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CHUMASH
Parshas Emor - Shlishi with Rashi
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In today’s Chumash, we are learning about the animals used for a Korban:
To be kosher for a korban for Hashem, the animal can’t have a mum — anything wrong with it. For example, an animal with a broken leg, or a cut, or one leg longer than the other ones, all can’t be used for a korban. We can sell the animal and give the money to the Beis Hamikdash, but it can’t be brought on the Mizbeiach.
If a Goy wants to bring a korban as a present to Hashem, he also can’t bring an animal with a mum.
We also learn that we can’t bring a newborn baby animal as a korban, we have to wait until the eighth day after it is born. We’re also not allowed to bring a mommy and a baby animal as korbanos on the same day.
The Torah also reminds us that we need to eat the meat of the korban on the same day, and not leave it until the next day.
Hashem tells us to make sure to learn and keep the Torah, because that’s the whole reason Hashem took us out of Mitzrayim!
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The beginning of Kapitel Nun, in today’s Tehillim, speaks about Le’asid Lavo, the time when Moshiach comes. At that time, Hashem will punish the goyim for hurting the Yidden during the times of Golus!
The posuk says that then Hashem will say, “Isfu Li Chasidoi,” “Gather to me My righteous ones,” “Korsei Brisi Alei Zovach,” “the ones who made a bris with Me and brought a korban.”
אִסְפוּ לִי חֲסִידָי כֹּרְתֵי בְרִיתִי עֲלֵי זָבַח
Who made a bris with Hashem?
This posuk is talking about the Yidden at the time of Matan Torah. Like it says at the end of Parshas Mishpatim, before the Torah was given, they brought korbanos and made a bris with Hashem. They promised that whatever happens, Hashem’s love for them and their love for Hashem will stay — they will always stay connected.
In Mesechta Sanhedrin, R’ Elazar brings this posuk as a proof about Techiyas Hameisim. R’ Elazar says that we see from here that the Dor Hamidbar, the Yidden who wandered through the Midbar, have a chelek in Olam Haba. It shows that EVERYONE from that dor, even the Meraglim and Korach and his group, who also made this bris at the time of Matan Torah, will all have Techiyas Hameisim and have a part in Olam Haba! There is an argument in the Gemara about this, but what R’ Elazar said became the halacha.
The Rebbe tells us that we can learn a very important lesson from this in our Ahavas Yisroel! Even if we see someone who looks as low as Korach, making machlokes with others, we need to remember that EVERY Yid, even Korach, has a part in Olam Haba! Hashem gives each Yid a chelek in Olam Haba because they are all “Neitzer Mata’ai, Maasei Yadai Lehispa’er” — Hashem is proud of every Yid! This will help us have Ahavas Yisroel for every Yid and help bring them closer to Hashem!
See Farbrengen Yud-Beis Tammuz and Tes-Vov Tammuz Tof-Shin-Lamed-Tes
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TANYA
Likutei Amarim Perek Mem-Vov
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We are learning now how a Yid can come to love Hashem by thinking about the love that Hashem has for us! Hashem took us out of Mitzrayim, and brought us close to Him by giving us the Torah and the mitzvos.
When we do a mitzvah, we are very close to Hashem — but we don’t always feel it.
In Tehillim, Asaf says: “Va’ani Vaar Velo Eida, Beheimos Hayisi Imach, Va’ani Tomid Imach.” — “I am foolish, I don’t feel You, Hashem. I am like an animal in front of You — but I am always with You.”
Asaf was saying these words for all of the Yidden who live after the time of the Churban Beis Hamikdash, when we don’t feel Hashem. Even though a mitzvah should make us feel Ahavas Hashem and Yiras Hashem because of how special it is, during Golus we don’t feel it.
We are like a fool or an animal, who don’t understand what is happening.
Still, “Va’ani Tomid Imach” — “I am always with You, Hashem!” Even though the BODY doesn’t always understand how close it is to Hashem when it does a mitzvah, the neshama does feel it!
This closeness to Hashem is the same by EVERY kind of Yid, from the biggest tzadik to the simplest person. Any time a Yid does an aveira, he is breaking this tremendous closeness to Hashem, which is the same for everyone. That is why every Yid gets the same punishment if he chas veshalom does an aveira.
When we think about how Hashem makes us so close to Him when we do a mitzvah, we will love Hashem and want to do His mitzvos!
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Today is twenty-four days of the Omer!
The Baal Shem Tov said:
Everything we see or hear can help us in our Avodas Hashem!
This is what Avodah is all about — to get used to trying to understand how each thing that comes into our life will help our Avodas Hashem.
In a sicha to the girls of Camp Emunah after they came back from camp, the Rebbe explained one of the horaos we can learn from playing! The Rebbe pointed out that we see that when little girls play, one of their main games is playing house and with dolls.
Even though they are very young and don’t really think about their shlichus in the world, they are already practicing for it! When they get older, Hashem will IY”H give them a home and children to take care of. Now, with the game they like to play, they are already learning how to do their shlichus in the future, and make their home a home that will be the way Hashem wants!
