In Hebrew, literally the meaning states: inside the line of law. Most of the website that I've looked at for the meaning or how it's used, have stated this commentary - and passage: "In a bold statement of this idea, the 13th-century commentator Nachmanides writing about Deuteronomy 6:18, You shall do what is right and good in the eyes of God teaches that the laws of the Torah cannot legislate for more than a fraction of the ethical dilemmas we will face in life. However, through keeping the Torah we can fine-tune our moral sensibilities so that we will be able to intuit whats the right thing to do in cases that are not legislated and to do more than the Torah requires in situations that are. The Talmud even considers the paradoxical possibility that going beyond the letter of halachah is itself what the halachah requires of us (Baba Metzia 83a)."
The main base, I felt, was seen as in the Lord's prayer or even seen in Sirach 23, 28 and 29, more in part on chapter 29.
"The teachings contained in the Ethics are described as “matters of piety” (mili d’chassiduta), or behavior that’s “beyond the line of the law” (lifnim mishurat hadin). For example: In the other tractates, you’ll find the details of the Torah’s laws forbidding one to slander, insult or curse one’s fellow, but you won’t find a law that commands you to smile at a neighbor and wish him good morning; the Ethics, however, enjoins, “Receive every man with a pleasant countenance.” Torah law obligates us to lend material support to the needy; the Ethics instructs that “the poor should be members of your household.” The strict letter of the law states that “one who says, ‘I am giving this sela coin to charity so that my son shall live,’ is a perfectly righteous person.” The Ethics, however, admonishes: “Do not be as slaves who serve their master for the sake of reward.” The Torah commands us to obey G‑d’s will; the Ethics wants us to “make that your will should be as His will.” Ethics of the Fathers
So with this being said, when we say the "Spirit of the law" or "Beyond the letter of the law" - the words of
Micah's passage had pressed, “What does God demand of us?” So wasn't this the same words that the people said to Jesus? John 6:28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” 30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
The main base, I felt, was seen as in the Lord's prayer or even seen in Sirach 23, 28 and 29, more in part on chapter 29.
"The teachings contained in the Ethics are described as “matters of piety” (mili d’chassiduta), or behavior that’s “beyond the line of the law” (lifnim mishurat hadin). For example: In the other tractates, you’ll find the details of the Torah’s laws forbidding one to slander, insult or curse one’s fellow, but you won’t find a law that commands you to smile at a neighbor and wish him good morning; the Ethics, however, enjoins, “Receive every man with a pleasant countenance.” Torah law obligates us to lend material support to the needy; the Ethics instructs that “the poor should be members of your household.” The strict letter of the law states that “one who says, ‘I am giving this sela coin to charity so that my son shall live,’ is a perfectly righteous person.” The Ethics, however, admonishes: “Do not be as slaves who serve their master for the sake of reward.” The Torah commands us to obey G‑d’s will; the Ethics wants us to “make that your will should be as His will.” Ethics of the Fathers
So with this being said, when we say the "Spirit of the law" or "Beyond the letter of the law" - the words of
Micah's passage had pressed, “What does God demand of us?” So wasn't this the same words that the people said to Jesus? John 6:28 Then they asked him, “What must we do to do the works God requires?”
29Jesus answered, “The work of God is this: to believe in the one he has sent.” 30 So they asked him, “What sign then will you give that we may see it and believe you? What will you do? 31 Our ancestors ate the manna in the wilderness; as it is written: ‘He gave them bread from heaven to eat. 32 Jesus said to them, “Very truly I tell you, it is not Moses who has given you the bread from heaven, but it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven. 33 For the bread of God is the bread that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
34“Sir,” they said, “always give us this bread.”
35 Then Jesus declared, “I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never go hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty. 36 But as I told you, you have seen me and still you do not believe. 37 All those the Father gives me will come to me, and whoever comes to me I will never drive away. 38 For I have come down from heaven not to do my will but to do the will of him who sent me. 39 And this is the will of him who sent me, that I shall lose none of all those he has given me, but raise them up at the last day. 40For my Father’s will is that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in him shall have eternal life, and I will raise them up at the last day.”
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