tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-91566536017485919592024-03-14T15:43:02.288+11:00Torah Down UnderWeekly dvar torah on the parshat hashavua from the Land Down Underpchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.comBlogger180125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-20259063739607802802019-09-20T15:58:00.003+10:002019-09-20T15:58:53.772+10:00Parshas Shoftim - upholding the halacha<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The <i>passuk</i>
says at the beginning of this week’s sedrah (16:18)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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תִּתֶּן לְךָ בְּכָל שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ וְשָׁפְטוּ
אֶת הָעָם מִשְׁפַּט צֶדֶק<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Judges and magistrates you shall appoint for yourselves in all your gates
that Hashem is giving you, for each <i>shevet</i>, and they shall judge the
people with a righteous law.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">It would seem that it is difficult to understand
why the <i>passuk</i> says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אֲשֶׁר ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Since we know that Hashem gives Eretz Yisrael to the <i>benei
yisrael</i> it would seem that the <i>passuk</i> could simply have said </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שֹׁפְטִים וְשֹׁטְרִים
תִּתֶּן לְךָ בְּכָל שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ וְשָׁפְטוּ אֶת הָעָם מִשְׁפַּט
צֶדֶק</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>?</span></li>
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לֹא תַכִּיר פָּנִים וְלֹא תִקַּח שֹׁחַד כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר עֵינֵי חֲכָמִים
וִיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִם<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You shall not judge unfairly, you shall show no
partiality and you shall not take bribes, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise
and pervert the words of the righteous.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rashi explains that the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדיקים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> does not refer to people who are righteous but rather refers to
words that are righteous:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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אמת<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Words that are righteous, true judgements.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Gur Aryeh explains that it is not possible to
say that the <i>passuk</i> means that the bribe will pervert the words of the <i>dayan</i>
who has taken the bribe, because if so the <i>dayan</i> is no longer a <i>tzaddik</i>.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Nevertheless, according to Rashi, it would seem
that the <i>passuk</i> should have said </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ויסלף דברים צדיקים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and not </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דברי צדיקים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>?</span></li>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צֶדֶק צֶדֶק תִּרְדֹּף
לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ נֹתֵן לָךְ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">You shall surely pursue justice in order that you should live and you
should inherit the land that Hashem is giving to you.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">למען תחיה וירשת</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כדאי הוא מנוי הדיינין
הכשרים להחיות את ישראל ולהושיבן על אדמתן<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The <i>mitzva</i> to appoint <i>dayanim</i> is
sufficient to ensure the survival of <i>klal yisrael</i> and to ensure that
they are not exiled from Eretz Yisrael.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">According to Rashi, the words </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה
וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> refer back to the <i>mitzva</i>
of the beginning of the parsha of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שֹׁפְטִים וְשֹׁטְרִים
תִּתֶּן לְךָ בְּכָל שְׁעָרֶיךָ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. In that case however, it seems
that the first <i>passuk</i> in the <i>sedrah</i> could have said</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שֹׁפְטִים וְשֹׁטְרִים
תִּתֶּן לְךָ בְּכָל שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ
לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why did the <i>passuk</i> wait till the end of
the <i>parshah</i> in order to announce the reward for the <i>mitzva</i> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מנוי הדיינים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which is stated at the beginning of the <i>parshah</i>?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Divrei Yoel explains as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Returning to
the first <i>passuk</i> in the sedrah (16:18)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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תִּתֶּן לְךָ בְּכָל שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ וְשָׁפְטוּ
אֶת הָעָם מִשְׁפַּט צֶדֶק<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Judges and magistrates you shall appoint for yourselves in all your gates
that Hashem is giving you, for each <i>shevet</i>, and they shall judge the
people with a righteous law.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rashi explains<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ושפטו את העם וגו'</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מנה דיינין מומחים
וצדיקים לשפוט צדק<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Appoint judges who are experts and who are <i>tzaddikim</i>,
to judge righteously.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פירוש האי ושפטו אתתן
לך שהוא המנוי קאי כאילו אמר מנה לך שופטים שישפטו את העם משפט צדק וזה כשיהיו מומחים
וצדיקים מומחים שידעו הדינים וצדיקים שלא יעוותו הדין. לא צווי לדיינים שישפטו צדק
דאם כן הוה ליה למכתב ושפטתם דומיא דלא תטה משפט לא תכיר פנים ולא תקח שוחד שכלם לנכח.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ושפטו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> refers to the words </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תתן לך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, which is the appointment of the <i>dayanim</i>. So that it is
as if the <i>passuk</i> said, “Appoint for yourselves judges so that they
should judge the people righteously.” And this will occur when the judges whom
you appoint are experts and <i>tzaddikim</i>. Since they are experts, they will
know the <i>halachah</i>, and since they are <i>tzaddikim</i>, they will not
pervert the <i>halachah</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The <i>passuk</i> does not mean that it is
commanding the <i>dayanim</i> to judge correctly, because if so the <i>passuk</i>
should have said </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ושפטתם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> – you
should judge… in the second person plural.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">It is evident from the Mizrachi that the requisite
state of affairs in which the <i>dayanim</i> will judge </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">משפט צדק</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, wells automatically from the obligation of the <i>benei
yisrael</i> to appoint <i>dayanim</i>. That means to say, that the source of
the truth and justice that is provided by the <i>beis din</i> does not
initially reside in the <i>dayanim</i>, but rather springs from the <i>kehilla</i>
who appoint the <i>dayanim</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אילו הנחנו דרך משל
שבני ארץ ישראל יעדרו מארץ ישראל, חלילה לאל מעשות זאת כי הוא הבטיח שלא ימחה אותות
האומה מכל וכל, ולא יהיה שם בית דין ולא יהיה בחוצה לארץ בית דין שנסמך בארץ, הנה חשבוננו
זה לא יועילנו כלום בשום פנים, לפי שאין לנו לחשב חדשים ולעבר שנים בחוצה לארץ אלא
בתנאים הנזכרים, כמו שביארנו כי מציון תצא תורה.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Were it to be possible that there would be no
Jewish people left in Eretz Yisrael…, and there would be no <i>beis din</i>
there and there would not be in <i>chutz le’aretz</i> a <i>beis din</i> that
had received <i>semichah</i> in Eretz Yisrael, in that case the pre-calculated
calendar that we observe would not be effective [and there would be no <i>kiddush
ha’chodesh</i> and there would be no <i>Yamim Tovim</i>].<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Because we cannot determine the months and the leap
years in <i>chutz le’aretz</i>, only in Eretz Yisrael, as the passuk says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כי מציון תצא
תורה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">According to the Rambam, if there would not be a <i>minyan</i> of Jewish
people in Eretz Yisrael, then the fixed calendar for <i>kiddush ha’chodesh</i>
would no longer apply. It is evident from the Rambam that the power of <i>beis
din</i> to <i>pasken</i> is a function of the <i>yishuv</i> of the <i>benei
yisrael</i> in Eretz Yisrael. Or in other words, it is the <i>yishuv</i> of the
<i>benei yisrael</i> in Eretz Yisrael which formulates that basic truth that is
subsequently applied <i>le’halachah</i> by <i>beis din</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The reason that the first <i>passuk</i> says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שֹׁפְטִים וְשֹׁטְרִים
תִּתֶּן לְךָ בְּכָל שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ נֹתֵן לְךָ לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and not just </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שֹׁפְטִים וְשֹׁטְרִים תִּתֶּן
לְךָ בְּכָל שְׁעָרֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר לִשְׁבָטֶיךָ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, is
because it is exactly because the <i>benei yisrael</i> dwell in Eretz Yisrael
as the land that was given to them by Hashem, that provides the Divine source
of truth to those who live in Eretz Yisrael, and which then enables them to
appoint the <i>beis din</i> as their executors to judge </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">משפט צדק</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<br /></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The reason that the second <i>passuk</i> says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דברי צדיקים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and not </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דברים צדיקים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is because the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדיקים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> here refers to the <i>benei
yisrael</i> who appointed the <i>dayanim</i>. Even although Rashi explains that
the passuk means </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דברים המצודקים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, that only means that the words of judgement are </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דברים המצודקים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, but those words are
representative of the <i>kehilla</i> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדיקים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> who appointed the <i>dayanim</i>
initially.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The reason that the third <i>passuk</i> places the reward of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה
וְיָרַשְׁתָּ אֶת הָאָרֶץ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> at the end of the <i>parshah</i>,
instead of in the first <i>passuk</i>, is because the Torah means that if the <i>benei
yisrael</i> live in Eretz Yisrael in a truthful and honest way whereby the
truth that emanates from their <i>yishuv ha’aretz</i> will be exemplified by
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">משפט צדק</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of the <i>dayanim</i> whom they
appoint, then they will be guaranteed not to go into <i>galus</i>. <br />
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In other words, the <i>mitzvos</i> of going after a good <i>beis din</i> and
etc. which are <i>mitzvos</i> that are incumbent on the <i>benei yisrael</i>,
are part and parcel of the ability of the <i>kehillos</i> in Eretz Yisrael to
appoint <i>dayanim</i> who will represent them in upholding the <i>halacha</i>.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In other words, the <i>mitzvos</i> of going after a good <i>beis din</i> and
etc. which are <i>mitzvos</i> that are incumbent on the <i>benei yisrael</i>,
are part and parcel of the ability of the <i>kehillos</i> in Eretz Yisrael to
appoint <i>dayanim</i> who will represent them in upholding the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">משפט צדק</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> that they hold dear.</span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-28266094239574770522019-09-20T15:55:00.002+10:002019-09-20T15:55:24.172+10:00Parshas Re'eh - choosing life<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The <i>passuk</i>
says at the beginning of this week’s sedrah (11:26)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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לִפְנֵיכֶם הַיּוֹם בְּרָכָה וּקְלָלָה<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Behold I place before you today a blessing and a
curse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Yalkut Shimoni comments on this <i>passuk</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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נאמר. לפי שנאמר: החיים והמות נתתי לפניך הברכה והקללה, שמא יאמרו ישראל הואיל ונתן
המקום לפנינו שני דרכים דרך החיים ודרך המות נלך באיזו מהן שנרצה. תלמוד לומר: ובחרת
בחיים. משל לאדם שהיה יושב על פרשת הדרכים והיו לפניו שני שבילין, אחד שתחלתו מישור
וסופו קוצים ואחד שתחלתו קוצים וסופו מישור, והיה מודיע את העוברים ואת השבים ואמר
להם: שאתם רואים שביל זה שתחלתו מישור כשתים ושלש פסיעות מהלך במישור וסופו לצאת לקוצים,
ואתם רואים את שביל זה שתחלתו קוצים כשתים ושלש פסיעות אתה מהלך בקוצים וסופו לצאת
למישור. כך אמר להן משה לישראל: אתם רואים את הרשעים שהן מצליחים בשנים ושלשה ימים
הן מצליחין בעוה"ז וסופן לדחות באחרונה, ואתם רואים צדיקים שמצטערין בעולם הזה
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placed before the <i>benei yisrael</i> a blessing and a curse? Because the <i>passuk</i>
says, “Life and death I have placed before you, a blessing and a curse.” Lest
the <i>benei yisrael</i> say since Hashem has placed two paths before us, we
can go in whichever path we chose. Therefore the <i>passuk</i> says, “And you
shall choose life.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">A parable to a person who sat at a cross-roads and
there were before him two paths, one whose beginning was level but ended in
thorns, and one whose beginning was thorns but in the end was level. And he
advised the passers-by and he said to them; “The path that you see is level, if
you go two or three steps down it, it is no longer level but becomes thorny.
And you see this path that is thorny, if you go two or three steps down it, it
becomes level.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">So Moshe said to the <i>benei yisrael</i>, “You see
that the <i>reshaim</i> are successful. For two or three days they are
successful in <i>olam hazeh</i> but in the end they are pushed away. And you
see that <i>tzadikim</i> may suffer in <i>olam hazeh</i>. For two or three days
they suffer but in the end they will rejoice…”</span></div>
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could go in either path, surely they are bound to observe the Torah?</span></li>
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quoted by the Yalkut Shimoni says<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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הַיּוֹם אֶת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֶת הָאָרֶץ הַחַיִּים וְהַמָּוֶת נָתַתִּי לְפָנֶיךָ הַבְּרָכָה
וְהַקְּלָלָה וּבָחַרְתָּ בַּחַיִּים לְמַעַן תִּחְיֶה אַתָּה וְזַרְעֶךָ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I witnesses the heavens and the earth against you
today that I have placed life and death before you, a blessing and a curse, and
you should choose life, in order so that you and your children should live.</span></div>
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optional for the <i>benei yisrael</i> to choose the path of blessing or the
path of curse, and Hashem is merely giving them good advice – but not forcing
them – to choose blessing, then why did Moshe testify the heavens and the earth
against the <i>benei yisrael</i>? Since the hand of the <i>benei yisrael</i> is
not forced in this matter, there is no need to bring witnesses to testify against
them?</span></li>
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ד') כל פעל ה' למענהו אתה מוצא שכל מה שברא הקדוש ברוך הוא בששת ימי בראשית לא ברא
אלא לכבודו ולעשות בהן רצונו ביום הראשון ברא שמים וארץ אף הם לכבודו בראם שנאמר (ישעי'
ס"ו, א') כה אמר ה' השמים כסאי ואומר (תהלים י"ט, ב') השמים מספרים כבוד
אל וכן האור שברא לכבודו הוא דכתיב (שם ק"ד, ב') עוטה אור כשלמה מה נברא ביום
שני רקיע לכבודו בראו שיעמדו שם המלאכים ויהיו מקלסין אותו שנאמר (שם ק"נ, א')
הללוהו ברקיע עזו מה ברא ביום שלישי דשאים ואילנות ומצינו שהדשאין מקלסין להקדוש ברוך
הוא שנאמר (שם ס"ה, י"ד) יתרועעו אף ישירו ומנין אף האילנות שנאמר (דה"א
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Everything that Hashem created during the <i>sheshes
yemei bereishis</i> He only created for His honour and so that through then His
will would be done...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">On the first day Hashem created the heavens and the
earth which reflect His glory…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">On the second day Hashem created the firmament
wherein the <i>malachim</i> stand and praise Hashem…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">On the third day Hashem created plants and trees
and we find that the plants praise Hashem and so too the trees…<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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that once the <i>benei yisrael</i> entered into a covenant with Hashem, then they
agreed that perforce a <i>kiddush Hashem</i> would emanate from their story,
regardless of whether or not they would keep the Torah. However, if they would
choose to keep the Torah, then the <i>kiddush Hashem</i> that would emanate
from their story would be one in which it is apparent how Hashem rewards those
who keep the Torah. </span></div>
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keep the Torah, they would always be forced to do <i>teshuva</i> in the end, as
the <i>passuk</i> in Yechezkel (20:33) says<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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אלוקים אִם לֹא בְּיָד חֲזָקָה וּבִזְרוֹעַ נְטוּיָה וּבְחֵמָה שְׁפוּכָה אֶמְלוֹךְ
עֲלֵיכֶם<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with a strong hand and with an outstretched arm and with fury poured out, will
I reign over you.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In this way, a <i>kiddush Hashem</i> would result
from the <i>teshuvah</i> of the <i>benei yisrael</i>, and they would also be
rewarded for this <i>kiddush Hashem</i> that would result from this tortuous
path they had travelled; however this is a more difficult path than the former
option.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is the meaning of the “good advice” that
Hashem gave to the <i>benei yisrael</i>. Hashem recognised that the <i>benei
yisrael</i> had accepted to be bound in a covenant with Him, and they accepted
to be punished if they would not keep the Torah, and they accepted that Hashem
would be justified in forcing them to do <i>teshuvah</i>, and they understood
that Hashem promised them that they would still be rewarded for the <i>kiddush
Hashem</i> that would emanate from such a history.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">However Hashem advised the <i>benei yisrael</i> to
always make sure that the <i>kiddush Hashem</i> that would result from their
covenant with Him, would be one wherein it would be evident that Hashem rewards
those who keep the Torah, and not one in which it would evident that the will
of Hashem will be done, regardless of the path chosen by the <i>benei yisrael</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Moshe testified the heavens and the earth against
the <i>benei yisrael</i> in this regards, because since the heavens and the
earth were only ever created in order to bring praise and honour to the name of
Hashem, therefore once the <i>benei yisrael</i> agreed to be bound to this original
purpose of creation, it would be inevitable that a <i>kiddush Hashem</i> would
result from their history, whether via a level path or whether via a thorny and
difficult path.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Just as the very plants and trees sing to Hashem,
because they are part of a world which Hashem created for His glory, so too
when the benei yisrael entered into a covenant with Hashem, they became the
people that would always declare the praise of Hashem in the end. However only
the <i>benei yisrael</i> can ensure that this <i>kiddush Hashem</i> will result
from their being rewarded for having guarded the Torah and from choosing the
path which is thorny in the beginning but which is clear in the end.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-62211543864911369692019-09-20T15:52:00.002+10:002019-09-20T15:52:57.184+10:00Parshas Ekev - chukim and mishpatim<br />
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says at the beginning of this week’s sedrah (7:12)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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אֵת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים הָאֵלֶּה וּשְׁמַרְתֶּם וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם וְשָׁמַר ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ
לְךָ אֶת הַבְּרִית וְאֶת הַחֶסֶד אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּע לַאֲבֹתֶיךָ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And it will be if you obey these <i>mishpatim</i> and observe them
carefully, then Hashem will keep faithfully for you the covenant that He swore
to your fathers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This <i>passuk</i> only mentions the observance of the <i>mishpatim</i>
(mitzvos that we can understand).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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mentions both <i>chukim</i> (mitzvos whose reason we cannot understand) and
also <i>mishpatim</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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הַמִּצְוָה וְאֶת הַחֻקִּים וְאֶת הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And you should guard the commandments and the <i>chukim</i> and the <i>mishpatim</i>
which I command you today to do them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">A further variation appears later in this week’s <i>sedrah</i> where the <i>passuk</i>
(8:11) says<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הִשָּׁמֶר לְךָ פֶּן
תִּשְׁכַּח אֶת ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ לְבִלְתִּי שְׁמֹר מִצְוֹתָיו וּמִשְׁפָּטָיו וְחֻקֹּתָיו
אֲשֶׁר אָנֹכִי מְצַוְּךָ הַיּוֹם<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Take care lest you forget the Hashem and fail to keep His commandments, His
<i>mishpatim</i> and His <i>chukim</i>, which I command you today.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Here the passuk also mentions both <i>chukim</i> and <i>mishpatim</i>, but
it does so in the reverse order of the <i>passuk</i> at the end of Va’eschanan.
At the end of the Va’eschanan the <i>passuk</i> mentions <i>chukim</i> and then
<i>mishpatim</i>, however in this <i>passuk</i> the Torah mentions <i>mishpatim</i>
and then <i>chukim</i>.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why does the <i>passuk</i> make these three different references to the <i>mishpatim</i>
and to the <i>chukim</i> of the Torah?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Concerning driving out the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ז' עמים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> from Eretz Yisrael, the <i>passuk</i>
says (7:22)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְנָשַׁל ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ
אֶת הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵל מִפָּנֶיךָ מְעַט מְעָט לֹא תוּכַל כַּלֹּתָם מַהֵר פֶּן תִּרְבֶּה
עָלֶיךָ חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Hashem will dislodge those peoples before you little by little; you
will not be able to put an end to them at once, lest the wild beasts multiply
against you (in the land that has been left uninhabited).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">However earlier in the <i>sedrah</i> the <i>passuk</i> says (9:3)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְיָדַעְתָּ הַיּוֹם
כִּי ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ הוּא הָעֹבֵר לְפָנֶיךָ אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה הוּא יַשְׁמִידֵם וְהוּא יַכְנִיעֵם
לְפָנֶיךָ וְהוֹרַשְׁתָּם וְהַאַבַדְתָּם מַהֵר כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' לָךְ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And you should know this day that Hashem is crossing at your head, a
devouring fire; He will wipe them out and He will subdue them before you, so
that you may quickly dispossess and destroy them, as Hashem has promised you.</span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why does one <i>passuk</i> say that you should drive out the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ז' עמים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> little by little and the other <i>passuk</i>
say that you should destroy them quickly?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Meshech Chachmah explains as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The gemara says in Chullin (7a)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>...השתא בהמתן של צדיקים אין הקב"ה מביא תקלה על ידן צדיקים עצמן
לא כל שכן... מאי בהמתן של צדיקים דרבי פנחס בן יאיר הוה קאזיל לפדיון שבויין... אקלע
לההוא אושפיזא רמו ליה שערי לחמריה לא אכל חבטינהו לא אכל נקרינהו לא אכל אמר להו דלמא
לא מעשרן עשרינהו ואכל אמר ענייה זו הולכת לעשות רצון קונה ואתם מאכילין אותה טבלים...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rabbi Zeira
answered: Now, since even with regard to the animals of <i>tzaddikim</i>, Hashem
does not cause mishaps through them, is it not all the more so true that <i>tzaddikim</i>
themselves would not experience mishaps (regarding eating forbidden food)?...<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The gemara
asks: What is the reference to the animals of <i>tzaddikim</i>, about whom it
is said that Hashem does not cause mishaps through them? It is based on the
incident where Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair was going for the redemption of captives…
<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After
crossing the river, Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair came to a certain inn. His hosts placed
barley before his donkey for him to eat. The donkey did not eat it. They sifted
the barley with a utensil, but the donkey did not eat it. They separated the
chaff from the barley by hand, but the donkey still did not eat it. So they
wondered why the donkey would not eat the barley. Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair said
to his hosts: Perhaps <i>ma’aser</i> has not been taken from the barley? They took
<i>ma’aser</i> and the donkey ate it. Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair said, “This poor
animal is going to perform the will of its Maker, and you are feeding it <i>tevel</i>?”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It would
appear from the gemara, that since the donkey of Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair belonged
to Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair, therefore it acquired some of the sensitivity to <i>devarim
she’bi’kedushah</i> that Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair had, and so would not eat <i>tevel</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">However, a
difficulty with this explanation is as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It would be
fine if the gemara was talking about an <i>issur achilah</i> which occurs
because the item is a <i>davar tamei</i>, such as food from a non-kosher
animal, then we could understand that even though the donkey does not have to
keep the Torah, nevertheless it was naturally repulsed by the <i>tumah</i>
inherent in the food. However <i>tevel</i> is not prohibited because there is
any <i>tumah</i> associated with <i>tevel</i>, it is only prohibited because
Hashem commanded us to take <i>ma’aser</i> from produce, and so before <i>ma’aser</i>
is taken it is forbidden to eat the produce.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">| How was it
possible for the donkey of Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair to acquire a natural instinct
not to eat something which was not repulsive but which was simply prohibited
because of the <i>mitzvah</i> incumbent on it?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It is
evident from this gemara that even although there is only a reason due to <i>halacha</i>
not to eat <i>tevel</i>, nevertheless Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair was on such a high
<i>madregah</i> that for him there was a natural repulsion not to eat <i>tevel</i>.
In other words he was able to feel the retrogradeness involved in eating <i>tevel</i>,
even although this is an <i>issur achilah</i> which does not relate to an <i>inyan</i>
of <i>tumah</i> at all. Because this became instinctive to Rabbi Pinchas ben
Yair, his donkey also acquired the same sort of behaviour instinctively, and
therefore also naturally did not want to eat <i>tevel</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In other words,
although normally we differentiate between <i>mishpatim</i> (<i>mitzvos</i>
which we can understand) and <i>chukim</i> (<i>mitzvos</i> which we cannot
understand), the higher a <i>madregah</i> a person is on, the more those <i>mitzvos</i>
which he previously perceived as <i>chukim</i> will become <i>mishpatim</i>.
Since he will now be able to feel the correctness or incorrectness of that
course of action which is mandated or prohibited by the <i>chok</i>, he will
perceive the <i>chok</i> to be a <i>mishpat</i>, something which is fitting and
appropriate, in addition to being something that Hashem has commanded.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Based on
this understanding, we can explain why the <i>passuk</i> at the end of
Va’eschanan refers to <i>chukim</i> and <i>mishpatim</i>, whereas the <i>passuk</i>
at the beginning of this week’s <i>sedrah</i> only refers to <i>mishpatim</i>.
This is because the <i>passuk</i> at the beginning of this week’s <i>sedrah</i>
is referring to a <i>madregah</i> at which we will be able to feel and perceive
the reasons for all of the <i>chukim</i>, and therefore we will only be left
with the observance of <i>mishpatim</i>. However the <i>passuk</i> at the end of
Va’eschanan is talking about a time at which the <i>benei yisrael</i> are still
rising in their <i>madregah</i> and the <i>chukim</i> are become <i>mishpatim</i>
for them, so the <i>passuk</i> mentions <i>chukim</i> and then <i>mishpatim</i>.
And the <i>passuk</i> later in this week’s <i>sedrah</i> is talking about a
time at which the <i>benei yisrael</i> are falling in <i>madregah</i> and the <i>mishpatim</i>
are becoming <i>chukim</i> for them, so the <i>passuk</i> first mentions <i>mishpatim</i>
and then <i>chukim</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Following on
from this train of thought:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At the
beginning of Parshas Chukas (19:2), Rashi explains that the <i>umos ha’olam</i>
specifically seek to deter the <i>benei yisrael</i> from the observance of <i>chukim</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">זאת חקת התורה</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: לפי שהשטן ואומות העולם מונין את ישראל לומר מה המצוה הזאת
ומה טעם יש בה לפיכך כתב בה חקה גזירה היא מלפני ואין לך רשות להרהר אחריה<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Because the Satan and the <i>umos ha’olam</i> mock the <i>benei yisrael</i>
saying, “What is this mitzva and what reason could there be for it?” Therefore
the Torah writes (concerning the Parah Aduma) the word <i>chukah</i> – it is a
decree from before Me and you do not have permission to cast aspersions against
it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Subsequently we can understand that when the <i>benei yisrael</i> were on
such a high <i>madregah</i> that they were able to feel and perceive the
reasons for the <i>chukim</i>, it was not dangerous for them to let the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ז' עמים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> live in that part of Eretz
Yisrael which they had not conquered, for these peoples could not mock them or
pose a challenge to their observance of the Torah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">However when the <i>benei yisrael</i> fell to a lower <i>madregah</i> at
which once more the <i>chukim</i> were simply a statute for them and they were
not able to understand them, it was then inadvisable to let the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ז' עמים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> remain in Eretz Yisrael because
they could then deter them from observing the <i>chukim</i>. In this case it
was better for the <i>benei yisrael</i> to quickly drive them out from all
parts of Eretz Yisrael.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">That is why the <i>passuk</i> in the first <i>aliyah</i> says<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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אֶת הַגּוֹיִם הָאֵל מִפָּנֶיךָ מְעַט מְעָט לֹא תוּכַל כַּלֹּתָם מַהֵר פֶּן תִּרְבֶּה
עָלֶיךָ חַיַּת הַשָּׂדֶה<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Hashem will dislodge those peoples before you little by little; you
will not be able to put an end to them at once, lest the wild beasts multiply
against you (in the land that has been left uninhabited).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Because this <i>passuk</i> is talking about a time at which we only have <i>mishpatim</i>,
in which case we can afford to be cautious and let the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ז' עמים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> remain in Eretz Yisrael due to
the practical consideration of them serving as a deterrent for the wild
animals.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">However the <i>passuk</i> in the second <i>aliyah</i> is talking about a
time when the <i>benei yisrael</i> perceive the <i>chukim</i> as <i>chukim</i>
and not as <i>mishpatim</i>, in this case it is dangerous to leave the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ז' עמים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> in Eretz Yisrael because they
will, through their mockery, deter the <i>benei yisrael</i> from observance of
the <i>chukim</i>. In this case there is a prerequisite to drive them out
quickly, as the <i>passuk</i> says<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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כִּי ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ הוּא הָעֹבֵר לְפָנֶיךָ אֵשׁ אֹכְלָה הוּא יַשְׁמִידֵם וְהוּא יַכְנִיעֵם
לְפָנֶיךָ וְהוֹרַשְׁתָּם וְהַאַבַדְתָּם מַהֵר כַּאֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' לָךְ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And you should know this day that Hashem is crossing at your head, a
devouring fire; He will wipe them out and He will subdue them before you, so
that you may quickly dispossess and destroy them, as Hashem has promised you.</span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-32540669850441611772019-08-16T15:56:00.001+10:002019-08-16T15:56:19.872+10:00Parshas Va'eschanan - The Unity of Hashem<br />
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ה' אֱלֹקֵינוּ ה' אֶחָד<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Hear oh <i>benei yisrael</i>, Hashem who is our
G-d, He is One.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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הוא בשם הויה, ובזה אנחנו נבדלים מן האומות כי כל האומות משיגין את שמו יתברך כמ"ש
גדול שמי בגוים ובכ"מ כו' רק שאין משיגין בשם הויה רק בשאר השמות. וכולם אינם
שם העצם רק שמות משותפים, לכן אינם דבקים בו יתברך רק עובדין אותו בשיתוף כי כל השמות
אינן רק משותפין ומושאלין מפעולותיו, לא כאלה חלק יעקב שהם דבקין בשם זה... ולכן משה
רבינו ע"ה לא הזכיר לפרעה רק שם הויה ודא אקשי ליה מכלהו, וז"ש ה' אלוקינו
אלוקינו לבד והוא שם העצם שאינו מושאל מפעולה רק (מורה) על הויתו תמיד והויתו מעצמו<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">All of our <i>emunah</i> is in the four-letter Name
of Hashem, and through this we are distinct from the nations. For all the
nations know of Hashem’s Name, however they do not understand the four-letter
Name of Hashem, only the other Names. And all other Names are not the actual
Name of Hashem, instead they are Names through which you can approach an
understanding of Hashem in conjunction with the consideration of other ideas
which occur in <i>olam hazeh</i>. Therefore the other nations do not cleave to
Hashem but instead they serve Him in conjunction with other forces which<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are found in the world, because all of the
other Names are understood in conjunction with other ideas and are merely Names
that are derived from the deeds of Hashem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is not the lot of the <i>benei yisrael</i> however, who cleave to the
four-letter Name of Hashem… And therefore Moshe only mentioned the four-letter
Name of Hashem to Pharoh, and it was harder for him to understand this than any
other Name of Hashem. (This is why the <i>passuk</i> says (Shemos 5:2), “</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיֹּאמֶר פַּרְעֹה
מִי ה' אֲשֶׁר אֶשְׁמַע בְּקֹלוֹ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>” – “And Pharoh said, ‘Who is Hashem that I should listen to his
voice,’ because Pharoh could not understand the four-letter name of Hashem.) And
therefore the passuk says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ה' אלוקנו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, because only we serve Hashem as perceived through the
four-letter Name of Hashem, and so Hashem is our G-d alone…</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If it was virtually impossible for Pharoh to understand the four-letter
name of Hashem, but he would have been able to understand one of the other
names of Hashem, then why did Moshe not mention to him one of the names of
Hashem that he would have been able to understand?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">The </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">passuk</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">
says in this week’s sedrah (4:19)</span></div>
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הַשָּׁמַיְמָה וְרָאִיתָ אֶת הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְאֶת הַיָּרֵחַ וְאֶת הַכּוֹכָבִים כֹּל צְבָא
הַשָּׁמַיִם וְנִדַּחְתָּ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוִיתָ לָהֶם וַעֲבַדְתָּם אֲשֶׁר חָלַק ה' אֱלֹקֶיךָ
אֹתָם לְכֹל הָעַמִּים תַּחַת כָּל הַשָּׁמָיִם. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And when you look up to the sky and behold the sun and the moon and the
stars, the whole heavenly host, you must not be lured into bowing down to them
or serving them. These Hashem allotted to all other peoples everywhere under
the heavens. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rashi comments on this <i>passuk</i>:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אשר חלק וגו' לכל העמים</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: (מגילה ח') להאיר להם דבר אחר לאלוהות לא מנען
מלטעות אחריהם אלא החליקם בדברי הבליהם לטרדם מן העולם וכן הוא אומר (תהלים ל"ו)
כי החליק אליו בעיניו למצוא עונו לשנוא<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Hashem assigned the sun, the moon and the stars </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">to give light to them (to all
peoples) (Megillah 9b). Another explanation, “Which Hashem assigned to them as
deities.” He did not prevent them from going astray after them, but rather He
allowed them to err through vain speculations, in order to drive them out from
the world. Similarly it states, (Tehillim 36:3) "He made him err through
what his eyes beheld until his iniquity was found so that he should be hated.”
