yikrivu yimei aivel avi...vayugad L'Rivkah es divrei...ki mosnachem alav...
Where was the evacuation plan untill now?! Did rivkah need ruach hakodesh to inform her of eisav's plan to realize that stealing the brachos will not promote brotherly love?!
Also rivkah told yakov "misnachem alecha L'hargecha" - as Rashi explains so sure is your death in his eyes that he already drank the cup of consolation over your death! - why was it so sure?
One explanation of Eisav plan for yikrivu yimei eivel avi, is not just that eisav was waiting for his father's death, rather he was anticipating the eivel - mourning of yakov over their father, since then he will not be able to study Torah & he will lack its protection.
The medrash Rabbah however says that here eisav shemed with patience & a settled mind.
The ramban 25.34 says eisav - as all balei ta'avah, was all about the instant , here & now. he was hurried, rushed & very "advanced".
perhaps we can say untill this point, for all his hatred & anger towards ya'akov, there wasn't much to be concerned about because of his hasty quick decisions. But here Ruach HaKodesh informed her of eisav's words - not just of his desire to kill, but the detailed, long term, thought out, plan.
This was the only time there was real concern - because with patience & yishuv hadas the plan is sure to work. That is why rivakah stressed the sureness of his plan with the fact that eisav already drank the kos tanchumin.
we see from here the value of patience....a long lost art in the fast paced advanced world.
Yet this is a character trait that has been classic of our nation, as we have patiently waited for the geulah. Though HASHEM has expectations of us inimproving ourselves, one ma'alah we've always had. - Af al pi sheyismamei'ah, I'm kol zeh achakeh lo....
Let us not lose this trait & subject ourselves to the 'ahead of the game' rush of eisav. We must learn to keep this midah in ourselves & find ways to instill this rare & precious midah in our children.
YACHEL Yisrael el Hashem...ki I'm Hashem hachessed, v'harbeh imo fidus.
Monday, December 3, 2012
Wednesday, November 14, 2012
Vayeirah
mashchisim anachnu - rashi says they were punished by having to admit (passuk 22) ki lo uchal la'asos davar. Don'tknow why rashi soesnt qoute medrash thatvtjey were expelled from 'mechitzaso' 130 yrs - till ya'akov's dream. - for attributing to themselves. To look at Sandy as superstorm. & not see it as from Hashem is wrong
Sunday, November 11, 2012
Chayei sarah
there is a well known "stirah" between Avraham telling the bnei ches "ger v'toshav", which Rashi explains he claimed rights to the land. & yet in lech l'cha - "vayehi riv", rashi says that LOT's shepherds believed they had rights but Avraham argued that for now (till the cna'ani are gone) it was not yet his to have any claim?
Maran answered 'ein kinyan L'akum b'eretz yisrael" (gittin 47a) to absolve mitzvos but "yesh kinyan" to dig up the land... Meaning that the monetary kinyan over the land & the spiritual kinyan is split.
Similarly, the invauable me'oras hamachpelah wasn't a mekach ta'us b/c Efron only had access & ownership to the material monetary value. (Zohar)
Therefore we can say the cna'anim only had monetary rights so long as they were there... In lech l'cha the dispute was just regarding money grazing in others' fields. That Avraham did not allow. But here the malbim (& others) point out thet Avraham specifically made a public spectacle & numerous announcements that he was purchasing the land for kevurah - this was a spiritual endeavor - both on a personal level & as a lesson for mankind about the afterlife & appropriate regard for the body after the neshamah departs. Regarding this an akum does not own eretz yisrael, & Avraham had a claim.
We see that in one item it is possible to have a completely divided ownership, between the material & the spiritual.
In the aftermath of Sandy the mashgiach shlitah asked me with a tone of critique "nu & what was with our na'anu'im?" - of course Sandy was not a punishment for a lack of proper lulav shaking, but whtever sandy was for, we know that the shaking of lulav should protect against destructive winds.... - so what was with them?
Surely we shook the the lulav as described in halacha, but perhaps it was just the material shaking without "RUACH".
