HolyGround >> does G-D have a wife?

the rooster - Yep, His "bride". He looks at His people collectively and calls them His "bride, betrothed, etc."

The Jewish people are Gds wife.  Most of the entire perspective of Jewish outlook is based on the notion that the Jewish people are G-ds wife...

Robert Wynne -  but thats not what the evidence is showing.


and the story that the jewish people are God's chosen people..is and was, a story told by Jewish people, Jewish people are no more Gods people than the Canadiens are.

Robert Wynne -  but thats not what the evidence is showing.


and the story that the jewish people are God's chosen people..is and was, a story told by Jewish people, Jewish people are no more Gods people than the Canadiens are.

How do you acknowledge that ideal?  If it's just in thought or just in faith I'd have to say my wife would be very sad if I never told her I loved her. 

On the first night of Passover & on the day of Yom Kippur we dress in white to symbolize our wedding dress and to associate ourselves with the Angels.  On each Sabbath we sing Lecha Dodi which publicly acknowledge Gd as our King and we are his bride and we face towards Israel while saying the prayer but turn around during the last stanze to greet the Shabbos.  So Israel you face Jerusalem but the sun sets in the west so as the sun disappears we greet the Shabbos as the sun sets. 

Shabbos is rest day that is counter to "G-ds hoveing over the waters of the Deep" restless and unsettled he rests on Shabbat which he commands us to keep all over the place in Torah.

We actualize the notion.  We write about it, it's not a passing though.  There's a good amount of Chassidus on this.  Are we alone?

G-d and people are as distant as infinity is from the finite. He is the Creator and we are the merely created. In this sense our dance is the square dance; we reach across this gulf and struggle to achieve and then maintain a connection. Yet at the same time, G-d's bond with us pierces the core of our essence. On the deepest level, we are claimed by G-d. Like a sibling who cannot sue for divorce, our dance is the hora, forever together, in an eternal circle that grips us in tight embrace.

Indeed, the Jewish people are metaphorically referred to in the Torah as the bride of G-d. Endearing as this term is, it doesn't promise an eternal connection. Brides are passionate and loving. But even marriage doesn't promise eternal devotion, as may be seen when couples sue for divorce. Torah grants the Jew another title. In addition to G-d's bride we are also G-d's sister. The sibling relationship that we share with G-d ensures an immutable lasting connection that can never be severed.

Every Jew is a sister and a bride. We, the accomplished dancers, are proficient in the intricate steps of both dances, the hora and the inspired.

This bride/sister duality, this dual dance we play out with G-d, is the role of every Jew. G-d grants the Jew a G-dly soul and an animal soul. The G-dly soul is a veritable part of G-d Himself clothed in the garment of the human body. As we walk, think and talk, we carry a fragment of our Creator in our person. It comprises the essence of who we are, and we cannot surrender it or divorce ourselves from it.

The animal soul is the conventional soul of man, which exists to a lesser degree in all living organisms. The animal soul feels no natural kinship with its creator. It is not inherently holy. On the contrary--its initial attraction is to the worldly. This animal soul must be slowly nurtured with loving care if it is ever to develop a relationship with G-d.

Given the correct dynamics, our animal soul can learn to connect with G-d. But its connection cannot be spontaneous or permanent. While connected, it will be fiercely drawn to G-dliness. It will covet all things holy and enjoy a spectacularly rousing love. But this connection is by no means assured. It can fade as quickly as it rises. It requires constant tending.

Our animal soul is (or has the potential to be) G-d's bride. The bride prefers the inspired dance, where a powerful connection is possible but requires constant effort and emotional investment. Our G-dly soul is G-d's metaphoric sister. The sister prefers the hora, always connected and always dependable.

The prime minister told reporters that his defense of the Jewish people was inspired by Schneerson, who urged him during a 1984 discussion at Chabad-Lubavitch headquarters to "light a candle of truth" in his dealings with the UN.

"'Remember, you are going to the UN,'" Netanyahu said, relating to the reporters what Schneerson told him over two decades ago, when he became Israel's ambassador to the world body. "'There is an assembly hall there that has eternal falsehood, utter darkness."

"'Remember that in a hall of perfect darkness, totally dark, if you light one small candle, its light will be seen from afar. Its precious light will be seen by everyone. Your mission is to light a candle for truth and the Jewish people.'"

Netanyahu repeated and expanded on his comments about Schneerson during an appearance co-sponsored by the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations.

The prime minister recounted a visit to Chabad headquarters in Brooklyn on Simhat Torah during his stint as UN ambassador. Thousands of hassidim eagerly awaited the arrival of the Rebbe and the beginning of festivities.

When the Rebbe entered the room, Netanyahu was prodded by a friend to meet him.

"I said in English, 'Rebbe, I came to see you,'" the prime minister recalled. "And he said, 'Just to see? Not to talk?'"

As Netanyahu recalled, some 4,000 people had anxiously stood waiting, looking to the Rebbe for the start of the traditional rounds of dancing known as hakafot, but the Rebbe instead engaged him in a lengthy conversation.

"He switched to Hebrew," recalled the prime minister. "And after 40 minutes, he stopped. He said what he wanted to say, and he turned to the audience, and with his hands, started to get the hassidim to sing and dance."

"And then something happened I'll never forget till the end of my life," continued Netanyahu. "The Rebbe and his brother-in-law … took the Torah scroll and they went into the center of this hall … and I see [them] dancing in a circle of light with a Torah. I felt the strength of generations, the power of our traditions, our faith, our people."

During the national election campaign in 1996, when Netanyahu was first elected prime minister, Chabad publicly supported him with the slogan, "Bibi is good for the Jews." Netanyahu still has strong ties with Chabad.