[book] 탈무드의 지혜

Just finished reading this book.
Personal takeaway:
- Approximately, Mishnah was first published in 200 A.D. and Talmud 500 A.D.
- Rabbis teaching Talmud are considered the wisest with great character.
- How I eat and sex reveals who I am.
- Students at Yeshiva schools start learning Talmud when they are 9-year-olds.

[lesson] Dating, Courtship, and Marriage - Paul Washer

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Lesson I learned
1. Ask if I have made Bible-based decisions.
2. Gazing images/videos not supposed to be seen will influence my future marriage.
3. I'm fallen from history where 15 year-olds lead another youth to battle.
4. Ask myself, what part of my life would I want other people to have?
5. Flee youthful lust and start guarding my eyes!

[my note] 쉐마목회자클리닉 17기: 1학기 인성교육편 (translation: 17th Shema Minister Clinic: 1st semester Character Education)

Subject	쉐마목회자클리닉 17기: 1학기 인성교육편  (translation: 17th Shema Minister Clinic: 1st semester Character Education)
Place	충북 충주 아이템플 연수원
Time	13:30 on June 29, 2015 ~ 17:00 on July 2, 2015
Speaker	Dr. Yong Soo Hyun
Host	N/A
Focus	character education, vertical culture, national identity

1. First lecture (=worship)
1. scripture: Genesis 12:1~3 (1 Now the Lord had said unto Abram, Get thee out of thy country, and from thy kindred, and from thy father's house, unto a land that I will shew thee: 2 And I will make of thee a great nation, and I will bless thee, and make thy name great; and thou shalt be a blessing: 3 And I will bless them that bless thee, and curse him that curseth thee: and in thee shall all families of the earth be blessed.)
2. title: “나의 나 됨은 하나님의 은혜로다.” (translation: By the grace of God I am what I am”)

2. Second lecture
1. Lesson
1. Reason why people don’t appreciate Jewish education
1. 1. they follow Old Testament not New Testament
2. 2. Jews killed Jesus
3. 3….
4. 4….
2. Sanctification means Christlikeness (same with the image of God in 2 Cor 4:4)
1. [613 laws = 365 don’t do + 248 do] => holiness, meaning setting apart for God
3. Christians need to emphasize that we are different!
4. After receiving Christ, the education of Shema needs to be followed through.
5. Ro 9:1-3 Apostle Paul prayed for his own people to be saved, risking his life.
1. Ro 9:1-3: I say the truth in Christ, I lie not, my conscience also bearing me witness in the Holy Ghost, 2 That I have great heaviness and continual sorrow in my heart. 3 For I could wish that myself were accursed from Christ for my brethren, my kinsmen according to the flesh:
6. Try answering question by question like Jesus.
7. The Bible in 2 Tim 3:16 and Hebrew is referring to the Old Testament
1. 2 Tim 3:16: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness:
8. The law
1. The law is a tool for sanctification.
2. Two functions of the law
1. soteriological (구원론적): realize sins (police -> finds illegal behaviors; law -> identifies sinful behavior)
2. pedagogical (교육학적): discern good over evil (Ps 1:1, Matt 23:1-3)
1. Ps 1:1: Blessed is the man that walketh not in the counsel of the ungodly, nor standeth in the way of sinners, nor sitteth in the seat of the scornful.
2. Matt 23:1-3: Then spake Jesus to the multitude, and to his disciples, 2 Saying The scribes and the Pharisees sit in Moses' seat: 3 All therefore whatsoever they bid you observe, that observe and do; but do not ye after their works: for they say, and do not.
3. The law vs. legalism
1. legalism is an abuse of the law: making people’s lives difficult; no existence of love and grace
4. The importance of keeping the law: Matt 5:20 says my righteousness > Pharisees and teachers of the law
1. Matt 5:20: For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
5. 3 steps to keep the law (c.f. Jesus’s Law application is stronger than the law: e.g. hate vs. killing; lustful thought vs. adultery
1. 1st step: Old Testament (aka the law)
2. 2nd step: Jesus’s preachings (aka committing sins at heart: e.g. hating someone is already killing the person)
3. 3rd step: God’s love in action (e.g. Ro 5:8 But God commendeth his love toward us, in that, while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us.)
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1. 17 Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil. 18 For verily I say unto you, Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled. 19 Whosoever therefore shall break one of these least commandments, and shall teach men so, he shall be called the least in the kingdom of heaven: but whosoever shall do and teach them, the same shall be called great in the kingdom of heaven. 20 For I say unto you, That except your righteousness shall exceed the righteousness of the scribes and Pharisees, ye shall in no case enter into the kingdom of heaven.
7. Biblical references regarding the law
1. c.f. The philosophy of the law: to protect the weak
2. Ro 3: 31: Do we then make void the law through faith? God forbid: yea, we establish the law.
3. James 2:22: Seest thou how faith wrought with his works, and by works was faith made perfect?
9. pattern of church proliferation shift since the early church vs. Judaism
1. church: Jerusalem -> minor Asia -> the U.S. -> Korea -> China -> …
2. Judaism: no shift but ups and downs within proliferation due to influences from (the law + love) and (legalism)
2. my question
1. how do I keep the Sunday holy?
2. which laws should I keep and which don’t?
3. my takeaway: 613 laws

