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CHUMASH

Parshas Tazria - Rishon with Rashi

In last week’s parsha, we learned about tumah that comes through an animal. Now we start to learn about tumah that can come from a person, especially Tzoraas, and how to become tahor from these kinds of tumah.

First we learn about the tumah of Yoledes:

If a woman has a baby, she becomes tomei. If the baby is a boy, she is tomei for a week. Afterwards, on the eighth day, the baby has his bris, and she can go to the mikvah. But she isn’t ALL tahor yet — she still needs to wait until 40 days after the baby is born before she can go to the Beis Hamikdash to bring her korbanos.

If the baby is a girl, the mother waits 2 weeks before she can go to the mikvah to become tahor. She has to wait until 80 days are over, though, before she can go to the Beis Hamikdash.

Then, the mother brings special korbanos to Hashem! If she can pay for it, she brings a sheep and a bird, or if that’s too expensive, she can bring 2 birds.

Now we start learning about Tzoraas.

If a person finds white spots on his skin, he needs to go to a kohen to check if it’s Tzoraas.

Sometimes the kohen can see right away that it’s Tzoraas (if the hair in the white spot turns white), and the person becomes Tomei. Other times, the kohen says that the person needs to wait in a place by himself for a week, and the kohen will look afterwards to see then if it looks like Tzoraas or if it went away.

 
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TEHILLIM

113 - 118

There is a posuk in today’s Tehillim, in Kapitel Kuf-Yud-Ches (118) that says “Hashem Li Be’ozroi, Va’ani Ereh Be’Son’ai.” “Hashem is with me, with my helpers, and I will see my enemies fall.”

How can Dovid Hamelech say that Hashem is WITH his helpers? Can there be a helper except for Hashem?

Chassidus explains that the “helpers” are the Gashmius things in the world. Hashem put a piece of Kedusha into the Gashmius things, and when we use them, we get this koach to help us! So together with davening and asking Hashem to help us, by using the Gashmius for the right reason, we also have the help of the sparks of kedusha that are hiding in those Gashmius things!

 
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TANYA

Likutei Amarim Perek Lamed-Ches

The Alter Rebbe is telling us why it is important to have kavana, because as the Chachomim say, davening

without kavana is like a Guf without a neshama. What does this mashal mean?

When we say “neshama” here, we mean the chayus that makes a person or animal alive (the Chachomim are not

talking about the Nefesh Elokis we learned about in the beginning of Tanya).

Really, everything in the world must get chayus from Hashem: Plants have chayus that makes them grow, and even stones and dirt have chayus that make them exist and not disappear. This chayus is in a way the same for EVERYTHING in the world — because the chayus of Hashem in all of these things is hidden in Kelipas Noga. We can’t see that Hashem is in them until Moshiach comes.

Still, even though Hashem is hidden in everything in the Gashmius world, there is a big difference in the amount of chayus they have. The chayus of a stone that doesn’t move and a plant which is only able to grow is very small and hidden. An animal that can run around has much more chayus, and the chayus of a person who has sechel and can do amazing things is even more than that! Only an animal and a person have a neshama which gives them enough chayus to move around.

This helps us understand why kavana makes a difference:

Every time we do a mitzvah, Hashem’s chayus shines on us. The more kavana we have, the easier it is to feel the

chayus of Hashem. So if we do a mitzvah with lots of kavana, Hashem’s chayus shines in a way that we can feel!

A mitzvah that we just do without thinking about it, or davening that we say without kavana, is like a guf — like a plain rock or flower. We can hardly tell that there is any chayus there at all. But when we do have kavana, it is like it also has the chayus that a person or an animal has — like the chayus of a guf with a neshama!

 
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HAYOM YOM

Chof-Daled Adar Sheini

In Tanya, we’re learning about kavana, and why we need to have it.

One time in davening when it is very important to have kavana is when we say Ana B’Koach:

The special tefillah of Ana B’koach has 42 words. The first letter of each of the words spells out the 42-letter name of Hashem! When we say this paragraph, we should LOOK at and THINK about (but not say) these letters.

 
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SEFER HAMITZVOS

Shiur #212 - Mitzvas Asei #102, #103

Today we learn about two kinds of Tzoraas:

1) (Mitzvas Asei #102) When there is Tzoraas on clothes we need to follow the halachos of how they become Tomei, and how they can become Tahor!

2) (Mitzvas Asei #103) When there is Tzoraas on a house we need to follow the halachos on how it becomes Tomei, and how to make it tahor.

 
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RAMBAM

Hilchos Tumas Tzoraas

In Rambam, we learn about today’s second mitzvah.

Perek Yud-Daled: The Rambam teaches us about what kinds of houses can get Tzoraas, and what it looks like.

Perek Tes-Vov: This perek teaches us the halachos of how the kohen decides that the house is Tomei, and how to make it Tahor again.

