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CHUMASH
Parshas Noach - Chamishi with Rashi
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Hashem promises to never make a Mabul again to destroy the whole world. Hashem shows a rainbow as a sign of this promise.
Hashem had told Noach to have children, but Noach was afraid that there might be another Mabul. Even though Hashem told Noach not to worry, he was still afraid to have more children! So Hashem made a PROMISE with Noach and with everyone and every animal, never to destroy the world again. He gave Noach a sign to see that He will never do it again: A rainbow!
If Hashem sees that people need to do teshuvah, Hashem might send a storm somewhere in the world to show that there are people that DESERVE to get a Mabul. But a rainbow will shine through the clouds and Hashem will have Rachmonus and not destroy everyone.
Hashem showed Noach the rainbow so he would know what the sign looks like.
Why did Hashem choose a rainbow? A rainbow in the sky is made of light shining into a cloud with water in a certain way, that splits up the light into all of the colors. Before the Mabul, the world wasn’t able to make a rainbow — the sun couldn’t shine through the clouds, because they were too thick! But the Mabul made the world more aidel, and the clouds became more aidel too, to let the sun shine through to make rainbows. The more aidel world after the Mabul is also a world where we can do Teshuvah, which was harder to do before the Mabul! Now that it’s easier to do Teshuvah, we won’t ever NEED another Mabul!
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In today’s Tehillim, we have a kapitel that is the Shir Shel Yom of every Sunday, Yom Rishon!
Some of the pesukim in this kapitel talk about the time when Shlomo Hamelech went to bring the Aron into the Kodesh Hakodoshim in the Beis Hamikdash. He asked the gates to open up, “Se’u She’arim Rosheichem.” Just like in a song sometimes you sing parts twice, these words are said twice in this Kapitel.
The Metzudas Dovid, who explains the meaning of pesukim in Nach (it is said that the Rebbeim especially liked his pirush), says that it is also a hint: The two times it says “Se’u She’arim Rosheichem” hint to the two times that the Shechinah rested in the Beis Hamikdash — the first Beis Hamikdash, and in the third Beis Hamikdash. (Because in the second Beis Hamikdash, Hashem’s Shechinah wasn’t there as much as it was in the first, or as much as it will be in the third.)
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TANYA
Igeres Hakodesh Siman Chof-Vov
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In this letter, the Alter Rebbe will explain to us the difference between Torah learning during Golus, and Torah learning when Moshiach comes, based on the words of the Zohar. To understand this, we will also learn many more special things about learning Torah and about the times of Moshiach!
The Alter Rebbe bases his words on a part of the Zohar called the Raya Mehemna, in Parshas Naso.
The Zohar is talking about what is going to happen before Moshiach comes. In Sefer Daniel it says that many people will be tested to show what a person really is like inside. The Zohar says that this is only for people who taste from the Eitz Hadaas, the people that only learn Niglah. But people who taste from the Eitz Hachaim, who learn the Zohar and Pnimius HaTorah, won’t need to be tested. That’s because the Eitz Hachaim has the koach of teshuvah in it.
The Zohar is speaking about the difference between Niglah and Pnimius HaTorah. It seems to say that Niglah of Torah is connected to the Eitz Hadaas, which has tov (good) and ra (not good), but Pnimius HaTorah is the Eitz Hachaim which doesn’t have any ra. That’s why, with the koach of Pnimius HaTorah, Yidden will be able to go out of Golus.
But how can this make sense? How can we say that any part of Torah has ra, not good? There are clear pesukim and quotes from our Chachomim that say the exact opposite! They all say that the WHOLE Torah is called an Eitz Chaim, not just Pnimius HaTorah! And so many of our Chachomim and great tzadikim lived before the time that Pnimius HaTorah was allowed to be learned by everyone, and they only learned Niglah! Only years later did the Arizal say that it was now a mitzvah to spread Pnimius HaTorah! Even the Rashbi himself spent most of his years in the cave learning Niglah! The whole Zohar wouldn’t have taken him more than two or three months to say!
Obviously, it can’t be that this is what the Zohar is saying! The Alter Rebbe will explain to us what the Zohar really means. By the end of the letter, we will understand what incredible things happen when we learn Torah now in Golus, and how the purpose of our learning will change when Moshiach comes.
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A person shouldn’t think that if he has a set time to learn Torah, it’s his own business; and even if he doesn’t, it doesn’t hurt anyone. Today we learn that isn’t true!
Learning Torah makes an atmosphere at home. It brings the feeling of Torah and Yiras Shomayim in the house!
Learning isn’t just for yourself, it is for the whole family — that it should feel like a Yiddishe home!
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Today in Sefer Hamitzvos, we learn 3 mitzvos about the Korban Pesach.
1) (Mitzvas Asei #57) If someone couldn’t bring the Korban Pesach on time, he should bring it on Pesach Sheini!
We learn this mitzvah from the first half of a posuk in Parshas Behaalosecha: בַּחֹדֶשׁ הַשֵּׁנִי בְּאַרְבָּעָה עָשָׂר יוֹם בֵּין הָעַרְבַּיִם יַעֲשׂוּ אֹתוֹ
2) (Mitzvas Asei #56) We need to eat the Korban Pesach on the first night of Pesach, just like the Torah tells us — it needs to be roasted, and we eat it at home, with matzah and maror.
