Torah lessons from Pinball

How is Torah like Pinball?

That question was posed by Israel National News's Yishai Fliesher and here are some thoughts on the topic demmonstrating how everything can teach valuable lessons..



1 When you start there are a lot of loud noises and flashing lights.
2 However, eventually to succeed one cannot be distracted by the bells and whistles.

3 With concentration, dedication and mazal one can continue forever and continuously score points.

4 If the ball falls through the cracks one gets another chance to score that is not prejudiced by the earlier ball’s failure.

5 No matter how many times the ball hits the same bumper one still scores new points.

6 One can continue until GAME OVER which is different for each player and not known to any player.

7 Remember and this is key,the ball must keep on moving, it cannot stay in any one place too long otherwise it will be out of play. In Torah one must grow and advance otherwise one goes downr

Conquest and Ownership

Monday, the 28 Nisan is the date when Yehoshua Ben Nun (Joshua) conquered Yericho the gateway to Eretz Yisrael. It is telling that the Aleinu paryer said at the end of three daily services was composed by Yehoshua at that time. The kabbalists (Sha’ar HaKvanot) associate the prayer that proclaims Jewry’s gratitude for being selected from among the nations because it is G-D who has created all existence is ensure that nothing negative affect the D-vine energy accessed through prayer.
In light of the above consider the first the Rashi on Chumash that the sole basis to a Jewish claim to Eretz Yisrael lies in G-D’s allocation of land and nothing else.
As Yehoshua opened up the land militarily he know only G-D, the Ribono Shel Olam (Master of Existense) could deed the land to His people. A point for today's leaders to ponder