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| Sep 19, 2019 at 19:48 | comment | added | DanF | There is absolutely nothing in the verses that suggest one interpretation over the other, i.e. whether you can act joyfully and fearfully at the same time or separately. So, you can use whichever interpretation you wish. However, another idea is we are talking about the "fear" of the awesomeness of God. Thus, e.g., when one prays, while he is thinking about God's magnificence and "trembles" at that thought, the act of praying is an expression of his joy to be able to address God and express his feelings in having that conversation with God. So, both get accomplished. | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 19:18 | vote | accept | Maurice Mizrahi | ||
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| Sep 19, 2019 at 18:36 | comment | added | Maurice Mizrahi | Yes. I am not a fan of the roller-coaster or chamber of horrors analogy. | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 18:30 | comment | added | Oliver | @MauriceMizrahi So the latter, I see. Do you really think both feelings are mutually exclusive? | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 18:24 | comment | added | Maurice Mizrahi | The midrash you quote says: Do both. My question was: HOW do you do both? | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 18:17 | comment | added | Oliver | @MauriceMizrahi Either you disagree with my understanding of the Midrash (since it wasn’t me who authored that Midrash) or you’re asking not how to reconcile the pesukim but rather for emotional-psychological guidance which, in that case, might be off-topic. | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 18:08 | comment | added | Maurice Mizrahi | Seems to me you are just restating my question. | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 18:04 | comment | added | Oliver | I don’t have Braude’s translation of the Midrash at hand but if a reader does feel free to include it in the post. | |
| Sep 19, 2019 at 18:02 | history | answered | Oliver | CC BY-SA 4.0 |