Perhaps we can try to instill positive "ruach" into our mitzvos & even more specifically - we can surely add a good dose of ruach to thanking Hashem in modim anachnu, that we've been spared the brunt of the storm.
May the strong infuence of positive Ruach into all of our deeds prevent any more Ruchos Ra'os from coming upon the world.
Maran answered 'ein kinyan L'akum b'eretz yisrael" (gittin 47a) to absolve mitzvos but "yesh kinyan" to dig up the land... Meaning that the monetary kinyan over the land & the spiritual kinyan is split.
Similarly, the invauable me'oras hamachpelah wasn't a mekach ta'us b/c Efron only had access & ownership to the material monetary value. (Zohar)
Therefore we can say the cna'anim only had monetary rights so long as they were there... In lech l'cha the dispute was just regarding money grazing in others' fields. That Avraham did not allow. But here the malbim (& others) point out thet Avraham specifically made a public spectacle & numerous announcements that he was purchasing the land for kevurah - this was a spiritual endeavor - both on a personal level & as a lesson for mankind about the afterlife & appropriate regard for the body after the neshamah departs. Regarding this an akum does not own eretz yisrael, & Avraham had a claim.
We see that in one item it is possible to have a completely divided ownership, between the material & the spiritual.
In the aftermath of Sandy the mashgiach shlitah asked me with a tone of critique "nu & what was with our na'anu'im?" - of course Sandy was not a punishment for a lack of proper lulav shaking, but whtever sandy was for, we know that the shaking of lulav should protect against destructive winds.... - so what was with them?
Surely we shook the the lulav as described in halacha, but perhaps it was just the material shaking without "RUACH".
Perhaps we can try to instill positive "ruach" into our mitzvos & even more specifically - we can surely add a good dose of ruach to thanking Hashem in modim anachnu, that we've been spared the brunt of the storm.
May the strong infuence of positive Ruach into all of our deeds prevent any more Ruchos Ra'os from coming upon the world.
Monday, October 29, 2012
Lech L'cha
Rashi seems like naturally traveling diminishes the 3 things & therefore Avraham needed brachos. Medrash says mashal like bottle of perfume that only by moving it around can its scent be smelled. - seems like it was natural?
Many ask what was taking so long that our parsha begins w Avraham at age 75?
Rashi says that Hashem told avraham to leave home to make known 'tiv'acha' - your nature. - that's what took long - for avraham's great maalos to become ingrained as his NATURE. - that is why we call them our avos. - the challenges they overcame became part of their - & our d.n.a.
For someone who's ma'alos are not yet his teva, travel will further shake them from becoming established. However now - @ 75 when they became Avraham's teva, then like the perfume the aroma will be noticed by all & not diminished.
So rashi says Hashem assured avaraham with the blessing that these ma'alos will grow & not leave him. - a bracha only brings out the natural quality that's already there.
One ma'aloh the medrash says about avraham is that he was 'om ani choma' - he withstood all the currents of the world that were against him.
Thae character that we inherit from the avos is in our nature & needs little effort to bring into action.
B'cha chosmin' - with your zechus will be the closing statement & geulah.
now in the dor of ikvisah d'mishicha - we must be aware & use the ma'alah of chomah - let's keep the commitments we made of blocking, limiting & filtering the world wide web out of our lives. It is possible. Bazeh nizkeh Lachtom.
Many ask what was taking so long that our parsha begins w Avraham at age 75?
Rashi says that Hashem told avraham to leave home to make known 'tiv'acha' - your nature. - that's what took long - for avraham's great maalos to become ingrained as his NATURE. - that is why we call them our avos. - the challenges they overcame became part of their - & our d.n.a.
For someone who's ma'alos are not yet his teva, travel will further shake them from becoming established. However now - @ 75 when they became Avraham's teva, then like the perfume the aroma will be noticed by all & not diminished.
So rashi says Hashem assured avaraham with the blessing that these ma'alos will grow & not leave him. - a bracha only brings out the natural quality that's already there.
