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CHUMASH
Parshas Noach - Shvi'i with Rashi
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Even though Noach’s children and grandchildren were supposed to go and move all over the world to fill it up with people again after the Mabul, they decided to all live together. They wanted to show Hashem that they had Achdus.
Nimrod, who liked to fight against Hashem, convinced them that Hashem was being selfish, and not sharing the Shomayim with them. So they have to build a big tower to show Hashem that they can go up to Shomayim too. He also convinced them that the Mabul was a normal thing that would happen again, and they needed to have a high enough building so they would be safe.
The people all looked for a place that would be good. There weren’t any rocks there, so instead they made bricks to build a city and a tall tower.
Hashem looked at the tower, and saw that when they all live together, they all make trouble together! But because of their Achdus, Hashem didn’t kill them. Instead, He made each group speak different languages so they couldn’t talk to each other anymore. Now, all the people moved away to different parts of the world, and they stopped building the city. This place was called Bavel, because Hashem made them all mixed up there, and they couldn’t talk to each other!
Now the Torah tells us about the generations from Noach until Avraham! We don’t hear so much about Avraham when he was a young boy — we know those stories from the Medrash.
The Torah tells us about the family of Avraham, and hints to the story about Avraham in the fiery furnace. We learn that Avraham got married to Sarai, also called Yiskah. At the end of the parsha, Avraham moved away from Ur Kasdim and goes to Charan, on his way to Eretz Yisroel. His father, Terach, moved with him because he did Teshuvah and started to believe in Hashem, but was embarrassed that other people would see. Terach passed away in Charan.
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In the first Maamar the Rebbe said, Bosi Legani, he explains a posuk from today’s Tehillim: “Tzadikim Yirshu Aretz Veyishkenu La’ad Aleha.” “Tzadikim get ‘aretz’ (Gan Eden), because they make Hashem rest (Veyishkenu) in the world.”
In the maamar, the Rebbe tells us that this is OUR special shlichus too — to bring Hashem’s Shechinah into the world to rest here, which will bring the Geulah! We do this through having Ahavas Yisroel and acting in a way of Shtus D’Kedusha.
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TANYA
Igeres Hakodesh Siman Chof-Vov
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The Alter Rebbe is explaining a piece in the Zohar which seems to be saying that the halachos of Torah are mixed with good and bad, and that we won’t learn them when Moshiach comes. The Alter Rebbe told us that this can’t be right, and today explains to us the right way to understand it.
The Alter Rebbe explains that the THINGS that the Torah talks about are mixed with good and bad (Eitz HaDaas Tov VaRa). When Moshiach comes, the not good part of it won’t be there anymore. But the HALACHOS themselves, the way they are in Torah, are FOR SURE always only from Kedusha (Eitz HaChaim)!
All of the Gashmius’dike things in the world come from kelipah. Many of them come from a kind of kelipah called Kelipas Noga, which has a mixture of good and bad. You can choose to use it for kedusha (if you do a mitzvah with it) or Chas Veshalom a person could use it for not good things. (It’s a little bit like pareve food — if you cook it with milchigs it becomes milchig; if you cook it with fleishig it becomes fleishig.)
But the HALACHOS, even the halachos ABOUT tumah, are all part of Torah Shebaal Peh, which the Zohar says very clearly is a VERY high level of kedusha.
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Once a Chossid of the Alter Rebbe, named R’ Yekusiel Liepler, was in Yechidus.
The Alter Rebbe wanted to give him a bracha to be rich, but R’ Yekusiel said he didn’t want that bracha! He said that it would take too much time to take care of the money, and he only wanted to learn Chassidus and serve Hashem.
Then the Alter Rebbe wanted to give him another bracha — that he live for a long time (Arichas Yomim). R’ Yekusiel said he only wanted the bracha if they were not “poierishe yoren” (peasant years) — he said it’s only worth living if he lives like a chossid, knowing about and serving Hashem.
In a sicha, the Rebbe asks, “How can it be that when a person gets a present, especially such a special one like a bracha for long life, that he says he only wants it IF he gets certain conditions?” The Rebbe explains that R’ Yekusiel wasn’t making a condition. He just wanted to say that for him, it’s only a bracha if he lives like a chossid. He didn’t feel that any other way of living is real life.
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SEFER HAMITZVOS
Shiur #182 - Mitzvas Lo Saasei #117, #119, #118, Asei #53, #52
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The first three mitzvos of today’s mitzvos are about the Korban Pesach, and the next two are from the next set of halachos, Hilchos Chagigah.
1) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #117) We can’t leave any of the Korban Pesach meat until the next day — we need to eat it all on the night of Pesach!
We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Bo, where the Yidden are given the mitzvah of the Korban Pesach: וְלֹא תוֹתִירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ עַד בֹּקֶר
2) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #119) We are not allowed to leave over any meat from the Korban Pesach we bring on Pesach Sheini — it needs to all be eaten that night.
This mitzvah comes from a posuk in Parshas Behaalosecha, where the Yidden are taught about Pesach Sheini: לֹא יַשְׁאִירוּ מִמֶּנּוּ עַד בֹּקֶר
3) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #118) We can’t leave any meat from the Korban Chagigah, which is brought on Yud-Daled Nissan together with the Korban Pesach, until after the time we are supposed to eat it. We can eat the Chagigah for two days, so we have to make sure to finish it then! (This is separate from the Korban Chagigah in Mitzvas Asei #52, which is an actual chiyuv to bring. This Korban Chagigah which we bring with the Korban Pesach is optional, but if we do bring it we need to finish eating it on time.)
