Since I have issues with organized worship, I've always had a partial objection to the old saying (I forget the source, and pardon my transliteration):
"Al shlosha d'varim ha-olam omed:" "On three things the world stands:"
"Al ha-torah, v'al ha-avodah, v'al g'milut Hasadim." "On Torah" (i.e. study), "and on worship" (although I'm more familiar with avodah meaning "work", which seems appropriate since organized worship has always seemed like a chore to me), "and on deeds of loving kindness."
Is g'milut Hasadim perhaps a better Hebrew equivalent for "charity"? "Deeds of loving kindness" suggests to me a voluntary action.
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Date: 2006-12-04 05:44 pm (UTC)Since I have issues with organized worship, I've always had a partial objection to the old saying (I forget the source, and pardon my transliteration):
"Al shlosha d'varim ha-olam omed:"
"On three things the world stands:"
"Al ha-torah, v'al ha-avodah, v'al g'milut Hasadim."
"On Torah" (i.e. study), "and on worship" (although I'm more familiar with avodah meaning "work", which seems appropriate since organized worship has always seemed like a chore to me), "and on deeds of loving kindness."
Is g'milut Hasadim perhaps a better Hebrew equivalent for "charity"? "Deeds of loving kindness" suggests to me a voluntary action.