I have had a few thoughts about the Obligations of the Heart but have not written down as they occurred to me.
One thing that comes up in the beginning of the book and also in the end in the final prayer is Creation from nothing.
This is not a major theme there, but in the Guide volume 2 this is a major issue.(note 1) It is one of the prime tenets of Torah that the world was created from nothing-not from Divine Light. Not from anything. Just God's will.
However the religious that think they believe in Torah, deny this. That gives just one more reason to avoid the religious.
Another theme I saw in the very end about bringing merit to many. That idea I recall also in the disciple of Israel Salanter (Rav. Isaac Blazzer). Also in Joseph Yozel Horwiz of Navardok. In Navardok the idea of bringing merit to many people was understood to mean the Musar Movement.
[I recall this was also brought up in the famous אגרת המוסר the Letter of Musar that started the Musar Movement.]
The proof in the beginning of the book seems to ignore the fact that there are different kinds of infinity. [א]
Learning math comes up in שער הרישות in the very end.
(note 1) The Rambam makes this the major theme in volume 2 of the Guide.
One thing that comes up in the beginning of the book and also in the end in the final prayer is Creation from nothing.
This is not a major theme there, but in the Guide volume 2 this is a major issue.(note 1) It is one of the prime tenets of Torah that the world was created from nothing-not from Divine Light. Not from anything. Just God's will.
However the religious that think they believe in Torah, deny this. That gives just one more reason to avoid the religious.
Another theme I saw in the very end about bringing merit to many. That idea I recall also in the disciple of Israel Salanter (Rav. Isaac Blazzer). Also in Joseph Yozel Horwiz of Navardok. In Navardok the idea of bringing merit to many people was understood to mean the Musar Movement.
[I recall this was also brought up in the famous אגרת המוסר the Letter of Musar that started the Musar Movement.]
The proof in the beginning of the book seems to ignore the fact that there are different kinds of infinity. [א]
Learning math comes up in שער הרישות in the very end.
(note 1) The Rambam makes this the major theme in volume 2 of the Guide.
