tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320383332552487925.post5197933697251755722..comments2023-04-06T00:18:02.861-07:00Comments on SEC Sephardic Summer Institute 2010: Welcome to the First Annual SEC Sephardic Summer InstituteSEC Summer Institutehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09715571066855785812noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5320383332552487925.post-13224641352107157982010-07-25T03:33:00.357-07:002010-07-25T03:33:00.357-07:00BS'D
Shavua Tov!
Wonderful! The S.E.C. is p...BS'D<br /><br />Shavua Tov!<br /><br />Wonderful! The S.E.C. is perhaps the single most important vehicle for doing what Hacham Ovadia claims he himself is doing: restoring the crown to its former glory. May the Jewish people know again of a glorious Sephardic lifestyle that is neither purely of the Spinoza mindset nor purely of the Baba Sali mindset, but rather somewhere in between these two equally brilliant but also equally limited and incomplete Jewish mindsets. Amo Yisra'el desperately needs spiritual figures who have a genuine intellectual drive and intellectuals who do not disregard the spiritual realm. By just turning a few pages back in the grand book of Jewish history we can find out so much about our treasured past, and that past should inform us on how to approach our shared future (a la the Pirkei Avot) because we cannot truly go forward without first investigating and utilizing our recent and ancient roots. I hope the S.E.C. sets its vision high, very high: to be committed to halakha through the Sephardic lens (of course), but also committed to the following: adorning the remnant of Israel. The S.E.C. should seek to appeal to Klal Yisra'el with warmth and friendliness (to all), with knowledge (of the texts), with confidence, and with moderation. This is the legacy of our past and for the sake of all Beneh Yisra'el this legacy cannot just be something talked about or written on, this legacy needs to be lived and transmitted to our children for them to hand down to their children, and so.<br /><br />There's a great youtube clip of R Angel in NYC on this topic:<br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAArj6YkSYw <br /><br />Hazak u'Barcuh.<br /><br />Aaron bn Michael Mutal<br /><br />PS I would like to see the S.E.C. through Hacham Bouskila and Hacham Benarroch open a unique Beit Midrash, which should cover everything from Hazzanut to the laws of shechitah to semichah and the study of languages and maybe even mada (general topics). I know I would be VERY interested in becoming a student of such a house a studyAharon Ben Michaelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546568548234858429noreply@blogger.com