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Picking The Proper Road In Life
From All The Many Alternatives

RABBI MORTON YOLKUT

Special to The Jewish News

I

n this week's sidra we
read a portion of Moses'
farewell address to the
Jewish people. In a
remarkable verse, Moses ad-
monishes his people: "And
now, Israel, what does the
Lord your God require of you,
only to fear the Lord your
God, to walk in all His ways,
and to love Him, and to serve
the Lord your God with all
your heart and with all your
soul. lb keep the command-
ments of God and His
statutes, which I command
you this day for your good."
(Deut. 10:12-13).
The Talmud was shocked by
this statement. What does
the Lord require of us - only
to do all of these things? "Is
the fear of heaven so simple
a matter - such a small
thing?" The Talmud answers:
"Yes, for Moses, the fear of
heaven was a small thing."

Morton F Yolkut is rabbi of
Congregation B'nai David.

SIZES 16-32, Ix-5x

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FRIDAY, AUGUST 18, 1989

Moses had reached that
height of spiritual attain-
ment that he could almost in-
stinctively do the proper
thing in any given situation.
For him, even the fear of
heaven and the observance of
God's commandments were
simple and natural responses.
What about us? To us yirat
shamayim, the fear of heaven,
and differentiating right from
wrong are highly complex
and challenging affairs. It
would be easy if every situa-
tion came neatly packaged as
black or white. We would
simply choose white and re-
ject black and live happily
ever after. But what do we do
when we are presented with
various shades of gray? How
are we to decide which is the
proper color, which is the cor-
rect alternative?
"Thou shall not steal." But
what if your family is starv-
ing and only the stolen loaf of
bread stands between them
and starvation?
Truth is a noble ideal of our
tradition. But do we tell the
truth at all times, without ex-
ception? Should a physician

tell the brutal truth when a
patient asks the nature of a
terminal illness? Should he
add mental anguish to the pa-
tient's physical suffering by
telling the whole truth?

Shabbat Ekev:
Deuteronomy
7:12-11:25,
Isaiah 49:14-51:3.

Life presents us with
various options and paths to
righteous and ethical living.
Often, each has much to com-
mend it. Yet we cannot always
take both roads. If we choose
one, we must forsake the
other. And the question is,
which road to choose? The
fear of heaven is hardly a sim-
ple matter for common mor-
tals who have not achieved
the spiritual eminence and
stature of a Moses.
And yet, the rabbis were not
begging the question when
they observed that the fear of
heaven and proper conduct
were simple matters for
Moses. Perhaps these re-

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