You shall not sow your vineyard with two kinds of seed, lest the whole yield be forfeited…
#deuteronomy 22:9-12 #kitetse
Does this passage forbid companion planting? Yes, if broadcasting, but probably not if done in rows, regular patterns, etc. This law forbids broadcast sowing different seeds in a vineyard. Leviticus 19:19 forbids it outside a vineyard.
Although #torah rules against mixing things are meant literally, the principles apply more broadly. Yoking an ox and a donkey together is cruel to both. But this extends to agriculture, marriage, business, and more.
This isn't about maintaining absolute purity in every way. For example, you don't need racial or ideological purity when looking for a spouse, but don't even consider marrying an unbeliever. Do not be unequally yoked together with unbelievers.
A gracious woman gets honor, and aggressive men get riches.
#proverbs 11:16
The behaviors generally required to reach the highest levels of achievement are different for men and women. Most women who try to act like men are called bi--hy for a reason. It doesn't work for them, and everyone instinctively knows it. Men who try to act like women are also called bi--hy and for the same reason. Masculine, aggressive women are usually--not always!--angry and petty. Feminine, passive men are repulsive, whatever the reasons for their behavior.
I was reading Psalm 50 this morning and for the first time it struck me...
When we work for an income then we believe it is ours and we now have full say on what to do with it. We give Father our obligatory amount as an “offering” and the rest is ours. In actual fact, it still belongs to Father as everything belongs to Him.
It is like when a parent gives their todler money to buy a birthday present for the parent, as their child has no power to "earn" it. The child believes that they gave the gift from their own selves.
In actual fact, the parent gave the child the money so it was the parent's money. The only real impact the child has it to make a decision on what to do with the money they were given and then to spend it wisely. But ultimately, it is still the parent's money.
Hmm, or should I say "ultimately, it is still Father's money"???
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