(Avodah Zarah 55a)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The passuk continues (4:20)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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וַיּוֹצִא אֶתְכֶם מִכּוּר הַבַּרְזֶל מִמִּצְרָיִם לִהְיוֹת לוֹ לְעַם נַחֲלָה כַּיּוֹם
הַזֶּה<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">But you Hashem took and brought out of Mitzrayim, the iron furnace, to be
His very own people, as we see today.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why does the Torah<i> </i>describe Mitzrayim as an iron furnace
specifically in the <i>passuk</i> that contrasts the <i>avodas Hashem</i> of
the <i>benei yisrael</i> with the <i>avodah zarah</i> of the <i>umos ha’olam</i>?</span></li>
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בלילה הזה, והכיתי כל בכור בארץ מצרים מאדם עד בהמה. ובכל אלוהי מצרים אעשה שפטים,
אני ה'. ועברתי בארץ מצרים, אני ולא מלאך. והכיתי כל בכור, אני ולא שרף. ובכל אלוהי
מצרים אעשה שפטים, אני ולא השליח. אני ה', אני הוא ולא אחר.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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מִצְרַיִם בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה וְהִכֵּיתִי כָל בְּכוֹר בְּאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם מֵאָדָם
וְעַד בְּהֵמָה וּבְכָל אֱלֹקֵי מִצְרַיִם אֶעֱשֶׂה שְׁפָטִים אֲנִי ה'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">For on that night I will pass through the land of Mitzrayim and I will
strike down every first-born in the land of Egypt, both man and animal, and
against all the gods of Mitzrayim I will deliver retribution, I am Hashem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">“I will pass through the land of Mitzrayim” – I and not a <i>malach</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">“And I will strike down every first-born” – I and not a <i>saraf</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">“And against all the gods of Mitzrayim I will deliver retribution” – I and
not the messenger.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">I am Hashem, I am He and none other.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">It is evident from the mechilta that the completion of the revelation of
the <i>shechinah</i> at the time of <i>makkas bechoros</i> was from that which
Hashem effected judgement against the gods of Mitzrayim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Michtav Me’Eliyahu explains that this is not simply because it showed
that Hashem was more powerful than the gods of Mitzrayim, but<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>it was also because the <i>mitzriyim</i>
served <i>avodah zarah</i> in combination with their weakened recognition of the
power of Hashem. This means to say that they believed that Hashem ruled the
world, but only together with the idols that they served, and that the idols
were all partners with Hashem. Therefore from the fact that Hashem effected
judgement against the idols it became evident that Hashem was not in
partnership with the <i>avodah zarah</i>, because this would have precluded Him
effecting any punishment.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Had the <i>mitzrim</i> purely served <i>avodah zarah</i>, then the slavery
in Mitzrayim would not have been so harsh. This is because the ideal
represented by the <i>avodah zarah</i> would have been limited, and there would
have been less of a cause to which the <i>benei yisrael</i> would have been
enslaved. Paradoxically it was exactly because the <i>mitzrim</i> served <i>avodah<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>zarah be’shituf shem Hashem</i>, so that they
combined their notion of Hashem together with their idol worship, that
Mitzrayim became an iron furnace in which the <i>benei yisrael</i> were
enslaved. Since the limitlessness of <i>avodas Hashem</i> became confused into
their <i>avodah zarah</i>, the slavery of the <i>benei yisrael</i> also became
limitless, and this would have burnt the <i>benei yisrael</i>, as if it were,
had they not been redeemed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Torah describes Mitzrayim as an iron furnace in the <i>passuk</i> which
contrasts the <i>avodas Hashem</i> of the <i>benei yisrael</i> with the <i>avodah
zarah</i> of the <i>umos ha’olam</i> in order to remind the <i>benei yisrael</i>
that they should be careful to not even serve <i>avodah zarah be’shituf shem
Hashem</i>, since this was what almost destroyed them in Mitzrayim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is also why the Vilna Gaon says that Moshe was careful only to mention
the four-letter name of Hashem to Pharoh, although this represented Hashem in a
way that it would be virtually impossible for Pharoh to grasp. Since the
four-letter name of Hashem refers to Hashem separately from His involvement in <i>olam
hazeh</i>, it is not possible to combine this understanding of Hashem together
with <i>avodah zarah</i>. Moshe’s challenge to Pharoh was that he should
recognise that he had falsely associated Hashem with his idols, and that he had
misused his grasp of Hashem in order to further his idolatry and enslave the <i>benei
yisrael</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Only when Hashem destroyed all of Pharoh’s idols did he realise that he had
rebelled against Hashem, whereupon he admitted to the truth and freed the <i>benei
yisrael</i>.<span style="mso-tab-count: 1;"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-39774807011734333522019-08-16T15:53:00.001+10:002019-08-16T15:53:19.602+10:00Parshas Devarim - Why did Moshe hint at his rebuke?<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The <i>passuk</i>
says at the beginning of this week’s <i>sedrah </i>(1:1)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר מֹשֶׁה אֶל כָּל יִשְׂרָאֵל בְּעֵבֶר הַיַּרְדֵּן בַּמִּדְבָּר בָּעֲרָבָה
מוֹל סוּף בֵּין פָּארָן וּבֵין תֹּפֶל וְלָבָן וַחֲצֵרֹת וְדִי זָהָב<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">These are the words that Moshe addressed to all of the <i>benei yisrael</i>
on the other side of the Yarden. Through the desert, in the plain near Suph,
between Paran and Tophel, Lavan, Chazeroth, and Di-zahav.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Medrash Rabbah says (Bereishis 12:3)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אמר רבי אבהו, כל
מקום שנאמר אלה, פסל את הראשונים<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rabbi Avahu said, “Whenever the <i>passuk</i> says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אלה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> it means to invalidate that which is mentioned previously.
[However, when the <i>passuk</i> says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ואלה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, it means to add on to that which is stated previously.]</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">What do the words </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אלה הדברים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> come to invalidate?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rashi comments on this </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">passuk</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">:</span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אלה הדברים</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: לפי שהן דברי תוכחות ומנה כאן כל המקומות שהכעיסו לפני המקום
בהן לפיכך סתם את הדברים והזכירם ברמז מפני כבודן של ישראל</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">These are the words</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">: Because they are words of
rebuke and Moshe enumerated here all the places where they angered Hashem,
therefore he obfuscated the matter and mentioned them through hints in order to
protect the honour of the <i>benei yisrael</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">One of the hints which Moshe rebuked the <i>benei yisrael</i> with
concerned the <i>egel ha’zahav</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ודי זהב</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: הוכיחן על העגל שעשו בשביל רוב זהב שהיה להם שנאמר (הושע ב',
י') וכסף הרביתי להם וזהב עשו לבעל</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Di-zahav</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">: He rebuked them for the <i>egel ha’zahav</i> which they made because of
the abundant gold which they possessed, as the <i>passuk</i> says, “And I
increased their silver and gave them gold which they then used to fashion idols
for Baal.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">However, in Parshas Ekev (9:12), Moshe explicitly
rebuked the <i>benei yisrael</i> concerning the <i>egel ha’zahav</i> and
provided all the details of that incident.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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קוּם רֵד מַהֵר מִזֶּה כִּי שִׁחֵת עַמְּךָ אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתָ מִמִּצְרָיִם סָרוּ מַהֵר
מִן הַדֶּרֶךְ אֲשֶׁר צִוִּיתִם עָשׂוּ לָהֶם מַסֵּכָה<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Hashem said to me, “Get up, go down quickly
from here, for the people whom you brought out of Mitzrayim have become
corrupted. They have quickly strayed from the path which I commanded them to
follow, they have made for themselves a cast idol.”</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why did Moshe later openly rebuke the <i>benei
yisrael</i>, if this was not in accordance with their honour?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">Rashi continues:</span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אל כל ישראל</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">: אלו הוכיח מקצתן היו אלו שבשוק אומרים אתם הייתם שומעים מבן
עמרם ולא השיבותם דבר מכך וכך אלו היינו שם היינו משיבים אותו לכך כנסם כולם ואמר להם
הרי כולכם כאן כל מי שיש לו תשובה ישיב<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">To all of the <i>benei yisrael</i></span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">: Had Moshe only rebuked some of them, then those who are in the
marketplace would have said, “You heard all that from Ben Aram and you did not
refute his rebuke by saying such-and-such? Had we been there we would have
answered him back.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Therefore Moshe gathered all of them and he said to
them, “Look, you are all here. Anyone who has something to say back to me,
should say it.”</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">It would appear difficult to understand,
according to Rashi, what Moshe gained by gathering all of the <i>benei yisrael</i>.
If the <i>benei yisrael</i> really thought that Moshe was getting at them and
did not have their best interests at heart, then the fact that he proved to
them that they were unable to answer him back does not address the fundamental
issue that they could not benefit from his rebuke, as long as they thought that
he was just having a go at them? </span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Divrei
Yoel explains as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The <i>passuk</i> says at the beginning of Bereishis (1:1)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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אֱלֹקִים אֵת הַשָּׁמַיִם וְאֵת הָאָרֶץ<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In the
beginning of the creation of the heavens and the earth.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rashi
comments:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בָּרָא אֱלֹקִים</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><b><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ולא אמר בָּרָא ה'.
שבתחילה עלה במחשבה לברואתו במידת הדין; ראה שאין העולם מתקיים, הקדים מידת רחמים ושיתפה
למידת הדין. היינו דכתיב (להלן ב' ד'): בְּיוֹם עֲשׂוֹת ה' אֱלֹקִים אֶרֶץ וְשָׁמָיִם.</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><i><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Elokim</span></i></b><b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> created</span></b><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">: The <i>passuk</i>
does not say that Hashem created. Because initially Hashem thought to create
the world through the attribute of strict judgement, but then Hashem saw that
the world would not be able to exist in such a way, therefore he brought
forward the attribute of mercy and he joined it with the attribute of strict
judgement. And that is why the <i>passuk</i> says later, “On the day that
Hashem (denoting the attribute of mercy) <i>Elokim</i> (denoting the attribute
of strict judgement) created the earth and the heaven.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This means to say:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">It is more advantageous for a person to live in a manner when they are
judged with Hashem’s attribute of strict judgement than if they are judged with
Hashem’s attribute of mercy, because in that case they are able to achieve a
higher <i>madregah</i> and will be given a greater reward. One of the
differences between living in a way where one is judged with Hashem’s attribute
of strict judgement and where one is judged with Hashem’s attribute of mercy is
that in the former case, the <i>hashgachah pratis</i> of Hashem is more evident
than in the latter case.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">When the <i>benei yisrael</i> lived in the <i>midbar</i>, they were very
close to achieving the initial thought of Hashem in Bereishis, wherein they
would be judged according to the <i>middas hadin</i>. For example we find that
with the <i>man</i> (see Koheles Yitzchak, <i>Beha’alosechah</i>) if someone
did an <i>aveirah</i>, then the next morning the <i>man</i> would fall further
away from the door of his tent. If he did another <i>aveirah</i>, then he would
have to start cooking the <i>man</i> before his family was able to eat it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The <i>benei yisrael</i> rebelled ten times against this strict <i>hanhagah</i>,
and therefore, in the beginning of Devarim, Moshe told them that they would now
receive a different <i>hanhagah</i>, in which they would be conducted by the <i>middas
ha’rachamim</i>. That which the rebuke that they received from Moshe was not in
accordance with their honour, was because the rebuke was that they would now be
on a lower <i>madregah</i> of <i>hanhagah</i>, than they had previously been.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is why at the beginning of Devarim, Moshe only hinted to the <i>egel
ha’zahav</i>, but in Parshas Ekev he explicitly detailed that <i>aveirah</i>,
because there he was not talking about the lower <i>hanhagah</i> by which they
would be conducted as a result of the <i>egel ha’zahav</i>, rather he was
simply talking about the punishment that they had received at the time because
of that <i>aveirah</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Similarly, when Moshe gathered all of the <i>benei yisrael</i> in order to
rebuke them, he meant to tell the entire <i>klal yisrael</i> that from now on they
would be conducted according to a more merciful <i>hanhagah</i> from Hashem, which
intimated that it was not possible for them to live in such close proximity to
the <i>shechina</i>. Had some of the <i>benei yisrael</i> not been present,
they would have commented to those that were present that they could have
proven to Moshe that they were capable of carrying on living in close proximity
to the <i>shechinah</i>, despite the attendant <i>middas ha’din</i>. Since all
of the <i>benei yisrael</i> were present, and even jointly they could not prove
to Moshe that they were capable of elevating themselves to such a level, it was
evident that Moshe’s assessment of the need for them to be conducted according to
a different <i>hanhagah</i>, was correct.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is also why the <i>passuk</i> starts with the words </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אלה הדברים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. The <i>passuk</i> does not mean
to say that that which went beforehand was invalid. Rather the <i>passuk</i>
means to say that the proximity to Hashem and the strict judgment which the <i>benei
yisrael</i> had previously merited was no longer fitting for the <i>madregah</i>
which they were currently on, and that from now on they would be conducted
according to the <i>middas ha’rachamim</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-31943317785572139572019-08-02T15:25:00.001+10:002019-08-02T15:29:57.707+10:00Parshas Matos - Binding yourself to Hashem' salvation<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says in this week’s sedrah</span></span></div>
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אֶל רָאשֵׁי הַמַּטּוֹת לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה'.
אִישׁ כִּי יִדֹּר נֶדֶר לַה' אוֹ הִשָּׁבַע שְׁבֻעָה לֶאְסֹר אִסָּר עַל נַפְשׁוֹ
לֹא יַחֵל דְּבָרוֹ כְּכָל הַיֹּצֵא מִפִּיו יַעֲשֶׂה.</span></div>
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“This is what Hashem has commanded. If a man makes a vow to Hashem or takes an
oath imposing an obligation on himself, he shall not break his pledge; he must
carry out all that has crossed his lips.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Yalkut Shimoni says (<i>remez</i> 784)</span></span></div>
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מגיד שכשם שנתנבא משה בכה כך נתנבאו הנביאים בכה, ומוסיף עליהם משה שנאמר בו זה הדבר.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Moshe said, “This is the matter which Hashem has
commanded.” This teaches you, that just as Moshe said <i>nevuah</i> using the
word </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> - approximately thus, so too the
<i>nevi’im</i> said <i>nevuah</i> using the word </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כה</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">However Moshe was greater than them because it says
concerning his <i>nevuah</i>, </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">זה הדבר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – this is the exact matter.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why does the Torah teach us that Moshe’s <i>nevuah</i> was greater<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>than that of the <i>nevi’im</i> with regards
to the <i>halachos</i> of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נדרים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שבועות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> specifically?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why does the Yalkut Shimoni say that Moshe said <i>nevuah</i> using the
word </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> just as the other <i>nevi’im</i> did? Surely all of the <i>nevuah</i>
of Moshe from the first time Hashem revealed Himself to him at the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סנה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, was a greater </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נבואה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that that of the <i>nevi’im</i>,
according to the greater </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מדרגה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of Moshe?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Moshe said the words </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">זה הדבר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> many times, for example</span></span></div>
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אִישׁ לְפִי אָכְלוֹ עֹמֶר לַגֻּלְגֹּלֶת מִסְפַּר נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם אִישׁ לַאֲשֶׁר בְּאָהֳלוֹ
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לֵאמֹר זֶה הַדָּבָר אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה' לֵאמֹר (שמות ל"ה ד')<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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לֵאמֹר לַטּוֹב בְּעֵינֵיהֶם תִּהְיֶינָה לְנָשִׁים אַךְ לְמִשְׁפַּחַת מַטֵּה אֲבִיהֶם
תִּהְיֶינָה לְנָשִׁים (במדבר ל"ו ו')</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If so, why does
the Yalkut Shimoni say here specifically that we learn from the words </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">זה הדבר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that Moshe’s <i>nevuah</i> was
greater than that of the other <i>nevi’im</i>?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk says in Yeshaya (9:6 – 7)</span></span></div>
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וּלְשָׁלוֹם אֵין קֵץ עַל כִּסֵּא דָוִד וְעַל מַמְלַכְתּוֹ לְהָכִין אֹתָהּ וּלְסַעֲדָהּ
בְּמִשְׁפָּט וּבִצְדָקָה מֵעַתָּה וְעַד עוֹלָם קִנְאַת ה' צְבָקוֹת תַּעֲשֶׂה זֹּאת.
דָּבָר שָׁלַח ה' בְּיַעֲקֹב וְנָפַל בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">By the abundance of rulership and with peace without limit on the throne of
Dovid and on his kingdom to establish it and to support it in justice and
charity from now and forever, the zealousness of Hashem will do this. Hashem
send a matter in Yaakov and it spread amongst the <i>benei yisrael</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The gemara in Sanhedrin (94a) comments on </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פסוק ו'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">א"ר תנחום דרש
בר קפרא בציפורי מפני מה כל מ"ם שבאמצע תיבה פתוח וזה סתום ביקש הקב"ה לעשות
חזקיהו משיח וסנחריב גוג ומגוג אמרה מדת הדין לפני הקב"ה רבש"ע ומה דוד מלך
ישראל שאמר כמה שירות ותשבחות לפניך לא עשיתו משיח חזקיה שעשית לו כל הנסים הללו ולא
אמר שירה לפניך תעשהו משיח לכך נסתתם</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Tanchum said, “Bar Kapara explained in
Tzipori, ‘Why is every letter <i>mem</i> in the middle of a word open (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מ</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) but this <i>mem</i> is closed (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לְםַרְבֵּה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">)? Hashem wanted to make Chizkiyahu into <i>mashiach</i> and the
war with Sancheriv into the war of Gog and Magog. However the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מדת הדין</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> said before Hashem, “Master of the Universe, if Dovid who said
so many songs and praises before you was not made into <i>mashiach</i>, then
should we say that Chizkiyahu for whom you performed all these miracles and yet
he did not say <i>shirah</i> before you, should you make him into <i>mashiach</i>?”
And that is why the <i>mem</i> is closed.’”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The gemara in Chullin (91a) comments on </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פסוק ז'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אמר ר' יוסי ברבי
חנינא מאי דכתיב (ישעיהו ט', ז') דבר שלח ביעקב ונפל בישראל דבר שלח ביעקב זה גיד הנשה
ונפל בישראל שפשט איסורו בכל ישראל</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Yossi the son of Rabbi Chanina said, “What
does the passuk mean when it says, </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דבר שלח ביעקב ונפל
בישראל</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דבר שלח ביעקב</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – this refers to the <i>gid
hanashe</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ונפל בישראל</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – means that the <i>issur</i> of
the <i>gid hanashe</i> spread amongst the <i>benei yisrael</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is the connection between Chizkiyahu not saying <i>shirah</i> and
the issur of the <i>gid hanashe</i>?</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְאָמַר רַבִּי יַנַּאי,
הַנּוֹדֵר וְאֵינוֹ מְשַׁלֵּם, פִּנְקָסוֹ מִתְבַּקֶּרֶת לִפְנֵי הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ
הוּא וְאוֹמֵר: הֵיכָן פְּלוֹנִי בֶּן פְּלוֹנִי שֶׁנָּדַר נֶדֶר בְּיוֹם פְּלוֹנִי.
בֹּא וּרְאֵה, כְּשֶׁהָלַךְ יַעֲקֹב לַאֲרַם נַהֲרַיִם מַה כְּתִיב שָׁם, וַיִּדַּר
יַעֲקֹב נֶדֶר לֵאמֹר וְגוֹ' (בראשית כ"ח, כ'). הֱשִׁיבוֹ עַל כָּל דָּבָר וְדָבָר.
הָלַךְ וְנִתְעַשֵּׁר וּבָא וְיָשַׁב לוֹ וְלֹא שִׁלֵּם אֶת נִדְרוֹ, הֵבִיא עָלָיו
עֵשָׂו וּבִקֵּשׁ לְהָרְגוֹ. נָטַל מִמֶּנּוּ כָּל אוֹתוֹ דוֹרוֹן, עִזִּים מָאתַיִם,
וְלֹא הִרְגִּישׁ. הֵבִיא עָלָיו הַמַּלְאָךְ וְרָפַשׁ עִמּוֹ וְלֹא הִרְגִּישׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר:
וַיִּוָּתֵר יַעֲקֹב לְבַדּוֹ וַיֵּאָבֵק אִישׁ עִמּוֹ, זֶה סַמָּאֵל שָׂרוֹ שֶׁל עֵשָׂו
שֶׁבִּקֵּשׁ לְהָרְגוֹ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: וַיַּרְא כִּי לֹא יָכֹל לוֹ, וְנַעֲשָׂה צוֹלֵעַ...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Yannai said, “If someone makes a vow and does not fulfil it, his
account book is examined before Hashem and He says, ‘Where is so-and-so who
made a vow on such-and-such a day.’ Come and see, when Yaakov went to Aram
Naharayim it that he made a vow. He became rich and he returned to Eretz
Yisrael and he did not fulfil his vow. Hashem brought against him Esav who
intended to kill him and who took away from him all that gift that Yaakov was
forced to give him, and Yaakov did not realise why. Hashem brought a <i>malach</i>
against Yaakov who wrestled with him and he became lame, and Yaakov did not
realise why…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why is the punishment of one who delays fulfilling a <i>neder</i> so
severe?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Divrei Yoel explains as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If someone is in a difficult situation and they make a <i>neder</i> in the
name of Hashem, it is as if they have taken a loan from Hashem. Since we know
that the world was created using the Name of Hashem, when they make a <i>neder</i>
using this Name with which the world was created, it is as if they have
pre-emptively asked Hashem to create that future state which they wish to
reach, by using the Name of Hashem of creation, to refer to that time at which
things will have turned out for the good.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Therefore if they reach that time and they did not fulfil their <i>neder</i>,
it is as if they have short changed the Name of Hashem which they used to make
their vow, because they previously bound themselves to the state that would
exist in a future time by means of their <i>neder</i>, but when that time
arrived, they did not acknowledge Hashem’s pre-emptive support that was the
reason that they actually managed to survive and reach that time. This is why
Yaakov was punished and became lame when he did not keep his <i>neder</i>
immediately upon being saved from Lavan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Similarly, Chizkiyahu was punished for not showing gratitude for the <i>nissim</i>
that had been wrought to save him. Exactly the fact that Chizkiyahu did not say
<i>shirah</i> indicated that he did not appreciate that Hashem had gratuitously
brought the <i>benei yisrael</i> forward to a time when it would have been
possible for them to be redeemed from all of their enemies, and that is why he
did not become <i>mashiach</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Based on this explanation we can understand that when the medrash explains
that Moshe’s greatness is demonstrated by the fact that he said </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">זה הדבר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in regards to <i>nedarim</i>,
the medrash means to say that Moshe gave the <i>benei yisrael</i> the ability
themselves to use the Name of Hashem, through which he was </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מנבא</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, in order to be able to bind themselves to a future elevated or
saved state by using the name of Hashem in order to make a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נדר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Namely, not only was Moshe himself </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מנבא באספקלריא המאירה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and so used the phrase </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">זה הדבר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, but he even gave the <i>benei
yisrael</i> the ability to say </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">זה הדבר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, meaning to say that they would
be able to know clearly the salvation or the elevation of the future, due to
their respect for the Name of Hashem in which they would promise to serve
Hashem when that future would arrive.</span></span></div>
pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-56198066913972139982019-08-02T15:21:00.001+10:002019-08-02T15:21:31.265+10:00Parshas Pinchas - The musaf offering of Rosh Chodesh as atonment for Hashem
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says in this week’s sedrah (25:12 – 13)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לָכֵן אֱמֹר הִנְנִי נֹתֵן לוֹ אֶת בְּרִיתִי
שָׁלוֹם. וְהָיְתָה לּוֹ וּלְזַרְעוֹ אַחֲרָיו בְּרִית כְּהֻנַּת עוֹלָם תַּחַת אֲשֶׁר
קִנֵּא לֵאלֹקָיו וַיְכַפֵּר עַל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Therefore
say, “I grant him My covenant of peace. It shall be for him and for his
descendants after him a covenant of <i>kehunah</i> for all time, because he
took revenge for his G-d, and he atoned for the <i>benei yisrael</i>.’”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Ramban
comments on this <i>passuk</i>:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ולא אמר הכתוב "והיתה לו ולזרעו אחריו
כהונת עולם" כמו שאמר (שמות כ"ט ט') באהרן, אבל אמר "ברית כהונת עולם"
ואמר "את בריתי שלום", שיתן לו ברית עם השלום דבק בו</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span><span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ובאהרן
נאמר (שמות כ"ח ב') "לכבוד ולתפארת", ולכך אמר "אשר קנא לאלקיו"</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <i>passuk</i> does not say, “And it shall be for him and for his
descendants after him an eternal <i>kehunah</i>” as it says with Aharon, rather
the <i>passuk</i> says, “And it will be for him and for his descendants after
him a <i>bris</i> of eternal <i>kehunah.</i>” And it says, “My <i>bris</i> of
peace,” meaning to say that Hashem will give him assuredness with peace
accompanying it, whereas in the case of Aharon the <i>passuk</i> says that the <i>kehunah</i>
will be for honour and for glory. Therefore the <i>passuk</i> says that the <i>kehunah</i>
was given to Pinchas because he was jealous for his G-d.</span></span></div>
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<li><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What is the difference between a <i>kehunah</i> which is given with a <i>bris</i>
of <i>shalom</i> and a <i>kehunah</i> which is given </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לכבוד ולפארת</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and why is a <i>kehunah</i>
which is given with a <i>bris</i> of <i>shalom</i> associated with </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קנאות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Pachad Yitzchak explains as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Later in the
sedrah, the <i>passuk</i> says (28:11)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וּשְׂעִיר עִזִּים אֶחָד לְחַטָּאת לַה' עַל עֹלַת הַתָּמִיד יֵעָשֶׂה
וְנִסְכּוֹ</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And one goat as a <i>chatas</i> to Hashem, to be offered in
addition to the regular <i>olah</i> and its wine libation.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The gemara says in Chullin (60b)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רבי שמעון בן פזי רמי כתיב (בראשית א', ט"ז) ויעש אלקים את שני המאורות
הגדולים וכתיב את המאור הגדול ואת המאור הקטן אמרה ירח לפני הקב"ה רבש"ע
אפשר לשני מלכים שישתמשו בכתר אחד אמר לה לכי ומעטי את עצמך אמרה לפניו רבש"ע
הואיל ואמרתי לפניך דבר הגון אמעיט את עצמי... חזייה דלא קא מיתבא דעתה אמר הקב"ה
הביאו כפרה עלי שמיעטתי את הירח והיינו דאמר ר"ש בן לקיש מה נשתנה שעיר של ראש
חדש שנאמר בו (במדבר כ"ח, י"א) לה' אמר הקב"ה שעיר זה יהא כפרה על שמיעטתי
את הירח</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Shimon ben Pazi raised a contradiction between two <i>pessukim</i>.