One ma'aloh the medrash says about avraham is that he was 'om ani choma' - he withstood all the currents of the world that were against him.
Thae character that we inherit from the avos is in our nature & needs little effort to bring into action.
B'cha chosmin' - with your zechus will be the closing statement & geulah.
now in the dor of ikvisah d'mishicha - we must be aware & use the ma'alah of chomah - let's keep the commitments we made of blocking, limiting & filtering the world wide web out of our lives. It is possible. Bazeh nizkeh Lachtom.
Saturday, October 20, 2012
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Sunday, August 19, 2012
Re'eh
E. Nussbaum said from his father not to use a cerain shochet based on his children not being on the right track. - if all kids are like that something's missing in father, & choshesh that his sensitivity to feel the chalaf is lost.
the Maggid meishorim explains what re'eh - seeing the blessing means & why the 1st passuk in re'eh starts in singular & ends L'fneichem - plural.
He says that brachah is an entity that exists, not just an occurrence & one with very good eyes can actually see it! So Moshe was telling the few individuals (in singular tense) with 'good
eyesight' to look & actually see the bracha & k'llalah that is being placed before ALL of kllal yisrael (plural tense) on har grizim & har eival.
Shechitah needs a very sensitive nail to make sure the tool that makes an animal appropriate to become one with man is smooth with no bumps to caus the animal pain in the process.
Presumably, that sensitivity is dependant on one's level of purity in bein adam LaMakom.
As R' Yisrael Salanter said, bein adam L'chaveiroh is a lot harder than bein adom LaMakom.
How much more carful must we be then to retain the sensitivity needed to be aware & avoid any sharp painful 'bumps' when bonding people into one!
Creating true ahava achva shalom & rei'us is an extremely delicate surgery & we owe tremendous hakoras hatov to those who bring people together as they skillfully make sure all is smooth.
Part of what's needed for the people themselves to bond, is a good measure of light heartedness & humor so that not every nuance should cause pain & we should not be oversensitive.
the Maggid meishorim explains what re'eh - seeing the blessing means & why the 1st passuk in re'eh starts in singular & ends L'fneichem - plural.
He says that brachah is an entity that exists, not just an occurrence & one with very good eyes can actually see it! So Moshe was telling the few individuals (in singular tense) with 'good
eyesight' to look & actually see the bracha & k'llalah that is being placed before ALL of kllal yisrael (plural tense) on har grizim & har eival.
Shechitah needs a very sensitive nail to make sure the tool that makes an animal appropriate to become one with man is smooth with no bumps to caus the animal pain in the process.
Presumably, that sensitivity is dependant on one's level of purity in bein adam LaMakom.
As R' Yisrael Salanter said, bein adam L'chaveiroh is a lot harder than bein adom LaMakom.
How much more carful must we be then to retain the sensitivity needed to be aware & avoid any sharp painful 'bumps' when bonding people into one!
Creating true ahava achva shalom & rei'us is an extremely delicate surgery & we owe tremendous hakoras hatov to those who bring people together as they skillfully make sure all is smooth.
Part of what's needed for the people themselves to bond, is a good measure of light heartedness & humor so that not every nuance should cause pain & we should not be oversensitive.
Saturday, August 11, 2012
Eikev
Eikev. Baruch mikol amim...v'heisir kol choli.
obviously if so blessed then no choli?!
B.m. 107 -ayin ra 99/100 rov/kol.
Simple - you'll be blessed above all & Hashem will still make sure no ayin hora.
But drush...
darash moshe -vayar'ivecha...mann. Their complaint of hunger brought the mann. They could've been like their clothing which since they never wxpreased concern Hashem didn't have to replenish, rather it grew & refreshed..their bodies could've been higher level than mann!
We see that we can limit our level by thinking limited.
Medrash halacha brings tos ry''d in b.k. That one's ayin ra on himself can be more powerful than others upon him!
M.h. Also brings kesef mishneh (brachos 1.13) & yerushalmi baruch tihyeh mikol amim.. Answer amen to goy's brachah to you.
