http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2010/05/rabbinic-thoughts-on-agape/ Unorthodox Jewish reflections on the issues of our day Mon, 21 May 2012 23:32:47 +0000 hourly 1 http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2010/05/rabbinic-thoughts-on-agape/comment-page-1/#comment-448 Yochanan Lavie Thu, 27 May 2010 23:28:19 +0000 http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/?p=6742#comment-448 Christianity is a mixture of Hellenistic and Judaic sources. But Jesus himself was probably an Aramaic speaking rabbinic Jew. So agape may be a Jewish concept after all, but I could be mistaken. Christianity is a mixture of Hellenistic and Judaic sources. But Jesus himself was probably an Aramaic speaking rabbinic Jew. So agape may be a Jewish concept after all, but I could be mistaken.

]]> http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/2010/05/rabbinic-thoughts-on-agape/comment-page-1/#comment-444 Smithson Thu, 27 May 2010 13:10:04 +0000 http://rabbimichaelsamuel.com/?p=6742#comment-444 In love you do things for others putting them before yourself. This creates a feeling of self worth which sustains an identity. When my marriage ended, I lost all self worth because I could no longer give or accept love. Having no identity, I turned to G*d. In G*d is the chance to live what Rebbe Jungweiss calls 'The Committed Life'. The commitment is to increased contemplation and observance of the commandments which put nothing before G*d and puts others before the self. :) In love you do things for others putting them before yourself. This creates a feeling of self worth which sustains an identity. When my marriage ended, I lost all self worth because I could no longer give or accept love. Having no identity, I turned to G*d. In G*d is the chance to live what Rebbe Jungweiss calls ‘The Committed Life’. The commitment is to increased contemplation and observance of the commandments which put nothing before G*d and puts others before the self.

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