It is written: “And Hashem made the two great lights” (Bereishis 1:16), and it
is also written in the same verse: “The greater light to rule the day, and the
lesser light to rule the night,” indicating that only one was great. Rabbi
Shimon ben Pazi explains: When Hashem first created the sun and the moon, they
were equally bright. Then, the moon said before Hashem: Master of the Universe,
is it possible for two kings to serve with one crown? One of us must be
subservient to the other. Hashem therefore said to her, If so, go and diminish
yourself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">She said before Him: Master of the Universe, since I said a
correct observation before You, must I diminish myself?... Hashem saw that the
moon was not comforted. Hashem said: Bring atonement for me, since I diminished
the moon. And this is what Rabbi Shimon ben Lakish says: What is different
about the <i>olah</i> of Rosh Chodesh, that it is stated with regard to it:
“For Hashem” (Bamidbar 28:15)? Hashem said: This <i>korban</i> shall be an
atonement for Me for having diminished the size of the moon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Maharal (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חידושי אגדות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">)
explains this gemara as follows:</span></span></div>
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<div dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; tab-stops: right 281.2pt; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ולכך בכל יום שיש בו קדושה ומעלה כמו החגים הקדושים וראש חודש, יש בו
קרבן חטאת, כי הימים האלו יש בהם קדושה, לכך הם מיוחדים לסלק החסרון ולהתקרב ולשוב
אל הש"י. כי הירח מצד קטנותו הוא מוכן להתקרב אל הש"י, ודבר זה מסלק החטא
מה שהיה מקטין הירח. כי קטנות הירח הוא העדר האור והיה כאן חסרון, וכאשר היה כאן התקרבות
על ידי קטנות זה וזה מסלק החסרון. וזהו שכתוב 'חטאת לה'', כלומר כי הקרבן הוא סלוק
החסרון שנמצא בעולם הוא העדר האור מצד הקטנות אשר יש לירח, וזהו בתחלת החדש שהירח הוא
בקטנותה ביותר, ומצד הקטנות הזה יש לירח התעלות, לכך יש סלוק החטא אשר החטא הוא ההעדר
כאשר הוקטן הירח, וכאשר אמרה תורה להביא בראש חודש שעיר לחטאת וזה הוא הדביקות למעלה,
ובזה יש הסרה לחטא שהוא הריחוק מן הש"י, ובשביל זה יש קירוב גמור אל הש"י
והקירוב הזה עצמו הוא סלוק ההעדר.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And Rabbeinu Bachaye (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פרשת פינחס</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">)
explains this gemara as follows: </span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וזהו שאמר אמר הקב"ה, כלומר בעל הרחמים אמר הביאו כפרה לכבוד, ותהיה
הכוונה למה שעלי שמעטתי את הירח, כלומר על שנתמעט ונפסק שפע הרחמים מכח הירח וחזרה
דין, ועל כן תצטרכו להביא כפרה בכל חדש בזמן חדושה כדי להמשיך לה שפע הרחמים מלמעלה
ויתעלה העולם, וזהו סוד זאת עולת חודש בחדשו, כי היא המדה המתעלה ועולה לקבל שפע הרחמים.
ולעתיד לבא יהיה השמש עם הירח שוין באורה כמו שהיו בתחלה, וכמו שמורה על זה מלת הגדולים,
וכן יהיה בסוף, וזהו דבר הנביא ע"ה (ישעיה ל) והיה אור הלבנה כאור החמה ואור החמה
יהיה שבעתים כאור שבעת הימים, כלומר אחר שיהיה אור החמה שבעתים, והטעם בזה לפי שכח
הלבנה שהוא מדת הדין תתאחד ותתעלה ברחמים, וכבר הזכרתי מזה בפסוק (שמות טו) זה אלי,
וזה מבואר</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Based on these two sources, the
Pachad Yitzchak explains that the intention of the gemara is that when Hashem
diminished the moon, He meant to say that it would never be possible for a
person to enjoy uninterrupted growth in their </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודת ה'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Rather a person would
oscillate to some extent between a state of fulfillment and strength in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודת ה'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, as represented by the sun,
and setbacks and mishaps, as represented by the weak light and the waxing and
waning of the moon.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Nevertheless, both of these states
can contribute to a person’s growth in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודת ה'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Completeness in <i>avodas Hashem</i> can come through
the fulfillment that we enjoy on Yom Tov, but it can also come through the state
of diminution that is represented by the smallness of the moon on Rosh Chodesh,
as the <i>passuk</i> says in Yeshaya (57:15)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כִּי כֹה אָמַר רָם וְנִשָּׂא שֹׁכֵן עַד וְקָדוֹשׁ שְׁמוֹ מָרוֹם וְקָדוֹשׁ
אֶשְׁכּוֹן וְאֶת דַּכָּא וּשְׁפַל רוּחַ לְהַחֲיוֹת רוּחַ שְׁפָלִים וּלְהַחֲיוֹת
לֵב נִדְכָּאִים</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">For so says He who dwells on high forever, whose Name is
holy: I dwell on high, in holiness, yet with the contrite and the lowly in
spirit. Reviving the spirits of the lowly, reviving the hearts of the contrite.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Albeit that it is possible to find Hashem from a lowly
perspective in a way that would never have been possible had the person always
stayed in a position of strength and accomplishment, it is nevertheless
inappropriate that </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כבוד</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> should be taken away from
someone who seeks Hashem and that such a person should ever find themselves in
straightened circumstances altogether.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Therefore Hashem said, “Bring a <i>korban chatas</i> for Me
because I diminished the moon.” This means that the <i>korban chatas</i> of
Rosh Chodesh is not necessarily reflective of a particular </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבירה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
that was performed by the <i>benei yisrael </i>or of a shortcoming in their </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודת ה'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
rather it is a <i>kaparah</i> for the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חילול ה'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
reflected in the fact<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>that people who
seek Hashem may find themselves in diminished circumstances, albeit that these
circumstances may serve as a springboard to their attainments in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודת ה'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Through recognising that this state of affairs is not optimal
we connect ourselves to the time when this </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מיעוט כבוד שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
will be will rectified, as the <i>passuk</i> says</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְהָיָה אוֹר הַלְּבָנָה כְּאוֹר הַחַמָּה וְאוֹר הַחַמָּה יִהְיֶה שִׁבְעָתַיִם
כְּאוֹר שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים בְּיוֹם חֲבֹשׁ יְהוָה אֶת שֶׁבֶר עַמּוֹ וּמַחַץ מַכָּתוֹ
יִרְפָּא</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And the light of the moon shall become like the light of the
sun, and the light of the sun shall become sevenfold, like the light of the
seven days of Bereishis, when Hashem binds up His people’s wounds and heals the
injuries that it has suffered.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Similarly, <i>kehunah</i> as a whole addresses both of these
perspectives in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודת ה'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. The <i>kehunah</i> of Aharon,
which was given </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לכבוד
ולפארת</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, addresses
the elevation in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודת ה'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that it is possible to achieve
through fullness and wellbeing. The <i>kehunah</i> of Pinchas on the other
hand, which was given through his </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קנאות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
that he exercised at a time when a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נשיא</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
of one of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שבטים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> had fallen to the nadir of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה זרה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
and immorality, represents the ability to always find Hashem even in the most
straitened circumstances.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">That is why the <i>kehunah</i> of Pinchas was given was a <i>bris</i>
of <i>shalom</i>, to denote that whatever adversity Pinchas would face in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודת ה'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
he would always emerge uplifted and in peace, whereas the <i>kehunah</i> of
Aharon was given </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לכבוד
ולתפארת</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, for those situations
in which the honour of Hashem is reflected in the joyousness and wellbeing of
those who are </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מבקשי ה'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-57027438855672178612019-08-02T15:19:00.000+10:002019-08-02T15:19:13.395+10:00Parshas Balak - The sorcery of Bilaam
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says in this week’s sedrah (Bamidbar 22:12)</span></span></div>
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אֶל בִּלְעָם לֹא תֵלֵךְ עִמָּהֶם לֹא תָאֹר אֶת הָעָם כִּי בָרוּךְ הוּא</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And Hashem
said to Bilaam, “You should not go with them, you should not curse the people,
because they are blessed.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rashi
comments</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"לא תלך עמהם" - אמר לו א"כ אקללם במקומי אמר לו לא
תאור את העם אמר לו א"כ אברכם אמר לו אינם צריכין לברכתך כי ברוך הוא משל אומרים
לצרעה לא מדובשיך ולא מעוקציך</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bilaam said to Hashem, “If I am not allowed to go
with the princes of Moav then at least let me curse them from here?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hashem replied, “You shall not curse the people [at
all].”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Bilaam said, “If so, then at least let me bless
them.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hashem replied, “They do not need your blessing
because they are blessed.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A parable: They say to the hornet, “We do not want
either your honey or your sting.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why did Bilaam ask Hashem that he should be
allowed to bless the <i>benei yisrael</i>? If his purpose was to aid Balak in
their defeat, how would this be accomplished by giving the <i>benei yisrael</i>
a <i>beracha</i>?<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In the parable, the hornet will sting you if you
try and get its honey. But Bilaam did not suggest that he would hurt the <i>benei
yisrael</i>, he only suggested that he would give them a <i>beracha </i>and
nothing more?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk relates that Yaakov said to Esav (Bereishis 32:6)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיְהִי לִי שׁוֹר
וַחֲמוֹר צֹאן וְעֶבֶד וְשִׁפְחָה וָאֶשְׁלְחָה לְהַגִּיד לַאדֹנִי לִמְצֹא חֵן בְּעֵינֶיךָ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And I have acquired oxen and donkeys and servants and maidservants and I
have sent these to present myself to my master in order to find favour in your
eyes.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rashi explains</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">"ויהי לי שור וחמור" - אבא אמר לי מטל השמים ומשמני הארץ
זו אינה לא מן השמים ולא מן הארץ</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Father said to me you will receive a <i>beracha</i> from the dew of the
heavens and from the fat of the land, however these do not come from the dew of
the heavens and do not grow from the earth.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why did Yaakov negate the efficacy of Yitzchak’s <i>beracha</i>?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Divrei Yoel explains as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Ramban says (Devarim 18:9)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ועתה דע והבן בעניני
הכשפים כי הבורא יתברך כאשר ברא הכל מאין עשה העליונים מנהיגי התחתונים אשר למטה מהן
ונתן כח הארץ וכל אשר עליה בכוכבים ובמזלות לפי הנהגתם ומבטם בהם כאשר הוא מנוסה בחכמת
האיצטגנינות ועשה עוד על הכוכבים והמזלות מנהיגים מלאכים ושרים שהם נפש להם והנה הנהגתם
מעת היותם עד לעולם ועד גזירת עליונים אשר שם להם.</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אבל היה מנפלאותיו
העצומות ששם בכח המנהיגים העליונים דרכי תמורות וכחות להמיר הנהגת אשר למטה מהם...
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">...יאמר הנה אסר לך
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Now know and understand the matter of sorcery, for Hashem, when he created
everything from nothing, he made the upper worlds sovereign over the lower
worlds which are beneath them, and he gave power over the earth and all that is
upon it to the heavenly bodies and constellations according to their lead and
their consideration of the lower world, as is shown in the science of
astrology. And further he made for each star and constellation <i>malachim</i>
and princes which are as a <i>neshama</i> to them. And behold all these act
from the moment of their creation and forever according to the decree of the
upper influences which have been set for them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, it was among Hashem’s great wonders, that Hashem placed within the
powers of the upper realms the ways of change, and the ability to change the
governance of the realms beneath them… And this is the secret of witchcraft and
their strengths concerning which the gemara says that they contradict the
heavenly hosts which means to say that [power is given to man to change the way
in which the upper spheres influence the lower spheres so that] they contradict
the ordinary sequence whereby the world is conducted according to the heavenly
influences (but not to say that this is a contradiction to Hashem’s will,
because Hashem Himself placed within creation the ability for witchcraft to
alter the supernal influences if a person would be so inclined to avail himself
of this possibility)…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Therefore the <i>passuk</i> says that Hashem forbade you to do any of these
actions because they are repulsive before Him and because of them he drove out
those nations from before you. And he forbade witchcraft and necromancy because
he created for you a great elevation to make you higher than all the nations of
the land so that He would raise up in your midst a <i>navi</i> and He would
place His word in His mouth and you will hear from him that which Hashem will
do (according to your merits or demerits)…</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">According to the Ramban, witchcraft can be effected by altering the
influences that the supernal spheres have over the lower realms, thus adjusting
the distribution of plenty and sparsity in <i>olam hazeh</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However it is evident from the Yerushalmi (Chagigah 2:2) that some types of
witchcraft can only be effected by having an unwholesome connection to the
earth:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מיד עמד שמעון בן
שטח ביום סגריר ונסב עימיה תומנין גוברין בחורין, ויהב בידיהון תומניי לבושין נקיים,
ויהבנין גו קידרין חדתין וכפינון על רישיהון, אמר לון אין צפרית חד זמן לבשון לבושיכון,
ואין צפרית זמן תניין עולין כולכון כחדא, וכיון דאתון עללין כל חד וחד מינכון יגוף
חדא ויטלטליניה מן ארעא, דעיסקיה דהדין חרשא טלטלתניה מן ארעא לא יכול עבד כלום. אזל
וקם ליה על תרעא דמערתא, א"ל אוייס ואיים פתחון לי דמן דיכן אנא, אמרון ליה היך
אתית להכא בהדין יומא, אמר לון ביני טיפייא הוינא מהלך, אמרון ליה ומה אתיתא הכא מיעבד,
אמר מילף ומילפא כל מטי יעביד מה דהוא חכם, והוות כל חדא מינהון אמרה מה דהיא אמרה
ומייתי פיתא, וחדא אמרה מה דהיא אמרה ומייתיא קופד... אמר לון אית בי צפר תרין צפרין
ומייתי לכון תמנין גוברין בחירין הווי עמכון חדיי ומחדיי לכון, אמרון ליה כן אנן בעיי,
צפר חדא זמן ולבשון לבושיהן, צפר זמן תינינן ועלו כולהון כחדא אמר כל דמטי יחכום זוגי,
וטענונון ואזלון וצלבונון...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Shimon ben Shetach arose on a rainy day and he took with him 80 young men,
and he gave each a fresh change of clothes and they placed them in new
earthenware pots and they placed them over their heads (so they should not
become wet). He said to them, “If I call out once, get dressed in the clothes.
And if I call out again, then all of you should come in at once. And when you
come into the cave, each one of you should grab one witch and left her off the
ground, because once witches are lifted off the ground they are not able to do
anything.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He went and stood at the entrance to the cave and said, “Open up! Because I
am a wizard like you.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">…They said, “What do you want here?” He said, “I have come to learn and to
teach. Each one should do what they are good at and we will learn from each
other.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">One said something and created bread, the other said something and created
meat. He said, “I can make two sounds and will magic 80 young men who will make
merry with you.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">He called out twice and the eighty young men appeared, he said, “Everyone
should choose a match.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">They picked them up (and rendered the witches helpless) and they went and
they hung them.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Furthermore, the gemara in Sanhedrin (105a) says that Bilaam was a son of
Lavan:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תנא הוא בעור הוא
כושן רשעתים הוא לבן הארמי</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Be’or (the father of Bilaam) is Cushan who is
Lavan.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Ibn Ezra (Bereishis 36:32) explains that <i>chazal</i> draw a
connection between Lavan and Bilaam because</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ויתכן שדרך הדרש בעבור
היותו מנחש כמוהו</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Lavan was as great a sorcerer as Bilaam.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">According to this, we can understand that when
Yaakov said to Esav “</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Father said to me you will receive a <i>beracha</i> from
the dew of the heavens and from the fat of the land, however these are not from
the heavens and they are not from the earth,</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">” he meant
that had Yaakov only acquired things that rely on the dew of the heavens or
that show the richness of the land, then Esav could have accused him of siding
with the witchcraft of Lavan, since using witchcraft it is possible to draw the
dew of the heavens (using the Ramban’s type of witchcraft) and it is possible
to extract sustenance from the earth (using witchcraft such as that of the
witches of Ashkelon).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However cattle and donkeys could not be produced by
either type of witchcraft, and therefore it was evident that whatever Yaakov
had had been given to him fairly by Hashem in the merit of his keeping the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תרי"ג מצות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and that he had not gained an unfair advantage by receiving the
<i>berachos</i> from Yitzchak.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Similarly, had Bilaam given the <i>benei yisrael</i>
a <i>berachah</i>, this would not have been a beneficial <i>berachah</i> given
by a tzaddik which would have caused Hashem to look favourably on the <i>benei
yisrael</i>, for Bilaam was not a tzaddik. Rather this would have been an
unnatural <i>berachah</i> given using the power of Bilaam’s sorcery. Had the <i>benei
yisrael</i> come to rely on the beneficialness of Bilaam’s <i>berachah</i>,
then they would have fallen under the power of Bilaam and he would have been
able to harm them as well.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">That is why Bilaam asked Hashem permission to give
a <i>berachah</i> to the <i>benei yisrael</i>, and Hashem replied </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לא מדובשיך ולא מעוקציך</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – the <i>benei yisrael</i> require neither your honey or your
sting.</span></span></div>
pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-89021115971032518012019-07-12T15:04:00.001+10:002019-07-12T15:04:08.793+10:00Parshas Chukas - The song of the well<br />
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The <i>passuk</i> in this week’s <i>sedrah</i> says (21:17)</div>
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הַשִּׁירָה הַזֹּאת עֲלִי בְאֵר עֱנוּ לָהּ.</span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בְּאֵר חֲפָרוּהָ שָׂרִים כָּרוּהָ נְדִיבֵי הָעָם
בִּמְחֹקֵק בְּמִשְׁעֲנֹתָם וּמִמִּדְבָּר מַתָּנָה</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Then the <i>benei yisrael</i>
sang this song, “Spring up, O well — sing to it — The well which the princes
dug, which the nobles of the people started with their own staffs...</span></div>
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Rashi explains</div>
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מחוקק שנאמר (דברים ל"ג) כי שם חלקת מחוקק ספון ולמה לא נזכר משה בשירה זו לפי
שלקה ע"י הבאר וכיון שלא נזכר שמו של משה לא נזכר שמו של הקב"ה משל למלך
שהיו מזמנין אותו לסעודה אמר אם אוהבי שם אני שם ואם לאו איני הולך</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">The word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מחוקק</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"> refers to Moshe as the passuk says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כי שם חלקת מחוקק ספון</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"> – “For there is the portion of the great scribe hidden.” And
why is Moshe not mentioned in this song? Because he was punished through the
well. And since the name of Moshe was not mentioned the name of Hashem is also
not mentioned. A parable to a king who was invited to a feast, he said, “If my
friend is there I will be there, and if not, I will not attend.”</span></div>
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<li><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why is the allusion to
Moshe made specifically by means of the <i>passuk</i> which refers to Moshe as
a scribe?<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">In the <i>passuk</i> in
Vezos Ha’ebrachah of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כי שם חלקת מחוקק ספון</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">, why is Moshe referred to as a scribe? In other words, what is
the association between the hiddenness of Moshe’s </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קבר</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"> - </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְלֹא יָדַע אִישׁ אֶת קְבֻרָתוֹ עַד הַיּוֹם הַזֶּה</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> – and the fact
that he is referred to as the great scribe of the <i>benei yisrael</i>?</span></div>
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Earlier in the <i>sedrah</i>, the Torah says (20:7 – 12)</div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיְדַבֵּר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה
לֵּאמֹר. קַח אֶת הַמַּטֶּה וְהַקְהֵל אֶת הָעֵדָה אַתָּה וְאַהֲרֹן אָחִיךָ וְדִבַּרְתֶּם
אֶל הַסֶּלַע לְעֵינֵיהֶם וְנָתַן מֵימָיו וְהוֹצֵאתָ לָהֶם מַיִם מִן הַסֶּלַע וְהִשְׁקִיתָ
אֶת הָעֵדָה וְאֶת בְּעִירָם. וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֶת הַמַּטֶּה מִלִּפְנֵי ה' כַּאֲשֶׁר
צִוָּהוּ. וַיַּקְהִלוּ מֹשֶׁה וְאַהֲרֹן אֶת הַקָּהָל אֶל פְּנֵי הַסָּלַע וַיֹּאמֶר
לָהֶם שִׁמְעוּ נָא הַמֹּרִים הֲמִן הַסֶּלַע הַזֶּה נוֹצִיא לָכֶם מָיִם. וַיָּרֶם
מֹשֶׁה אֶת יָדוֹ וַיַּךְ אֶת הַסֶּלַע בְּמַטֵּהוּ פַּעֲמָיִם וַיֵּצְאוּ מַיִם רַבִּים
וַתֵּשְׁתְּ הָעֵדָה וּבְעִירָם. וַיֹּאמֶר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן יַעַן לֹא
הֶאֱמַנְתֶּם בִּי לְהַקְדִּישֵׁנִי לְעֵינֵי בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לָכֵן לֹא תָבִיאוּ
אֶת הַקָּהָל הַזֶּה אֶל הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נָתַתִּי לָהֶם.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Hashem spoke to Moshe
saying. “Take the staff and gather the congregation, you and Aharon your
brother and you should speak to the rock before them and it shall give its
waters and you shall extract water from the rock and you should water the
congregation and their animals.”</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Moshe took the staff
from before Hashem as He had commanded him.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Moshe and Aharon
gathered the congregation before<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>the
rock and he said to them, “Listen you rebellious people, from this rock shall
we extract water for you?”</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Moshe raised his hand
and he smote the rock twice with his staff and plentiful water came out and the
congregation and their animals drank.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Hashem said to Moshe
and Aharon, “Because you did not believe in Me to sanctify Me before the <i>benei
yisrael</i> therefore you shall not bring this congregation to the land that I
have given to them.”</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Vilna Gaon comments
on these <i>pessukim</i> as follows:</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דלוחות הראשונות ניתנו לו
מעץ חיים, וכיון שחטאו בעגל - נשברו, ואתיהיב לון בסטרא דעץ הדעת טוב ורע, ... ובתחלה
שהיו ערב רב בישראל שעשו העגל - גרמו להשבר הלוחות, ואתייהיב ליה מעץ הדעת טוב ורע,
וכן בסלע - שותפות דערב רב בישראל גרם ליה לבוא לידי טעות, וכן העונש שלא בא לארץ ישראל
ולישא ארוסתו - הכל הוא בישראל, שלא זכו ללמוד התורה מעץ חיים, והכל בשביל שותפות הערב
רב, שהם רע וישראל טוב, והם עץ הדעת טוב ורע, ולכן לא יגלה עץ החיים עד לעתיד לבוא
שיהיה (דברים לג כח) בדד עי"ן יעקב - שבעים נפש דיעקב</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The first <i>luchos</i> were given to Moshe from the perspective of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ החיים</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, and once the <i>benei
yisrael</i> sinned at the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עגל הזהב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> they were
broken and the second <i>luchos</i> were given to us from the perspective of
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ הדעת</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ערב רב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> who influenced
the <i>benei yisrael</i> to make the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עגל הזהב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> caused the first <i>luchos</i> to be broken, and so too at the
rock, the mingling of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ערב רב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> with the <i>benei
yisrael</i> caused Moshe to make a mistake, and Moshe’s punishment that he did
not enter Eretz Yisrael reflects the diminished stature of the <i>benei yisrael</i>
that they did not merit to the learn the Torah of the first <i>luchos</i> which
came from the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ החיים</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And this is all because of the partnering of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ערב רב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, who are </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רע</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, with the <i>benei yisrael</i>, who are </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">טוב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, which leads to the perspective of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ הדעת</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> which joins </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רע</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">טוב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. Therefore the
light of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ החיים</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> will not be
revealed until <i>mashiach</i> comes, when the <i>benei yisrael</i> will be
separated from the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ערב רב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, as is alluded
to in the <i>passuk</i> which says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בדד עין יעקב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> – When Yaakov dwells alone – where the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עין</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> is a mnemonic for </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ע' נפש יעקב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> – the 70 souls of Yaakov (who came down to
Mitzraim).</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Vilna Gaon explains further</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">והענין<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>כי סוד משה הוא תורתו הלכה למשה מסיני שהוא הסוד
והוא גנוז ברמז והן הגדות שהן בש"ס כמו המעשים דרבב"ח<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>וסנחריב<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>שהן לפי הנראה ח"ו<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>דברים בטלים
ובהן גנוז כל האורה והתורה תורת משה כל רזין דאורייתא. וזה שבקש משה שלא יגנז הסוד
באלו הדברים ולא ניתן לו. וזהו 'מחולל מפשעינו'<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>שנעשה חול, דברים של חול, והוא בפשעינו כמ"ש<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>'ויתעבר ה' בי למענכם',<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>וזהו 'נבזה ולא תאר לו' כו'.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>ולעתיד יתגלה הסוד שבתוכו וזהו התורה חדשה שיתגלה
לעתיד.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The secret of Moshe is that Torah which he personally received at Har Sinai.
This is the hidden part of the Torah and this part of the Torah is concealed in
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רמזים</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> of the Torah.
