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CHUMASH

Parshas Shoftim - Shlishi with Rashi

Moshe Rabbeinu tells the Yidden about the presents that they need to give to the kohanim.

Shevet Levi doesn’t get a part of Eretz Yisroel like the rest of the Yidden.

Instead, they get to keep the presents that the Yidden bring to Hashem — parts of the Korbanos, the Terumah, and the first part of the wool when we cut the hair of our sheep, called Reishis Hageiz.

Why? Because the Kohanim and Leviim work for Hashem in the Beis Hamikdash.

 
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TEHILLIM

135 - 139

Today’s kapitelach are Kuf-Lamed-Hey to Kuf-Lamed-Tes.

In the brachos before Kriyas Shema, we say that Hashem is constantly creating the world with His goodness — “Hamechadesh Betuvo Bechol Yom Tamid Maaseh Bereishis.”

We prove this from a posuk in today’s Tehillim, “Le’oseh Orim Gedolim, Ki Le’olam Chasdo” — “Hashem makes the big lights — because He has so much chesed.” The posuk says that Hashem MAKES the lights in the sky, not that Hashem MADE them before!

This teaches us an important lesson in Avodas Hashem. We need to make sure that our connection to Yiddishkeit is ALSO always like a new thing, like the way Hashem creates the world new all the time. We shouldn’t feel like that acting the way a Yid should is boring, it should always be exciting like the way we feel when we get a new prize!

The Baal Shem Tov explained that we ask Hashem for this in one of the Selichos: “Al Tashlicheini Le’eis Zikna,” “don’t throw us aside in our old age.” We are also asking Hashem not to throw us into a feeling that our Yiddishkeit is old and boring. We ask Hashem to help us that Torah and mitzvos should always feel fresh and new!

 
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TANYA

Igeres Hakodesh Siman Ches

Did you ever ask Mommy for a candy, and she said “If you help me for 5 minutes”? She wants you to deserve your treat. Hashem also wants US to deserve the very special thoughts that we have during davening.

How do we deserve it? By giving tzedakah!

But by giving a nickel to Tzedakah, we’re really getting MUCH more than a nickel is worth! The Alter Rebbe gave a mashal of planting — the tree that grows is so much more and better than the tiny seed we planted!

Today we learn how the same thing happens when we give Tzedakah — even just the nickel we give is like planting a seed! The “ground” is the place where all of the Neshamos come from. When we give tzedakah, it’s like planting a seed there. The big beautiful “tree” that grows are the special things we think about in davening!

This is ESPECIALLY when we give tzedakah for people in Eretz Yisroel — it’s like planting in rich dirt that grows very quickly, so nothing gets in the way of having these special thoughts in our davening!

 
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HAYOM YOM

Chof-Ches Menachem Av

In today’s Hayom Yom, we learn something that will help prepare us for Chodesh Elul.

If a person’s body is chas veshalom not feeling well, what should they do?

There are two things they should do to become healthy:

1) Take medicine to make the sick part of the body feel better.

2) Eat healthy foods, rest, drink a lot of water, and sit in the sun, so the whole body gets stronger, which will also make the sick part feel better!

If a neshama is sick chas veshalom, we should also use the same two ways to make it feel better!

1) Do Teshuvah to take away the aveira that is making the neshama not feel good.

2) Do lots of mitzvos to make the whole neshama so strong that it will be easier to correct the aveiros too!

That’s what we do in Elul! We make a Cheshbon Hanefesh to see the good things we did during the year and make them stronger, and do teshuvah for the things we need to fix.

 
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SEFER HAMITZVOS

Shiur #40 - Mitzvas Lo Saasei #320

Today’s mitzvah (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #320) is the same as yesterday’s. We are not allowed to do any of the kinds of work called melacha on Shabbos.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Yisro: לֹא תַעֲשֶׂה כָל מְלָאכָה

The details are explained in Mesechta Shabbos.

 
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RAMBAM

Hilchos Shabbos

In today’s Rambam, perakim Tes, Yud, and Yud-Alef, we learn many of the Lamed-Tes melachos that we started in the last perek of yesterday’s Rambam! We learn about not cooking, or even putting something near a warm place so it will cook too. We learn about not writing, or cutting nails, or tying knots, and many more of the melachos and their details!

We will finish learning the rest of the Lamed-Tes Melachos in the first perek of tomorrow’s Rambam.

 
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RAMBAM PEREK ECHOD

Hilchos Avodas Kochavim - Perek Daled

We learn about an Ir Hanidachas, a city where a lot of people started serving Avodah Zarah. The whole city has to be destroyed!

 
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INYANA D'YOMA

Melech Basodeh

In Likutei Torah for Parshas Re’eh, there is a famous Maamar “Ani Ledodi Vedodi Li” — about the month of Elul! It is almost Rosh Chodesh Elul, so now is the time to prepare for the new avodah of this special month!

