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CHUMASH
Parshas Pekudei - Rishon with Rashi
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Moshe Rabbeinu was in charge of making sure that the Mishkan was built. As part of this responsibility, he reviewed all of the donations and what they were used for, and made sure that each of the keilim were set up in their proper place.
Later on in the Midbar, this achrayus of setting up and taking down the Mishkan would be given over to the Leviim, with Isamar, Aharon’s youngest son, in charge.
Moshe reviewed the work that was done to make the parts of the Mishkan. These things were done by Betzalel and Oholiav. They had Ruach Hakodesh to do EXACTLY what Hashem wanted!
Moshe Rabbeinu calculated exactly how much of each type of material was given to the Mishkan. The Torah tells us how much gold, silver, and copper were given, and what the silver and copper were used for.
Moshe Rabbeinu also reviewed the different wools that were used to make the covers used to protect the Mishkan when it was traveling.
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Today’s Tehillim is very special! We are finishing the LONGEST kapitel in the whole Tehillim, kapitel Kuf-Yud-Tes! This kapitel is so long that we don’t even say the whole thing in one day — it is split up between Yom Chof-Hey and Yom Chof-Vov!
One of the pesukim in today’s half is, “Sas Anochi Al Imrosecha Kemotzei Shalal Rav” — “I am so happy with Your words (the Torah), like someone who finds a huge treasure!”
The Rebbe’s father, R’ Levi Yitzchak, explains this posuk: He shows us that the first letters of the words “Kemotzei Shalal Rav” are “Kosher!”
What is the connection?
The Rebbe once said in a rally for kids that this teaches us an important lesson in fighting with our Yetzer Hara: A person might think that it shouldn’t matter if a teeny little candy or just a bite of food isn’t kosher. Really, if we don’t listen to our Yetzer Hara, and only eat kosher, it’s like a HUGE treasure! Even just a “small” thing that we win over the Yetzer Hara is a VERY big deal!
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TANYA
Likutei Amarim Perek Lamed-Beis
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The Alter Rebbe taught us that the best way to do the mitzvah of Ahavas Yisroel is to remember that the neshama is the main thing.
When we look at the guf, we see all of the things that make us different, because every guf is different. But when we look at the neshama, we are looking at what unites us, because all neshamos are one!
In today’s Tanya, the Alter Rebbe shows us something from the Gemara that seems to be saying the opposite. The Gemara says that if you see someone doing an aveira, you need to hate him for it!
The Alter Rebbe explains that this is only in a certain case: It is only talking about someone you are friendly and comfortable with, he has to be frum like you, you have to have done the mitzvah of Hocheiach Tochiach with all of its halachos, AND he still has to continue doing the aveira. Then, you need to hate him.
We will see later that even for this person, the “hate” we are talking about doesn’t stop us from loving the neshama. It is only a hate for the not-good behavior.
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Today’s Hayom Yom is similar to the “mission statement” the Rebbe said at the farbrengen where he said the first maamar, on Yud Shevat Tof-Shin-Yud-Alef:
There are three tools, Klei Shareis, that we need to use to go out and bring Yidden closer to Yiddishkeit. They are our love for Hashem, our love for the Torah, and our love for another Yid.
Someone who had the zechus to learn about Hashem and His Torah, and loves them, needs to also love another Yid and inspire him to also do mitzvos and learn Torah.
Deep down, every Yid wants to be connected to Hashem! So if we put in the effort, we have a promise that we will have hatzlacha.
The Rebbe taught us how to make our own love of Hashem and Torah stronger, and also how to share it with other Yidden with Ahavas Yisroel. Shlichus, Mivtzoyim, and the lessons in the Rebbe’s sichos help us to do our job properly and help every Yid come closer to Yiddishkeit!
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Today we learn three mitzvos about a person who (R”L) kills someone:
1) (Mitzvas Asei #225) The first mitzvah is that if someone kills another person by mistake, the Beis Din needs to send him to the Ir Miklat, and he has to stay there until the Kohen Gadol passes away.
This mitzvah, along with the rest of today’s mitzvos, are from Parshas Masei: וְיָשַׁב בָּהּ עַד מוֹת הַכֹּהֵן הַגָּדֹל
The dinim of this mitzvah are explained in Mesechta Makos.
2) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #295) If someone killed another person by mistake, he needs to run to an Ir Miklat. This mitzvah is that the Beis Din is not allowed to take money from him instead of making him go to an Ir Miklat.
We learn this from the posuk: וְלֹא תִקְחוּ כֹפֶר לָנוּס אֶל עִיר מִקְלָטוֹ
The details of this mitzvah are also explained in Mesechta Makos.
3) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #292) The Beis Din cannot kill someone who murdered another person unless they follow all of the rules of having a trial with witnesses like we learn in Torah.
The posuk where we learn this mitzvah from is: וְלֹא יָמוּת הָרֹצֵחַ עַד עָמְדוֹ לִפְנֵי הָעֵדָה לַמִּשְׁפָּט
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RAMBAM
Hilchos Rotzeiach U'Shmiras HaNefesh
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In today’s Rambam, we learn when the Beis Din punishes someone who killed another person.
