אהבה
My croqui model is dressed in safety goggles, a vest that is designed to look like a life vest, and a denim skirt, representing how important it is to respect and treat your friends properly.
I was inspired by the words of רבי עקיבא when he said, “Your life comes first
“חייך קודמין לחיי חברי.”
I designed a vest that mimics the style and look of a life vest. What’s the connection? When I first read this line, I thought of the announcement every airline makes before each flight, that you should first put the oxygen mask on yourself, before anyone else, as “Your safety before anyone else’s.”
To continue my theme, I added safety goggles, which represent the thought of רמב”ן,
“You have to want for him what you want for yourself, “ ואהבת נפשו בכל הטוב”
I created a play on words and thought, “What you see for yourself, you should see for him too.”
As an addition to my outfit, I chose a denim skirt to display the strength and importance of respecting and treating your friends properly, just as denim is tough. The pockets on the skirt represent money, which lead me to רמב”םs choice of words that read, “You should care for their money like you care for your own money.”
רמב"ם הלכות דעות פרק ו:...לפיכך צריך לספר בשבחו ולחוס על ממונו כאשר הוא חס על ממון עצמו ורוצה בכבוד עצמו, והמתכבד בקלון חבירו אין לו חלק לעולם הבא.
I was inspired by the words of רבי עקיבא when he said, “Your life comes first
“חייך קודמין לחיי חברי.”
I designed a vest that mimics the style and look of a life vest. What’s the connection? When I first read this line, I thought of the announcement every airline makes before each flight, that you should first put the oxygen mask on yourself, before anyone else, as “Your safety before anyone else’s.”
To continue my theme, I added safety goggles, which represent the thought of רמב”ן,
“You have to want for him what you want for yourself, “ ואהבת נפשו בכל הטוב”
I created a play on words and thought, “What you see for yourself, you should see for him too.”
As an addition to my outfit, I chose a denim skirt to display the strength and importance of respecting and treating your friends properly, just as denim is tough. The pockets on the skirt represent money, which lead me to רמב”םs choice of words that read, “You should care for their money like you care for your own money.”
רמב"ם הלכות דעות פרק ו:...לפיכך צריך לספר בשבחו ולחוס על ממונו כאשר הוא חס על ממון עצמו ורוצה בכבוד עצמו, והמתכבד בקלון חבירו אין לו חלק לעולם הבא.
שנאה
When we envisioned the איסור של שנאה, we imagined a hoodie that has a small picture of lips on the front side, right over your heart, and with the words “Say it Out Loud” on the back. We paired the hoodie sweatshirt with a ripped jean skirt, black heels, and a purse.
We chose a sweatshirt because just like a sweatshirt is cozy and you never feel like taking it off, we often get too comfortable with hating someone in our hearts. The hatred lingers without any attempts to resolving it. When we hate someone in our heart we go against מצוה לא תעשה. In ספר החינוך סימן כד it says: כל השונא אחד מישראל עובר על לאו לא תעשה.
The “patch lips” right above your heart should remind you of the importance of removing the hatred from your heart. After all, it was the cause of the destruction of בית המקדש השני.
אבן עזרא: הפך "ואהבת לרעך כמוך". והנה אלה המצות כולם נטועות בלב, ובהשמרם ישבו בארץ, כי על שנאת חנם חרב בית שני.
The rips on the denim skirt show the effect of covering up the hatred with little effort to remove it or act on it. סימן ב׳ states, “ והיא מדה שגורמת הרבה עברות,” that this leads to worse actions. Hatred will cause bearing a grudge, which will lead to taking revenge, which will lead to….the end of the world!
An analytical reader of the פסוקים should wonder what is the significance in the order of מצות in the פסוק. Why is it that שנאה is before תוכחה followed by מלבין את פני חבירו? We learned that if you hate someone, you have little regard from stopping them from doing an עבירה. Or, if you don’t hate them, you will try your best to give תוכחה and avoid embarrassing them.
The bag in the shape of lips, with the zipper closing them/opening them, should make you think of תוכחה. There are laws and order to rebuking your friend in order that they should live a holy life. Watch what you say! It can cause major embarrassment if not done correctly.
We chose a sweatshirt because just like a sweatshirt is cozy and you never feel like taking it off, we often get too comfortable with hating someone in our hearts. The hatred lingers without any attempts to resolving it. When we hate someone in our heart we go against מצוה לא תעשה. In ספר החינוך סימן כד it says: כל השונא אחד מישראל עובר על לאו לא תעשה.
The “patch lips” right above your heart should remind you of the importance of removing the hatred from your heart. After all, it was the cause of the destruction of בית המקדש השני.
אבן עזרא: הפך "ואהבת לרעך כמוך". והנה אלה המצות כולם נטועות בלב, ובהשמרם ישבו בארץ, כי על שנאת חנם חרב בית שני.
The rips on the denim skirt show the effect of covering up the hatred with little effort to remove it or act on it. סימן ב׳ states, “ והיא מדה שגורמת הרבה עברות,” that this leads to worse actions. Hatred will cause bearing a grudge, which will lead to taking revenge, which will lead to….the end of the world!
An analytical reader of the פסוקים should wonder what is the significance in the order of מצות in the פסוק. Why is it that שנאה is before תוכחה followed by מלבין את פני חבירו? We learned that if you hate someone, you have little regard from stopping them from doing an עבירה. Or, if you don’t hate them, you will try your best to give תוכחה and avoid embarrassing them.
The bag in the shape of lips, with the zipper closing them/opening them, should make you think of תוכחה. There are laws and order to rebuking your friend in order that they should live a holy life. Watch what you say! It can cause major embarrassment if not done correctly.
תוכחה
The look we created is a cotton turtleneck shirt with an orange leather jacket put over it. It is paired with a denim skirt with heart patches. Our model is sporting cotton knee high socks.
The cotton turtleneck leaves room for the imagination, as all the skin is covered up. You have to rebuke someone in a closed, private manner, like the רמב”ם said צריך להוכיחו בינו לבין עצמו, וידבר לו בנחת ובלשון רכה״ You have to approach someone privately while giving תוכחה, this way you won't embarrass them. We created a denim skirt with heart patches because you have to rebuke someone out of love for them, (הרואה חבירו שחטא או שהלך בדרך לא טובה מצוה להחזירו למוטב ולהודיעו...״. (רמב”ם We made cotton socks, one high, one low to symbolize the way we have to rebuke people this way they won't be misled and think they're doing the right thing when really they are doing the wrong thing. אבן עזרא:הוכח תוכיח שמא תחשדהו בדבר ולא היה כן, וזה טעם ולא תשר עליו כי עונש יהיה לך בעבורו |