tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626610279159340013.post3550836118334030192..comments2024-01-21T05:17:46.958-05:00Comments on The Partial View: Has Sefira gone out the window?Tomim Thttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09358985107505490625noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8626610279159340013.post-2507845230596639472016-05-19T12:13:23.404-04:002016-05-19T12:13:23.404-04:00I might be wrong about this, but it seems to me th...I might be wrong about this, but it seems to me that the lack of <i>Sefira</i> observance is a very minor problem compared to the lack of <i>Shmirat HaLashon</i> observance.<br /><br /><b><i>Tosefta</i>, tractate <i>Peah</i>, chapter 1, paragraph 2:</b><br />These are things that cause a person to be punished in this world, <br />and the main [punishment] remains for him in the afterlife: <br />idol worship, immorality, and bloodshed; <br />and slander [<i>Lashon HaRa</i>] is equal to them all.<br /><br /><b>CHRONOLOGY: </b><br />Anonymous statements in the <i>Tosefta</i> are attributed to Rabbi Nechemiah, who was active around year 150 of the Common Era. <br /><br /><b>************************************************<br />PLEASE HELP FIGHT ISRAEL-BASHING ON-CAMPUS:<br />************************************************</b><br /><br />www.AcademicEngagement.org<br />www.CameraOnCampus.org<br />www.CampusFairness.org <br />www.CanaryMission.org<br />www.DavidProject.org <br />www.Israel-Academia-Monitor.com <br />www.IsraCampus.org.il<br />www.JewHatredOnCampus.org<br />www.SSImovement.org <br />www.StandWithUs.com<br />www.TheIsraelGroup.org <br />https://twitter.com/cmaccabeesMr. Cohenhttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/DerechEmet/noreply@blogger.com