The Alter Rebbe says that in the month of Elul, the Yud-Gimmel Midos Horachamim shine in the world — the same chayus of Hashem that shines on Yom Tov! So why isn’t the whole Elul one long Yom Tov?

To explain this, the Alter Rebbe gives a mashal of a king: Usually, the king is in his palace. If a person wants to go to the King, he needs to wait for a long time for an appointment, and many guards protect the palace and only let in people who deserve to come in.

But sometimes the King comes into the field, where everyone is. He smiles to everyone and helps them with what they need. When the king is in the field, we can just go over the way we are!

The same way, on Yom Tov, it is like the king is in his palace. We need to be prepared, wear special clothes, not touch muktza, and daven special Tefillos to be able to feel the kedusha. But in Elul, the king is in the field — we can feel this special chayus from Hashem even when we’re just doing everyday regular things!

That’s why even though the Yud-Gimmel Midos are shining in Chodesh Elul, it is not a Yom Tov! They are shining in a way of Melech Basodeh, that Hashem is with us the way we are in a regular weekday.

This helps us do the Avodah of Elul, fixing up the way we act even on regular days of the year, and to get ready to have a Shana Tova Umesuka!

 

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TEFILLAH

Hodu (Part 2)

The second half of Hodu, starting from the word “Romemu,” are 22 pesukim from Tehillim. These pesukim include praise to Hashem, and pesukim that ask Hashem to help the Yidden and bring the Geulah!

In Likutei Torah, the Alter Rebbe explains that these pesukim are connected to the Avos!

The Avos were the ones who began the Tefillos of Shacharis, Mincha and Maariv. In davening, we often ask Hashem to answer us in their zechus.

Each of the Avos had a strong koach in a certain midah. Avraham Avinu showed a tremendous level of Chesed, kindness. Yitzchak Avinu had a powerful level of Gevurah, strictness. Yaakov Avinu showed the midah of Tiferes (Rachamim), mercy, in a very great way.

These pesukim in the second half of Hodu connect to these midos. For example, “Va’ani Bechasdecha Batachti,” “I have trusted in Your Chesed,” is the midah of Chesed. “Keil Nekamos Hashem,” “Hashem punishes resha’im,” is the midah of Gevurah. “Ata Hashem Lo Sichla Rachamecha Mimeni,” “Hashem, Your Rachmonus has not left me,” is the midah of Tiferes.

 
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HALACHOS HATZRICHOS

General Brachos on Foods

There are three “general” brachos, that we use for most foods. (Later IY”H we will see that there are exceptions for specific kinds of foods.)

All food fits into three main groups: Food that grows from the ground (like carrots), food that grows on trees (like apples), and food that we get any other way (like chicken or eggs). Depending on where our food comes from, that is the bracha we make!

For juicy peaches, which grow on trees, we make a bracha of Ha’eitz, thanking Hashem for letting us enjoy the food that grows on trees. On crunchy celery, which grows from the ground, we make a bracha of Ha’adama, thanking Hashem for letting us enjoy the food that grows from the ground. For fish, which we don’t get from the ground or from trees, we make a bracha Shehakol, thanking Hashem for letting us enjoy His world, which was all created through Hashem’s words.

See Birchos Hanehenin, perek Alef se’if Beis

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

Hashem Will Punish the Goyim

We have a hora’ah from the Rebbe to learn Inyonei Geulah U’Moshiach, beginning from Torah Shebichsav, and also in all of the other parts of Torah. Here we are learning the pesukim of Torah Shebichsav that tell us about the time of the Geulah. We are up to the sefer Trei Asar, by the Navi Yoel.

The last two perakim of Yoel are about the Geulah, and that Hashem will punish the goyim who hurt the Yidden during the time of Golus.

At the end of the last perek, the Navi Yoel warns Edom and Mitzrayim that they will be punished for killing the Yidden from Yehudah.

The last two pesukim speak about what will happen in the end:

וִיהוּדָה לְעוֹלָם תֵּשֵׁב וִירוּשָׁלִַם לְדוֹר וָדוֹר

וְנִקֵּיתִי דָּמָם לֹא נִקֵּיתִי וַה׳ שֹׁכֵן בְּצִיּוֹן

ViYehuda Le’olam Teisheiv — Yehudah, that they tried to kill, will stay forever

VeYerushalayim Ledor Vador — And Yerushalayim, which they tried to destroy, will last for all generations.

Venikeisi Damam Lo Nikeisi — Hashem says, I may forgive them for other aveiros, but for the blood of the Yidden that they killed, I will not forgive them!

VaHashem Shochein Betzion — This will happen when Hashem rests in Tzion, the time of the Geulah.

See Yoel perek Daled pesukim Chof and Chof-Alef

 
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