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In last week’s parsha, Moshe complained to Hashem that things were now WORSE for the Yidden! Hashem told Moshe that he shouldn’t complain, Hashem will keep His promises! Sometimes it doesn’t look better right away, but Hashem will always do what He says. “Now tell the Yidden that I am about to keep the promise I made to the Avos, that I will give their children the land of Eretz Yisroel! I will take them out of Mitzrayim, and bring them to Eretz Yisroel!” Moshe told the Yidden what Hashem had said, but things were so hard in Mitzrayim, that the Yidden didn’t feel better by hearing this. Then Hashem told Moshe to tell Paraoh to let the Yidden go. Moshe said, “But even the Yidden didn’t listen to me — how will Paraoh listen?” Hashem gave Moshe and Aharon instructions: He told them to be patient with the Yidden, and speak to Paraoh with kavod. We will IY”H see the continuation of their shlichus in the Chumash for Yom Shlishi. |
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Today’s shiur Tehillim is kapitelach Kuf-Vov and Kuf-Zayin. In kapitel Kuf-Zayin we talk about four kinds of dangers a person can go through. When the kapitel speaks about the people in each danger, it says that they cried out to Hashem when they were in pain. From here we see that when we have any kind of troubles and something is bothering us, we need to cry out to Hashem to ask Hashem to help us. Then, like the posuk says many times, Yodu LaHashem Chasdo, Venifle’osav Livnei Adam — Hashem will show us His kindness and give us everything we need, and we will thank Hashem! See Farbrengen Yud-Beis Tamuz 5727, Tehillim with Pirush Tehillas Menachem, p. 9 |
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In today’s Tanya, the Alter Rebbe explains how a beinoni is different than a tzadik. We learned that the beinoni doesn’t do any aveiros, and when he davens his Nefesh Habehamis can’t even come up with ideas to make him do the wrong thing! So why is he called a Beinoni, which means in between? We said that a beinoni is between a tzadik and a rasha, but it sounds like a beinoni is just like a tzadik! The Alter Rebbe explains that even though the neshama’s love for Hashem can make the Nefesh Habehamis go to sleep, it’s not pushing it away at all — it’s still there, just as strong. After davening, it wakes up and goes right back to what it was doing before. The Beinoni has a hidden love for Hashem all the time, which helps him control his behavior. However, it’s not the strong feeling he has during davening which puts his Nefesh Habehamis to sleep. The Ahavas Hashem he has all day can only stop him from doing aveiros, but it can’t stop his Nefesh Habehamis from sending not good thoughts into his mind! That’s why a beinoni is different than a tzadik. With a tzadik, the Nefesh Habehamis is pushed out of the body (or changed into a Yetzer Tov!). The beinoni, however, can only put his Nefesh Habehamis to sleep at certain times (like during davening). For the rest of the time, he needs to use the special koach Hashem gives him (Moach Shalit Al Halev) to always be in control! |
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We know that there is a mitzvah for boys over Bar Mitzvah to put on Tefillin every day. It doesn’t matter if he is a big Talmid Chochom or can’t even read the Alef Beis. The Rebbe Rashab said that the same thing is with the mitzvah of chinuch! All Yidden, whether they are big tzadikim or simple people, need to spend a half an hour every day thinking about the chinuch of their children. They need to do everything they can — and even more! — to make sure that their children are going in the path of Yiddishkeit. The Rebbe Rashab said this about a person’s own family, that we should think about what we can do to make sure that they are happy to be Yidden and follow Torah and mitzvos. The Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe added something more: That every Yid needs to think every day, not only about their own family, but about ANY Yid who needs to be brought into the path of Yiddishkeit. We need to think about every Yid that is not yet living a life of Torah, and try to see what we can do to help bring them closer to Yiddishkeit. (See sicha Yud-Tes Kislev 5726) |
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Today’s mitzvah is the same one as yesterday: (Mitzvas Asei #107) When a neshama leaves a body, the body becomes Tomei. Someone who touches or is in the same house as the body gets some of this Tumah too, called Tumas Meis. There are many halachos about how a person gets this tumah, and how they pass it on. Today’s mitzvah is to follow all of these halachos! |
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In today’s Rambam, Perakim Vov, Zayin, and Ches, we learn more about Tumah. The Rambam writes about which kinds of things can become Tomei. One halacha is that anything from the sea, like a fish, can’t become Tomei. |
