9\u05d5\u05b8\u05d4 \u05d9\u05b7\u05e9\u05b0\u05c1\u05de\u05b4\u05d9\u05e2\u05b7 \u05db\u05b8\u05bc\u05dc \u05ea\u05b0\u05bc\u05d4\u05b4\u05dc\u05b8\u05bc\u05ea\u05d5\u05b9<\/span><\/p>\nWho can utter the mighty (Gevurot)<\/span> Acts of the L-rd? Who can declare all His praise?\u00a0 Tehilim (Psalms) 106.2<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Originally it arose in G-d’s thought to Create the world with the attribute of stern judgment (Gevurah) (i.e., with total concealment of G-dliness); He Saw, however, that the world could not endure, so He Combined Gevurah with the attribute of mercy (Chesed).\u00a0 Bereishit (Genesis)1.1\u00a0 (Rashi\u2019s Commentary) The Sapirstein Edition The Torah with Rashi\u2019s commentary page 4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Israel had so many times where they did not have the Gevurah, the Strength and Restraint needed to follow the path G-d Set for them.\u00a0 They would have avoided so much pain if they had.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
What about our lives?\u00a0 When we reflect on our own behavior do we find incidents where we did not use our Gerurah, our Restraint?\u00a0 When we observe others, do we see where we can learn from them? \u00a0How are some individuals able to restrain from putting others down, from judging others, from lashon horah ( speaking ill of another)?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
As with all things, acquiring Gevurah takes time, it takes purpose and dedication.\u00a0 The rewards that are reaped will be considerable.\u00a0 With restraint we won\u2019t injure those we care about with words and deeds that are not thought out, ones that will produce the best results.<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
Each and every moment we have in this life is a GIFT from G-d.\u00a0 What we choose to do with those moments matters.\u00a0 These moments affect our lives now and in the world to come. <\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
These moments have as it were eternal ramifications.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
I will hold<\/span> my peace at him\/her; listen<\/span> to his\/her words, the report of his\/her\u00a0power (Gevurot)<\/span>, and his\/her graceful speech. Iyov (Job) 41.4<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n
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