This is the <i>aggadata</i> which you find in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ש"ס</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> such as the stories of Rabbah bar bar Channah which appear to
be odd stories but in which are hidden all the secrets of Moshe’s Torah and the
light of the hidden part of the Torah. Moshe asked Hashem that the secrets of
the Torah should not be concealed in these stories, but this was not granted to
him… Which is what Moshe meant when he said </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ויתעבר ה' בי למענכם</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> – “And Hashem became angry with me for
your sake.” When <i>mashiach</i> comes the secrets which are hidden in the <i>aggadata</i>
will be revealed and this is the new Torah that will be revealed when <i>mashiach</i>
comes.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Based on this commentary of the Vilna Gaon, the Pachad Yitzchak explains as
follows:</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The passuk says concerning Yishmael (Bereishis 21:20)</span></div>
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<span dir="LTR" style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיְהִי אֱלֹקִים
אֶת הַנַּעַר וַיִּגְדָּל וַיֵּשֶׁב בַּמִּדְבָּר וַיְהִי רֹבֶה קַשָּׁת</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Hashem was with the
lad and he grew up and he dwelt in the desert and he became an archer.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rashi comments on this
passuk</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">היה יושב במדבר ומלסטם את
העוברים הוא שנאמר ידו בכל וגו'</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">He dwelt in the desert and would rob passers by, this is what the <i>passuk</i>
means when it says that his hand would be against everyone else and everyone
else would be against him.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see from this <i>passuk</i>
that the fact that someone receives a <i>berachah</i> does not automatically
mean that they will turn out well. For example, Yishmael used the <i>berachah</i>
that Hashem gave him to become a successful highway robber.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Similarly, the gemara
says (Shabbos 146a)</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שבשעה </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שבא נחש על חוה הטיל בה זוהמא ישראל שעמדו על הר סיני פסקה זוהמתן</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">[When Adam did the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חטא</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ הדעת</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, the <i>yetzer
hara</i> which had hithertofore been external to him, entered inside him and so
there was a joining of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">טוב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רע</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> within him.] When the <i>benei yisrael</i>
stood at Har Sinai, the <i>yetzer hara</i> was removed from within their hearts
[and they achieved once again the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מדרגה</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> of Adam ha’Rishon before the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חטא</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ הדעת</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">.]</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Only when the <i>benei yisrael</i> were on this <i>madregah</i>, would it
have been possible for them to receive the Torah from the perspective of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ החיים</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. This is
because the Torah as given from the perspective of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ החיים</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> directly gives life to everything that is
within a person’s heart. Since the hearts of the <i>benei yisrael</i> knew only
</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">טוב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> at that time, they would have only grown
from receiving the Torah in this way.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">However, after the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ערב רב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> caused the <i>benei
yisrael</i> to worship the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עגל הזהב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, the <i>yetzer hara</i> was able to enter their hearts once
more. At this junction it was no longer possible for them to receive the Torah
from the perspective of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ החיים</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, because then the Torah given in such a way would have not only
given life to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כח הטוב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> that was
within their hearts, but also to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כח הרע</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> that had once again become mixed with the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כח הטוב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Instead the <i>benei yisrael</i> were given the Torah from the perspective
of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ הדעת טוב ורע</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. This is the
Torah as we know it, where exactly the toil that is needed to understand the
Torah is that toil which drives the <i>yetzer hara</i> away from that </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כח החיים</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> that we derive
from learning the Torah. Moshe, however, who did not participate in the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חטא</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עגל הזהב</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, remained on the <i>madregah</i> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אדם הראשון קודם החטא</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> and he was still attached to the Torah
that was given from the perspective of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ החיים</span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. </span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In order to prevent misuse of the light of the hidden Torah that Moshe
handed over to the <i>benei yisrael</i>, this level of the Torah was hidden in
such a way that someone learning it would have to understand it of their own
accord without it ever having been taught to them, as the gemara says in
Chagigah<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>13a</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איכא דאמרי עד וארא מסרינן
ראשי פרקים מכאן ואילך אם הוא חכם מבין מדעתו אין אי לא לא</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">There are those who say: Until “And I saw,” we transmit the outlines; from
this point forward, if he is wise and can understand of his own accord, yes, we
teach him. If not, we do not teach him even the outlines.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Similarly, the hidden
Torah of Moshe is concealed in <i>aggadata</i> in a way that if that part of
the Torah resonates within the heart of the person who learns the <i>aggadata</i>,
then they will find that they are able to understand this hidden Torah despite
their being no revealed key at all to its actual meaning.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">This concealment is
alluded to by the fact that no-one knows where Moshe’s </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קבר</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"> is. Since
the level of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיים</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"> itself
that Moshe merited, having received the Torah from the perspective of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ החיים</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">, was entirely different to that of the rest of the <i>benei
yisrael</i> who received the Torah which is given from the perspective of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ הדעת טוב ורע</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">, therefore even his </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קבר</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"> is concealed and separated from
the experience of all other people who are unable to comprehend the level of
life itself which Moshe attained.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Moshe is described as the
great scribe in that <i>passuk</i> which says that his </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קבר</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"> is
hidden since although we cannot learn Moshe’s hidden Torah directly, he did
nevertheless transcribe and hand over his Torah in a concealed and indirect manner,
in <i>aggadata</i>, where at least a glimmer of the light of this hidden Torah
can be perceived.</span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Since the event which
caused Moshe not to enter Eretz Yisrael and to be able to directly pass on his
hidden Torah to the benei yisrael<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>occurred at the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מי מריבה</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">, therefore it is exactly in the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שירה</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"> that
relates to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">באר</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"> that
Moshe is alluded to as the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מחקק</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">, because from now on he would not pass on
the Torah of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עץ החיים</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"> directly, but only through a written hint.</span></div>
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</span></span><br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-24271983830965478202019-07-12T15:02:00.002+10:002019-07-12T15:02:31.793+10:00Parshas Korach - Korach's incorrect understand of the mitzvos
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says at the beginning of this week’s <i>sedrah</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיִּקַּח קֹרַח בֶּן
יִצְהָר בֶּן קְהָת בֶּן לֵוִי וְדָתָן וַאֲבִירָם בְּנֵי אֱלִיאָב וְאוֹן בֶּן פֶּלֶת
בְּנֵי רְאוּבֵן</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And Korach the son of Yitzhar the son of Kehas the
son of Levi took, and Dasan and Aviram the children of Eliav and On the son of
Peles, who were descendants of Reuvain.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rashi comments on this <i>passuk</i></span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ומה ראה קרח לחלוק
עם משה נתקנא על נשיאותו של אליצפן בן עוזיאל (תנחומא) שמינהו משה נשיא על בני קהת
על פי הדבור. אמר קרח אחי אבא ארבעה היו שנאמר (שמות ו') ובני קהת וגו' עמרם הבכור
נטלו שני בניו גדולה אחד מלך ואחד כהן גדול מי ראוי ליטול את השניה לא אני שאני בן
יצהר שהוא שני לעמרם והוא מנה נשיא את בן אחיו הקטן מכולם הריני חולק עליו ומבטל את
דבריו. מה עשה עמד וכנס ר"נ ראשי סנהדראות... והלבישן טליתות שכולן תכלת, באו
ועמדו לפני משה אמרו לו טלית שכולה של תכלת חייבת בציצית או פטורה, אמר להם חייבת,
התחילו לשחק עליו, אפשר טלית של מין אחר חוט אחד של תכלת פוטרה זו שכולה תכלת לא תפטור
את עצמה</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why did Korach create an argument with Moshe? He
was jealous because Elitzaphan the son of Uziel was appointed to be the prince
of the family of Kehas, according to the instruction of Hashem. Korach said,
“My father had four brothers. Amram was the oldest, and his two sons achieved
greatness, one is the king and one is the <i>kohen gadol</i>. Who should take
second place, surely I, for I am the son of Yitzhar who is second oldest after
Amram, but Moshe has appointed as prince the son of the youngest of all of the brothers.
I will argue with Moshe and prove that everything he says is wrong.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What did he do? He stood up and he gathered
together 250 heads of <i>sanhedrin</i>… and he gave each one of them to wear a <i>tallis</i>
which was dyed entirely with <i>techeles</i>. They came and they stood before
Moshe and they said to him, “Does the obligation to wear <i>tzitzis</i> apply
to a <i>tallis</i> which is made entirely of <i>techeles</i>?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Moshe told them that the obligation to wear <i>tzitzis</i>
even to such a <i>tallis</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">They started laughing at him and said, “How could
it be that we fulfil our obligation by adding just one thread of <i>techeles</i>
to a <i>tallis</i> of a different colour, but this <i>tallis</i> which is
entirely dyed <i>techeles</i> does not suffice to fulfil this obligation?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Medrash Rabbah (18:3) adds that Korach asked
Moshe</span></span></div>
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מַהוּ שֶׁיְהֵא פָּטוּר מִן הַמְּזוּזָה, אָמַר לוֹ חַיָּב בִּמְּזוּזָה, אָמַר לוֹ,
כָּל הַתּוֹרָה כֻּלָּה מָאתַיִם וְשִׁבְעִים וְחָמֵשׁ פָּרָשִׁיּוֹת אֵינָהּ פּוֹטֶרֶת
אֶת הַבַּיִת, פָּרָשָׁה אַחַת שֶׁבַּמְּזוּזָה פּוֹטֶרֶת אֶת הַבַּיִת</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“If
a house is full of <i>sifrei torah</i> does that absolve it from having a <i>mezuzah</i>?”
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Moshe
replied, “It still requires a <i>mezuzah</i>.” </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Korach retorted,
“If the whole Torah which contains 275 <i>parshiyos</i> is insufficient to fulfil
the obligation on the house, how could one <i>parsha</i> which is in the <i>mezuzah</i>
fulfil this obligation?”</span></span></div>
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<li><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why did
Korach choose to argue that if an entirety does not fulfil the obligation then
surely a detail cannot be used to fulfil the obligation, in order to challenge
the leadership of Moshe and Aharon?<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span></span></span></div>
</li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
continues (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ט"ז, ד'</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיִּשְׁמַע מֹשֶׁה
וַיִּפֹּל עַל פָּנָיו</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And Moshe heard and he fell on his face.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The gemara in Sanhedrin (110a) explains</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מה שמועה שמע אמר
רבי שמואל בר נחמני א"ר יונתן שחשדוהו מאשת איש</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">What rumour did Moshe hear? Rabbi Shmuel bar
Nachmeni said in the name of Rabbi Yonasan, “He heard that they accused him of
infidelity.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Vilna Gaon explains (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אדרת אליהו, בלק כ"ב, ל', מהדורא ג'</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הכוונה הוא כי הם אמרו כל העדה כולם קדושים וכו'
והשוו עצמם למשה וזהו שחשדוהו שנבואתו היה גם כן מאשת איש על ידי המלאכים שנקראו
אישים שכל הנביאים מקבלים נבואתם מהם. ומה שאמרו מאשת לפי שהנביאים... מקבלים
הנבואה ממלאכים.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">[Allegorically <i>nevi’im</i> are compared to an </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אשת איש</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, because the <i>malach</i> is
called an </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איש</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and the <i>nevi’im</i> receive their <i>nevuah</i> through a <i>malach</i>.
Therefore we can understand that the gemara means to say that] Korach and his
followers thought that the <i>nevuah</i> of Moshe was of the same type as that
of all other <i>nevi’im</i>, who receive <i>nevuah</i> through the intermediary
of a <i>malach</i> and not directly from Hashem.</span></span></div>
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<ul>
<li><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why would Korach have thought that a <i>tallis</i> which is entirely <i>techeles</i>
should be <i>patur</i> from <i>tzitzis</i>, or that a house which is full of <i>sifrei
torah</i> should be <i>patur</i> from a <i>mezuzah</i>, had Moshe received
these <i>mitzvos</i> as an ordinary <i>navi</i>?</span></span></div>
</li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Michtav Me’Eliyahu explains as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Maharal says (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תפארת ישראל פרק ג'</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ובמדרש (קהלת רבה
פ"ו) גם הנפש לא תמלא - לפי שהנפש יודעת שכל אשר תיגע - לעצמה תיגע, לפיכך אינה
שבעה מצוות ומעשים טובים. אמר רבי לוי: משל לעירוני שהיה נשוי בת מלכים, אף על פי שמאכילה
כל מעדני מלך, אינו יוצא חובתו, למה? שהיא בת מלכים. כך כל מה שיפעל האדם עם נפשו אינו
יוצא ידי חובתו. למה? לפי שהיא מלמעלה. עד כאן</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">..</span></div>
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<div dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ודבר זה מחייב תורה
מן השמים למי שיודע עניין הנפש ומדרגתה שהיא מן השמים והיא עצם בלתי מושלם ולכך השלמתה
על ידי התורה ומצוות כמו שיתבאר בעזרת השם יתברך, כי נתן לה המעלה היותר על כל היא
התורה להשלים חסרונה, בעבור שהנפש משתוקקת תמיד אל ההשלמה מפני שעומדת בתחתונים והיא
מן השמים ומה שאפשר להשלימה נשלמה.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says in Koheles (6:7)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כָּל עֲמַל הָאָדָם
לְפִיהוּ וְגַם הַנֶּפֶשׁ לֹא תִמָּלֵא</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">All that a man works is in order to be able to feed
himself, and nevertheless the soul is not filled.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The medrash explains that this means that the <i>neshama</i>
is never satiated from the Torah and <i>mitzvos</i> that a person performs.
Rabbi Levi said, “A <i>mashal</i> to a villager who married a princess, even
were he to feed her all the delicacies of a king, he has not fulfilled his
obligation. Why? Because she is the daughter of a king (and does not belong in
a village). So too, despite all the <i>mitzvos</i> that a person could ever do
he would never fulfil his obligation to his own <i>neshama</i>, because the <i>neshama</i>
is from above.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This [that the <i>neshama</i> is never fulfilled in its station in <i>olam
hazeh</i>] forces us to acknowledge that the Torah is from Hashem, because
otherwise it would be impossible that the lack that the <i>neshama</i> feels
due to its being situated in <i>olam hazeh</i> could be at all fulfilled
through the observance of the Torah. [Only if the Torah were given directly
from Hashem would it be possible for the <i>neshama</i> to feel that it had reconnected
to <i>olam habah</i> through a person’s observing the Torah.]</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">According to the Maharal, the reason that it was necessary for Moshe to
receive the Torah through an <i>ispeklaria ha’meirah</i>, is because the only
way that it could ever be possible for the <i>neshama</i> to feel that it had
reconnected to the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולמות העליונים</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> despite having been brought into <i>olam hazeh</i>, is if the
Torah that we keep comes directly from the mouth of Hashem </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כביכול</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, without any intermediary of a <i>malach</i>
or of the personal understanding of the <i>navi</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, if this is so, then how could Korach possibly have thought that
Moshe was not on a different level to all other <i>nevi’im</i>? If Hashem would
not prepare a special <i>navi</i> who would receive <i>nevuah</i> through an <i>ispekalria
ha’meirah</i>, how would it have been possible for the Torah that revitalises
the <i>neshama</i>, to ever have been brought into <i>olam hazeh</i>?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rather you see that if Korach did indeed conclude that Moshe had the same
type of <i>nevuah</i> as all other <i>nevi’im</i>, it is evident that Korach
had a different understanding of the Torah. This means to say that Korach did
not think that the Torah was a vital element for the continued existence of the
<i>neshama</i> in <i>olam hazeh</i>, instead Korach thought that it was
possible to live without the Torah, and that the observance of the Torah only
comes to grant a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מעלה יתירה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – a higher elevated <i>madregah</i>, to the person who chooses
to be careful in the observance the Torah.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because of his mistake, Korach did not understand that the <i>mitzva</i> of
<i>techeles</i> is specifically one thread and not the whole <i>tallis</i>, and
that the <i>mitzvah</i> of <i>mezuzah</i> is specifically one <i>parshah</i>
and not the whole Torah. The fact that the object used to perform the <i>mitzvah</i>
is specifically partial, denotes that the <i>mitzvah</i> only always represents
a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השתוקקות</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – a yearning, to reach out to the <i>madregah</i> from which
the <i>neshama</i> emanates.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since axiomatically it is never possible to totally acquire the level that a
<i>mitzvah</i> represents, therefore a <i>tallis</i> that is entirely <i>techeles</i>
or a house that is full of <i>sifrei torah</i>, whose physical completeness
denote that the person has entirely accomplished the <i>madregah</i> that
relates to that <i>mitzvah</i>, have no bearing on the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השתוקקות</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">represented by
the <i>mitzvos</i> of <i>tzitzis</i> or <i>mezuzah</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Hence we can understand that Korach used the argument of being able to
achieve a <i>mitzva</i> in its entirety in order to disprove the special <i>nevuah</i>
of Moshe. Exactly because Korach thought that achieving the <i>madregah</i> of a
<i>mitzva</i> in its entirety is possible, therefore he did not understand that
the Torah serves to meet the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השתוקקות</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of the <i>neshama</i> to
reconnect to Hashem. Subsequently he did not understand that there had to be a
special <i>navi</i>, Moshe, who would bring such a Torah received directly from
Hashem, into <i>olam hazeh</i>.</span></span></div>
pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-19221722624948813212019-07-12T15:00:00.002+10:002019-07-12T15:00:57.387+10:00Parshas Shelach lechah - Why the generation who came out of Mitzrayim did not merit to enter Eretz Yisrael
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says in this week’s sedrah (14:20 - 23)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיֹּאמֶר ה' סָלַחְתִּי
כִּדְבָרֶךָ. וְאוּלָם חַי אָנִי וְיִמָּלֵא כְבוֹד ה' אֶת כָּל הָאָרֶץ. כִּי כָל
הָאֲנָשִׁים הָרֹאִים אֶת כְּבֹדִי וְאֶת אֹתֹתַי אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי בְמִצְרַיִם וּבַמִּדְבָּר
וַיְנַסּוּ אֹתִי זֶה עֶשֶׂר פְּעָמִים וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹלִי. אִם יִרְאוּ אֶת
הָאָרֶץ אֲשֶׁר נִשְׁבַּעְתִּי לַאֲבֹתָם וְכָל מְנַאֲצַי לֹא יִרְאוּהָ.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And Hashem said, “I have forgiven according to your
words. However as I am alive and the glory of Hashem will fill the whole world.
That all the men who saw My glory and My signs which I performed in Mitzrayim
and in the desert and they have tested Me these ten times and they did not
listen to My voice. If they will see the land that I swore to their forefathers
and all those who provoke Me will not see it.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The words </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְלֹא שָׁמְעוּ בְּקוֹלִי</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> are in
the past tense. Following the same construction, it would seem that the passuk
should have said </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כי כל האנשים שראו את כבודי</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – all the men who saw My glory. Why does the passuk use the
present tense and say </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הָאֲנָשִׁים הָרֹאִים אֶת כְּבֹדִי</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – which can be understood to mean “the men who see My glory”?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In Tehillim (106: 24 – 27) the <i>gezerah</i> that came about because of
the <i>meraglim</i> is recounted as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיִּמְאֲסוּ בְּאֶרֶץ
חֶמְדָּה לֹא הֶאֱמִינוּ לִדְבָרוֹ... וַיִּשָּׂא יָדוֹ לָהֶם לְהַפִּיל אוֹתָם בַּמִּדְבָּר.
וּלְהַפִּיל זַרְעָם בַּגּוֹיִם וּלְזָרוֹתָם בָּאֲרָצוֹת</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And they despised the treasured land, and did not believe
in His word… And He raised His hand to cause them to fall in the desert. And to
disperse their descendants amongst the nations, and to scatter them throughout
the lands.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If part of the primary <i>gezerah</i> that was decreed because of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חטא המרגלים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> was that the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> would go into <i>galus</i>, why
does the Torah not specify this explicitly?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Pachad Yitzchak explains as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Medrash says on Shir ha’Shirim (8:6)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אמר ר' איבו, שני
דברים שאלו ישראל מלפני הקדוש ברוך הוא ולא שאלו כהוגן, עמדו הנביאים ותקנו על ידיהם.
ישראל אמרו (הושע ו') ויבא כגשם לנו. אמרו להן הנביאים, לא שאלתם כהוגן שהגשמים הללו
סימן טירחות הן לעולם, יוצאי דרכים מצירין בהם, מפרישי ימים מצירין בהם, טחי גגות מצירין
בהם, דורכי גיתות מצירין בהם, עומסי גרנות מצירין בהם, מי שבורו מלא מים וגתו מלא יין
מצירין בהם, ואתם אומרים ויבא כגשם לנו? ועמדו הנביאים ותקנו (שם י"ד) אהיה כטל
לישראל.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Eyvu said, “The <i>benei yisrael</i> asked
two things from Hashem inappropriately and the <i>nevi’im</i> stood up and
corrected their request. The <i>benei yisrael</i> said, ‘Hashem should be like
rain to us.’ The <i>nevi’im</i> said to them, ‘You did not ask correctly
because people are often bothered by rain. Wayfarers, sailors, people who
plaster roofs, people who press wine, people who harvest grain and people who
are concerned that the water will overflow and dilute their wine in the wine
pit, are all bothered by rain. And you say, ‘Hashem should be like rain to us?’
Rather the <i>nevi’im</i> stood up and they prophesised that Hashem says, ‘I
will be like dew to the <i>benei yisrael</i>’.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The difference as to whether Hashem appears to the <i>benei
yisrael</i> as rain or as dew is that rain is more substantial and more
material than dew. That is why the word for rain is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גשם</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, which means something which is material. Dew, on the other
hand, is insubstantial and ephemeral, which is why dew was the base which </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מן</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (which was the most insubstantial type of food possible)
descended on, as the passuk says (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">במדבר י"א,
ט'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וּבְרֶדֶת הַטַּל
עַל-הַמַּחֲנֶה לָיְלָה יֵרֵד הַמָּן עָלָיו</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Subsequently we can understand that the <i>medrash</i>
means to say that the <i>benei yisrael</i> asked that the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השגות</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">that they
achieved of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הקב"ה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> should be made permanent for
them, like rain (which is palpable <span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">and </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נתגשם</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">). However the <i>nevi’im</i> said that Hashem would always be
like dew to the <i>benei yisrael</i>. That means that the <i>benei yisrael</i>
would constantly have to renew their appreciation of the presence of Hashem
each day, and would never be able to rely on the perception of Hashem that they
had achieved in the past in order to remain close to Hashem.</span></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Although this may prove to be harder for the <i>benei
yisrael</i>, it nevertheless signifies that the <i>benei yisrael</i> constantly
have a connection to the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שפע ברכה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> which
emanates from Hashem. This is why the allegory of dew is used when the passuk
announces that the <i>benei yisrael</i> will experience </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תחיית המתים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (Yeshaya 26:19)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הָקִיצוּ וְרַנְּנוּ
שֹׁכְנֵי עָפָר כִּי טַל אוֹרֹת טַלֶּךָ</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">They should wake up and rejoice, those who sleep in
the dust, because Your dew is a dew of light.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <i>madregah</i> of constant reconnection to
Hashem ensures the eternity of the lives of the <i>benei yisrael</i>. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is because </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כי עמך מקור חיים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, the source of life lies with Hashem, and so anyone who
constantly reconnects themselves to Hashem is guaranteed external life and to
experience </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תחיית המתים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Similarly, the <i>benei yisrael</i> in Mitzrayim
experienced a very high </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מדרגה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גלוי השכינה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, as the Mechilta (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שירת הים, ג'</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) says</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ראתה שפחה על הים
מה שלא ראה יחזקאל בן בוזי בנבואתו</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">A maidservant saw at Krias Yam Suf that which
Yechezkel did not see [in the <i>nevuah</i> of the <i>kisei ha’kavod</i>].</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <i>benei yisrael</i> wished to perpetuate the type
of closeness to Hashem that they had experienced in Mitzrayim and at <i>krias
yam suf</i>. However the purpose of Matan Torah was that through observance of
the <i>mitzvos</i>, the <i>benei yisrael</i> would be able to reach by
themselves the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מרגות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that they had been shown in
Mitzrayim and at Krias Yam Suf.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נסיונות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in which the <i>benei yisrael</i> tested Hashem in the <i>midbar</i>
were </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נסיונות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to the extent that the <i>benei
yisrael</i> wanted Hashem to reveal Himself to them even without their
observance of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דקדוקי המצות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Since
the <i>benei yisrael</i> wanted to continue the revelation of the <i>shechinah</i>
that they had had in Mitzrayim before they had begun to keep the Torah, they
saw the conditionality of their connection to Hashem being based on strict </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שמירת המצות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, as an abnegation of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גילויים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that they had been freely granted in Mitzrayim.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">That is why the passuk says</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כִּי כָל הָאֲנָשִׁים
הָרֹאִים אֶת כְּבֹדִי וְאֶת אֹתֹתַי אֲשֶׁר עָשִׂיתִי בְמִצְרַיִם וּבַמִּדְבָּר</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because all of the men that see (in the present
tense) My Glory<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and My signs that I
performed in Mitzrayim and in the desert.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is because it was exactly because the
experience of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גלוי השכינה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
continued to live before the eyes of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דור יוצאי מצרים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that they did not want to make their </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השגה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גלוי השכינה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
conditional on the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דקדוקי תורה ומצוות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that
they had been commanded at Har Sinai.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In order to educate the <i>benei yisrael</i> as to
the nature of their mistake, Hashem said - </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְיִמָּלֵא כְבוֹד
ה' אֶת כָּל הָאָרֶץ</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – the Glory of Hashem will fill
the entire world. In this passuk, the Torah refers to the <i>gezerah</i> of <i>galus</i>
which is described in Tehillim - </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וּלְהַפִּיל זַרְעָם בַּגּוֹיִם
וּלְזָרוֹתָם בָּאֲרָצוֹת</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. In other words, Hashem told the
<i>benei yisrael</i>, “You think that you are only able to perceive Me through
explicit </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גלוי השכינה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, however I will show you that
when you are cast into <i>galus</i> and you are not even in Eretz Yisrael, that
you will still perceive that the whole world is full of My Glory and that the <i>shechinah</i>
can be found anywhere, even within the apparent darkness of <i>galus</i>.”</span></span></div>
pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-84837726697598406402019-06-21T13:18:00.003+10:002019-06-21T13:18:45.623+10:00Parshas Be'ha'alosechah - the correct intention in giving tzedakah
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says in this week’s sedrah (10:35 – 36)</span></span></div>
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הָאָרֹ֖ן וַיֹּ֣אמֶר מֹשֶׁ֑ה קוּמָ֣ה ׀ ה' וְיָפֻ֙צוּ֙ אֹֽיְבֶ֔יךָ וְיָנֻ֥סוּ מְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָ
מִפָּנֶֽיךָ׃ וּבְנֻחֹ֖ה יֹאמַ֑ר שׁוּבָ֣ה ה' רִֽבְב֖וֹת אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And it was when the <i>aron ha’kodesh</i> travelled
that Moshe said, “Arise Hashem and may your enemies be scattered and may those
who cause You to be hated flee from before You.” And when it rested he would
say, “Return Hashem to the myriads and thousands of Yisrael.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Zohar comments on this passuk</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיְהִי בִּנְסוֹעַ
הָאָרוֹן. אֲמַאי אִתְהַדָּר לְבָתַר כְּגַוְונָא דָּא</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> תָּא חֲזֵי, נ בְּאַשְׁרֵי יוֹשְבֵי בֵיתֶךָ לָא אִתְּמַר, בְּגִין
דְּהִיא בְּגָלוּתָא. וְהָא אוּקְמוּהָ חַבְרַיָּיא דִּכְתִּיב, (עמוס ה׳, ב׳) נָפְלָה
לֹא תוֹסִיף קוּם בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל וְגוֹ'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why is there a backwards <i>nun</i> before this
passuk? Come and see, in Ashrei we do not have a <i>nun</i> because the <i>benei
yisrael</i> are in <i>galus</i>, and the <i>nun</i> stands for </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נפילה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (falling) [, and so would be a bad </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סימן</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">]. However, the <i>chachamim</i> have returned [the <i>nun</i>
to good], as the passuk says</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נָפְלָה לֹא תוֹסִיף
קוּם בְּתוּלַת יִשְׂרָאֵל</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">[Which literally means, “She has
fallen and will not rise, the maiden of Yisrael.” However, the <i>chachamim</i>
said that we can read the passuk differently, “She will not continue to fall,
arise maiden of Yisrael.”]</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Vilna Gaon explains this Zohar as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שהנו"ן הוא
סימן נפילתה בגלות כמש"ו ולכן לא נאמר באשרי. והענין כמ"ש אריאל כו'
(משנה ספ"ד דמדות)</span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>מה הארי צר מאחוריו ורחב מלפניו, נמצא צד הרחב
הוא רישא דילה ובגלותא רישא שכיבת לעפרא וזנבא מדבר כמ"ש בזוהר במדבר, ולכן
כאן בנסוע הארון ויאמר קומה ה' אז אתהפך הנו"ן רישא לעילא וזהו טעם על הפיכתה
למעלה ואז ויפוצו אויביך [וינוסו משנאיך מפניך כי צד הרחב הוא פניך]. וכיון דנפלה
ואסתלקת נ' אז נתחברו מ' וס' שהן אחוריים דבינה שמשם נאחז סמאל, וכיון שקם
הנו"ן ביניהם אתבדרו ס"מ זה לכאן וזה לכאן</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The letter nun is a <i>siman</i> to the <i>benei
yisrael</i> falling in <i>galus</i> and therefore it is not stated in Ashrei.
