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Intrinsic reasons for being observant
Here's a mashal.
A wife says to her husband "when you go out the house, please tell me"
The husband says "why should I tell you? What's in it for me?"
Not sure if anything further ...
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Man's Duty in this World
Man's duty in the world:
Torah and Mitzvot.
The world exists only for the sake of Torah (Pesachim 68b)
Torah and Mitzva are practically synonymous:
And I will give you the tablets of stone, the ...
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Man's Duty in this World
Man's duty and goal can be looked at from two vantage points: 1). From Hashem's view 2). From our own.
According to the Ramchal (Derech Hashem, Daat Tvunos, etc...) Hashem wanted to give and so he ...
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Man's Duty in this World
Rabbi Moshe Chaim Luzzato (known as the Ramchal), in his work "Mesilas Yesharim" (beginning of Chapter 1) expresses it as such:
יסוד החסידות ושרש העבודה התמימה הוא שיתברר ויתאמת אצל האדם מה ...
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