See Likutei Sichos chelek Yud-Daled p. 196
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Today we started a new set of halachos, about if a person hurts someone else, or breaks or ruins something belonging to them.
Today’s mitzvah (Mitzvas Asei #236) is that if a person makes someone else get hurt, he needs to pay him to make up for what he did. (In fact, we learn that there are five kinds of damage that he might need to pay: For the part of him that got hurt, the pain, the doctor bills, that he is missing work, and that he was embarrassed.)
We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Mishpatim: וְכִי יְרִיבֻן אֲנָשִׁים וְהִכָּה אִישׁ אֶת רֵעֵהוּ
The details of this mitzvah are explained in Perek Ches of Mesechta Bava Kama.
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In today’s Rambam, we learn about the damages that a person needs to pay if he hurt another person.
Perek Alef teaches us that there are 5 kinds of damage a person might be responsible to pay, and explains what each of them are. The Rambam also explains in what kinds of cases each of them would need to be paid.
Perek Beis explains how we figure out how much to pay for each kind of damage. One halacha is that the Beis Din can only force someone to pay if he touched the other person, but if he scared the person without touching him, the Beis Din can’t force him to pay, but Hashem will. (“Patur Midinei Adam, Vechayav Bedinei Shomayim.”)
Perek Gimmel explains how much a person needs to pay for embarrassing someone else. There are certain amounts (called “knasim”) for different things they did to embarrass them. If someone embarrasses a Talmid Chochom, even just with words, they are supposed to pay 35 gold dinarim, which is worth over $9,000 today! The Rambam says that we do this even outside of Eretz Yisroel, and it happened many times when he lived in Spain — so be very careful!
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In this perek we learn how a window can be made smaller so tumah can’t pass through.
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During this week in Sefiras Haomer, we are working on the midah of Netzach.
What is Netzach?
Sometimes a person can be very excited about davening! He may have gotten a new siddur, or won a prize for davening nicely.
A person may be very excited about giving tzedakah, after hearing a story about how special the mitzvah of tzedakah is.
A person can feel very close to his parents, like after not seeing them for a long time, and want to do something to make them happy.
When we do something because we feel a love and excitement for what we are doing, we are using the midah of Chesed and Ahava.
But what happens after we use the new siddur for a month, or forget the beautiful story about tzedakah, or we see our parents every day? We don’t feel as excited about what we are doing, and we don’t enjoy doing it as much. But we know that these mitzvos are what we SHOULD do. We should be davening, we should be giving tzedakah, and we should be having Kibud Av Va’em — and so we do it.
That’s using our midah of Netzach! We do the same things as when we were able to do it with our Chesed (when we were excited to do it) even when we aren’t interested anymore. We have Netzach, victory! Even though we may want to read a book or play a game, we do what we know is right… we have victory over the Yetzer Hara.
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In Shemoneh Esrei, the bracha that we say to ask Hashem for parnasa is “Bareich Aleinu.”
(If you look at the translation of this bracha, you will see that it is all about rain and growing things. That’s because it used to be that everyone’s parnasa was connected to farming.)
It says in Hayom Yom that when we ask Hashem to bring bracha on all that we grow, we should have in mind the matzah for Pesach, the esrog for Sukkos, and the wine for Kiddush. When the wheat, esrogim, and grapes grow well, we can do these mitzvos in the nicest way. When the reason we ask for parnasa is to do mitzvos properly, Hashem will surely bentch us with plenty of parnasa.
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Things that are not meant to be used on Shabbos are muktza, and we are not allowed to move them.
There are some times when the Chachomim took away their gezeira of muktza. One time is when leaving the muktza where it is will be a sakana for people.
For example, broken glass is muktza, since it usually can’t be used for anything.
But if glass breaks on the table or where people walk, someone could get hurt! Because of this, the Chachomim didn’t make it counted as muktza, and we are allowed to clean it up in the regular way.
See the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch, siman Shin-Ches se’if Chof-Ches
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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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The Navi Yeshaya said many nevuos about what will happen in the times of the Geulah!
One of the nevuos is about people who have lots of gaavah, who serve Avodah Zarah. When the days of Moshiach will come, they won’t feel proud anymore — they will be very embarrassed! They will throw away all of their Avodah Zarah and run to hide from the glory of Hashem that will be seen in the world.
The posuk says:
לָבוֹא בְּנִקְרוֹת הַצֻּרִים וּבִסְעִפֵי הַסְּלָעִים מִפְּנֵי פַּחַד ה׳ וּמֵהֲדַר גְּאוֹנוֹ בְּקוּמוֹ לַעֲרֹץ הָאָרֶץ
The posuk before tells us that everybody who has Avodah Zarah will throw it away when they run to hide!
Lavo Benikros Hatzurim — They will run to hide in the holes of the rocks
Uv’se’ifei Hasela’im — And in the caves of the cliffs
Mipnei Pachad Hashem — From the fear of Hashem
Umeihadar Ge’ono — And from Hashem’s great glory
Bekumo La’arotz Ha’aretz — When Hashem gets up to punish the Resha’im in the world.
See Yeshayahu perek Beis, posuk Chof-Alef
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