This idea refers to the <i>mishnah</i> in Middos (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">4:7</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">)</span></span><span dir="RTL" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">which says</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְהַהֵיכָל צַר מֵאַחֲרָיו,
וְרָחָב מִלְּפָנָיו, וְדוֹמֶה לַאֲרִי, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה כ"ט), הוֹי אֲרִיאֵל
אֲרִיאֵל קִרְיַת חָנָה דָוִד, מָה הָאֲרִי צַר מֵאַחֲרָיו וְרָחָב מִלְּפָנָיו, אַף
הַהֵיכָל צַר מֵאַחֲרָיו וְרָחָב מִלְּפָנָיו.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Heichal was narrow behind and broad in front, resembling a lion, as it
says, "Ho, Ariel, Ariel, the city where Dovid encamped" (Yeshaya
29:1): Just as a lion is narrow behind and broad in front, so the Heichal was
narrow behind and broad in front.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">So, it comes out that the broad side is its head, however in <i>galus</i>
the head is bent down, and the tail is the leader.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Therefore, when the <i>aron ha’kodesh</i> would travel, Moshe would say,
“Arise Hashem.” Then the fallen <i>nun</i> would be reversed, and the head
would be upright (because we associate the broad base of the <i>nun</i> with
its head, according to the analogy of the lion, whose broad side is its front).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Then will be </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נתקיים</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> the passuk of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְיָפֻ֙צוּ֙ אֹֽיְבֶ֔יךָ וְיָנֻ֥סוּ
מְשַׂנְאֶ֖יךָ מִפָּנֶֽיךָ</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. This is because when the <i>nun</i>
has fallen and is removed, then this allows the <i>mem</i> and the <i>samech</i>
which are on either side of the <i>nun</i>, to be joined, which are the
opposite of understanding (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בינה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) from
where </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סמאל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> gains his foothold. However,
when the <i>nun</i> re-arises between them (and splits the <i>samech</i> and
the <i>mem</i>), then the powers of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סמאל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> are scattered to either direction.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Michtav Me’Eliyahu explains the commentary of the Vilna Gaon as
follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The gemara says in Bava Basra (10b)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אמר להן רבן יוחנן
בן זכאי לתלמידיו בני מהו שאמר הכתוב (משלי י"ד, ל"ד) צְדָקָה תְרוֹמֵם גּוֹי
וְחֶסֶד לְאֻמִּים חַטָּאת?</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נענה רבי אליעזר ואמר
צדקה תרומם גוי אלו ישראל דכתיב (שמואל ב' ז', כ"ג) וּמִי כְעַמְּךָ כְּיִשְׂרָאֵל
גּוֹי אֶחָד בָּאָרֶץ, וחסד לאומים חטאת, כל צדקה וחסד שאומות עובדי כוכבים עושין חטא
הוא להן שאינם עושין אלא להתגדל בו כמו שנאמר (עזרא ו', י') דִּי לֶהֱוֹן מְהַקְרְבִין
נִיחוֹחִין לֶאֱלָקּ שְׁמַיָּא וּמְצַלַּיִן לְחַיֵּי מַלְכָּא וּבְנוֹהִי...</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakai said to his <i>talmidim</i>,
“My sons, what does the passuk mean when it says, ‘</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צְדָקָה תְרוֹמֵם
גּוֹי וְחֶסֶד לְאֻמִּים חַטָּאת</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">’ – ‘Charity elevates a nation,
but kindness for the people is a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חטא</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">’?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Eliezer said, </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צְדָקָה תְרוֹמֵם
גּוֹי</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – the word </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גוי</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (a nation), refers to the <i>benei yisrael</i>, as the <i>passuk</i>
says - </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וּמִי כְעַמְּךָ כְּיִשְׂרָאֵל גּוֹי אֶחָד בָּאָרֶץ</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְחֶסֶד לְאֻמִּים חַטָּאת</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – this refers to the nations because any charity and kindness
which the nations do is a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חטא</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> because they only do it to
aggrandise themselves through it as the passuk says, ‘So that they may offer
pleasing sacrifices to the G-d of Heaven and pray for the life of the king and
his sons.’</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If it is a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חטא</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> for the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to do
either </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> or </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (as the gemara says</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כל צדקה וחסד שאומות
עובדי כוכבים עושין חטא הוא</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">), then why does the <i>passuk</i>
mention </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in the beginning of the <i>passuk</i>
and </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in the end of the <i>passuk</i>.
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Apparently the <i>passuk</i> could have said </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה תרומם גוי,
וצדקה לאומים חטאת</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Or the <i>passuk</i> could have
said </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד תרומם גוי, וחסד לאומים חטאת</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Either
way, both </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> elevate the <i>benei yisrael</i> because they do them </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לשמה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and both </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> are a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חטא</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> for the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> because they do both in order to aggrandise themselves?<br />
| Why is the allusion to the <i>benei yisrael</i> made through a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">היקש</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to the <i>passuk</i> of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גוי אחד בארץ</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Michtav Me’Eliyahu explains as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <i>mishna</i> says in Pirkei Avos (3:7)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רבי אלעזר איש ברתותא
אומר, תן לו משלו, שאתה ושלך שלו</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">
וכן בדוד הוא אומר (דברי הימים א' כ"ט) כי ממך הכל ומידך נתנו לך</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Elazar from Bartusa said, “Give to Him from
His, because you and what belongs to you are His. And so too with Dovid it
says, ‘Because all is from You, and from Your hand we have given to You.’”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This means that when we give <i>tzedakah</i> we
should do so with the understanding that we are merely the <i>shliach</i> of
Hashem to provide this <i>tzedakah</i> to the needy person. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Similarly, when the <i>benei yisrael</i> give <i>tzedakah</i>,
they are aware that they are the <i>shliach</i> of Hashem to do so and that it
is Hashem who has provided for the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עני</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. On the other hand, when the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> perform </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, they think that it is their
strength that saved the needy person, and they do </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> with the intention that they should be perceived to be the
person who helped the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עני</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Generally speaking, people aggrandise themselves more
through giving </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> than by doing </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, because in the case of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> they have given money, whereas in the case of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> they have merely done a kind deed. Therefore, the <i>passuk</i>
says that even when the <i>benei yisrael</i> give </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, they do so </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לשמה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and
even when the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> perform </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, they only do so in order to aggrandise themselves.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> give </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and do </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in order to prove that they are the provider of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עני</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">’s shortfall, it comes out that their intention is not to bring </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עני</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">to an even
footing with themselves but is rather to continue to supply the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עני</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> with his needs, while the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עני</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> remains an </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עני</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Therefore, by giving </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and doing </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">accentuate the
difference between the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עשיר</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עני</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On the other hand, when the <i>benei yisrael</i>
give </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and do </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חסד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> they do so as a <i>shliach</i> of Hashem. Just as Hashem
provides for the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עשיר</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> so too
He provides for the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עני</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, albeit through the medium of
the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עשיר</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Therefore, when the <i>benei
yisrael</i> give tzedakah, both the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עני</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עשיר</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> are on
an even footing. Therefore, we deduce that the passuk says </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה תרומם גוי</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">refers to the
<i>benei yisrael</i> from the passuk which says </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ומי כעמך ישראל
גוי אחד בארץ</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, because it is through giving <i>tzedakah</i>
that the unity and equivalence of all members of <i>klal yisrael</i> is
emphasized.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Similarly, the gemara and Rashi say in Shabbos
(104a)</span></span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גמ'</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מ"ם פתוחה מ"ם
סתומה מאמר פתוח מאמר סתום נו"ן כפופה נו"ן פשוטה נאמן כפוף נאמן פשוט ס"ע
סמוך עניים</span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רש"י ד"ה מאמר פתוח ומאמר סתום</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">יש דברים שנתן רשות לדורשן
ויש שאתה מצווה לסותמן כגון מעשה מרכבה</span></div>
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<b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רש"י ד"ה נאמן כפוף</span></b><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">:</span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> </span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אדם כשר צריך להיות
כפוף ועניו וסופו להיות פשוט וזקוף לעולם הבא</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“The <i>mem</i> and the final <i>mem</i>
represent the open and the hidden aspects of the Torah. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <i>nun</i> represents the faithful servant of
Hashem who is bent over in <i>olam hazeh</i>, but who will be upright like a
final <i>nun</i> in <i>olam habah</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Calibri;"><i><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Samech ayin</span></i><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> stands for </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סמוך עניים</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> –
support poor people.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In other words, the letter <i>mem</i> represents
someone who has achieved greatness in Torah. The letter <i>nun</i> shows that
he does not aggrandise himself. And the letters <i>samech</i> and <i>ayin</i>
represent his support of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עניים</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, if the <i>nun</i> is missing and does not
divide between the <i>mem</i> and the <i>samech</i>, that means that a person
may achieve greatness through the wisdom that he has acquired and he may also
support </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עניים</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, but he does not do so as a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נאמן כפוף</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – a humble bent over servant. Instead he may support </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עניים</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in a way of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וחסד לאומים חטאת</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, in
order to aggrandise himself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is what the Vilna Gaon means when he says</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וכיון דנפלה ואסתלקת
נ' אז נתחברו מ' וס' שהן אחוריים דבינה שמשם נאחז סמאל, וכיון שקם הנו"ן ביניהם
אתבדרו ס"מ זה לכאן וזה לכאן</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And once it is fallen (the <i>benei yisrael</i> go
into <i>galus</i>) and the <i>nun</i> is removed (because the humble servant of
Hashem is no longer respected as a leader) then the <i>mem</i> and the <i>samech</i>
are joined (because people will misuse their ability to provide (represented by
the letter <i>samech</i>) for </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עניים</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> as a proof of their greatness (represented by the letter <i>mem</i>).
Which is an opposite of the true understanding and from there springs the <i>yetzer
hara</i> (because then the purpose of giving </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> becomes subverted). However once (mashiach arrives and) the <i>nun</i>
arises again (because now the humble servant of Hashem is respected as a
leader) then the <i>samech</i> and the <i>mem</i> are split (, because people
understand that a person should provide </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in humility as a <i>shliach</i> of Hashem) and the <i>yetzer
hara</i> is split in two (because the letters <i>mem</i> and <i>samech</i>
which spell his name (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סמאל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) are now
no longer joined, so that people will drive away the <i>yetzer hara</i> by performing
</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in the correct manner).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Concerning the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כלים</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in the <i>heichal</i>, the gemara says in Bava Basra (25b)</span></span></div>
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שיחכים ידרים ושיעשיר יצפין וסימניך שלחן בצפון ומנורה בדרום</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Yitzchak said, “Someone who wants to become
wise should daven facing slightly south and someone who wants to become rich
should daven facing slightly north and the sign for this is that the <i>menorah</i>
was in the south (of the <i>heichal</i>) and the <i>shulchan</i> was in the
north (of the <i>heichal</i>).”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We see from this gemara that the light of the <i>menorah</i>
represents the light of <i>chachmah</i> and that the <i>shulchan</i>, which
held the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לחם הפנים</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, represents wealth. </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <i>aron ha’kodesh</i>, on the other hand,
represents humility and self-abnegation before the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רצון ה'</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, as the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בעל הטורים</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> says
(Shemos 25:10) - </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כל מדותיו היו שבורות בחצאי אמות ללמד שכל מי שלומד
תורה צריך לשבר ולהשפיל עצמו</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – “All of the measurements of
the <i>aron ha’kodesh</i> included half <i>amos</i> to teach you that anyone
who learns Torah must abnegate and lower himself.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Thus, the <i>aron ha’kodesh</i> represents the
ideal combination of <i>chachamah</i> (represented by the <i>menorah</i>) and
of wealth (represented by the <i>shulchan</i>) in which the <i>chachmah</i> and
the wealth which are given by Hashem are used together to provide for </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עניים</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in a humble and discrete way.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Subsequently, when the direction of the <i>benei
yisrael</i> was determined by the <i>aron ha’kodesh</i>, then the <i>benei
yisrael</i> were able to proceed on the path that combines <i>chachmah</i>,
wealth and humility in the service of Hashem. In this <i>zechus</i> the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, who use their <i>chachamah</i> and wealth to perform </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צדקה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in a way of self-aggrandisement, fled before the <i>shechinah</i>
that rested on the deeds of the <i>benei Yisrael</i>.</span></span></div>
pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-68286014462825665822019-06-21T13:17:00.002+10:002019-06-21T13:17:18.563+10:00Parshas Naso - the prohibition for one Levi to do work assigned to another Levi
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says in this week’s sedrah (4:23)</span></span></div>
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שָׁנָה וָמַעְלָה עַד בֶּן חֲמִשִּׁים שָׁנָה תִּפְקֹד אוֹתָם כָּל הַבָּא לִצְבֹא
צָבָא לַעֲבֹד עֲבֹדָה בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">From 30 years old and upwards until the age of 50
you should count them, all who are subject to work in the performance of tasks required
for the <i>ohel mo’ed</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Medrash Rabbah comments on this passuk</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כל הבא לצבא צבא,
שהיו שוערים. לעבוד עבודה באהל מועד, שהיו משוררים.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“All who are subject to work,” this refers to the Levi’im who
opened and closed the gates of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית המקדש</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. “In the performance of tasks,”
this refers to the Levi’im who would sing when the <i>korbanos</i> were
brought.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In other words, different Levi’im were assigned to different specific tasks
in the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית המקדש</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The gemara in Eruchin (11b) explains that because the Levi’im were assigned
to specific tasks, it was </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אסור</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> for one Levi to perform the work of a different Levi. The
gemara brings a <i>machlokess</i> if one Levi who performs the <i>avodah</i> of
another Levi is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב מיתה בידי שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> or if he has only transgressed a</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לא תעשה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תניא נמי הכי ולא
ימותו גם הם גם אתם אתם בשלהם והם בשלכם במיתה הם בשלהם אינן במיתה אלא באזהרה</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We have learnt in the <i>beraisah</i>, “If a cohen
does the work of a Levi, or if a Levi does the work of a cohen, then they are </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב מיתה בידי
שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. However if one Levi performs the work of
another Levi, for example a Levi whose job it is to sing, goes and closes the
gates of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית המקדש</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, then this Levi is not </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב מיתה בידי
שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and he only transgresses a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לא תעשה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span lang="HE">אמר אביי נקיטינן משורר ששיער בשל
חבירו במיתה שנאמר (במדבר ג', ל"ח) והחונים לפני המשכן קדמה לפני אהל מועד וגו'
והזר הקרב יומת מאי זר אילימא זר ממש הכתיב חדא זימנא אלא לאו זר דאותה עבודה</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Abaye disagrees and is of the opinion that if one
Levi does the work of another Levi then he is also </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב מיתה בידי
שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">...תנאי היא דתניא
מעשה בר' יהושע בר חנניה שהלך לסייע בהגפת דלתות אצל ר' יוחנן בן גודגדא אמר לו בני
חזור לאחוריך שאתה מן המשוררים ולא מן המשוערים מאי לאו בהא קמיפלגי דמר סבר מיתה היא
וגזרו בה רבנן ומ"ס אזהרה היא ולא גזרו בה</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">[The gemara explains that] this <i>machlokess</i>
is in fact a <i>machlokess tenaim</i>, as we have learnt:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It once happened that Rabbi Yehoshua bar Chananya,
who was a Levi who sang in the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית המקדש</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, went to assist Rabbi Yochanan ben Gudgedah, who was a Levi who
opened and closed the gates in the <i>beis hamikdash</i>, and who was having
difficulty closing one of the gates.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Yochanan ben Gudgedah said to Rabbi Yehoshua bar Chananya, “My son,
go back, because you are a singer and not a gatekeeper.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">[Why did Rabbi Yehoshua bar Chananya go to help Rabbi Yochanan ben
Gudgedah, and why did Rabbi Yochanan ben Gudgedah rebuff his offer of
assistance?] Surely we should understand that the <i>machlokess</i> is as
follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Yehoshua bar Chananya is of the opinion that there is only a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לא תעשה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> if one Levi does the work of
another Levi. Therefore this is not a severe </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and it is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מותר לכתחילה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> if one Levi merely wants to
assist another Levi (and not do his whole work).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rabbi Yochanan ben Gudgedah on the other hand, is of the opinion that if
one Levi does the whole task of another Levi then he is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב מיתה בידי שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Since this is such a severe </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, we assume that there is an </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור דרבנן</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> even for one Levi to merely
assist another Levi, in case he would come to do the whole task by himself.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is Rashi’s explanation and follows the <i>girsa</i> that appears in
our gemara.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Rambam in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הלכות כלי המקדש והעובדים בו (פרק ג', הל' י"א)</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> which
brings down the <i>halachah</i> mentioned in this gemara is difficult to
understand. The Rambam says:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לוים שעבדו עבודת
הכהנים או שסייע לוי במלאכה שאינה מלאכתו חייבין מיתה בידי שמים</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">If a Levi did the <i>avodah</i> of a <i>cohen</i>
or if a Levi assisted another Levi in work that he was not assigned to, then
they are </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב מיתה בידי שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Rambam, who says that even if one Levi merely assists another Levi then
he is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב מיתה בידי שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, appears to contradict the gemara. The gemara only says that
according to the opinion that if a Levi does the entire work of another Levi
then he is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב מיתה בידי שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, that there is a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גזירה מדרבנן</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that one Levi may not even
assist another Levi in his work. However the gemara does not mention any opinion
that if a Levi assists another Levi then he is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב מיתה בידי שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In order to answer this question on the Rambam, the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כסף משנה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> explains that the Rambam had a
different <i>girsa</i> in the gemara.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וצ''ל שבגירסת רבינו
לא היה מסיים וגזרו בה רבנן אלא הכי גריס מר סבר מיתה היא ומר סבר אזהרה היא וקאי גם
למסייע שכל ששינה עבודתו אפילו כל שהוא חייב מיתה ומה לי שיהיה מסייע סוף סוף הרי נתעסק
בעבודה שאינה שלו</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">“And you have to say, that in the <i>girsa</i> of the Rambam,
the gemara did not say that the <i>machlokess</i> between Rabbi Yochanan ben
Gudgedah and Rabbi Yehoshua bar Chananya is if there is an </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור דרבנן</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> or not. Rather the gemara says
that that the <i>machlokess</i> is if there is a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב מיתה בידי שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> or just a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לא תעשה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, even if one Levi merely assists
another Levi.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And the Rambam <i>paskens</i> according to the opinion that even assisting
another Levi incurs the penalty of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מיתה בידי שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ספר עבודת הלוי</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> asks that it would appear difficult to understand the gemara
according to the <i>girsa</i> of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כסף משנה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is because according to Rashi, one <i>tanna</i> opined that there is
an </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור דרבנן</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in merely assisting and one <i>tanna</i> opined that there is no
</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>at all. Therefore the one
who held there is no </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> at all, went to assist the other, and was rebuffed because the
second thought he was transgressing an </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור דרבנן</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However, according to the <i>girsa</i> of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כסף משנה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, everyone agrees that it is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אסור</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> for one Levi to assist in the work of another Levi. The <i>machlokess</i>
is merely if this involves a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב מיתה בידי שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> or if this only comprises a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לא תעשה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. In this case, why did Rabbi
Yehoshua bar Chananya go to assist Rabbi Yochanan ben Gudgedah, seeing as even
according to Rabbi Yehoshua bar Chananya there would at least have been a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לא תעשה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> had he assisted Rabbi Yochanan
ben Gudgedah?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ספר עבודת הלוי</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> answers as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The initial introduction of the gemara (mentioned previously) in Eruchin
talks about a cohen doing the task of a Levi, or a Levi doing the task of a
cohen. Rashi comments on this gemara as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אתם בשלהם - הכהנים
שנכנסו בעבודת לוים כגון ששררו</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">You who do their task: Cohanim who entered into the
work of the Levi’im, such as if the cohanim sang.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">והם בשלכם - לוי שעבד
על המזבח ככהן</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And they who do your task: A Levi who performed the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> on the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מזבח</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> like a cohen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rashi changes the expression he uses to describe one type of person doing
the <i>avodah</i> of another type of person. In the first Rashi which describes
a cohen who did the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of a Levi, he says </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שנכנסו</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – they entered. In the second Rashi which describes a Levi who
did the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of a cohen, he just says </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שעבד</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – “who did the <i>avodah</i>.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ספר עבודת הלוי</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> explains that this is because there is no strict sequence of
actions that defines the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that the
Levi’im do. The tasks of the Levi’im are not discretely quantified, for
example, how much should a cohen sing so that we should say that he has now performed
the <i>avodah</i> of the Levi’im?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Subsequently, the <i>issur</i> for a cohen to do
the avodah of a Levi is defined as an <i>issur</i> of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השגת גבול</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, by performing the <i>avodah</i> of the Levi, the cohen has
unlawfully entered the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רשות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of the
Levi. Therefore when describing the <i>issur</i> of a cohen to do the avodah of
a Levi, Rashi says </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הכהנים שנכנסו בעבודת לוים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> – the <i>cohanim</i> who entered into doing the <i>avodah</i> of
the Levi’im.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However the issur of a Levi to do the <i>avodah</i>
of a cohen is categorically defined as a Levi who does an act which is a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מעשה עבודה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Since the <i>avodah</i> of the cohanim is discretely
quantified, such as the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קבלה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הולכה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">זריקה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, therefore we say that a Levi who performs the entirety of one
of these </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> has transgressed the <i>issur</i>
of a Levi to do the <i>avodah</i> of the cohanim. That is why in this case,
Rashi says </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לוי שעבד על המזבח ככהן</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> –
because the <i>issur</i> is for him to do the <i>avodah</i> of the cohen, and
not to enter into the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רשות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of the
cohen.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Based on this <i>sevara</i>, the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ספר עבודת הלוי</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> answers the question on the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כסף משנה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> with the following </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">משל</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Let us say you were walking down the street and saw
through a window that the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בעל הבית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> had
fallen and was unable to get up. You broke the window to get in, and helped him
to his feet. In this case we would not say that you had entered his </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רשות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> unlawfully, because you only entered his </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רשות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in order to be of assistance to him.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Similarly, if the <i>issur</i> of one Levi to do
the <i>avodah</i> of another Levi is an <i>issur</i> of entering into the other
Levi’s </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רשות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, we can say that if he only
assisted the other Levi because he was finding it difficult to do his own <i>avodah</i>,
then there is no <i>issur</i> of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השגת גבול</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. This was the reasoning of Rabbi Yehoshua bar Chananya who went
to help Rabbi Yochanan ben Gudgedah.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">However Rabbi Yochanan ben Gudgedah was of the
opinion that if one Levi does the <i>avodah</i> of another Levi then he is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב מיתה בידי
שמים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. This implies that in addition to the <i>issur</i>
of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השגת גבול</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, there is also an element of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חילול העבודה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> if one Levi does <i>avodah</i> that is not his, and the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב מיתה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> is because of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חילול העבודה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (i.e. the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב מיתה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> proves
that it is a <i>kodshimdiker issur</i>) and it is not because of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השגת גבול</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> (which could not possibly be more than a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לאו</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Therefore according to Rabbi Yochanan ben Gudgedah,
it did not help that Rabbi Yehoshua bar Chananya was only trying to help him
when he found himself unable to do his own <i>avodah</i>, because that is only
a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חשבון</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור בין אדם
לחבירו</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השגת גבול</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and does not ameliorate the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור קדשים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that may also be involved in a Levi doing an <i>avodah</i> to which
he is not allocated.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In other words, although the gemara is discussing
an </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור דאורייתא</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, even if one Levi merely assists
another Levi in work which he is not assigned to, we can still understand why
it could be possible for this to be permissible, if the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> is only a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לא תעשה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and the
fundamental notion of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השגת גבול</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-57756796466612699502019-06-21T13:16:00.001+10:002019-06-21T13:16:14.012+10:00Parshas Bamidbar - why did the nations complain that they were not given the Torah?<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%;">The passuk
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מֹשֶׁה בְּמִדְבַּר סִינַי בְּאֹהֶל מוֹעֵד בְּאֶחָד לַחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בַּשָּׁנָה
הַשֵּׁנִית לְצֵאתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לֵאמֹר. שְׂאוּ אֶת רֹאשׁ כָּל עֲדַת בְּנֵי
יִשְׂרָאֵל לְמִשְׁפְּחֹתָם לְבֵית אֲבֹתָם בְּמִסְפַּר שֵׁמוֹת כָּל זָכָר לְגֻלְגְּלֹתָם.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Hashem spoke to Moshe in the desert of Sinai in
the Ohel Moed on the first of the second month in the second year after they
came out of Mitzrayim saying. Count all of the <i>benei yisrael</i> according
to their families according to the houses of their fathers according to the
number of names, each male by their head count.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Yalkut Shimoni (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סימן תרפ"ד</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">) comments on this passuk</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אלה המצות אשר צוה
ה' את משה אל בני ישראל בהר סיני, ואחר כך וידבר ה' במדבר סיני שאו את ראש כל עדת בני
ישראל, שלא זכו ליטול את התורה אלא בשביל היוחסין שלהן...</span></div>
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את התורה נתקנאו אומות העולם בהן, מה ראו להתקרב יותר מן האומות?</span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סתם פיהן הקב"ה, אמר
להן: הביאו לי ספר יוחסין שלכם, שנאמר: הבו לה' משפחות עמים כשם שבני מביאין</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The passuk says at end of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בחוקותי</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> – </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אלה המצות אשר צוה ה' את משה אל בני ישראל בהר
סיני</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. At the beginning of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">במדבר</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> the passuk continues, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וידבר ה' במדבר
סיני שאו את ראש כל עדת בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. This is because the <i>benei
yisrael</i> only merited to receive the Torah because they guarded their
lineage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">[And so we find that] when the <i>benei yisrael</i>
accepted the Torah the nations of the world were jealous of them, [and they
said to Hashem] “Why did these people merit to be closer to Hashem than any
other nation?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Hashem closed their mouths and He said to them,
“Bring me the books of your lineage [just as the <i>benei yisrael</i> did], as
the passuk says ‘Render to Hashem you families of the peoples’.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We know that Hashem asked all the nations of the
world if they wanted to accept the Torah and they refused it (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ספרי פרשת וזאת
הברכה על הפסוק וזרח משעיר למו</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">). If so, how could the nations
possibly have complained to Hashem that they did not receive the Torah, seeing
as they were the ones who rejected it in the first place?</span></div>
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Since the complaint of the nations was that the <i>benei yisrael</i> were
given the Torah, the Yalkut Shimoni should have said </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בשעה שנתן ה' את
התורה לישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> (at the time Hashem gave the
Torah to the <i>benei yisrael</i>), not </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בשעה שקבלו ישראל
את התורה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> (at the time the <i>benei
yisrael</i> accepted the Torah)?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בחוקותי</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, the passuk says (26:42 - 46)</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת
בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב וְאַף אֶת בְּרִיתִי יִצְחָק וְאַף אֶת בְּרִיתִי אַבְרָהָם אֶזְכֹּר
וְהָאָרֶץ אֶזְכֹּר. וְהָאָרֶץ תֵּעָזֵב מֵהֶם וְתִרֶץ אֶת שַׁבְּתֹתֶיהָ בָּהְשַׁמָּה
מֵהֶם וְהֵם יִרְצוּ אֶת עֲוֹנָם יַעַן וּבְיַעַן בְּמִשְׁפָּטַי מָאָסוּ וְאֶת חֻקֹּתַי
גָּעֲלָה נַפְשָׁם. וְאַף גַּם זֹאת בִּהְיוֹתָם בְּאֶרֶץ אֹיְבֵיהֶם לֹא מְאַסְתִּים
וְלֹא גְעַלְתִּים לְכַלֹּתָם לְהָפֵר בְּרִיתִי אִתָּם כִּי אֲנִי ה' אֱלֹקֵיהֶם.
וְזָכַרְתִּי לָהֶם בְּרִית רִאשֹׁנִים אֲשֶׁר הוֹצֵאתִי אֹתָם מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרַיִם לְעֵינֵי
הַגּוֹיִם לִהְיֹת לָהֶם לֵאלֹקִים אֲנִי ה'.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And I will remember my covenant with Yaakov and also my covenant with
Yitzchak and also my covenant with Avraham I will remember and I will remember
the land. And the land will be deserted from them and it will be appeased for
its rest, while it is desolate from them, and they will appease their </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבירות</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">… Nevertheless, while they are in
the land of their enemies, I will not despise them and I will not reject them
to destroy them and to uproot my covenant with them for I am Hashem their G-d.
