Here's a nice little bit from Rav Sholom Brodt, in relation to the consecration of the Priesthood and the Mishkan (the Tabernacle, selah!), and the sin of the Golden Calf:
I once heard that a student of the Ropshitzer
Rebbe asked, "Rebbe, the rabbis teach us that before we do something, it
is announced in heaven that 'so and so is about to do such and such'.
Now I can understand such a heavenly announcement before one does a
mitzvah, but why would they make such an announcement before one does a
transgression?"
The Ropshitzer Rebbe replied, that in heaven they don't announce that
so and so is about to do a transgression, rather they announce that so
and so is about to make a new pathway to return to Hashem.
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Hey, St:u,
You back in Israel yet? Call me or e-mail, either way. Enjoyed your reference to Brian Bernius -- he made more of an impression on us than he probably knew.
Sorry I can't seem to check your blog more often.
We had a wonderful seder, a retroactively funny day in Tel Aviv, and an abortive but nice trip to Italy. kol tuv,
--J
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