Perek Tes-Zayin: We learn how people or things can get Tomei from a Tomei house.

Now we finish the halachos of Tzoraas! The Rambam often finishes off a section of halachos with a lesson for us to learn. Here is the lesson from Tumas Tzoraas: Tzoraas comes from speaking Lashon Hara — talking about other people in a not-nice way. The Rambam tells us that this isn’t a Jewish way to talk — Yidden talk about Torah, and Hashem gives them brachos because of it!

 
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RAMBAM PEREK ECHOD

Hilchos Bechoros - Perek Gimmel

Now we learn WHO can decide what kind of mum makes the bechor not good for a korban. A kohen can’t decide for his OWN bechor!

 
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DARKEI HACHASSIDUS

Mivtza Matzah

Giving out Shmurah matzah to Yidden who wouldn’t have otherwise is one of the Rebbe’s mivtzoyim!

The Rebbe tells us to make sure and ask Hashem to help us have hatzlacha in doing this mivtza. After all, we always ask Hashem to have hatzlacha in the things we do for ourselves. We need to ask even more since we’re trying to help other people — we need EXTRA hatzlacha!

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In a letter, the Rebbe writes that giving out Shmurah Matzah is like giving tzedakah:

The Medrash says, “Yoser Mimah Shebaal Habayis Oseh Im He’oni, He’oni Oseh Im Baal Habayis” — when someone gives tzedakah, what the poor person gives him is worth even more than what he gave to the poor person!

The Rebbe says that it’s the same thing with giving out Shmurah Matzah! Matzah brings special brachos to people, like Emunah and health. When we give matzah to other people, we get even MORE of those brachos for ourselves!

Since everyone needs those brachos from matzah, we should make sure to give out A LOT of matzah this year!

See Mafteichos to Sichos Kodesh, Mivtza Matzah

 

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TEFILLAH

Ve'ad Zikna

In the three pesukim of Al Tira, we can learn about three levels of bitachon!

The first level of bitachon is that we trust that Hashem will help us during a hard time. The second level of bitachon is that we know that Hashem is with us even when we are just worried about something.

The third and highest level is that we know that not only is Hashem WITH us, Hashem MAKES everything! With this level of bitachon, we trust in Hashem even for things that are natural. We trust that things will be good even when we get old, when by nature many people feel very uncomfortable. We trust that it will be good even when it’s cold outside during the winter, or when we get tired, which can be hard for us because of how the world is set up.

We know that even in these things that we expect to happen, we can still trust in Hashem, because Hashem is the one that makes all of these things!

That’s what we say in the last posuk of Al Tira:

Ve’ad Zikna Ani Hu — Hashem says, “Even in your old age, I am the same.
Ve’ad Seiva Ani Esbol — Even when your hair is gray, I will still take care of you.
Ani Asisi — I have made the world
Va’ani Esa — And I will lift you up
Va’ani Esbol Va’amalet — And I will carry and save you.

Since we know that Hashem created the world, we can trust Hashem totally to take care of us, all of the time and in everything!

See Likutei Sichos chelek Chof-Alef, sicha for Purim

 
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HALACHOS HATZRICHOS

Selling Chometz

If you “sell your chometz” now, you aren’t actually selling it yet. You are just authorizing the Rav that he can sell it for you on Erev Pesach. Because of this, you can sell your chometz NOW! There is no mitzvah to wait until the last minute.

If your family does not have a Rav that you usually use, you can sell your chometz online at chabad.org/sellchometz. If it’s possible, though, it is best to do it in person.

(Since Rabbonim don’t usually get paid for all of the time they give to answer our shaalos all year, there is a minhag to give them money to thank them for being there to help us. The minhag is to give some money at the time when we sell our chometz.)

See Notes on Pesach and Shevach Hamoadim, Mechiras Chometz

לעילוי נשמת הרה״ח ר׳ דניאל יצחק ע״ה בן ר׳ אפרים שי׳ מאסקאוויץ
שליח כ"ק אדמו"ר נשיא דורנו למדינת אילינוי

 
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GEULAH U'MOSHIACH

How to Bring Moshiach

What’s the best way (Derech Yeshara) to bring Moshiach?

The Rebbe tells us that we should learn about Moshiach and Geulah, the way they are explained throughout Torah:

1) In Torah Shebichsav — especially in Navi.

2) In Torah Shebaal Peh — in Gemara (especially Mesechta Sanhedrin and the end of Mesechta Sotah), and in Midrashim

3) Especially in Pnimius HaTorah — starting from the Zohar, and throughout Chassidus, including the Seforim of the Rebbeim, and especially the Torah of the Nasi Hador, the Rebbe’s maamarim and Likutei Sichos.

See sicha of Tazria-Metzora 5751, Sefer Hasichos 5751, chelek Beis, p. 501

 
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