If so - when you are open to brachah so much that even accept from goy, then you won't make ayin ra on self!
Think big. Harchev picha..
obviously if so blessed then no choli?!
B.m. 107 -ayin ra 99/100 rov/kol.
Simple - you'll be blessed above all & Hashem will still make sure no ayin hora.
But drush...
darash moshe -vayar'ivecha...mann. Their complaint of hunger brought the mann. They could've been like their clothing which since they never wxpreased concern Hashem didn't have to replenish, rather it grew & refreshed..their bodies could've been higher level than mann!
We see that we can limit our level by thinking limited.
Medrash halacha brings tos ry''d in b.k. That one's ayin ra on himself can be more powerful than others upon him!
M.h. Also brings kesef mishneh (brachos 1.13) & yerushalmi baruch tihyeh mikol amim.. Answer amen to goy's brachah to you.
If so - when you are open to brachah so much that even accept from goy, then you won't make ayin ra on self!
Think big. Harchev picha..
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Balak
bilam had 1 redeeming quality, his 1 blind eye -acc to the be'sht - targum says shapir chazi (see aish dus) but what quality did balak have to have a parshah in his name?
Maharil asks why satart vayar balak then switch to moav...
grach asks why not say melech right away
maharil saw what yidden did & SAW moav's fear, yiush, & comment that we're lost b/c we don't even have a king -just a 'temp'. this lack of confidence the nation had in him drove him.....
Grach says he saw before he became king what yidden did & told moav ....then they appointed him...
Mishlei 24 echezeh, ashis libim ra'isi, lakachti mussar. Meraglim got to step 3 - ra'u - but 'lo lakchu mussar'.
Balak was roeh es hanolad, as opposed to bilam. All the messages fell on deaf ears to bilam, but balak internalized & acted upon what he saw! That's a huge ma'alah.
we know the message of yimei bein hamitzarim - the three weeks, but we have to apply it loke'ach mussar.
Maharil asks why satart vayar balak then switch to moav...
grach asks why not say melech right away
maharil saw what yidden did & SAW moav's fear, yiush, & comment that we're lost b/c we don't even have a king -just a 'temp'. this lack of confidence the nation had in him drove him.....
Grach says he saw before he became king what yidden did & told moav ....then they appointed him...
Mishlei 24 echezeh, ashis libim ra'isi, lakachti mussar. Meraglim got to step 3 - ra'u - but 'lo lakchu mussar'.
Balak was roeh es hanolad, as opposed to bilam. All the messages fell on deaf ears to bilam, but balak internalized & acted upon what he saw! That's a huge ma'alah.
we know the message of yimei bein hamitzarim - the three weeks, but we have to apply it loke'ach mussar.
Balak
avos 3 midos define the talmidim of Avraham & L'havdil, Bilam. What's the diff betwween them? Their reward.
Only 3 midos?! They're not distinguishable - just by reward?!
In act they may be simolar but in the long run whta defines who they are & what's thei 'constant' - its these 3 not outwardly discernable midos.
Maharal - lev tov is genrous. Ayin tov wants others to be blessed with all.
if so - ayin ra here can't mean stingy, b/c that's evident. Must mean 'evil eye'.
Merubah midah tovah.. During bein hamotzarim, work on ayin tov...
Only 3 midos?! They're not distinguishable - just by reward?!
In act they may be simolar but in the long run whta defines who they are & what's thei 'constant' - its these 3 not outwardly discernable midos.
Maharal - lev tov is genrous. Ayin tov wants others to be blessed with all.
if so - ayin ra here can't mean stingy, b/c that's evident. Must mean 'evil eye'.
Merubah midah tovah.. During bein hamotzarim, work on ayin tov...
Tuesday, July 3, 2012
Bhar
onaas devarim rashi says giving bad advice. isn't that lifney iver? Also this is not like any cases in the gemarah? also why did rashi give 2 - don't agitate him & advice?
maharal aggados b.m. 58b "how much is this" is prime example of ona'ah which means to denegrate the worth of another tzelem elokim. Abusing him for your boredom is treating him like an object. The chidush is that the Other examples are ALSO onaah. b/c even though the words may hurt him he still has value as human just LESS b/c of old ma'asim..