And I will remember for them the covenant that I made with the first generation
whom I brought out of Mitzrayim before the eyes of the nations to be them a
G-d, I am Hashem.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why does the Torah initially refer to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית אבות</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> and then refer to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> that Hashem made with the generation that came out of
Mitzrayim?</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Divrei Yoel explains as follows:</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The passuk says in Yisro (19:8)</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיַּעֲנוּ כָל הָעָם
יַחְדָּו וַיֹּאמְרוּ כֹּל אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' נַעֲשֶׂה</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And all the people answered together and they said,
“All that Hashem has spoken we shall do.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Mechilta comments on this passuk</span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ויענו כל העם יחדיו,
לא ענו בחנופה ולא קבלו זה מזה, אלא השוו כלם לב אחד ואמרו, כל אשר דבר ה' נעשה.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">"And all the people answered together." They did not
answer flatteringly, and they did not consult each other, but they were all in one
heart and answered, "Whatever Hashem has spoken we shall do."</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">It would appear that the <i>diyuk</i> of the Mechilta lies in the
repetitive words </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">יחדו</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. In other words, the passuk could have said – </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ויענו כל העם ויאמרו</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> – “And all the people answered
and they said.” In this case it would have been obvious that they answered
together. Or the passuk could have said – </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ויענו העם יחדו ויאמרו</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> – “And the people answered
together and they said.” From which we would have understood that it was all
the people who answered together, because had only part of the people answered
together then the passuk would not have said that the “people” answered
together, because some of the people would have answered and some of the people
would not have answered.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In other words, the Mechilta means to be </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מדייק</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> in the passuk, that the reason
that the Torah says that the people answered together is because before they
answered together, each one had individually concluded that he would be </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקבל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> the Torah. </span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Subsequently we see that the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> accepted the Torah at two
levels. Each one of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">individually agreed to personally be </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקבל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> the Torah. Additionally, all of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> together also accepted the Torah
as a nation.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Therefore the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> that Hashem made with the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> at Har Sinai was also a two-fold
</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. Namely, Hashem made a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> with the entire </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, who were </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקבל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> the Torah. As a reward for the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> being </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקבל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> the Torah, Hashem promised them that they would be the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עם סגולה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> forever. But Hashem also made a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> with every individual, because every individual was </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקבל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> the Torah as a personal commitment, and not because they were
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">As part of this </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> with every individual, Hashem guaranteed the survival of every
individual (in addition to the survival of the entirety of the nation), as </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רבינו גרשום</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> says (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עירוכין ל"ב ע"ב, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ד"ה כל הקהל
כאחד ארבע ריבוא</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">) -</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דהכי גמירי דלעולם אין ישראל פחותים מששים רבוא</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> – “We have a tradition that there never be less than 600,000 of
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">That is why the Torah mentions both the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית אבות</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> and also the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">with the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> who came out of Mitzrayim, at the end of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תוכחה</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בחוקותי</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. This is
because the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית אבות</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> guarantees that eventually the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> as a whole will return to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ארץ ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, which was promised to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אבות</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, as the passuk says, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת
בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב וכו' וְהָאָרֶץ אֶזְכֹּר</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. However
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> that Hashem made with the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> who came out of Mitzraim guarantees the survival of every
single one of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> even
when they are in <i>galus</i>, when the general form of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> living in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ארץ ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> has been
lost. Subsequently, this </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> applies
even when the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> are in galus - </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְאַף גַּם זֹאת בִּהְיוֹתָם
בְּאֶרֶץ אֹיְבֵיהֶם וכו'</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">When the Torah was offered to the other nations,
they understood that Hashem was offering to make a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> with their nation as a whole, but they could not understand
that Hashem would also make a personal </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> that would guarantee the survival of every individual.
Therefore they said - </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מה ראו להתקרב יותר מן האומות</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> – how come these people (each one), came closer to Hashem, each
on an individual basis, than the entirety of the other nations?
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Their complaint was not that Hashem gave the
Torah to the <i>benei yisrael</i>, but was rather about the individual manner
in which each one of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">accepted the Torah.
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<span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Hashem answered to them – </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הביאו לי ספר
יוחסין שלכם</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">. This means to say, that by
guarding their </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">יחוס</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">, the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> did not only inherit the good </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מדות</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודת ה'</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> of the
Avos, but also they inherited, each one, the ability to be an </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אב</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> themselves, and thereby they promulgated 600,000 different ways
of serving Hashem to the subsequent </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דורות</span><span style="font-size: 13pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-84179117980488073032019-06-21T13:13:00.003+10:002019-06-21T13:13:59.231+10:00Parshas Bechukosai - the extra letter in Yaakov's name
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says in this week’s sedrah (26:42)</span></span></div>
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<div dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְזָכַרְתִּי אֶת בְּרִיתִי יַעֲקוֹב וְאַף
אֶת בְּרִיתִי יִצְחָק וְאַף אֶת בְּרִיתִי אַבְרָהָם אֶזְכֹּר וְהָאָרֶץ אֶזְכֹּר.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And I will
remember My covenant with Yaakov and also My covenant with Yitzchak and also my
covenant with Avraham I will remember, and I will remember the land.</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rashi
comments on this passuk</span></span></div>
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<div dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וזכרתי את בריתי יעקוב - בחמשה מקומות נכתב
מלא ואליהו חסר בחמשה מקומות יעקב נטל אות משמו של אליהו ערבון שיבוא ויבשר גאולת בניו</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In five
places the name Yaakov is written with a <i>vav</i> and the name Eliyahu is
written without a <i>vav</i>. This is because in five places Yaakov took a
letter from the name of Eliyahu as a surety that would force Eliyahu to come
and announce the redemption of Yaakov’s descendants.</span></span></div>
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<li><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why did
Yaakov take the letter <i>vav</i> from Eliyahu in order to force him to come
and reclaim the <i>vav</i> when he will announce the arrival of <i>mashiach</i>?</span></span></div>
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</ul>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says in Bereishis (32:32)</span></span></div>
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<div dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיִּזְרַח לוֹ הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ כַּאֲשֶׁר עָבַר
אֶת פְּנוּאֵל וְהוּא צֹלֵעַ עַל יְרֵכוֹ</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And the sun
shone for him when he passed Penuel, and he was limping on this thigh.</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Rashi
comments on this passuk</span></span></div>
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<div dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ויזרח לו השמש - ...ומדרש אגדה ויזרח לו
לצרכו לרפאות את צלעתו כמה דתימא (מלאכי ג') [וְזָרְחָה לָכֶם יִרְאֵי שְׁמִי] שֶׁמֶשׁ
צְדָקָה וּמַרְפֵּא בִּכְנָפֶיהָ [וִיצָאתֶם וּפִשְׁתֶּם כְּעֶגְלֵי מַרְבֵּק]
ואותן שעות שמיהרה לשקוע בשבילו כשיצא מבאר שבע מיהרה לזרוח בשבילו</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">An Aggadic
medrash says that the sun rose specifically for Yaakov to cure him of his limp
as the passuk says, “[And there will shine for you that fear My Name] a sun of
charity with healing in its wings, [and you shall go and run like well-fed
calves].” Those hours which the sun set early for him when he went out of Be’er
Sheva, it hurried to shine for him now.</span></span></div>
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<li><div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Why was
Yaakov cured from his limp by the sunshine that he had missed out on when he
was on his way to Lavan’s house?</span></span></div>
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</ul>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Sefas
Emes explains as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says in Vayeshev (43:9-10)</span></span></div>
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<div dir="RTL" style="direction: rtl; margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt; text-align: right; unicode-bidi: embed;">
<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיַּחֲלֹם עוֹד חֲלוֹם אַחֵר וַיְסַפֵּר
אֹתוֹ לְאֶחָיו וַיֹּאמֶר הִנֵּה חָלַמְתִּי חֲלוֹם עוֹד וְהִנֵּה הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וְהַיָּרֵחַ
וְאַחַד עָשָׂר כּוֹכָבִים מִשְׁתַּחֲוִים לִי. וַיְסַפֵּר אֶל אָבִיו וְאֶל אֶחָיו
וַיִּגְעַר בּוֹ אָבִיו וַיֹּאמֶר לוֹ מָה הַחֲלוֹם הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר חָלָמְתָּ הֲבוֹא
נָבוֹא אֲנִי וְאִמְּךָ וְאַחֶיךָ לְהִשְׁתַּחֲוֹת לְךָ אָרְצָה.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">And he
dreamt another dream and he related it to his brothers, and he said, “Behold I
dreamt another dream, and behold the sun and the moon and 11 stars were bowing
to me.” And he told it to his father and to his brothers and his father became
angry at him and he said to him, “What is this dream that you have dreamt,
shall I and your mother and your brothers come to bow down to the ground to
you?”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Ramban
comments on this passuk that the <i>avos</i> are represented by the sun and the
<i>imahos</i> are represented by the moon. (Therefore here, Yaakov thought that
the moon represented Rachel, which was impossible, because she was no longer
alive, and he did not know that the moon referred to Bilhah, who had raised
Yosef (Rashi)).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Based on
this understanding, the Sefas Emes explains that the reason that the sun set
early for Yaakov when he was going to </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חוץ לארץ</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
was to signify that the <i>zechus</i> <i>avos</i> of Yitzchak would not protect
him entirely while he was in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חוץ לארץ</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.
</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">This is
because had Yaakov Avinu been able to feel close to the <i>madregah</i> of
Yitzchak while he was in <i>galus</i>, then the <i>galus</i> would not have
been a <i>nisayon</i> for him at all. Yaakov would easily have been able to
rise above any challenge that Lavan placed in his way, and it would not have
been hard for him to work for Lavan while raising the <i>shevatim</i>. The
purpose of Yaakov being in <i>galus</i> when he went to the house of Lavan was
so that he would be able to bring the potential for <i>kedushah</i> which
existed in Lavan’s house into the <i>reshus</i> of the <i>shechina</i>, by
marrying Leah and Rachel and by bringing up the <i>shevatim</i>. This could
only happen if Yaakov would be </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצטער</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
in winning Rachel and Leah and the <i>shevatim</i> from Lavan, because through
his </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צער</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> he would be able to adhere the
greatness (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">צורה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) of the</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קדושת האבות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
to Rachel and Leah and the shevatim.</span></span></div>
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<div style="margin: 0cm 0cm 8pt;">
<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Because
Yaakov was thus weakened when he went into <i>galus</i>, the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שרו של עשו</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
was able to damage his thigh, which represents Yaakov’s ability to continue
existing in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולם הזה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. However, the sun compensated
for the hours that it had set early for Yaakov when he went into <i>galus</i>,
by rising early for him when he came back from <i>galus</i>. This indicates
that Yaakov’s </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דביקות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to the <i>madregah</i> of the <i>avos</i>
was returned to him when he came back to Eretz Yisrael. This automatically
healed the limp which he had contracted from the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שר של עשו</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
because it was now revealed that the weakness which the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שר של עשו</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">
had used to overcome him was artificially imposed and had no place in the full
stature of Yaakov Avinu as was revealed in Eretz Yisrael.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Since we
know that </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מעשה אבות סימן לבנים</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, we can understand that when
the <i>benei yisrael</i> too go into <i>galus</i>, they too are in an
artificially reduced state, in order that they can experience <i>galus</i> and
it should not be easy for them to overcome the difficulties that they
experience keeping the Torah in <i>galus</i>. Through these difficulties they
will come to complete </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כפרה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תשובה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
which is the expected benefit of sending them into <i>galus</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">Regarding
the <i>pikadon</i> which Yaakov took from Eliyahu, we find that the letter <i>vav</i>
represents the <i>middah</i> of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אמת</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
as the Zohar says in Parshas Vayechi (241b) that that which Rachav requested an
</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אות אמת</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> from the <i>meraglim</i>
(Yehoshua 2:12) referred to the letter <i>vav</i>.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On this
basis we can understand that Eliyahu may claim that </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">על פי שורת הדין ולפי האמת</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">,
the <i>benei yisrael</i> do not merit that he should announce the coming of <i>mashiach</i>.
However, Yaakov Avinu will point out to Eliyahu that just as when he, Yaakov,
went into <i>galus</i>, his full <i>madregah</i> was taken from him as a <i>pikadon</i>
and only returned to him when he came back to Eretz Yisrael, so too the <i>benei
yisrael</i> are in a reduced state in <i>galus</i> and that Eliyahu will only
be able to appreciate their true <i>madregah</i> and the true accomplishment of
their overcoming the <i>nisayon </i>of <i>galus</i> after they will come back
into Eretz Yisrael.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">In this way,
Yaakov takes the letter <i>vav</i>, which represents truth, as a <i>pikadon</i>,
to indicate that to the contrary, the truth of the greatness of the <i>benei
yisrael</i> and their worthiness to be redeemed, will be revealed exactly through
Eliyahu announcing their redemption.</span></span></div>
pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-43590403842667220042019-06-21T13:12:00.001+10:002019-06-21T13:12:24.547+10:00Parshas Behar - the mitzva to relinquish produce of shemittah
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The passuk
says in this week’s sedrah (25:6)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְהָיְתָה שַׁבַּת
הָאָרֶץ לָכֶם לְאָכְלָה לְךָ וּלְעַבְדְּךָ וְלַאֲמָתֶךָ וְלִשְׂכִירְךָ וּלְתוֹשָׁבְךָ
הַגָּרִים עִמָּךְ</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">But you may eat whatever the land during its rest year will produce, you,
your slaves and maidservants, the hired workers and the labourers who live with
you.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The Rambam
says (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הל' שמיטה ויובל, ד', כ"ד</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">)</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה להשמיט כל
מה שתוציא הארץ בשביעית... וכל הנועל כרמו או סג שדהו בשביעית ביטל מצות עשה וכן אם
אסף כל פירותיו לתוך ביתו, אלא יפקיר הכל ויד הכל שוין בכל מקום שנאמר ואכלו אביוני
עמך</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It is a <i>mitzvah</i> to allow everyone to take
what the land produces during <i>shmittah</i>, and anyone who locks his
vineyard or fences his field during <i>shmittah</i> has been </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מבטל</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> this </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. And so
too if he gathered all his produce into his house. Rather he must be </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מפקיר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> everything and everyone has an equal right to it, as the passuk
says “And the poor of your people will eat.”</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מנחת חינוך</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה פ"ד</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> asks as follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">When we say that the produce of <i>shmittah</i> is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הפקר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, do we mean to say that it is a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to make it </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הפקר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, but if someone transgressed and did not make the produce </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הפקר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> then in actuality it belongs to him, and if someone else takes
it that is considered stealing. Or do we say that the Torah makes the produce </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הפקר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> regardless of the intentions of the owner of the field, and if he
transgresses and takes it for himself then he has stolen from the public?</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מנחת חינוך</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">demonstrates that
this is actually a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מחלוקת</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> between the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית יוסף</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> and the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מהרי"ט</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. According to the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית יוסף</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> the produce is not automatically
</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הפקר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, rather it is a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> for the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בעל הבית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to make it </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הפקר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. On the other hand the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מהרי"ט</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> is of the opinion that the
produce of <i>shmittah</i> is automatically </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הפקר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> regardless of the intentions of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בעל הבית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מנחת חינוך</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> brings a proof for the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מהרי"ט</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> from the mishna in Kiddushin (</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דף נ, ע"ב</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">) that says</span></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">...ומעשה בחמש נשים ובהן שתי אחיות וליקט אדם אחד כלכלה של תאנים ושלהן
היתה ושל שביעית היתה ואמר הרי כולכם מקודשות לי בכלכלה זו וקיבלה אחת מהן ע"י
כולן ואמרו חכמים אין אחיות מקודשות</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It happened that there were five women and among them were two sisters, and
a man took a basket of figs from their field, during <i>shmittah</i>, and he
gave it to one of them who accepted it on behalf of all of them, and he said,
“You are all </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקודשות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to me with this basket of figs.” And the <i>chachamim</i> said
that they are all </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקודשות</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> except for the sisters.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">We see from this <i>mishnah</i> that if women own a field then the produce
of that field is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הפקר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in a <i>shmittah</i> year. If we understand that the Torah
makes the produce </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הפקר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, then there is no difference between a field owned by a man and
a field owned by a woman. However, if we say that it is a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to make the produce </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הפקר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and if you were not </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מפקיר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> the produce then it belongs to
you, then it would appear that this is a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> which only applies to men and
not to women. Therefore the basket of figs which came from the women’s field
would not have been </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הפקר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and it would not have been possible for the man to be </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקדש</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> the women with it.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">It would be possible to argue, says the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מנחת חינוך</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, that we should not consider the
<i>mitzva</i> of <i>shmittah</i> to be a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> because once the produce
acquires the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קדושה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שביעית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> then it is always a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to be </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מפקיר</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">it, even in the years after <i>shmittah</i>.
That means to say, the <i>mitzvah</i> is not considered a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> because once the <i>mitzvah</i>
comes, it is always applicable.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מנחת חינוך</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> rejects this argument on the basis of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רא"ש</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> who says that if you wear a daytime
garment by night, then the garment is </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ציצית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> by night, since its primary purpose is to be worn by day. We
know that the gemara classifies the</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ציצית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> as a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. And we also know that according
to the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רא"ש</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, once a garment is classified as a daytime garment, it remains </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> in </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ציצית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> always, even at night. You see therefore from the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רא"ש</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> that even if a mitzva obligation
remains always, nevertheless if the source of the obligation was timebound (such
as in the case of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ציצית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, that the garment is worn primarily by day), then the <i>mitzva</i>
is still considered to be a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. So too we should say that if it
is a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> to be </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מפקיר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> the produce of <i>shmittah</i>, then even if this obligation
always remains, it is still considered to be a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Therefore the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מנחת חינוך</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> maintains the proof from the
mishna in Kiddushin against the opinion of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית יוסף</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אבי עזרי</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> answers the question of the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מנחת חינוך</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> from the mishna in Kiddushin as
follows:</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">The <i>mitzva</i> to be </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מפקיר פירות שביעית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> is a <i>mitzva</i> that applies
to </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פירות שביעית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">. Produce that grows during the <i>shmittah</i> year have the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קדושה</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פירות שביעית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and the <i>mitzva</i> to be </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מפקיר</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> produce which has the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קדושה</span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פירות שביעית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> applies forever, because the</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קדושה </span><span style="font-family: Calibri;"><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שביעית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> remains on the produce forever. Therefore
we do not consider this <i>mitzva</i> to be a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, and we can explain the mishna
in Kiddushin according to the Beis Yosef.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">On the other hand, regarding the obligation to wear <i>tztitzis</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>on a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בגד של יום</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> even at night (according to the
Rosh), there, the reason that there is an obligation to wear <i>tzitzis</i> on
a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בגד של יום</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> at night, is because there is a <i>mitzva</i> to wear <i>tzitzis</i>
on that garment by day. Specifically, once the obligation to wear <i>tztitzis</i>
applies to the garment during the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">זמן החיוב</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">, then the obligation to wear <i>tztitzis</i>
remains, even during night-time, when you would be </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פטור</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> from <i>tzitzis</i> were you to be wearing a garment whose
purpose it is to be worn during that time, at night.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">I.e. in the case of <i>tzitzis</i>, time causes there to be a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> for you to wear tzitzis by day, and that garment which you
became obliged to wear tzitzis on by day retains its </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב ציצית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> at night, but the </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> which applies at night still only originated during the day, which
is why the mitzva of </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ציצית</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;"> is considered to be a </span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה שהזמן גרמא</span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="font-family: Calibri;">.</span></span></div>
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pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-90170717647352998092019-05-16T21:32:00.001+10:002019-05-16T21:33:27.883+10:00Parshas Emor - אלה מקראי קודש אשר תקראו אותם במועדם<br />
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אֵלֶּה מוֹעֲדֵי ה'
מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ אֲשֶׁר תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם בְּמוֹעֲדָם</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">These are
the appointed times of Hashem, the holy convocations, which you should declare
in their appointed time.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The mishna
says in Rosh Hashanah (2:9)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">שָׁלַח לוֹ רַבָּן
גַּמְלִיאֵל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>: </span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">גּוֹזֵר אֲנִי עָלֶיךָ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">שֶׁתָּבֹא אֶצְלִי
בְמַקְלָךְ וּבְמָעוֹתָךְ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בְּיוֹם שֶׁחָל יוֹם הַכִּפּוּרִים
לִהְיוֹת בְּחֶשְׁבּוֹנָךְ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. </span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">הָלַךְ וּמְצָאוֹ
רְבִּי עֲקִיבָא מֵצֵר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אָמַר לוֹ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>:
</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">יֶשׁ לִי לִלְמוֹד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>,
</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">שֶׁכָּל מַה שֶּׁעָשָׂה
רַבָּן גַּמְלִיאֵל, עָשׁוּי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר: (וַיִּקְרָא
כ"ג, ד')</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אֵלֶּה מוֹעֲדֵי ה'
מִקְרָאֵי קֹדֶשׁ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אֲשֶׁר תִּקְרְאוּ אֹתָם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>; </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בֵּין בִּזְמַנָּן,
בֵּין שֶׁלֹּא בִזְמַנָּן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אֵין לִי מוֹעֲדוֹת אֶלָּא
אֵלּוּ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. </span><span lang="AR-SA" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>[There was a <i>machlokess</i>
between Rabbi Yehoshua and Rabban Gamliel when <i>rosh chodesh</i> was for the
month of Tishrei.] Rabban Gamliel sent a message to Rabbi Yehoshua, “I decree
on you that you must come to me on the day which is Yom Kippur according to
your calculation, with your stick and with your wallet.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rabbi Akiva went and he found that Rabbi Yehoshua
was upset (that he would have to transgress Yom Kippur according to his own
reasoning). Rabbi Akiva said, “I can deduce that whatever Rabban Gamliel did takes
effect, as the passuk says ‘</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אלה מועדי ה' אשר תקראו אותם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, these are the appointed times of Hashem which you will call
them.’ Whether you call them in their time or not in their time, there are no
other </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">יומים טובים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> besides these.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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this <i>mishna</i>, it would appear that there is a special <i>halacha</i>
which we derive from the passuk of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אלה מועדי ה'</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> that Hashem will always agree that the day on which </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> announce it is <i>rosh chodesh</i>, is actually <i>rosh chodesh</i>
so that Yom Tov will fall on the days of the month according to the declaration
of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">However, the Ramban (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ספר המצות,
שורש א'</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) says<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">והעובר על דברי בית
דין הגדול שבדורו וסומך על דעתו, עובר על עשה ועל לא תעשה הללו... כי התורה נתנה לנו
על ידי משה רבינו בכתב, וגלוי הוא שלא ישתוו הדעות בכל הדברים הנולדים, וחתך לנו יתעלה
הדין שנשמע לבית הדין הגדול בכל מה שיאמרו... כי על המשמעות שלהם הוא מצוה ונותן לנו
התורה.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">וזהו מה שאמרו: אפילו
אומרים על שמאל שהוא ימין ועל ימין שהוא שמאל, שכך הוא המצוה לנו מאדון התורה יתעלה,
שלא יאמר בעל המחלוקת: האיך אתיר לעצמי זה? ואנכי היודע בוודאי שהם טועים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span> </span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">והנה נאמר לו: בכך אתה מצווה, וכענין שנהג ר' יהושע עם רבן גמליאל
ביום הכפורים שחל להיות בחשבונו, כמו שהוזכר במסכת ראש השנה.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If someone transgresses the words of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין הגדול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and relies on his own opinion, then he transgresses an </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">עשה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">לא תעשה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and he
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is because the Torah was given as a written document
to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and it is clear that not
everyone will agree about the <i>halacha</i> for matters which come up over the
course of time, therefore Hashem decreed that we should listen to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין הגדול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> in everything they say. Hashem’s initial intention in giving us
the Torah was that we should adhere to the Torah according to the interpretation
of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין הגדול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, in other words, the Torah that
we are commanded to keep is the Torah as interpreted by the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין בגדול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And this is what they meant when they said, “Even
if they say to you that right is left and left is right you should still
listen<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>to them,” because this is what
Hashem has commanded us to do.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is in order that someone who disagrees with
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">should not say, “How can I permit this thing to myself, but I know that
they are wrong?”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Behold it will be
stated to him, “In this you are commanded.” As we find that Rabbi Yehoshua went
to Rabban Gamliel with his stick and his wallet on the day that was Yom Kippur
according to his calculation, as is mentioned in Rosh Hashanah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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appear from the Ramban, that the reason that Rabbi Yehoshua had to submit to
the opinion of Rabban Gamliel was because of the general <i>halacha</i> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">זקן ממרא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, which says that the <i>halacha</i> in all matters follows the interpretation
of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין הגדול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If so, according to the Ramban, it is difficult to understand why the
mishna quotes the passuk of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אלה מועדי ה'</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to
explain why Rabbi Yehoshua submitted to Rabban Gamliel’s ruling. Since the
reason that Rabbi Yehoshua submitted to the ruling of Rabban Gamliel was
because of the general principle that we always follow the opinion of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין הגדול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, why does the <i>mishna</i> expound a <i>passuk</i> that
relates specifically to the <i>halachos</i> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">קידוש החודש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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מלך יהודה שעיבר את השנה מפני הטומאה ובקש רחמים על עצמו דכתיב (דברי הימים ב' ל',
י"ח) כי מרבית העם רבת מאפרים ומנשה יששכר וזבולון לא הטהרו (דה"ב ל', י"ח)
כי אכלו את הפסח בלא ככתוב... רבי שמעון אומר אם מפני הטומאה עיברוה מעוברת אלא מפני
מה ביקש רחמים על עצמו שאין מעברין אלא אדר והוא עיבר ניסן בניסן<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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said: There was an incident involving Chizkiyahu the king of Yehudah, who added
a month to the year because many people were </span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk8920065;"><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">טמא</span></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk8920065;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and he wanted them to be able to bring the <i>korban pesach</i>.