3. Third lecture
1. lesson
1. purpose of
1. Jesus: salvation
2. Shema: sanctification
2. honesty vs. integrity
1. honesty: fact-based
2. integrity: being able to discern correct/incorrect + honesty
3. leadership: humbleness + virtue (덕)
1. virtue in leadership is more important than right or wrong
4. Shema education is about repetition -> habit -> holy descendant
5. character education = deep thought + rightful action
6. total character education = cultural character development + universal character development
2. my takeaway
1. God uses people when they become humble and low
2. Need to improve virtue in my leadership development

4. Fourth lecture
1. lesson
1. moral development: family -> religion
2. human relationship: society -> family
3. social behavior learning: Albert Bandura? (military education shapes people’s behavior)
4. 4 level evangelism (Acts 1:8 But ye shall receive power, after that the Holy Ghost is come upon you: and ye shall be witnesses unto me both in Jerusalem, and in all Judaea, and in Samaria, and unto the uttermost part of the earth.)
1. E-0 Jerusalem: same language + same culture
2. E-1 Judea: same language + same culture
3. E-2 Samaria: similar language + similar culture
4. E-3 End of the world (e.g. 2nd Korean generation): different language + different culture
5. Jews vs. Korean
1. classifying Jews
1. all Jews= orthodox (10~13%) + conservative (20%) + reformed (25%) + no religion (the rest)  
2. 15 mil (all location)= 7 mil (in Israel) + 7 mil (in the U.S.) + 1 mil (in other countries)
2. children per family: 8.3 on average (Jews) vs. 1.13 (Korean)
2. my takeaway
1. bear at least four children

5. Fifth lecture
1. lesson
1. In educational aspect, family needs to have no generation gap.
2. Thinking structure for the 2nd generation needs to be Shema.
3. Children resembles not the one who gives birth but the one who gives them education.
4. The focus of Jewish education is to put 3 generation together.
5. The educator of education
1. communist society: communist party, destroying family
2. church: church education department, destroying family
3. Jew: synagogue + school, helping family
6. the place for worship/education
1. family sanctuary: Adam + Eve -> Abraham + Sarah -> Isaac -> Jacob -> Moses in wilderness, tabernacle (sacrifice)-> Jerusalem Temple -> synagogue
2. community sanctuary
2. my takeaway
1. no generation gap within 3 generations

6. Sixth lecture
1. lesson
1. culture category
1. vertical culture (deep roots)
1. focus: wisdom, meaning, delight, holiness
2. e.g. history, tradition, filial piety, authority, philosophy, custom, ideology, religion, suffering
2. horizontal culture (surface)
1. focus: IQ, fun, pleasure, secular
2. e.g. pop culture, materialistic, trends, fame
2. The importance of education before 13
1. reason: influence received before 13 affects the rest of the child’s world
2. conclusion: help children to read books and write about things
3. cover children’s brain with things reminding of God (e.g. tefillin, David’s star)
4. psychological and medical aspect
1. memory mechanism: encoding -> memory (data) -> recall
2. insight: the encoding process in memory mechanism needs to be synced within 3 generation
3. Jewish education: 7~8:20 prayer meeting; 8:30~12:20 Talmud; 1:30~5:30 secular education
4. Korea is the only country where children lack of national identity
2. my takeaway
1. horizontal culture is my enemy

7. Seventh lecture
1. lesson
1. reason for
1. vertical education: for soft heart to receive gospel
2. Shema education: for sanctification
2. big vessel example: Moses, Apostle Paul (their lives vs. their people)
3. God doesn’t want people directing their lives in their own ways but He wants them to depend upon Him.
1. e.g. Moses
1. First thought: I can free the Israelite by his own power.
2. Changed thought: I can’t do anything.
4. similarities among people that God use: bigot (e.g. Moses, Paul)
2. my takeaway
1. follow 김유신’s example cutting off horse’s head
2. be a bigot like Apostle Paul!

8. Eighth lecture
1. my takeaway
1. without law, there’s no holiness!
2. repent and obey father

9. Ninth lecture
1. lesson
1. promote thinking culture and make time to think
2. be an “eagle” race: outcome from 1 hour of study after Bible study vs. secular 4 hours’ of study
2. my takeaway
1. purchase Hanbok at 서울광장시장 or 부산진시장

10. Tenth lecture
1. lesson
1. Korean in oversea: 7 mil
2. need to have a concrete perspective on nation and racial identity
3. nation over race and reunification
2. my question: how to keep Sabbath holy?

11. Eleventh lecture
1. lesson
1. self-confidence vs. self-competence
2. educate children to improve their internal confidence prior to self-competence
3. order of education for children: EQ (정: emotional)-> IQ (지: intelligence) -> PQ (의: perseverance)
1. EQ: mother’s breast, nature, religion
2. IQ: as shrewd as serpent
3. PQ: suffering, vertical culture
2. my takeaway: read 신앙명가