The trouble with Nietzsche is that people often do not want to be moral. Nietzsche gives them an excuse for throwing off the bonds of morality.
The idea the human nature rebels against morality is mentioned by Thucydides in the account of Corcyra.
There is a point that often people disguise personal ambition with morality. But the fact that any moral system can be misused does not mean it is not valid. Chemistry can be used for destructive purposes and for good oneד also.
Nietzsche does not like people that make money by seeming to be moral. Mainly his fire is directed towards Christianity and Judaism. But what it seems his mostly against is using religion for its cash benefits.
What is a man? Someone you can depend on. Someone you know will keep his word. Someone who will not let you down. And Nietzsche thought most religious teachers were not in that category. He thought they might seem moral, but when it comes to action they are unreliable.
I think it is possible to be sympathetic towards Nietzsche. He was after all facing a serious problem that almost anyone in any kind of religious environment encounters--people that use the religion for cash value.
But he did take this too far.
Personally what I recommend is to learn the Oral and Written Law of Moses {"Torat Moshe"} and to try to keep it. The best way I can see to do this fast is to get Rav Shach's Avi Ezri and do any one chapter thoroughly, and also learn Musar-Ethics.
[If you can get through just one chapter of Rav Shach's Avi Ezri you basically already have the tools that will enable you to do Shas. That is you "know how to learn"]. And the Musar puts you in contact with the piety and devotion of the Middle Ages which is so lacking today.
[As far as Halacha goes I recommend the Tur, Beit Yoseph. To me this seems like the best Halacha book. After that I would suggest the Aruch Hashulchan.[The later I did very little of but it is a very good book.]
The idea the human nature rebels against morality is mentioned by Thucydides in the account of Corcyra.
There is a point that often people disguise personal ambition with morality. But the fact that any moral system can be misused does not mean it is not valid. Chemistry can be used for destructive purposes and for good oneד also.
Nietzsche does not like people that make money by seeming to be moral. Mainly his fire is directed towards Christianity and Judaism. But what it seems his mostly against is using religion for its cash benefits.
What is a man? Someone you can depend on. Someone you know will keep his word. Someone who will not let you down. And Nietzsche thought most religious teachers were not in that category. He thought they might seem moral, but when it comes to action they are unreliable.
I think it is possible to be sympathetic towards Nietzsche. He was after all facing a serious problem that almost anyone in any kind of religious environment encounters--people that use the religion for cash value.
But he did take this too far.
Personally what I recommend is to learn the Oral and Written Law of Moses {"Torat Moshe"} and to try to keep it. The best way I can see to do this fast is to get Rav Shach's Avi Ezri and do any one chapter thoroughly, and also learn Musar-Ethics.
[If you can get through just one chapter of Rav Shach's Avi Ezri you basically already have the tools that will enable you to do Shas. That is you "know how to learn"]. And the Musar puts you in contact with the piety and devotion of the Middle Ages which is so lacking today.
[As far as Halacha goes I recommend the Tur, Beit Yoseph. To me this seems like the best Halacha book. After that I would suggest the Aruch Hashulchan.[The later I did very little of but it is a very good book.]