We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Bo: וְאָכְלוּ אֶת הַבָּשָׂר בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה צְלִי אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת עַל מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ
3) (Mitzvas Asei #58) If someone needs to eat the Korban Pesach on Pesach Sheini, he needs to eat it that night, with matzah and maror.
We learn this mitzvah from the second half of the posuk in Parshas Behaalosecha: עַל מַצּוֹת וּמְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ
The details of all of these mitzvos are explained in Mesechta Pesachim.
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In today's Rambam, we learn more about the halachos of the Korban Pesach.
In Perek Gimmel and Perek Daled the Rambam tells us what to do if there is a problem with the korban, like if it gets lost or becomes Tomei.
Perek Hey: In this perek, we learn what to do if the PERSON becomes tomei and can’t bring the korban, and when he needs to bring it on Pesach Sheini.
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Today we learn about the witnesses who tell the Beis Din that the new moon can be seen.
The Rambam tells us that at first, the Beis Din was not very strict about this. Usually in halacha, we assume that a Yid is trustworthy. And even if it turned out that they were wrong, the month started on the date that the Beis Din had set.
But later, certain Yidden tried to trick the Beis Din on purpose. So the Chachomim started to be very strict about the witnesses, and make sure to ask them a lot of questions to make sure they were telling the truth.
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Today’s Hayom Yom the Rebbe took from a letter the Frierdiker Rebbe sent to a person who said he had no time to learn Torah. The Frierdiker Rebbe told him that “Ra Hadavar Me’od Me’od” — this is very, very bad! A person NEEDS to have a set time to learn Torah every single day!
1) It is very important for Gashmius: As we learned in the Hayom Yom of Chof-Ches Tishrei, Hashem gives us the Gashmius we need BECAUSE we learn Torah — “Im Bechukosai Teileichu… Venasati Gishmeichem Be’itam!”
2) It is very important for Ruchnius: Of course we need to learn Torah to know how to keep the mitzvos, and also because Hashem created the world and put neshamos of Yidden there to learn Torah. But besides for that, we need to learn Torah because it gives our neshama the kochos it needs to do its shlichus in the world! It is like food for the neshama!
3) It is important for every person in the family: As we see in today’s Hayom Yom, the father learning Torah makes a difference for everyone in the family! It makes the home have an atmosphere of Torah and Yiras Shomayim.
The Frierdiker Rebbe told this person that if until now he has been busy 12 hours a day with business, from now on he should be busy for 14 hours — to learn Torah at least 2 hours every day! The Frierdiker Rebbe gives him a bracha that Hashem should help him find plenty of parnasa, easily.
See Igros Kodesh of the Frierdiker Rebbe, p. 277
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We are learning the meaning of the Yud-Beis Pesukim, the 12 pesukim and maamorei Chazal that the Rebbe wanted every Jewish child to know. Many people say these pesukim every day after davening or after saying Shema at night, so that they know the words well! But it’s not enough to know the words by heart, we need to know what the pesukim mean, and what their lessons are for us!
The second posuk of the Twelve Pesukim starts with the words “Shema Yisroel.” Shema Yisroel means “Listen, Yisroel.” As we learned yesterday, this posuk comes from the Chumash.
In the Chumash, Moshe Rabbeinu is telling the Yidden to listen. “Listen Yidden! Hashem is our Aibershter, Hashem is one!”
But who are WE talking to? Who are WE telling to listen?
Chassidus teaches that we are speaking to our neshama, which is also called Yisroel. We tell it, “Shema, Yisroel!” “Neshama, you need to understand!” (Shema can also mean to understand.)
What does the neshama need to understand?
That “Hashem Elokeinu!” “Hashem is our Aibershter and our chayus!”
How does the neshama understand this? From the neshama itself — that we know that Hashem blew the neshama inside of us and gives us life!
And,”Hashem Echod!”
“Hashem is One — everything is one with Hashem, and there is nothing aside for Hashem!”
Sefer Halikutim Tzemach Tzedek os Kuf, p. 226
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When we have a choice, we are supposed to buy from a Yid.
But what if it’s harder to shop there?
The Chachomim say that even if it is a little farther to go to the Yid’s store, or if it’s less comfortable there, it’s still worth it to go out of our way to buy from a Yid. Even if the Yid’s store is a little more expensive, we should still buy from him.
If it’s much more expensive (everyone can decide for himself what “much more expensive” means), then it is fine to go to the cheaper store, even if it’s not owned by a Yid.
(This is only for a regular person buying — a businessman who is buying wholesale is allowed to just go to the cheapest place.)
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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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There are two reasons why Hashem brings rainbows.
The first one is what we learned in today’s Chumash, to show that Hashem will never bring another Mabul to destroy the world. Rainbows that come from this reason are not a happy sign — they are a sign that people really need to do teshuvah, and Hashem needs to have Rachmanus on them so they won’t be punished.
The Zohar also tells us another, much happier, reason why Hashem sends rainbows: The Zohar says that when it’s time for the Yidden to come out of Golus, a rainbow with bright colors will appear in the sky. When you see that rainbow, you should hope for Moshiach!
See Zohar parshas Noach 72b and Sefer Hasichos 5752 p. 66 ha’arah 100
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לע"נ התינוק זאב ארי' ע"ה בן יבלט"א הרה"ח ר' שניאור זלמן שי' גליק
נפטר ב' מנחם אב ה'תשע"ג
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