Wednesday, March 26, 2014

Shivyon Erech Ha'Adam - Avraham Aderet

In the uniqueness of every person, there is undoubtedly hidden a special "intention" that is essential and that guides one's life. The uniqueness of each person serves to show us each person's individual value; that uniqueness rises up as a one-time event in one's life. Each person has a unique value that does not stem from socio-economic standing or talents and abilities; rather, from being a human being that bears from birth a divine spark that is unique, a spark which was thrust upon on by the authority of the rule of consequence, and which one is responsible for expressing and actualizing in one's short life.

Therefore, all human life is precious, in that it is a new and unique discovery in the world of the living. One must relate to this with respect and awe, and protect it as a precious gift and expose it completely to the best of one's ability. Therefore, one must demand of others to treat the individual's life and human uniqueness with honor and holiness, and provide the other with the conditions and opportunities to reveal this uniqueness in its full force, and to coalesce one's life with the lives of others. The sanctity of each person's life is therefore the primary foundation of the values of human civilization. It is an absolute value that is not open to argument or compromise, and that is not dependent on a person's standing, abilities, or power. Rather, it stems from the fact of one's human essence that exists from the day one is born until the day one dies.

Other values are drawn from this value, which come from it and compliment it. If the life of each person is sacred, then we must honor life and give life the right and the circumstances to become full. This is not given to one by any external force, but rather from the nature of one's humanity.

How do you make life full? According to the present, it is by the ability to discover the self, which contains the unique nucleus that nature bestowed upon it and only upon it, in order to add to human life what only it can add - its unique musical note of life.

Shivyon erech ha'adam is therefore a primary value that stems not from political, economic, or social considerations, but rather from the fact of one's human essence. From the difference that one's uniqueness provides. Violating this equality is an attack on the foundational rules of life, preventing people from the conditions of discovering their own uniqueness and strength, and limiting their ability to discover their life possibilities.

There is no superior and no inferior in a system of human uniqueness. "He who kills a single Jewish soul is as if he demolishes the entire world" - every human is an entire world, a precious being that must be nurtured and be protected from injury and despair. One's existence and development are important not only for oneself, but for all of humanity. For all life. Shivyon erech ha'adam binds the existence of one's freedom to live without external boundaries within the framework of accepted social norms. This definition of freedom is the primary human value, which allows the natural growth and completion of the unique nucleus hidden in every human being.

This growth cannot be created only by shedding the heavy external restrictions, it requires encouragement and nurturing.

Therefore, one should not be satisfied by granting only formal freedoms; rather, one must allow another to grow that which is hidden in the depths of each human life patiently and lovingly.

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