And after doing so, he requested mercy for himself, as it is written: “For a
multitude of the people, including many from Ephraim and Menasheh, Yisachar and
Zevulun, had not purified themselves, yet they ate the <i>korban pesach</i> not
as is written…”<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rabbi Shimon says: If the <i>beis din</i> added a month to the year due to <i>tumah</i>,
then the year is indeed extended. But then if <i>tumah</i> is a legitimate
reason for adding a month to the year [and this was the reason that Chizkiyahu
extended the year], why did Chizkiyahu request mercy for himself? Because the <i>beis
din</i> may only add an extra month during Adar, and he added an extra month after
<i>beis din</i> had already declared the month of Nissan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Yad Remah explains that Chizkiyahu added </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אדר שני</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to the calendar on the last day of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אדר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and since that day could theoretically have been declared as </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ראש חודש ניסן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, it was as if Chizkiyahu made an extra month once it was
already </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ניסן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and therefore he had to ask
forgiveness from Hashem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Yad Remah asks (Sanhedrin 12a, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ד"ה אמר מר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>);<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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לי א"כ מאי כי אכלו את הפסח בלא ככתוב. לא תקשי לך דכיון דלכתחילה אין מעברין
קא חשיב ליה כאלו אכלו את הפסח בלא ככתוב דהיינו דקאמר תנא והוא עיבר ניסן בניסן דכיון
דראוי לקבעו ניסן ואין ראוי לעברו לכתחילה חשיב ליה כאילו עיבר ניסן בניסן</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">“That which we say that </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> may not add an extra month when it may already be </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ניסן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is only a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">דין לכתחילה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. But if
so, how does the gemara explain the passuk which says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">כי אכלו את הפסח
שלא ככתוב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> – they ate the <i>korban pesach</i>
incorrectly. [If the month in which they celebrated Pesach was indeed </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ניסן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, because the <i>halacha</i> of not making an extra month once
it may already be </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ניסן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is only </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">לכתחילה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, if so, although Chizkiyahu did an </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">עבירה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> in making an extra month in the fashion that he did, however
when they kept Pesach a month later it was indeed </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ניסן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, so they ate the <i>korban pesach</i> on Pesach and fulfilled
the <i>mitzva</i> correctly?]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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month once it could already have been </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ניסן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, therefore it is as if the month which he made into </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אדר שני</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> was actually </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ניסן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> kept
Pesach in the incorrect month.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">It is evident from the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">יד רמה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> that even although the <i>halachos</i> that relate to the
calendar always follow the decision of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, nevertheless if </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> adjusted the calendar in an inappropriate manner, there is a
lack of quality in the mitzvos which the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> will keep according to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>’s decision. Since that which </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> did </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">קידוש החודש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is only </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">מותר בדיעבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, it is as if all of the <i>mitzvos</i> which are kept on Yom
Tov during that month are also only </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">כשר בדיעבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Using this reasoning, it would have been possible
for Rabbi Yehoshua to acquiesce to Rabban Gamliel, in order not to be deemed to
be<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">זקן ממרא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, but still to be of the opinion that Rabban Gamliel’s <i>pesak</i>
was </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בדיעבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and that the Yom Kippur that
Rabbi Yehoshua would keep accordingly, would also be </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בדיעבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Even although the Ramban says that the Torah was
given </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">על דעת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> the interpretation of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין הגדול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and therefore it would appear that there would be no room for
Rabbi Yehoshua to think that Rabban Gamliel’s pesak was only valid </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בדיעבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, it is possible that there is a difference between a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">מחלוקת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">מציאות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">מחלוקת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">הלכה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. So that
where there is a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">מחלוקת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> in the
correct </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">סברא להלכה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, we can apply the reasoning of
the Ramban that the Torah was given to be interpreted according to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">הכרעת הדעת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין הגדול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. In this
case it would not be possible to say that the pesak of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> only applies </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בדיעבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">However where there is a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">מחלוקת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">מציאות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, as in
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">מחלוקת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> between Rabbi Yehoshua and
Rabban Gamliel, it is possible that although the <i>pesak halacha</i> follows
the decision of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין הגדול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, this
would not annul entirely the opinion of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">חולק</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, so that the decision of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין הגדול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> could be construed to apply </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בדיעבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> from the perspective of the person who disagrees with the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בית דין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Subsequently it would have been valid for Rabbi
Yehoshua to be of the opinion that Rabban Gamliel’s pesak was only applicable </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בדיעבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and that the Yom Kippur that came out according to Rabban
Gamliel’s calculation would also be a Yom Kippur </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בדיעבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Therefore an additional </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">סברא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">אין לי מועדים אלא אלו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">was needed to confirm that
since Rabban Gamliel was justified in following his own opinion of when </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ראש חודש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> was, then the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">קביעות החודש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> would be performed </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">לכתחילה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> even from Rabbi Yehoshua’s perspective, and he need not worry
that the Yom Kippur he would keep would only be a Yom Kippur </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "arial" , sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">בדיעבד</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-2554935048761757452019-05-09T20:14:00.001+10:002019-05-09T20:14:58.442+10:00Parshas Kedoshim - לפני עור לא תתן מכשול<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The passuk
says in this week’s sedrah (19:14)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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וְלִפְנֵי עִוֵּר לֹא תִתֵּן מִכְשֹׁל וְיָרֵאתָ מֵּאֱלֹקֶיךָ אֲנִי ה'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not place a stumbling block before a blind person and you should fear your G-d,
I am Hashem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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שלא יושיט אדם כוס של יין לנזיר ואבר מן החי לבני נח ת"ל (ויקרא י"ט, י"ד)
ולפני עור לא תתן מכשול<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rabbi Nosson said, “How do we know that a person
should not stretch out a cup of wine to a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נזיר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> or </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אבר מן החי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to a
non-Jew? The passuk comes to teach us </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ולפני עור לא תתן
מכשול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> – before someone who is blind [in the
matter of not transgressing an </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>], you should not place before him a stumbling block [by
allowing him to transgress the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>].”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The gemara says in Succah (10b)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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ממנה ארבעה רב נחמן אמר כשרה רב חסדא ורבה בר רב הונא אמרי פסולה.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We have learnt; Succah decorations that hang more
than 4 <i>tephachim</i> lower than the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סכך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>: Rav Nachman says this is </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כשר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (because since the decorations serve the purpose of beautifying
the <i>succah</i>, they are </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בטל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to the <i>succah</i>. And Rav
Chisda and Rabbah bar bar Huna says this is <i>passul</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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הונא איקלעו לבי ריש גלותא אגנינהו רב נחמן בסוכה שנוייה מופלגין ממנה ארבעה טפחים
אשתיקו ולא אמרו ליה ולא מידי אמר להו הדור בהו רבנן משמעתייהו אמרו ליה אנן שלוחי
מצוה אנן ופטורין מן הסוכה</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rav Chisda and Rabbah bar bar Huna visited the
house of the exilarch on Succos. Rav Nachman lodged them in a <i>succah</i>
whose decorations hung down more than 4 tephachim from the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סכך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. They were silent and said nothing to him. He said to them,
“Have you changed your minds about this <i>halacha</i>?” They said to him, “We
are </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שלוחי מצוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and we are <i>patur</i> from the
Succah.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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דאכתי לא ידע ר"נ דהדרו משמעתייהו או דהוו שלוחי מצוה אגנינהו לפום דעתיה ולא
חש דהוי חתיכא דאיסורא לדידיה ויתבי בסוכה פסולה ומברכי התם שלא כראוי והוה כנותן מכשול
לפני פקח<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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if Rav Chisda and Rabbah bar bar Huna had changed their minds, or that they
thought they were <i>patur</i> from a Succah because they were </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שלוחי מצוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, he still lodged them in a <i>succah</i> in which the <i>berachah</i>
that they would make on the <i>mitzva</i> of sitting in a <i>succah</i> would
be a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברכה לבטלה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, which would seem to be a
transgression of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לפני עור לא תתן
מכשול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">[This
was acceptable because since according to Rav Nachman the succah was </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כשר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, their </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברכה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> was not
a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברכה לבטלה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Furthermore, since it was
obvious and self-evident that Rav Nachman was going according to his opinion in
lodging them in such a Succah, it was as if he had explicitly pointed out the
discrepancy to them, and left the decision whether to make a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברכה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> or not, up to them].<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">It would appear that the Ritva is not concerned about the fact that Rav
Nachman was making Rav Chisda and Rabbah bar bar Huna eat outside of a <i>succah</i>
according to their opinion, and was only concerned about the fact that they
were making a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברכה לבטלה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, if
indeed the <i>succah</i> was <i>passul</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li>Why is the Ritva not concerned about the fact that Rav Nachman was making
Rav Chisda and Rabbah bar bar Huna eat outside of a <i style="font-size: 12pt;">succah</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;">, according to
their own opinion?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ספר החינוך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> says
(mitzva 232)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לא להכשיל בני ישראל
לתת להם עצה רעה, אבל ניישר אותם כשישאלו עצה, במה שנאמין שהוא יושר ועצה טובה, שנאמר
(ויקרא י"ט, י"ד): "ולפני עור לא תתן מכשול". ולשון ספרא, לפני
סומא בדבר והיה נוטל ממך עצה אל תתן לו עצה שאינה הוגנת לו<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The 232<sup>nd</sup> mitzva is not to cause a
Jewish person to stumble by giving them bad advice, rather we should direct
them correctly when they ask us for advice, by telling them that which we
believe to be good and straightforward advice.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li>Since the gemara in Avoda Zarah (quoted above) says that an example of <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">לפני עור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is giving </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">אבר מן החי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to a
non-Jew, why does the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">ספר החינוך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> say that
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">לפני עור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> only applies to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rabbi Chaim Schmuelevitz z”l explains that there are two separate </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסורים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> that are included under the general category of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לפני עור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li>One <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is to give someone bad advice
that relates to practical matters. For example, you may not advise someone to
sell a field if that is to his detriment, and the reason you advised him to
sell the field was only because you wanted to buy it. This </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">הלכה בין אדם
לחבירו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and only applies to Jewish people, as do other </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">הלכות בין אדם לחבירו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span></li>
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<li>The other <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> that is
included in the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">לפני עור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is to cause someone else to do an </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">עבירה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. This is a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">הלכה בין אדם
למקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, in which you are held partially responsible for the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">עבירה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> that you helped to facilitate. This </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> applies to non-Jews also, and you are still responsible for
their </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">עבירה בין אדם למקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>,
regardless of the fact that the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">חיובים בין אדם לחבירו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> do not apply.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Subsequently, when the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ספר החינוך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> says that
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לפני עור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> applies to Jewish people, he is talking about the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור בין אדם לחבירו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of giving bad advice. On the
other hand, when the gemara in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> says that the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לפני עור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> also
applies to non-Jewish people, the gemara is referring to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to enable someone else to do an </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבירה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Since this is an </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבירה בין אדם למקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, is also applies if you enable a
non-Jew to do an </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבירה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Based on this
reasoning, Reb Chaim Schmuelevitz z”l explains the Ritva in Succah as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rav Nachman invited Rav Chisda and Rabbah bar bar Huna into his succah in
order to be </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקיים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הכנסת אורחים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> on
Succos. According to Rav Nachman the succah was </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כשר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and therefore it was incumbent on him, because of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הכנסת אורחים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, to
invite Rav Chisda and Rabbah bar bar Huna into the Succah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The fact that according to Rav Chisda and Rabbah bar bar Huna the <i>succah</i>
was <i>passul</i>, was immaterial relative to Rav Nachman’s mitzva of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הכנסת אורחים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, because since the basis of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לפני עור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for a
Jewish person is a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דין בין אדם
לחבירו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, therefore the judgement of the applicability of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> follows the general guidelines of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הלכות בין אדם לחבירו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and since from the perspective
of Rav Nachman, who had a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הכנסת אורחים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, the succah was </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כשר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, it would have been deemed that Rav Nachman invited Rav Chisda
and Rabbah bar bar Huna into a <i>succah</i> that was </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כשר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">However, the <i>mitzva</i> to make a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברכת המצות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דין בין אדם
למקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and was not part of Rav Nachman’s mitzva of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הכנסת אורחים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. In other words, Rav Nachman did not benefit Rav Chisda and
Rabbah bar bar Huna in enabling them to make a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברכה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Therefore the definition of whether or not Rav Chisda and
Rabbah bar bar Huna were sitting in a succah that was </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כשר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> or </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פסול</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, would be
judged from their viewpoint, because they had the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to make a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברכה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. (I.e.
the section of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לפני עור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which would now be applicable would be the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בין אדם למקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> consideration of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לפני עור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which would follow the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הלכות בין אדם למקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which were incumbent on Rav
Chisda and Rabbah bar bar Huna).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">That is why the Ritva is only concerned that Rav Nachman caused Rav Chisda
and Rabbah bar bar Huna to make a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברכה לבטלה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לשיטתם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and not
that he caused them to eat outside of a <i>succah</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-56754386187986885712019-05-09T20:11:00.001+10:002019-05-09T20:11:34.249+10:00Parshas Acharei Mos - Why is the prohibition to eat on Yom Kippur not stated explicitly?<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The passuk
says in this week’s sedrah (16:31)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שַׁבַּת שַׁבָּתוֹן
הִיא לָכֶם וְעִנִּיתֶם אֶת נַפְשֹׁתֵיכֶם חֻקַּת עוֹלָם<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">It is a day of rest of you, and you shall afflict your souls as an eternal
statute.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If someone does not fast on Yom Kippur, then they are </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב כרת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. However, the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to fast on Yom Kippur is stated in the passuk as a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and it is not possible to be </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חייב כרת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for being </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מבטל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. The gemara in Yuma (81a) provides a source for this </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב כרת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, by explaining that we learn a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גזירה שוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> from the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of doing </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מלאכה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">on Yom Kippur to the issur of not
fasting on Yom Kippur. Just as there is a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לאו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב כרת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> if
someone does </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מלאכה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> on Yom Kippur, so too we learn that
there is a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לאו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב כרת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for someone who did not fast on Yom Kippur. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The gemara asks why the passuk did not state the mitzva of fasting on Yom
Kippur as a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לא תעשה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (so that
we could learn the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב כרת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> directly
from the passuk and we would not require a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">גזירה שוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>), and the gemara leaves this question unanswered.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Nevertheless, the Vilna Gaon provides an explanation for the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to fast only being stated as a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. The Vilna Gaon quotes the gemara in Yoma (20a) <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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לית ליה רשותא לאסטוני, ממאי, אמר רמי בר חמא השטן בגמטריא תלת מאה ושיתין וארבעה הוי,
תלת מאה ושיתין וארבעה יומי אית ליה רשותא לאסטוני, ביומא דכיפורי לית ליה רשותא לאסטוני<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The <i>satan</i> does not have permission to accuse
the <i>benei yisrael</i> on Yom Kippur. How do we know this? Rami bar Chama
said, the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">השטן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> has the gematria of 364, this
denotes that for 364 days of the year the <i>satan</i> may accuse the <i>benei
yisrael</i>, however on the 365<sup>th</sup> day, which is Yom Kippur, he may
not accuse.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Vilna Gaon explains that had the Torah stated explicitly the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of eating on Yom Kippur, then the <i>satan</i> would have been
able to accuse on Yom Kippur also, were the <i>benei yisrael</i> to be not
punctilious in their observance of this </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Since the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to fast
was only stated explicitly as a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצות עשה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, there is no room for the <i>satan</i> to be <i>mekatreg</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li>It would appear difficult to understand this comment of the Vilna Gaon.
Since we know anyway that there is an <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> from the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">גזירה שוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, what
difference does it make if the Torah writes the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">of eating on Yom Kippur explicitly, or
if the Torah allows us to deduce this </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">איסור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> through a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">גזירה שוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The last passuk in Noach says<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיִּהְיוּ יְמֵי
תֶרַח חָמֵשׁ שָׁנִים וּמָאתַיִם שָׁנָה וַיָּמָת תֶּרַח בְּחָרָן<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Terach lived for 205 years, and Terach died in
Charan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Ramban explains:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כשיצא אברם נשארו
משנות תרח הרבה ולמה הקדים הכתוב מיתתו של תרח ליציאתו של אברם שלא יהא הדבר מפורסם
לכל ויאמרו לא קיים אברם כבוד אב ואם שהניחו זקן והלך לו לפיכך קראו מת<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">When Avraham left Charan there were still many
years left of Terach’s life. Why does the passuk retell the death of Terach to
Avraham leaving Charan? This is so that the matter should not be publicised to
all so that people would say, “Avraham did not observe the mitzva of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כיבוד אב ואם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, for he left his father in his old age and went away.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li>Why does the Torah cater here for someone who
will make a superficial reading of the <i style="font-size: 12pt;">pessukim</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> and who will criticise
Avraham Avinu when he fulfilled Hashem’s command?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The gemara says in Kiddushin (31a)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דרש עולא רבה אפיתחא
דבי נשיאה מאי דכתיב (תהלים קל"ח, ד') יודוך ה' כל מלכי ארץ כי שמעו אמרי פיך
מאמר פיך לא נאמר אלא אמרי פיך בשעה שאמר הקב"ה (שמות כ', ב') אנכי ולא יהיה לך
אמרו אומות העולם לכבוד עצמו הוא דורש כיון שאמר (שמות כ', י"א) כבד את אביך ואת
אמך חזרו והודו למאמרות הראשונות רבא אמר מהכא (תהלים קי"ט, ק"ס) ראש דברך
אמת ראש דברך ולא סוף דברך אלא מסוף דברך ניכר שראש דברך אמת<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">When Hashem gave the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עשרת הדברות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and He said </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אנכי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לא יהיה לך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, then the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> said He
has come to glorify Himself. However when Hashem said </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כבד את אביך ואת
אמך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> then the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> acknowledged the truth of the previous </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עשרת הדברות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see from this gemara, that the most
superficially comprehensible mitzva is the mitzva of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כיבוד אב ואם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and because of this, it was this mitzva that persuaded the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of the truth of the rest of the Torah, which was not obvious to
them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Subsequently, if the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> would perceive that when Avraham left Charan in order to
establish </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כלל ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, that this was done in
opposition to the mitzva of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כיבוד אב ואם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, then
they would never be able to understand the truth of the rest of the Torah which
Avraham learnt and taught. Therefore the Torah superficially implies that
Avraham only left Terach after he died, because the Torah is addressing the
superficial understanding of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> who judge the truth of the Torah according to their own reasoning.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">On a similar theme, the medrash rabbah relates that
</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">on
the Yamim Noraim, there is a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דין תורה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> between the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (Vayikra 30:2)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">א"ר אבין משל
לשנים שנכנסו אצל הדיין ולית אנן ידעין מאן הוא נוצח אלא מאן דנסב באיין בידיה אנן
ידעין דהוא נצוחייא כך ישראל ואומות העולם באין ומקטרגים לפני הקב"ה בר"ה
ולית אנן ידעין מאן נצח אלא במה שישראל יוצאין מלפני הקדוש ברוך הוא ולולביהן ואתרוגיהן
בידן אנו יודעין דישראל אינון נצוחייא לפיכך משה מזהיר לישראל ואומר להם וּלְקַחְתֶּם
לָכֶם בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR" lang="HE" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rabbi Avin says, it is analogous to two people who went before the judge
and we do not know who was victorious. Rather the one who comes out bearing a
palm branch, we know that he was victorious. So too the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> come and
argue with each other before Hashem on Rosh Hashanah and we do not know who
won. However from that which the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> come out from before Hashem with their </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לולב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אתרוג</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, we know
that they won.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The judgement between the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> concerns
whether or not the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> deserve
to be singled out as the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עם הנבחר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> who enjoy
a special relationship with Hashem, more so than the other </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. The </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> are </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקטרג</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> that the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> have not
kept the Torah, and therefore they do not deserve their continued status as
Hashem’s chosen nation. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Since the assessment of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אומות העולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of whether or not </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כלל ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> have kept the Torah, and therefore deserve to continue as the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עם הנבחר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, is superficial, as in their assessment of the truth of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עשרת הדברות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>,<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>therefore the Torah is
particular not to superficially accentuate the severity of eating on Yom
Kippur, and the Torah leaves it to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חז"ל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to derive the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חיוב כרת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for eating on Yom Kippur from a <i>derasha</i>.</span></div>
pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-4315745343512223232019-05-09T20:08:00.002+10:002019-05-09T20:08:59.095+10:00Shevii shel Pesach - Pharoh's punishment at קריאת ים סוף<br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The passuk
says (Shemos 6:13)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיְדַבֵּר ה' אֶל מֹשֶׁה וְאֶל אַהֲרֹן
וַיְצַוֵּם אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל וְאֶל פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרָיִם לְהוֹצִיא אֶת בְּנֵי
יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵאֶרֶץ מִצְרָיִם<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And Hashem
spoke to Moshe and to Aharon and He commanded them concerning the <i>benei
yisrael</i> and concerning Pharoh the King of Mitzrayim, to bring the <i>benei
yisrael</i> out of Mitzrayim.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Medrash
Rabbah (quoted in Rashi) comments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>"ואל
פרעה מלך מצרים" – אמר להם הקב"ה: היו נוהגים בו כבוד וחלקו כבוד למלכות,
אע"פ שאני צריך לעשות בו את הדין.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hashem said
to Moshe and to Aharon, “Be respectful to Pharoh even although I must
administer justice to him, because you must honour royalty.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">However, at </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קריאת
ים סוף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, Hashem
said to Moshe (Shemos 14:4)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְחִזַּקְתִּי אֶת לֵב פַּרְעֹה וְרָדַף
אַחֲרֵיהֶם וְאִכָּבְדָה בְּפַרְעֹה וּבְכָל חֵילוֹ וְיָדְעוּ מִצְרַיִם כִּי אֲנִי
ה' וַיַּעֲשׂוּ כֵן<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">And I will
strengthen the heart of Pharoh and he will pursue after them, and I will be
honoured through Pharoh and through all of his army and Mitzrayim will know
that I am Hashem, and they did so.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It would
appear from this passuk, that whereas during the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עשר
מכות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> Moshe was
commanded to honour Pharoh, at </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קריאת ים סוף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> this </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הנהגה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> no longer applied and Hashem
would become honoured through the downfall of Pharoh.</span></div>
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<ul>
<li>Why was
Hashem no longer concerned to honour Pharoh at <span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">קריאת
ים סוף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;">In Hallel we
say</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מַה לְּךָ הַיָּם כִּי תָנוּס הַיַּרְדֵּן
תִּסֹּב לְאָחוֹר. הֶהָרִים תִּרְקְדוּ כְאֵילִים גְּבָעוֹת כִּבְנֵי צֹאן. מִלִּפְנֵי
אָדוֹן חוּלִי אָרֶץ מִלִּפְנֵי אֱלוֹקּ יַעֲקֹב. הַהֹפְכִי הַצּוּר אֲגַם מָיִם חַלָּמִישׁ
לְמַעְיְנוֹ מָיִם.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Why, sea, do
you flee and the Yarden does turn aside?.. Before the Lord does the earth
tremble, before the G-d of Yaakov. Who turns the rock into a pool of water, the
flintstone into a well of water.</span></div>
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<ul>
<li>Why does
the <i style="font-size: 12pt;">passuk</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> say that the sea was scared of Hashem who turns the rock into
a well? Apparently the </span><i style="font-size: 12pt;">passuk</i><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> should have said that the sea was scared
of Hashem who turns water into dry land?</span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אשי
ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> explains as
follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Medrash
Rabbah says (Shemos 23:4)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אמר רבי יהודה בן פזי מה ראו ישראל לומר
שירה באז אלא אמרו מתחלה היה הים הזה יבשה ועמדו דורו של אנוש והכעיסו לפניו באז שנאמר
(בראשית ד', כ"ו) אז הוחל לקרא בשם ה' ועשאו הקדוש ברוך הוא ים ופרע מהם שנאמר
(עמוס ה', ח') הקורא למי הים וישפכם על פני הארץ ועכשיו ים היה ונעשה לנו יבשה שנאמר
(שמות י"ד, כ"ט) ובני ישראל הלכו ביבשה בתוך הים נקלסנו באז שהפך לנו ים
ליבשה הוי אז ישיר משה ובני ישראל</span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Why did the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני
ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> start the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שירה
על הים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> with </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אז</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>? They said, “Originally this
area was dry land however in the generation of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אנוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> when they served </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה
זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, concerning
which the passuk says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אז הוחל לקרוא בשם ה'</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, Hashem then turned the dry
land into sea and drowned them. Now this same sea has been turned into dry land
for us, so we should praise Hashem with the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אז</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">That is why
in Hallel it says that the sea was scared of Hashem who turned the dry land
into water, because since Hashem was the One who turned that dry land into
water, Hashem could also decide to reverse that decision and turn the water
into dry land once again.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In other
words, the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> who came out of Mitzrayim had done <i>teshuvah</i> on serving </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה
זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, as
demonstrated by their </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מסירות נפש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to take a lamb, which was the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה
זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of
Mitzrayim and tying it to their beds five days before bringing it as a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קרבן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. In their <i>teshuvah</i>,
they reached the <i>madregah</i> that existed before the generation of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אנוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">ever started to serve </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה
זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and
therefore the land that had become the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ים סוף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> once again became dry for
them.</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Similarly, the Medrash in Bereishis (4:4) says:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">והבל הביא גם הוא מבכורות צאנו, מכבשים
שלא נגזזו ולא נעבדו ולא נעברה בהן עבירה, וישע ה' אל הבל ואל מנחתו - לפי שהביא קרבנו
מן המובחר בעין טובה, ערב קרבנו להקב"ה, ועליו הוא אומר וערבה לה' מנחת יהודה
וירושלים כימי עולם וכשנים קדמוניות (מלאכי ג'). רבי אומר כימי עולם כימי נח, וכשנים
קדמוניות, כשנות הבל, שלא היתה עבודה זרה בעולם.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Hevel
brought from his firstborn sheep, he brought a <i>korban</i> from sheep that
had not been shorn and had not been served and that no <i>aveirah</i> had been
done with them. And Hashem turned to Hevel and to his <i>korban</i>, because he
brought his korban from the best and with a good eye, his <i>korban</i> was
pleasing to Hashem, and about him the <i>passuk</i> says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ועליו הוא אומר וערבה לה' מנחת יהודה וירושלים
כימי עולם וכשנים קדמוניות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Rebbi says, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כימי עולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> – this refers to the <i>korbanos</i>
that were brought in the days of Noach, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וכשנים קדמוניות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> – this refers to the <i>korbanos</i>
that were brought in the years of Hevel, when there was no </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> in the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We see from
the medrash that if there is any </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> in the world at all, then even
if the person bringing the <i>korban</i> did not serve </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה
זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>,
nevertheless the <i>korban</i> is less pleasing to Hashem because somewhere in
the world there exists </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. In other words, that world in which </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה
זרה </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>is served is not the same as that world in
which there exists </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Since the <i>benei
yisrael</i> had achieved the <i>madregah</i> that existed before the generation
of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אנוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
served </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, therefore it was as if they now lived in the world as it had
been before the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דור אנוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> served </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and it was fitting that the place of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ים סוף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> should be dry land for them,
as it had originally been.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Pharoh, on
the other hand, declared himself to be an </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה
זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, as the
passuk says (Yechezkel 29:3) - </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הִנְנִי</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"> עָלֶיךָ פַּרְעֹה מֶלֶךְ מִצְרַיִם הַתַּנִּים
הַגָּדוֹל הָרֹבֵץ בְּתוֹךְ יְאֹרָיו אֲשֶׁר אָמַר לִי יְאֹרִי וַאֲנִי עֲשִׂיתִנִי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.
Since Pharoh continued in the ways of the generation of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אנוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, therefore for him and the
Mitzrim, it was appropriate that the place of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ים סוף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">should
continue to be sea.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Subsequently
we can understand that the way in which Hashem was honoured through the
drowning of Pharoh and the Mitzrim in the Yam Suf was not through punishment
that was aimed directly at Pharoh, but was rather through demonstrating the
difference between the <i>madregah</i> of the <i>benei yisrael</i> and the <i>madregah</i>
of Pharoh, which reminded people of the punishment that was visited on mankind
as a whole in the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דור אנוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> because they served </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה
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<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-67145887503091830552019-05-02T22:01:00.001+10:002019-05-02T22:01:22.555+10:00Pesach - deciphering the חד גדיא<br />
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Vilna
Gaon explains the allusions in Chad Gadya as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חד גדיא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is Yosef concerning who the gemara says in Shabbos (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דף י', ע"ב</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)</span> </li>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ואמר רבא בר מחסיא אמר רב חמא בר גוריא אמר רב לעולם
אל ישנה אדם בנו בין הבנים שבשביל משקל שני סלעים מילת שנתן יעקב ליוסף יותר משאר בניו
נתקנאו בו אחיו ונתגלגל הדבר וירדו אבותינו למצרים</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A person should never show preference to one son over the other because the
brothers were jealous of Yosef over a two </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סלעים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of fine wool which resulted in our fathers going down to
Mitzraim.<br />
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According to this, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דזבין אבא בתרי
זוזי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> refers to the two </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">סלעים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which Yaakov spent on the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כתונת פסים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which he gave to Yosef.<br style="mso-special-character: line-break;" />
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The cat
which ate the lamb refers to the jealousy of the brothers, who were jealous
like a cat, because Yaakov showed a preference for </span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yosef.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The dog
which bit the cat refers to Pharoh who is compared to a dog and who punished
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for their
selling Yosef.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The stick which hit the dog refers to the staff of Moshe which was used
to bring the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עשר מכות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> on
Mitzraim.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The fire which burnt the stick refers to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">יצר הרע</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which
caused the destruction of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית ראשון</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which was built as the culmination of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">יציאת מצרים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The water which quenched the fire refers to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תורה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אנשי כנסת
הגדולה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> who davened that the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">יצר הרע</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> should be
removed, because it was too strong for people to overcome.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The ox which drank the water refers to the Romans, who are compared to an
ox, and who destroyed the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית שני</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which was
built through the efforts of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אנשי כנסת הגדולה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The <i>shochet</i> who slaughtered the ox refers to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">משיח בן יוסף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> who will overcome the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מלכות אדום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span></li>
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<li><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The <i>malach ha’maves</i> who killed the <i>shochet</i> refers to the
death of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">משיח בן יוסף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span></li>
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killing the <i>malach ha’maves</i> refers to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תחית המתים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Why is the
jealousy of the brothers for Yosef’s preferential treatment the eventual cause
of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תחיית המתים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Michtav Me’Eliyahu explains as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yaakov’s original intention was to marry </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רחל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, however Lavan substituted </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לאה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רחל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, so he
married </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לאה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> first and only then did he marry
</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רחל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Hashem gave children to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לאה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> before </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רחל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> because (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בראשית כ"ט, ל"א</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) – </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וירא ה' כי שנואה לאה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. That is why Yosef, who would
originally have been the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בכור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, was actually
born after </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ראובן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Subsequently, the jealousy of
the brothers for Yosef was caused because Yosef was the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בכור</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> according to Yaakov’s original intentions, which is why Yaakov
showed a preference for Yosef, but the brothers should have had the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בכורה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> according to what actually transpired.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">In other words, Yosef represented the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מחשבה בכח</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, the initial thought of Yaakov to found </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כלל ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and the brothers represented the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מעשה בפועל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, what Yaakov actually did initially in order to found </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כלל ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Due to the fact that there was a contradiction between
Yaakov’s initial </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מחשבה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and what
he actually did, because of Lavan’s substitution of Leah for Rachel, a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מחלוקת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> arose between </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">יוסף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and the brothers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">However the reason why there is ever a difference or a contradiction
between a person’s initial intention to do a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and what a person actually ends up doing when they perform the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, is only because of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חטא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אדם הראשון</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Before
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חטא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אדם הראשון</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> there was no interruption and no inhibition between the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מחשבה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to do a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and the
accomplishment of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Therefore the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מחלוקת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> between </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">יוסף</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and the brothers, both of whom have a rightful claim to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בכורה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, can only be fully resolved when we return to the situation of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אדם הראשון קודם החטא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, in which there is no contention
between the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מחשבת המצוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מעשה בפועל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצוה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, which is
the state that the world will be in after </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תחיית המתים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-84818944389086546982019-05-02T21:58:00.000+10:002019-05-02T21:58:17.594+10:00Parshas Metzora - The order of tzara'as on people, clothes and houses <br />
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The passuk
says in this week’s sedrah (14:34)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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אֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי נֹתֵן לָכֶם לַאֲחֻזָּה וְנָתַתִּי נֶגַע צָרַעַת בְּבֵית
אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">When you come to the land of Kena’an which I give
to you as an inheritance, and I will place <i>tzara’as</i> in the house of the
land which you have acquired.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">When the passuk explains the <i>halachos</i> of <i>tzara’as</i>
of a person and of clothes, the passuk just says that the <i>tzara’as</i> will
occur on the person or on the clothing - </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אָדָם כִּי יִהְיֶה
בְעוֹר בְּשָׂרוֹ שְׂאֵת אוֹ סַפַּחַת אוֹ בַהֶרֶת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְהַבֶּגֶד כִּי יִהְיֶה
בוֹ נֶגַע צָרָעַת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. However when the passuk explains
the <i>halachos</i> of <i>tzara’as</i> of houses it says that Hashem will place
the <i>tzara’as</i> on the house - </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְנָתַתִּי נֶגַע
צָרַעַת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why does the passuk differentiate between the
description of <i>tzara’as</i> simply happening to a person or clothes, and
Hashem placing <i>tzara’as</i> on a house?</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The medrash comments (Vayikra Rabbah 17:4)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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בר אבין ור' זכריה חתניה דרבי לוי בשם ר' לוי אין בעל הרחמים נוגע בנפשות תחלה...
