notes on t'hilim and kohelet #2

comment-not enough text-based stuff being taught; I'm going to speak to Nissan to change his approach

psalms
I walked in a little late, so it took me a bit to catch on. We were continuing with Psalms XXX. He was talking about special Biblical laws concerning eating food from sacrifices and what are the borders of Jerusalem. Today's borders are not the Biblical ones, takes a King, Navi (prophet), orim t'umim (magical tool for Hashem to send messages), 71 elders, and two "todot."

Line 3 King David's problems, possibly medical/physical, because in 4, he states that G-d cured him. Refuat nefesh, curing the soul, is by doing tshuva repentence. Somehow overconfidence was mentioned at this point; maybe it's an "illness" that must be cured?

must take advantage of opportunities G-d gives us.

Line 6- he/we falls asleep weeping in olam hazeh-this world and wake up joyful in olam haba, the next world.

Shmuel 1, IX, 6, Navi (Prophet) explains past, does not predict future.

kohelet
After all that happens "nothing new"
this world depresses
line 4 dor holech, dor ba one generation goes, another comes
nothing new
this world depresses
Yeshaiyahu,
good people die, others don't care, good lift because of the wickedness, to try to get forgiveness from G-d for those who remain

Shmuel started prophicizing while Eli still alive--chain
we're not left deserted (though people feel so now)

fire/flame goes up, need fire to make fire
ruchaniyut, spirituality not utilized is wasted
nature force
evil is miss-used energy
that's what frustrates Shlomo hamelech
tires him, unending cycle

End of kohelet, end of desire
line 8 depression , empty world
there are those who don't want to put children in this world

nothing new under the sun-this world
but over the sun, the next world--different

first 11 lines/sentences, introduction
real start is from 12