Men and the Bible
Rivki D. Rosenwald Esq., CLC, SDS
All of a sudden there’s a run on men.
One gets swallowed up by the ground. Another communicates with a donkey. And the best of them drives a spear right through a couple.
And we think the pickings are slim -these days!
I mean, let’s say you went on one of these popular dating websites and these were the choices- you would pass out.
But, somehow these seem to be the guys highlighted by the Torah portion for the past few weeks.
Maybe it should give us a moment to appreciate the men in our lives.
Maybe-they don’t do the gardening, but at least they stay above the ground and are available for other things.
Maybe- they don’t always talk to you when you want a deep and meaningful but they’re not ignoring you to converse with some mule or other outdoor creature.
And maybe they don’t always like to interact with the couples you enjoy mixing with but, they don’t decimate them altogether, do they?
Yes – these Torah portions certainly give us some perspective.
There’s a saying -guys will be guys -but these guys seem a little extreme.
So the Bible must be highlighting them in order to teach us something.
Of course, you can say well maybe it’s coming to teach us something but is not necessarily something about relationships?! But seriously, isn’t it all about relationships?
Whether it’s friend to friend, man to maker, work to boss mother to child etc. it all seems to go back to one thing – Relationships!!
After all life’s guided very much by -Who we spend our time with, how we should treat them, and do we appreciate them.
I’d say these guys certainly make it easier to appreciate the men we have or may have in our lives.
So whomever it is you have in your life or whoever you are looking to have, maybe we can say this ….
if he’s surface mounted that means living above not below ground, and conversing with humans rather than ones guided by animal instinct alone, and respecting boundaries rather than on the attack – we should definitely give him some time and recognition.
After all , the Bible’s been showing us -it could be much worse!
Rivki Rosenwald is a certified relationship counselor, and career and life coach. She can be contacted at 917-705-2004 or rivki@rosenwalds.com