Perek Beis teaches us the difference if the murderer did it himself or had another person do it. Of course, even if the Beis Din doesn’t kill someone, Hashem will punish him if he deserves it!
Perek Gimmel explains how we make sure that the person really was trying to kill. The Beis Din figures out if the kind of thing they did, or what they used, is usually enough to kill a person.
Perek Daled teaches that only if a person MEANT to kill THAT person in THAT way, does the Beis Din punish him. We also learn how to treat a murderer that the Beis Din is not allowed to kill, and who it is a mitzvah to kill.
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In today’s Rambam, we learn more about how Tumas Meis can spread inside of a house.
One of the things the Rambam teaches is that “Derech Hatumah Latzeis, Ve’ein Darka Lehikanes” — tumah goes out of things, but doesn’t come in. Tumah that is in a container, even if it is sealed shut, comes out and makes the whole house tomei. But if the house is tomei, things inside of a sealed container can stay tahor, because the tumah doesn’t come in.
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In a few farbrengens, the Rebbe spoke about how every Chossid needs to make a minyan. For example, the Rebbe asked Chassidim to make a minyan in preparation for Yud-Tes Kislev, and then for Yud Shevat, in the first year of the Rebbe’s nesius. The Rebbe also asked us to make a minyan in one of the last farbrengens we heard from the Rebbe, in Tof-Shin-Nun-Beis.
What does it mean to make a minyan? Does that mean to go find a shul that has only 9 men and bring in another Yid?
That wasn’t what the Rebbe was talking about here! The Rebbe was talking about OUR minyan.
Every one of us can think of ten people we know well or are close to. They could be our friends, our neighbors, or even our brothers and sisters! They are our minyan.
Our job is to speak to the people in our minyan and help them grow. We can help them do something more in Machshava — to daven better, in Dibur — to grow in their Torah learning, or in Maaseh — to add in keeping mitzvos.
Then we should come to the Rebbe, close our eyes, and tell the Rebbe: Here is the minyan I made for you! Here are their names, and their mothers’ names! And here are the ways they are growing in Yiddishkeit!
The Rebbe says that when we grow ourselves, and help our minyan grow too, that is “Halicha Be’orchosav,” following in the Rebbe’s footsteps. The Rebbe said that this is important for every part of our neshama and for our hiskashrus to the Rebbe!
See Parshas Bereishis, Lech Lecha, and Yud-Tes Kislev Tof-Shin-Yud-Alef, and Tetzaveh (Yud-Alef Adar Rishon) Tof-Shin-Nun-Beis
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The brachos of Shemoneh Esrei are split into 3 parts: The first part praises Hashem, the middle part asks for our needs, and the last part thanks and praises Hashem again. The middle part of Shemoneh Esrei is also split in half. The first half has brachos for each person alone, and the second half has brachos for Klal Yisroel all together.
We asked Hashem to take away the things that are bothering us, but we still aren’t really satisfied. We can’t rest completely until we are back in Eretz Yisroel with the coming of Moshiach! That’s why we say this bracha of Teka Beshofar, asking Hashem to bring back all of the Yidden together to Eretz Yisroel.
What do the words “Teka Beshofar Gadol,” blow the great shofar, have to do with bringing Yidden to Eretz Yisroel?
In the Navi Yeshaya, it says in the posuk clearly that first the shofar is blown, and then comes Kibbutz Galuyos! “Veyaha Bayom Hahu, Yitaka Beshofar Gadol, Uva’u Ha’ovdim Be’eretz Ashur, Vehanidachim Be’eretz Mitzrayim — Vehishtachavu LaHashem Behar Hakodesh BiYerushalayim!” On that day, first the great shofar will be blown, and then the Yidden will be gathered to serve Hashem in Yerushalayim!
The Chachomim made this bracha based on the words of the Navi, so first we ask Hashem to blow the great shofar, and then gather us and bring us to Eretz Yisroel!
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It is a mitzvah that if someone sees another person doing an aveira or not following the way of the Torah, he needs to talk to him about what he is doing wrong. There are many halachos for this mitzvah, to make sure that it is done right and doesn’t hurt the other person.
One halacha is that the mitzvah of Hocheiach Tochiach is only to a friend, someone you are comfortable with, and someone who is frum like you. Any other person is likely to just get angry at you and want to take nekamah.
See the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch, siman Kuf-Nun-Vov se’if Zayin
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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 Shir Shel Yom of Yom Rishon was said with Ruach Hakodesh by Dovid Hamelech, about when the Beis Hamikdash would be built.
He says, “Se’u She’arim Rosheichem,” the gates should open up. These words are said in the kapitel two times! The Ibn Ezra says that the first time is talking about the first Beis Hamikdash, and the second time is talking about the third Beis Hamikdash, when the gates will be opened and it will never be destroyed!
My Prayer vol. 1 p. 215
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נפטר ב' מנחם אב ה'תשע"ג
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