

The characteristic of the God-fearing man is that he "speaketh truth in his heart" (Ps. Zakkai, when on his deathbed he enjoined his disciples: "Let the fear of Heaven be upon you as the fear of flesh and blood." In answer to their surprised query "and not more?" he answered, "If only it were as much! When a person wishes to commit a transgression he says, 'I hope no man will see me'" (Ber. This is, in fact, reflected in Exodus 1:17 and it is emphasized, from a slightly different aspect, in the famous maxim of Antigonus of *Sokho, "Be as servants who serve their master without thought of reward, but let the fear of heaven be upon thee" (Avot 1:3). 32b) maintains that the phrase "thou shalt fear thy God" is used only for those commandments which "are known to the heart" ("the sin is known to the heart of the person who commits it, but other men cannot detect it" – Rashi in loc.) i.e., there are no social sanctions attached to it, and the impulse behind its performance is reverence for God. Basing itself on Leviticus 19:14 (and similar verses, e.g., 19:32, 25:17, 36:43), the Sifra (in loc. Nevertheless it does not seem to have an exact connotation in the Bible (see *Love and Fear of God), and it was the rabbis who formulated the doctrine of Fear of God with some precision. 22:12), and it is mentioned as that which God primarily desires of man (Deut. "Fear of God" frequently occurs in the Bible, particularly with regard to Abraham's willingness to sacrifice Isaac (Gen. 16a), which has been incorporated in the Ashkenazi liturgy in the Blessing for the New Moon, speaks of "a life of fear of Heaven and of fear of sin." In the latter, "fear" is to be understood in the sense of apprehension of the consequences of sin but in the former in the sense of "reverence" as such it refers to an ethical outlook and a religious attitude, which is distinct from the actual performance of the commandments. "fear of Heaven"), ethical religious concept, sometimes confused with yirat ?et, "the fear of sin," but in fact quite distinct from it. yirat elohim, but in the Talmud yirat shamayim, lit. “But when you pay attention to what they have on, it’s oh, that’s beautiful.FEAR OF GOD (Heb. “It’s allowing the person to enter the room before the clothes,” he said. denim, sumptuous yet simple merino knit polos, Western-meets-Chelsea patent leather boots, leather cummerbund belts and crossbody bags rounded out the wardrobing elements that fit together like pieces in a Tetris game, as Lorenzo described it. “I almost wore these to the Gold Party,” he said of the Beyoncé-Jay-Z Oscar night fete.īlack iridescent nylon bombers and pants, Japanese washed-in-L.A. “I want them to feel like Russell or Champion vintage.” Buttery charcoal suede sweats - one of Lorenzo’s favorite pieces in the collection - could be paired back to a matching zip-front jacket. He offered new sweats, but not fashion sweats, he clarified, noting the weight. “When you touch this shirt it’s not silky and smooth like you’d assume a dress shirt to be, and it doesn’t have an oxford American feel, it’s this in-between,’ he explained. In addition to tailoring, the collection offered plenty of workwear pieces, including overshirts and drawstring pants in the same fabrication that could be worn as an alt-suit. “The white espadrille, suit, no tie and T-shirt, you will see a lot of that vibe through the collection,” the designer said, adding that Don Johnson hasn’t worn Fear of God yet, but that if the actor did, the designer would “lose his mind.”
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“I still watch it all the time,” he said of the TV show. His zip-front Harrington jackets, loose-pleated trousers and suede espadrilles had a bit of an 1980s “Miami Vice” throwback jam. Lorenzo is admittedly a bit obsessive when it comes to perfecting his precision-cut cashmere-wool Chesterfield coats, double-breasted “California” blazers with the right notch lapel, and tricot ones with light shoulder padding.

“Everything is created to pair with everything else, so it’s, is the hoodie going to fit under the blazer, are the pants voluminous enough to handle the generous blazer so it doesn’t look too rock-star skinny jean,” he said of what can be a top-heavy look. “I kept trying to strip back all the unnecessary opinions to propose pieces in their most beautiful, honest form,” he said of his reductive mode. The collection - made for a man but with a woman in mind - cemented his reputation as a master of effortless yet elegant modern dressing, with pared back, tonal Made-in-Italy tailoring seen through an American sportswear lens.įear of God is more about an evolution than revolution, but there was news in the more generous silhouettes and cleaner tailoring in soothing gradations of concrete, gr-olive (gray-olive), charcoal and black.
