THE CABALA OF LABOR DAY

Millions of Americans will celebrate Labor Day; according to the United States Department of Labor, the day represents: a yearly national tribute to the contributions workers have made to the strength, prosperity, and well being of our country.

Avadoh/Work in Hebrew also refers to the spiritual obligations the souls performs – this is the true work whose produce exist in the spiritual world; after a lifetime, the soul releases from the body and enters into the spirit realm where the ramifications of action adorn the abode.

The human being has a need to work and feel productive for the self and for the community; without work life has little purpose – the Torah teaches, If one does not work one can not rest. Though creation to the Creator is a little thing, nonetheless God worked to make creation, then God rested.

Work in modern time, is what use to be called slavery in the ancient day when everyone was free except those who had to sell themselves into servitude to a master because of their situation. Now, nearly everyone is in a situation serving a master who is the slave to a boss, who is slave to a boss.

The subjugation of self towards a meaningful goal is what hollows out the human being to be a vessel for the Creator. The Midrash-Book of Metaphor says, God made a work for each person to love. The Cabala explains, From the constancy of work comes the power of Eumuna/Faith; an Eumun is a Craftsman.

Legal Age

More than half of black males between the ages of 16 and 19 are unemployed, according to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.

One of the problems to our system of government is the arbitrary setting of dates like grown up at 18, able to drink at 21 or be president at 45. Each number has a logical significance, but life is so rarely logical.

The Zohar-Book of Secret says a person is liable for their actions from the age of 13 in this world but are not judged in the spirit world until the age of 20. It would be wise for our country to adopt such a standard.

The laws of the Torah predicate adulthood according to puberty which occurs around the age of thirteen which makes sense since freedom of choice happens when one is being pulled in different directions at the same time. If people were considered liable from the age of 13 then they would more easily fit into the social scheme.

Our technological, mechanized society enacts laws of expediency instead of looking out for the best interests of the people. The Laws of the Torah are meant to respect the person, the earth and the Creator. All the ways of Torah are peace.

The Labor of Weaponry

The United States expanded its role as the world’s leading weapons supplier, increasing its share to more than two-thirds of all foreign armaments deals, according to a new Congressional study released today–Labor Day.

Ironic it is to see such a report on the day set aside to honor labor. It has been over 50 years since President Eisenhower warned America against the Military-Industrial Complex; it seems the warning went unheeded.

More than any other nation in the world America is representative of the entire world–the great melting pot of cultures and peoples living peaceably together; yet, the purveyor of arms is not surprisingly the provoker of wars. Each bomb that drops has the fingerprint of every American.

One’s spiritual path in ancient languages was invariably described as Work; in Hebrew the name for Work is Avoda taken from the word Eved/Slave. Engraved above the gate to the entrance of the Auschwitz Death Camp was the motto: Work will set you free.

There are two types of slavery one of oppression and the other of submission. Serving God is a lifelong work as it says in the Talmud-Book of Law, there is much work, the boss (God) is screaming and the workers (the human being) are lazy.

Working for God to make creation better is rewarded with life; working for man is rewarded with death.

Freedom VS Slavery

In 2008, 3.8 million companies had fewer than 10 workers, and they employed 12.4 million people, or roughly 11 percent of the private sector work force, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

In the Torah slavery is one of the options available for those in need of money. There are strict laws written in the Torah about how to treat the slave and the obligations of the owner to the slave.

The slave goes free if you hurt him, meaning the owner loses the money to the slave—we call it Workman’s Compensation; the owner must provide for the slave a place to live for him and his family plus medical and sustenance. What makes the person a slave is his is not his own person.

The Torah points out if the slave loves being a slave and wants to be a slave forever, the master puts a hole through the ear lobe of the slave to signify that this is the ear that heard in the Torah that it is best to be free. Work and service are the same word, Avoda, which can also mean Slave and Worker.

To do what you love is work; to do another person love is slavery.

The Oscars

VOA News: The film industry's biggest stars have gathered in Hollywood for the 81st annual Academy Awards ceremony, recognizing the year's top movies and movie makers.

In Hebrew Oscar translates as And Reward and certainly the fulfillment of a dream is the ultimate reward. The Talmud-Book of Law discussing the making of a vessel concludes by saying, until Maca Bpatish/Final Hit with Hammer the vessel is not yet finished. The great honor of the Oscars is the tribute to the finish work which when given an Oscar is like the last hit of the hammer which concludes a segment of an actor’s career.

Reward in Torah is not considered a goal, but rather a stamp of approval meant to encourage further work. The stamp of the Creator is the word Emet/Truth spelled with the first, middle and last letter of the Hebrew alphabet as if to say, all is true.

Diligent digging into what is true produces the inspiration from where art flows.

Work

In a bleak report on Friday, the Labor Department said that almost 600,000 jobs disappeared in January.

Change happens through difficulty. Work in Hebrew is Avoda, an Eved is a slave and the spiritual work in the physical world is also called Avoda along with the work done in Temple by the Cohanim—the holiest of the Jewish People. The jobs being lost are the jobs least needed by society so new jobs can be created; all transitions are difficult; when a women is about to give birth it is called transition.

There are 600,000 letters in the Torah and there are 600,000 Jewish Souls that make up the singular Jewish Soul as taught in the Cabala. 600,000 is a lot, but it indicates the shifting of the American Soul in a new direction. Everything is about work.