Rashi didn't really say BAD advice, rather advice for the good of the advisor so its not lifnei iver 'michshol' . rather ona'ah. Offering advice for another as if to help him when it is actually for self, is
abusing, denegrading & taking advantage of the seeker's lack of wisdom.
maharal aggados b.m. 58b "how much is this" is prime example of ona'ah which means to denegrate the worth of another tzelem elokim. Abusing him for your boredom is treating him like an object. The chidush is that the Other examples are ALSO onaah. b/c even though the words may hurt him he still has value as human just LESS b/c of old ma'asim..
Rashi didn't really say BAD advice, rather advice for the good of the advisor so its not lifnei iver 'michshol' . rather ona'ah. Offering advice for another as if to help him when it is actually for self, is
abusing, denegrading & taking advantage of the seeker's lack of wisdom.
Monday, July 2, 2012
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Monday, May 14, 2012
Avos 4:2
3 kesarim. Gr"yz said be creful of common misinterpretation.
kesser torah... shem tov - 4th!?
many praiseworthy middos in avos why are these 3 called 'crowns'? & to the exclusion of what?
see rashi & rambam.
Kesser sets one apart. Zer - like zar - estranges from others. me'urav bein habrios is very important. But Lo yitama ba'al b'amav - see targum, sforno, & ramban see da'as torah. Status level can't be sacrificed by being one of the boys. Maran - L'kach nivcharta elevated level of who you are demands up to mesirus nefesh!
kesser od these separates - theyestange somewhat & s Me'iri write the 1/64 of ga'avah. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ELEVATED STATUS through shem tov alone!!! Rather through the others
kesser torah... shem tov - 4th!?
many praiseworthy middos in avos why are these 3 called 'crowns'? & to the exclusion of what?
see rashi & rambam.
Kesser sets one apart. Zer - like zar - estranges from others. me'urav bein habrios is very important. But Lo yitama ba'al b'amav - see targum, sforno, & ramban see da'as torah. Status level can't be sacrificed by being one of the boys. Maran - L'kach nivcharta elevated level of who you are demands up to mesirus nefesh!
kesser od these separates - theyestange somewhat & s Me'iri write the 1/64 of ga'avah. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS ELEVATED STATUS through shem tov alone!!! Rather through the others
Sunday, May 13, 2012
Emor sefirah
ramban - end of sukkos - atzeres- speaks in riddles about days of sefirah... yesod v'shoresh says don't bother with kavonos, too deep for most. Rather be aware the words you're about to say do tremendous things....
This shows that the power of speech - even without even understanding what's going on - has huge effects! Kal v'chomer when we do understand - words of tefilah, chizuk or pain....
This shows that the power of speech - even without even understanding what's going on - has huge effects! Kal v'chomer when we do understand - words of tefilah, chizuk or pain....
Emor
gedolim for k'tanim - intro to lag b'omer shabbos 33b is k'tanim taking place of tzadikom... Achrei mos kedoshim - emor - to k'tanim. Aznaim L'torah - 'gedolim' (doesn't say avos L'banim) can recognize the precious value of our children.
Avos
R' akiva starts series with syagim - he followed 1st mishah. - misunim - he began at 40. He'emidu talmidim harbeh - 24,000. But after all that - no investment is safe. 'asu syag L'Torah.....
Avos
R' akiva schok v'kalus margilin. R' yonah - whole mishna syagim - means kpved & yirah syag L'ervah, - but didn't say it?! (R' Y. Emden) syag means safety cushion. For ervah there is none. Constant need for koved & yirah. No safe relaxed zone. Safety for wealth? has 100 wants 200? - chasam sofer if give maaser, it will provide sense of sameach b'chelko. Safety for prishus see R' Yonah. Safety for chochmah - retain & don't spill all your contents (similar to chassid ya'avetz)
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