Saturday, March 12, 2011

Inventing a new wheel but a better one that works right and winds like a clock but tastes like a dreidle

I must say that I just turned off the television. It was annoying me. This is shabbas and I want a religious experience, not a candid camera that clicks when you smile for the rodent lord that you think you really want to obey. So that said, I am going to revisit the idea that you don't want to keep shabbas without a Clock that ticks like a power cord in the Ben Kenobe hall of fame. What this means is that I believe that you should minimize your electrical experiences on shabbas but that is is ok. Keep the idea that you can read a book and that you have personal time to reflect on Hashem and Creation. If you turn on the television for a ten minute stay, thats fine. If you are online all day long or you watch the entire football game each and every Saturday, you have not separated the holy from the profane and you really just are making a mockery of your own lifestyle. God is here to be our Ruler, not our slave master. We do not have to read the Torah every living moment of the day and we do not have to keep our fingers off a light switch just becuase its shabbas. That is not how I believe our Creator had intended for the sons of Abraham to live their lives. But that said, be ever so mindful of what day today is, for it is a day of true rest. I may have written a lot today but I am not snoozing in a chat room. I have a purpose and I believe its justice and praise for God. So if I can be so candid, be good and have a good year. Peace out.

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