4. Mikaitz 5779: Is G-D But Geppetto?

FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/TheLighthouseProjectMiami/videos/1960846630877319/ Written Notes: https://www.dropbox.com/s/h1xlmg9caozgws8/4.%20Mikaitz%205779%20-Is%20G-d%20But%20Gippetto.pdf?dl=0 Handout: https://www.dropbox.com/s/agrtae1k3hql0v6/4.%20Handout%20for%20Mikeitz%205779.pdf?dl=0 ---- Rabbi Levi Yitzchok, father of the Rebbe, taught, that on the High Holidays we do not pray for a life that is simply not death, but for a life that is about being alive. It has also been said that the problem with living the life of the Rat Race, is that even if you win, you are but a rat… Nevertheless, this is the life most of us are living, the life of a rat Race, which in greater measure, is to live the life of not death. This is not just amongst those who live a secular life, but even among those who live a religious life, and nevertheless, their religious life is as the life of a Religious Rat Race. The question is how do we truly live a life of being alive, rather than, a life of a Rat Race or a life of just not being dead Pinocchio (/pɪˈnoʊkioʊ/; Italian: [piˈnɔkkjo]) is a fictional character and the protagonist of the children's novel The Adventures of Pinocchio (1883) by Italian writer Carlo Lorenzini, better known by the pen name Carlo Collodi. Carved by a woodcarver named Geppetto in a village near Lucca, he was created as a wooden puppet but dreams of becoming a real boy. The story of Pinocchio, while he is a wooden puppet, is a story of a full-blown true human child, with feelings, intellect, and mischievousness. And nevertheless, Pinocchio years to become a human child. Why? Because, Pinocchio, with all his human characteristics, and the sense of being alive, was but a puppet. Thus, the title of this lecture is, “Is G-d but Geppetto?” Are we all but ‘puppets,’ with human-like characteristics, who think and feel that we are alive?