ואף נגעים הבאים על האדם תחלה הן באים בביתו חזר בו טעון חליצה וא"ל טעון נתיצה
הרי הן באים על בגדיו חזר בו טעון כביסה וא"ל טעון שריפה הרי הם באים על גופו
חזר בו יטהר וא"ל "בדד ישב".<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rabbi Huna said, “Hashem does not punish people
first. If <i>tzara’as</i> comes upon a person, first it affects his house, if
he does <i>teshuvah</i> then the <i>tzara’as</i> can be peeled off the wall, if
not then the <i>tzara’as</i> will remain and his house will need to be
destroyed. Then the <i>tzara’as</i> will come on to his clothes, if he does <i>teshuva</i>
then the <i>tzara’as</i> will go away and the clothes will need <i>tevillah</i>,
if not then the clothes will need to be burned. Then the <i>tzara’as</i> will
come on to his body, if he does <i>teshuvah</i> then he will become <i>tahor</i>,
if not then he will sit alone outside of the camp.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">It would seem that according to the medrash first
the Torah should have explained the <i>halachos</i> of <i>tzara’as</i> of
houses, then the <i>halachos</i> of <i>tzara’as</i> of clothes and then the <i>halachos</i>
of <i>tzara’as</i> of people. However, the Torah explains the <i>halachos</i> of
<i>tzara’as</i> in the opposite order. First it explains the <i>halachos</i> of
<i>tzara’as</i> of people (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פרק י"ג, פסוק א'</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>), then
the Torah explains the <i>halachos</i> of <i>tzara’as</i> of clothes (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פסוק מ"ז</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) and then the Torah explains the <i>halachos</i> of <i>tzara’as</i>
of houses (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פרק י"ד, פסוק ל"ג</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>).</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why does the Torah explain the <i>halachos</i> of
<i>tzara’as</i> in the reverse of the order indicated by the medrash?</span></li>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בְּבֵית אֶרֶץ אֲחֻזַּתְכֶם,
זֶה בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (יחזקאל כ"ד, כ"א): הִנְנִי מְחַלֵּל
אֶת מִקְדָּשִׁי גְּאוֹן עֻזְכֶם. (ויקרא י"ד, ל"ה): וּבָא אֲשֶׁר לוֹ הַבַּיִת,
זֶה הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (חגי א', ט'): יַעַן בֵּיתִי אֲשֶׁר הוּא
חָרֵב. (ויקרא י"ד, ל"ה): וְהִגִּיד לַכֹּהֵן, זֶה יִרְמְיָה, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר
(ירמיה א', א'): מִן הַכֹּהֲנִים אֲשֶׁר בַּעֲנָתוֹת. (ויקרא י"ד, ל"ה):
כְּנֶגַע נִרְאָה לִי בַּבָּיִת, זוֹ טִינֹפֶת עֲבוֹדָה זָרָה, וְיֵשׁ אוֹמְרִים זֶה
צַלְמוֹ שֶׁל מְנַשֶּׁה... (ויקרא י"ד, ל"ו): וְצִוָּה הַכֹּהֵן וּפִנּוּ
אֶת הַבַּיִת (מלכים א' י"ד, כ"ו): וַיִּקַּח אֶת אֹצְרוֹת בֵּית ה', (ויקרא
י"ד, מ"ה): וְנָתַץ אֶת הַבַּיִת, (עזרא ה', י"ב): וּבַיְתָא דְנָה
סַתְרֵהּ, (ויקרא י"ד, מ"ה): וְהוֹצִיא אֶל מִחוּץ לעיר, (עזרא ה', י"ב):
וְעַמָּה הַגְלִי לְבָבֶל, יָכוֹל לְעוֹלָם, תַּלְמוּד לוֹמַר (ויקרא י"ד, מ"ב):
וְלָקְחוּ אֲבָנִים אֲחֵרוֹת, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר (ישעיה כ"ח, מ"ב): לָכֵן כֹּה
אָמַר ה' אֱלֹקִים הִנְנִי יִסַּד בְּצִיּוֹן אָבֶן אֶבֶן בֹּחַן פִּנַּת יִקְרַת מוּסָד
מוּסָּד הַמַּאֲמִין לֹא יָחִישׁ.</span><span dir="LTR" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית המקדש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Then the house owner should
come – this refers to Hashem. And he should tell the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כהן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> – this refers to Yirmiyah who was a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כהן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. A blemish has appeared in the house – this refers to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה זרה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. And the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">כהן</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> shall command and they shall
empty the house – this refers to the when the king of Mitzrayim took the
treasures of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית המקדש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. And he
shall destroy the house – this refers to when Nevuchadnezzar destroyed the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית המקדש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. And he shall take them out of the city – this refers to when
Nevuchadnezzar exiled the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to
Bavel. You may think forever, therefore the passuk says that they should take
other stones – this refers to the rebuilding of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית המקדש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The analogy of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">חורבן הבית</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> corresponds to a person who found <i>tzara’as</i> in their
house except for one detail. The medrash compares taking the infected stones to
outside of the city with the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> going into <i>galus</i>. However, according to the rest of the
analogy, the equivalent of the infected stones being removed would have been
the stones of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית המקדש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> being
removed, because this is analogous to the house which has <i>tzara’as</i>.</span></div>
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<li><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why does the medrash compare taking the infected
stones to outside of the city to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> going into <i>galus</i>?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ספר שערי צדק</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">explains
that <i>tzara’as</i> indicates that the person is spiritually removed from the
thing that has <i>tzara’as</i>, which he should be using, but is not using, for
</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודת ה'</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. In the
case of <i>tzara’as</i> of a house, this means he is using the house for his
own purposes and he is removed from the spiritual purpose of his house. In the
case of <i>tzara’as</i> on clothes this indicates that he is using the clothing
for his own purposes and he is removed from the spiritual purpose of his
clothes. And in the case of <i>tzara’as</i> on his body, this indicates that he
is using his body for his own purposes and he is removed from the spiritual
purpose of his body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Because Hashem gives us </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ארץ ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and He
gives us our clothes and he gives us our bodies, therefore </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ארץ ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> our clothes and our bodies naturally have the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קדושה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which inclines them towards </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שמירת התורה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. If a person exerts his own will and starts using his body,
clothes and house for his own purposes, he will first drive this natural
inclination for </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דברים שבקדושה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> from his
body, then from his clothes and then from his house.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Torah arranges the order of the <i>halachos</i> of <i>tzara’as</i> in
the order that the removal of the natural inclination to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דברים שבקדושה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> will occur, therefore we first have <i>tzara’as</i> of the
body, then <i>tzara’as</i> of clothes and then <i>tzara’as</i> of houses. However
because Hashem is kind, he will bring the <i>tzara’as</i> on the person in the
reverse order of what is actually happening, so first He will indicate to the
person that he is not using his house for </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שמירת המצות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, then He will indicate this to the person regarding his clothes
and then He will indicate this to the person regarding his body.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Therefore in the case of <i>tzara’as</i> of the house, the passuk says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְנָתַתִּי נֶגַע
צָרַעַת</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> because at this stage the cause of the <i>tzara’as</i>
has not yet naturally progressed to the person’s house, but Hashem places the
symptoms of <i>tzara’as</i> onto his house in order to be </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מעורר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> him to do <i>teshuvah</i>. However for <i>tzara’as</i> of
clothes and of the body, where by the time the <i>tzara’as</i> becomes visibly discernible,
the spiritual malaise that causes <i>tzara’as</i> is already present in the
clothes or in the person’s body, then the passuk just talks about what happens when
a person has <i>tzara’as</i> or what happens when there is <i>tzara’as</i> in
clothes, because here the physical symptoms are indicative of the spiritual
malaise which is already present.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;">When the medrash compares the destruction of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית המקדש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to a person who has <i>tzara’as</i> in his house, the medrash
compares the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בני ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> going
into <i>galus</i> to the stones of the house being removed from the city. This
is because whether the person is unable to use his house for </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דברים שבקדושה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> because the house has been removed, or whether the person is
unable to use his house for </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דברים שבקדושה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> because
he has been removed from the house, is immaterial. In both cases Hashem is </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מעורר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> the person to do <i>teshuvah</i> by showing him that he is
foreign to the natural propensity for </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קדושה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> that lies in houses in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ארץ ישראל</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and that lies in the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בית המקדש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-1283838661460542082019-05-02T21:55:00.001+10:002019-05-02T21:55:12.560+10:00Parshas Tazria - Space to live in, in עולם הזה<br />
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The passuk says in this week’s sedrah (12:2)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל
לֵאמֹר אִשָּׁה כִּי תַזְרִיעַ וְיָלְדָה זָכָר וְטָמְאָה שִׁבְעַת יָמִים<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Speak to the <i>benei yisrael</i> saying, “If a woman conceives and gives
birth to a boy, then she should be <i>tameh</i> for 7 days.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Medrash Rabbah comments on this passuk<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דבר אחר "אִשָּׁה כִּי
תַזְרִיעַ" הה"ד (איוב ל"ו, ג'): "אֶשָּׂא דֵעִי לְמֵרָחוֹק וּלְפֹעֲלִי
אֶתֶּן צֶדֶק" א"ר מאיר הלשון הזה משמש שתי לשונות לשון שירה לשון דיבור,
לשון שירה על שבחן של צדיקים לשון דיבור על מפלתן של רשעים. למרחוק נאמר על הרחוקים
שנקרבו "אשא דעי למרחוק ולפועלי אתן צדק" אמר רבי נתן מחשבין לשמו של אברהם
אבינו אותו שבא מרחוק הה"ד (בראשית כ"ב, ד'): "וישא אברהם את עיניו
וירא את המקום מרחוק"<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The passuk says in Iyov, “I will raise up my knowledge and say it afar, and
I will attribute justice to my Maker.” Rabbi Meir said, “The word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">דעה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> can refer to either song or to speech. We
sing when the <i>tzadikim</i> are rewarded and we speak of the punishment of
the <i>reshaim</i> (but we do not sing, because<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span></span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מעשי ידי טובעים
בים ואתם אומרים שירה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.)”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">When the passuk says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">למרחוק</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, this refers
to those who were far and who came close. Rabbi Nathan said, this refers to the
name of Avraham Avinu, who is called “he who came from afar”, as the passuk
says “And Avraham lifted up his eyes and he saw the place from afar”.</span></div>
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<li><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why Avraham Avinu given
a name by which he is referred to (“the one who saw </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הר המוריה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> from afar”) simply because he did see </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הר המוריה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> from
afar?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Medrash Rabbah says
(Bereishis 39:1)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span><span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;"><span dir="RTL"></span><span dir="RTL"></span>"וַיֹּאמֶר
ה' אֶל אַבְרָם לֶךְ לְךָ מֵאַרְצְךָ וְגוֹ'" ר' יצחק פתח (תהלים מ"ה, י"א):
"שִׁמְעִי בַת וּרְאִי וְהַטִּי אָזְנֵךְ וְשִׁכְחִי עַמֵּךְ וּבֵית אָבִיךָ"
אמר רבי יצחק משל לאחד שהיה עובר ממקום למקום וראה בירה אחת דולקת אמר תאמר שהבירה
זו בלא מנהיג הציץ עליו בעל הבירה אמר לו אני הוא בעל הבירה כך לפי שהיה אבינו אברהם
אומר תאמר שהעולם הזה בלא מנהיג הציץ עליו הקב"ה ואמר לו אני הוא בעל העולם<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Hashem said to Avram, “Go from your land…” Rabbi Yitzchak said, it is
analogous to someone who was travelling from place to place and he saw a castle
with lights in the windows. He said, “Is it possible that there is no-one administering
this castle?” So the owner of the castle looked out on him and he said, “I am
the owner of the castle.” Similarly, since Avraham said, “Is it possible that
the world does not have someone who conducts it?” So Hashem looked out on him
and said, “I am the Master of the world.”</span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why did Avraham have to leave Terach’s house in order for Hashem to
reveal himself to him?</span></li>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">The passuk says in
Vayetze (28, 11)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם וַיָּלֶן
שָׁם כִּי בָא הַשֶּׁמֶשׁ וַיִּקַּח מֵאַבְנֵי הַמָּקוֹם וַיָּשֶׂם מְרַאֲשֹׁתָיו וַיִּשְׁכַּב
בַּמָּקוֹם הַהוּא<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">And he came to the place
and he stayed there overnight because the sun had set, and he took of the
stones of the place and he placed them around his head and he slept in that
place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">The gemara in Berachos
(26b) quotes this passuk as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">יעקב תקן תפלת ערבית שנאמר
(בראשית כ"ח, י"א) ויפגע במקום וילן שם ואין פגיעה אלא תפלה שנאמר (ירמיהו
ז', ט"ז) ואתה אל תתפלל בעד העם הזה ואל תשא בעדם רנה ותפלה ואל תפגע בי<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Yaakov instituted Maariv as the passuk says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ויפגע במקום וילן שם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">פגיעה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> refers to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תפילה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, as you find in the passuk in Yirmiyahu.</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">It would appear that this
gemara explains that the words </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ויפגע במקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> </span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">mean “and he davened
to Hashem”, following the translation of the Medrash Rabbah (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בראשית ס"ח, י'</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) which
says:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ויפגע במקום, ר' הונא בשם
ר' אמי אמר מפני מה מכנין שמו של הקב"ה וקוראין אותו מקום, שהוא מקומו של עולם
ואין עולמו מקומו, מן מה דכתיב (שמות ל"ג) הנה מקום אתי, הוי הקב"ה מקומו
של עולם ואין עולמו מקומו<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rabbi Huna said in the name of Rabbi Ami, why is Hashem called </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>? Because He is
the place of the world and the world is not His place. As the passuk says
“Behold there is a place with Me.” So you see that Hashem is the place of the
world and the world is not His place.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">According to the medrash
and the gemara, the translation of the words </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיִּפְגַּע בַּמָּקוֹם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is “and he davened to Hashem (who is
called </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">המקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>).</span></div>
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<ul>
<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">במקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> at the
beginning of the passuk refers to Hashem, then similarly we should understand
that the same word at the end of the passuk also refers to Hashem. Nonetheless,
it seems impossible to understand that the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">במקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> in the phrase </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וישכב במקום ההוא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> refers to Hashem?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
</ul>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">The </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ספר מי השילוח</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
explains as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Medrash Rabbah proves
Hashem is </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקומו של עולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> from
the passuk which says </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הנה מקום אתי</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>,
although Hashem Himself is talking in that passuk. How can the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> refer
to Hashem, if Hashem Himself used the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">We see from this that
when the medrash says that Hashem is called </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקומו של עולם</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, not only does the medrash mean that the
space for the whole world to exist in is created by Hashem, but also the
medrash means that Hashem creates space for <i>tzadikim</i> to live in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולם הזה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.
Naturally <i>tzadikim</i> may not be provided with space to live in within </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולם הזה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>,
because their presence contradicts the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שעבוד מלכיות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, so Hashem creates space for them, namely
the wherewithal to be able to live, in a supernatural manner.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Accordingly we can
understand that Yaakov, who was fleeing from Esav and looking forward with
trepidation to dealing with Lavan, davened to Hashem that He should
supernaturally create a “space” within </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולם הזה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for Yaakov to be able to live. Hashem
answered Yaakov’s </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תפילות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, and so
Yaakov rested in that space which Hashem created for him and for his
descendants.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Avraham understood that
as long as he felt that Terach’s homestead was his place, that he would not be
able to recognise that his very existence was a constant gift from Hashem.
Therefore Hashem told him to leave Terach’s house so that he would not feel
that he had a natural means of surviving in his father’s household. Avraham
perceived on </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הר המוריה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> that Hashem
would provide him and his descendants with the space to live in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולם הזה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, just
as Yaakov merited the same gift when he came to that place. Avraham’s merit was
that he saw this place from afar, namely he realised that he had to enter the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">רשות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of Hashem,
in order to be able to live in harmony with Hashem’s Will.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">The medrash quotes this </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">זכות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> on the
passuk of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">אשה כי תזריע וילדה זכר</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, to teach you that in order for someone to merit to understand
that only Hashem provides him with the space to live in within </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולם הזה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, he
must take nothing for granted and he must understand that even his </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">לידה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is a
gift from Hashem.</span></div>
pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-26847652630548662502019-05-02T21:51:00.001+10:002019-05-02T21:51:08.496+10:00Parshas Shemini - Why do we refer to Hashem as הקדוש ברוך הוא?<br />
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The passuk says in this week’s sedrah<o:p></o:p></div>
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הוּא אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּר ה' לֵאמֹר בִּקְרֹבַי אֶקָּדֵשׁ וְעַל פְּנֵי כָל הָעָם אֶכָּבֵד
וַיִּדֹּם אַהֲרֹן<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Moshe said to Aharon, “This is what Hashem spoke saying, ‘Through those
that are close to me I will be sanctified and before all the people I will be
honoured.” And Aharon was silent.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rashi on this <i>passuk</i> brings the gemara in Zevachim (115b) which says<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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אבא א"ר יוחנן מאי דכתיב (תהלים ס"ח, ל"ו) נורא אלקים ממקדשך אל תיקרי
ממקדשך אלא ממקודשיך בשעה שעושה הקב"ה דין בקדושיו מתיירא ומתעלה ומתהלל<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rabbi Chiya bar Abba said in the name of Rabbi Yochanan, “What does the
passuk in Tehillim mean when it says, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נוֹרָא אֱלֹהִים <a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_Hlk4312916">מִמִּקְדָּשֶׁיךָ</a></span><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk4312916;"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>? Do not read</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ממקדשך </span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>(from your sanctuary),
rather read </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ממקודשיך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (from your
sanctified ones). When Hashem applies justice to His holy ones, He is feared
and He is elevated and He is praised, [because people say if so with <i>tzadikim</i>,
all the more so with <i>reshaim</i>.]<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The passuk in Tehillim which is brought by the gemara concludes<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נוֹרָא אֱלֹקִים מִמִּקְדָּשֶׁיךָ
אֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא נֹתֵן עֹז וְתַעֲצֻמוֹת לָעָם בָּרוּךְ אֱלֹקִים<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Hashem You are fearful from your sanctuary. The G-d of the <i>benei yisrael</i>,
He gives strength and wealth to the people, blessed is Hashem.</span></div>
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<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">If the beginning of the passuk refers to Hashem applying justice to <i>tzadikim</i>,
from which we learn that Hashem will apply justice to the <i>reshaim</i>, why
does the passuk continue with a description of how Hashem is kind to the <i>benei
yisrael</i> (and not with a description of how Hashem metes out judgement to
the <i>reshaim</i>)?</span></li>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">We say in the <i>hagaddah</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בָּרוּךְ שׁומֵר הַבְטָחָתו
לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, בָּרוּךְ הוּא. שֶׁהַקָּדושׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא חִשַּׁב אֶת הַקֵּץ, לַעֲשׂות
כְּמו שֶּׁאָמַר לְאַבְרָהָם אָבִינוּ בִּבְרִית בֵּין הַבְּתָרִים, שֶׁנֶּאֱמַר, וַיּאמֶר
לְאַבְרָם, יָדע תֵּדַע כִּי גֵר יִהְיֶה זַרְעֲךָ בְּאֶרֶץ לא לָהֶם, וַעֲבָדוּם וְעִנּוּ
אתָם אַרְבַּע מֵאות שנה. וְגם אֶת הַגּוי אֲשֶׁר יַעֲבדוּ דָּן אָנכִי וְאַחֲרֵי כֵן
יֵצְאוּ בִּרְכֻשׁ גָּדול.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וְהִיא שֶׁעָמְדָה לַאֲבותֵינוּ
וְלָנוּ שֶׁלּא אֶחָד בִּלְבָד עָמַד עָלֵינוּ לְכַלּותֵנוּ אֶלָּא שֶׁבְּכָל דּור
וָדור עומְדִים עָלֵינוּ לְכַלותֵנוּ וְהַקָּדושׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא מַצִּילֵנוּ מִיָּדָם.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Blessed is He who keeps his promise to the <i>benei yisrael</i>, blessed is
He. Because Hashem calculated the end, in order to keep the promise he made to Avraham
in the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברית בין הבתרים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, as the passuk
says, “And He said to Avram, ‘You should surely know that your children will be
sojourners in a land that does not belong to them. And the people of the land
will enslave them and will afflict them for four hundred years. And also the
people whom they serve I will judge, and afterwards they will go out with great
wealth.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And this has stood for our forefathers and for us, because not only one
stood against us to destroy us, rather in every generation they stand against
us to destroy us and Hashem saves us from their hands.</span></div>
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<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why does the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בעל ההגדה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> here use the
Name </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הקדוש ברוך הוא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> to refer to
Hashem (as opposed to the Name </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">המקום</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which is used with the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ארבע בנים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> or the Name </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ה' אלוקינו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> which is used with </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבדים היינו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>)?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Vilna Gaon explains as follows:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Name </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הקדוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, for Hashem,
refers to the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מדת הדין</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. This is
because the word </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קדוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> means separated
(and not specifically - holy). Hashem does justice when He seeks to align people’s
actions in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולם הזה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> with the
correct order for things to happen in, which is determined by the truth that
exists in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולם הבא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Since the
truth which Hashem seeks to align the happenings in </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולם הזה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> with is not of this world, but is rather
the higher eternal truth, it is not always obvious to us in the short term how
the justice of Hashem can lead to the best outcome. Therefore when Hashem
applies His justice we refer to Hashem as </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הקדוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Since Hashem is entirely separated from the influence of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולם הזה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, therefore through
His justice, He aligns us with a greater truth which is beyond our limited
comprehension.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">On the other hand, the Name </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברוך הוא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> refers to Hashem giving blessing and kindness to the world,
whereupon he is called by everyone – </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברוך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> – because Hashem is the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מקור הברכות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">The reason that we call Hashem </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הקדוש ברוך הוא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is because each Name is insufficient without the other. We
believe that Hashem is acting fairly when He applies justice (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הקדוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) because we
know that He is the source of all blessings (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברוך הוא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>). And we believe that Hashem’s kindness is true and can only
lead to good things (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברוך הוא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) because we
know that Hashem leads us towards the eternal and just truth (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הקדוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Because the <i>benei yisrael</i> were unfairly enslaved by </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצרים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, who claimed
to be justified in enslaving them (as you see in the passuk - </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הָבָה נִתְחַכְּמָה לוֹ פֶּן
יִרְבֶּה וְהָיָה כִּי תִקְרֶאנָה מִלְחָמָה וְנוֹסַף גַּם הוּא עַל שֹׂנְאֵינוּ וְנִלְחַם
בָּנוּ וְעָלָה מִן הָאָרֶץ</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>), they understood that justice cannot be understood from a perspective
of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עולם הזה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> alone, and it
is only Hashem’s true justice, which was meted out to </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">מצרים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, which enforces absolute truth and
correctness.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">When the <i>benei yisrael</i> reached this insight, they were given great
wealth, because they would now understand how to use their wealth in accordance
with the justice of the Torah.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">That is why the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בעל ההגדה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> uses the Name </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הקדוש ברוך הוא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> in this part
of the <i>hagaddah</i>, </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הקדוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> refers to
Hashem’s overriding justice, and </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברוך הוא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> refers to the wealth that the <i>benei yisrael</i> were given
when they perceived the truth of Hashem’s laws.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Based on this understanding, we can explain the continuation of the passuk
in Tehillim as follows<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">נוֹרָא אֱלֹקִים מִמִּקְדָּשֶׁיךָ
אֵל יִשְׂרָאֵל הוּא נֹתֵן עֹז וְתַעֲצֻמוֹת לָעָם בָּרוּךְ אֱלֹקִים<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">When we see the fearsome truth of Hashem’s judgement, which can even be
applied to tzadikim, we understand that our timebound understanding of justice
is insufficient, and we must adhere to the <i>halachos</i> of the Torah. In
this case we merit strength and wealth, because Hashem knows that we will use them
correctly.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">This is why the gemara in Zevachim uses the Name </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הקדוש ברוך הוא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בשעה שעושה הקב"ה דין בקדושיו</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>), because by accepting the ultimate extent
of Hashem’s justice (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">הקדוש</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>) we merit the
ultimate </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברכה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> (</span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברוך הוא</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
<br />pchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11244393584007636608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9156653601748591959.post-73410375062021055722019-05-02T21:48:00.000+10:002019-05-02T21:48:00.559+10:00Parshas Tzav - When was Moshe a cohen?<br />
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The passuk says in this week’s sedrah (8:28)<o:p></o:p></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">וַיִּקַּח מֹשֶׁה אֹתָם מֵעַל
כַּפֵּיהֶם וַיַּקְטֵר הַמִּזְבֵּחָה עַל הָעֹלָה מִלֻּאִים הֵם לְרֵיחַ נִיחֹחַ אִשֶּׁה
הוּא לַה'<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">And Moshe took the parts of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איל המלואים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and the matzos from the hands of Aharon and his sons and he
burnt them on the <i>mizbeach</i>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rashi comments<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ויקטר המזבחה - משה שמש כל
שבעת ימי המלואים בחלוק לבן<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Moshe served as a <i>cohen</i> all seven days of inauguration in a white
robe (which he owned himself and which was not a part of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">בגדי כהונה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<li><span style="mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-language: HE;">Why did Rashi only explain that Moshe served as the <i>cohen</i> in the
inauguration of the <i>cohanim</i> and the <i>mishkan</i> on this passuk, why
did Rashi not explain that Moshe assumed the function of a <i>cohen</i>, in
order to perform the inauguration, at the beginning of the parsha?</span></li>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Maharal (Gur Aryeh
ibid.) begins his answer to this question by pointing out that it is not obvious
that Moshe did indeed perform the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for all seven days.</span></div>
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<li><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Maybe Moshe only did
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> on the
first day, and once he had shown Aharon and his sons how the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> was
performed, then Aharon his sons did the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> the other six days. How does Rashi in fact know that Moshe did
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for all
seven days?<o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">The Maharal explains that
Rashi is answering both questions by addressing answering a hidden question on
this passuk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rashi previously
explained (7:30) that three <i>cohanim</i> are required to do the <i>avodah</i>
of a </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">קרבן תנופה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. One <i>cohen</i>
brings the parts of the <i>korban</i> from where it has been cut up, one cohen
places the parts on the hands of the person bringing the <i>korban</i> and
waves the parts together with him, and one <i>cohen</i><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>then takes the parts of the <i>korban</i> and
burns them on the <i>mizbeach</i>. The reason that one <i>cohen</i> does not
perform all three </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> is
because of the rule of </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">ברוב עם הדרת מלך</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. It shows greater respect for Hashem if three <i>cohanim</i>
all do a part of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> than if
one <i>cohen</i> does the entire </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> himself.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">If so, why did Moshe
perform all three </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודות</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span lang="HE" style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>
</span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">תנופה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> of the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">איל המלואים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> and the
matzos himself, why did he not ask two of the other <i>cohanim</i> to help him
so that the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> would
be done by three people?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><br /></span></div>
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<span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;">Rather you see from this
that it was not possible for Moshe to ask Aharon and his sons to help him in
the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> because
only Moshe was qualified to do the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> during the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">שבעת ימי המלואים</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>. Since we see from this passuk<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>that only Moshe could do the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span>, therefore it must be that Moshe did the </span><span dir="RTL" lang="HE" style="font-family: "Arial",sans-serif; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-ascii-theme-font: minor-latin; mso-bidi-language: HE; mso-bidi-theme-font: minor-bidi; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-theme-font: minor-latin;">עבודה</span><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="mso-bidi-language: HE;"><span dir="LTR"></span><span dir="LTR"></span> for all seven days, and not that he
trained in Aharon and his sons on the first day.</span></div>
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