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We learn about people who are working using Hekdesh, like farmers, builders, or Kohanim. We learn that even these people also need to be careful with Me’ilah! The Rambam finishes this set of halachos by reminding us that we need to do mitzvos carefully, even if they are chukim — mitzvos we don’t understand! Mazel Tov! We have now finished Sefer Avodah! |
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In today’s Hayom Yom, we learned what the Rebbe Rashab said about chinuch: Just like there’s a mitzvah of tefillin that everyone needs to do every day, everyone needs to think about the chinuch of their children every day, how to influence them that they should follow the derech of Yiddishkeit and Chassidus. In a sicha, the Rebbe explains why the Rebbe Rashab used the example of Tefillin, and not another mitzvah that we do every day. One of the things that are special about the mitzvah of tefillin is that it is one of the mitzvos where the kavana is also very important! We are not supposed to just put on tefillin, we are supposed to think about the purpose of the mitzvah, that our heart and mind should have bittul to serve Hashem, Shibud Halev Vehamoach. Our thinking about chinuch needs to be like the mitzvah of tefillin! We shouldn’t spend the time just to be yotzei, we should put our minds and hearts to it, and make sure that our children and every single Yid will follow the path of Torah that they are taught. |
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The next bracha we say in Birchos Hashachar in the morning is Asher Yatzar. We say it in Birchos Hashachar for two reasons: 1) In the morning, we are like a new creation, a “Beryah Chadasha!” We are starting a new day, a new avodah. We thank Hashem for giving us this amazing guf that we can use to serve Hashem with! 2) The Chachomim teach us to say the bracha of Asher Yatzar after using the bathroom. Since we aren’t allowed to daven if we need to use the bathroom, and a person usually needs to use the bathroom in the morning, we will probably need to say Asher Yatzar at the beginning of Birchos Hashachar anyway. In the bracha of Asher Yatzar, we speak about the amazing body Hashem gave us, and how incredible it is that it works just right! |
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Our parents are very special. They are Hashem’s partners in bringing our neshamos into the world! Someone who is a partner with Hashem in this important job for sure deserves a lot of respect! We also owe so much to our parents for everything they have done for us, and we have a lot of Hakoras Hatov we need to show! The Torah gives us some rules in how to show this Derech Eretz and Hakoras Hatov to our parents, and here are some of the halachos: 1) If a Mommy or Tatty have a place that they always sit in, we shouldn’t sit there. 2) We should treat what our parents say with respect, and not say things like “I don’t think so,” or even “that’s right.” We can’t just talk to them like we would talk to our friend. 3) When a Mommy or Tatty are in a room with us, that is special! When they come in, we should stand up to show them kavod — at least one time in the morning and at night. 4) We need to give them food or drink if they want it. Are you wondering why a lot of people don’t do these things? That’s because a Tatty and Mommy are allowed to decide they don’t need this kavod, and if they do, the kids can show kavod in different ways. Even if our parents don’t mind, though, we should still try to keep some of these halachos! But here are some things that we always NEED to do: 1) We need to listen to what our Mommy and Tatty tell us. 2) It is a very big aveira to hit a Mommy or Tatty or curse them — even more than the aveira of hitting or cursing any other Yid! And the BIGGEST kavod that we should show for our parents is to make them proud of us by going in the ways of Hashem and living like a mentch — to give them Yiddishe, Chassidishe nachas! See Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deiah siman Reish-Mem |
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לעילוי נשמת הרה״ח ר׳ דניאל יצחק ע״ה בן ר׳ אפרים שי׳ מאסקאוויץ
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The Rambam paskens about the things that Moshiach will do: Moshiach will bring back the Melucha of Dovid Hamelech. We will again have Yiddishe kings, from the family of Dovid, ruling over the Yidden. Moshiach will build the Beis Hamikdash, and gather together the Yidden from all over the world. In the times of Moshiach, we will be able to do all of the mitzvos we weren’t able to keep during the time of Golus! For example, we will be able to bring korbanos again, and keep the halachos of Shemitah and Yovel. See Rambam Hilchos Melachim Perek Yud-Alef halacha alef |
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לע"נ התינוק זאב ארי' ע"ה בן יבלט"א הרה"ח ר' שניאור זלמן שי' גליק
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