COMMITMENT
PARSHA
MATOT 08
“If a man makes a vow to Hashem or takes and oath imposing an obligation on himself, he shall not break his pledge, he must carry out all that has crossed his lips.” (Num.30.3)
Our Sages discourage vows for they are binding by law and must be carried out. The only exception is a vow made under duress or in an emotionally charged state when one’s behaviour is irrational.
Nonetheless, it is suggested that even when we undertake to do something without a vow, we should carry out ‘all that has crossed our lips’.
We should carry out our commitments with the same enthusiasm in which the undertaking is made. (Meorah Shel Torah)
In nature, anything that is warm cools off with time. Man has the same disposition. However, we are above nature for we have the capacity to reverse the process of cooling.
The person whose word is his deed is a person of grace. His ways are befitting in the eyes of heaven above and of man on the earth beneath.
MATOT 08
“If a man makes a vow to Hashem or takes and oath imposing an obligation on himself, he shall not break his pledge, he must carry out all that has crossed his lips.” (Num.30.3)
Our Sages discourage vows for they are binding by law and must be carried out. The only exception is a vow made under duress or in an emotionally charged state when one’s behaviour is irrational.
Nonetheless, it is suggested that even when we undertake to do something without a vow, we should carry out ‘all that has crossed our lips’.
We should carry out our commitments with the same enthusiasm in which the undertaking is made. (Meorah Shel Torah)
In nature, anything that is warm cools off with time. Man has the same disposition. However, we are above nature for we have the capacity to reverse the process of cooling.
The person whose word is his deed is a person of grace. His ways are befitting in the eyes of heaven above and of man on the earth beneath.
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