tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post5106199200442818622..comments2023-10-15T11:45:24.912-07:00Comments on Letters of Thought: What I Read (Sometimes): Two Kings - A ReviewMottelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00582397390892396507noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-41153393236685131432009-02-05T18:44:00.000-08:002009-02-05T18:44:00.000-08:00Hey, you can test it out on my kids! Send me a fre...Hey, you can test it out on my kids! Send me a free copy... (I actually have a degree in literacy, so I can wax poetical on the literary aspect of it....)EndOfWorldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11743067211974381993noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-29640980728118340162009-02-05T09:17:00.002-08:002009-02-05T09:17:00.002-08:00i'm not religious. but the basic of two kings are ...i'm not religious. but the basic of two kings are so simple and have nothing to do with being a dos.<BR/><BR/>it is the basic of teaching our kid which road-map to follow.<BR/><BR/>i have four kids. i should be frank, telling you that this is what we always think about. how can we get them to the "right" way of thinking. <BR/><BR/>"two kings" is for little kids. mine are in high-school. however the basic remains the same.<BR/><BR/>i like it.<BR/><BR/>arieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-30728759618819014752009-02-05T09:17:00.001-08:002009-02-05T09:17:00.001-08:00i'm not religious. but the basic of two kings are ...i'm not religious. but the basic of two kings are so simple and have nothing to do with being a dos.<BR/><BR/>it is the basic of teaching our kid which road-map to follow.<BR/><BR/>i have four kids. i should be frank, telling you that this is what we always think about. how can we get them to the "right" way of thinking. <BR/><BR/>"two kings" is for little kids. mine are in high-school. however the basic remains the same.<BR/><BR/>i like it.<BR/><BR/>arieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-6910387204488832482009-02-05T09:17:00.000-08:002009-02-05T09:17:00.000-08:00i'm not religious. but the basic of two kings are ...i'm not religious. but the basic of two kings are so simple and have nothing to do with being a dos.<BR/><BR/>it is the basic of teaching our kid which road-map to follow.<BR/><BR/>i have four kids. i should be frank, telling you that this is what we always think about. how can we get them to the "right" way of thinking. <BR/><BR/>"two kings" is for little kids. mine are in high-school. however the basic remains the same.<BR/><BR/>i like it.<BR/><BR/>arieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20823360.post-72142955445640632622009-02-04T17:44:00.000-08:002009-02-04T17:44:00.000-08:00B"HBlessings,Happy for all blogs about the new ser...B"H<BR/><BR/>Blessings,<BR/><BR/>Happy for all blogs about the new series, which gets the word out. Thanking you for this one.<BR/><BR/>We see the series as nothing less than expounding the teachings of the Baal Shem Tov, and chasidus. After all, the Two Kings, though based in Kohelet, Talmud and chaz"al, was chosen as the skeletal theme of Tanya.<BR/><BR/>Correct. Every aspect of the series was analyzed in detail.<BR/><BR/>Correct. The stories are meant not to be grandiose. Rather they'll touch on daily dilemmas facing each of us in our daily lives.<BR/><BR/>This is meant to express the inner battle of the two souls. Rather than, for example, external battles between good and evil.<BR/><BR/>We accepted the scepter, "suspiciously like the pitchfork of the non-Jewish devil" purposely. This was an outcome of the concept that there are, indeed, two levels of Bad Kings. <BR/><BR/>The desire for permissible things, for pleasure sake, is called a "Jewish shed (demon, inclination, devil)."<BR/><BR/>Whereas, the desire for forbidden things is called a "non-Jewish shed (demon, inclination, devil." <BR/><BR/>(Both of these are described at length in Chapter 8 of Tanya.)<BR/><BR/>So, correct on all accounts.<BR/><BR/>Blessings for continued success and health.<BR/><BR/>Rabbi Fishel Jacobs<BR/>(www.rabbijacobs.com)Rabbi Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02130145658693496922noreply@blogger.com