We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Reeh: וְלֹא יָלִין מִן הַבָּשָׂר אֲשֶׁר תִּזְבַּח בָּעֶרֶב בַּיּוֹם הָרִאשׁוֹן לַבֹּקֶר
The details of this mitzvah are explained in many places in Mesechta Pesachim and Mesechta Chagigah.
4) (Mitzvas Asei #53) It is a mitzvah to be Oleh Regel, to come to the Beis Hamikdash three times a year, on Pesach, Shavuos, and Sukkos! A person needs to bring his sons along with him if they are able to walk themselves. When we come to the Beis Hamikdash on these special times, we bring a korban called an Olas Re’iyah, which is a korban olah and completely burned on the Mizbeiach.
We learn this mitzvah from another posuk in Parshas Reeh: שָׁלוֹשׁ פְּעָמִים בַּשָּׁנָה יֵרָאֶה כָל זְכוּרְךָ
The details of this mitzvah are explained in Mesechta Chagigah.
5) (Mitzvas Asei #52) We come to the Beis Hamikdash three times a year — Pesach, Shavuos, and Sukkos! When we are there, we also bring a Korban Chagigah, in addition to the Korban Olah that we learned about before. This is a korban shelamim, which we are also able to eat part of and enjoy!
We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Mishpatim: שָׁלשׁ רְגָלִים תָּחֹג לִי בַּשָּׁנָה
The details of this mitzvah are also explained in Mesechta Chagigah.
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RAMBAM
Hilchos Korban Pesach - Chagigah
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In today’s Rambam, we finish learning about the Korban Pesach.
Perek Tes: In this perek, we learn the Halachos of how we eat the Korban Pesach in a group.
Perek Yud: We learn many halachos about the aveira of not breaking a bone in the korban. We also learn about the mitzva of bringing a Korban Chagigah along with it. The perek finishes with the differences between bringing the korban on Pesach or on Pesach Sheini!
Now we start learning about the Korban Chagigah:
Perek Alef: The Rambam starts to tell us about the mitzvah of going to the Beis Hamikdash for the three Yomim Tovim of Pesach, Shavuos, and Sukkos. There were three korbanos that Yidden needed to bring, called Olas Re’iya, Korban Chagigah, and Shalmei Simcha. We learned about the first two of these in today’s Sefer Hamitzvos, and we will IY”H learn about the Shalmei Simcha in tomorrow’s first mitzvah.
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We learn why and how the Beis Din would decide that there should be a leap year.
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In today’s Hayom Yom, we learned what R’ Yekusiel Liepler told the Alter Rebbe: That for him, Arichas Yomim, long life, only counts as life if he feels Elokus.
The truth is that all of us, when we say Modeh Ani in the morning, say the same thing! Why do we say Modeh Ani? Because every night, our neshama goes up to Shomayim and Hashem holds onto it.
In the morning we thank Hashem for giving us back our neshama. What do we say? We don’t just say thank you for giving us A neshama, for giving chayus. We say thank You for giving me MY neshama — the neshama of a Yid (not a Goy or an animal)!
This shows that we’re not just thanking Hashem for being alive — because then we could just say thank You for giving us chayus! Instead, we say “Shehechezarta Bi Nishmasi,” that Hashem gave us our neshama — because for a Yid, a life without our Yiddishe neshama isn’t really life.
See Kuntres Inyana Shel Toras HaChassidus
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TEFILLAH
Strengthening Bitachon Through Davening
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What does it mean to have bitachon?
To be SURE and secure, trusting that someone will take care of you.
In order to have bitachon in Hashem, we need to make sure that our Emunah in Hashem is complete. This way we will KNOW that we can trust Hashem.
The Chovos Halevavos tells us seven parts of having proper Emunah, which will help us have proper Bitachon:
1) Hashem has so much Rachmonus! Hashem is the source of all Rachmonus. If someone else has Rachmonus on us, it comes from Hashem’s Rachmonus too.
2) Hashem is good! Hashem is truly good, and Hashem wants us to have good too — even if we’re not perfect.
3) Hashem knows what is good for us! Hashem made us, and Hashem understands us. Hashem knows exactly what we really need!
4) Hashem can do it! Other people might WANT to help us, but only Hashem truly can, no matter what. Nothing can stop Hashem from helping us if Hashem wants to!
5) Hashgacha Protis! Hashem knows about and cares about every single detail of our life. Whatever Hashem does is good for EVERY detail.
6) Hashem is in charge! Nothing and nobody can hurt or help us unless Hashem wants it to!
7) Hashem is the real reason! Everything happens the way it does because that is how Hashem wants it to be! All the things we see and think are the reason are just causes in this world to make them happen.
By thinking about these things when we praise Hashem in Pesukei Dezimra, our emunah and bitachon will be stronger!
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When you ask a Yid how he is feeling, what does he answer? Boruch Hashem!
Yidden are always thinking about Hashem, and are used to mentioning Hashem’s name often.
It is a minhag by Yidden that when we write something, we first mention Hashem. We write Boruch Hashem (B”H), Besiyata Dishmaya (BS”D), or something else like this.
We even do this on papers that have nothing to do with Torah. That’s because, really, the WHOLE world is full of the kavod of Hashem! There is nothing that doesn’t have to do with Hashem and His Torah. By writing B”H or BS”D on a letter, we are reminding ourselves how EVERYTHING is connected to Hashem!
Likutei Sichos vol. 6, p. 190, Shulchan Menachem vol. 5, p. 218
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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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In the Teiva, the animals lived in a Moshiach kind of way! Even animals that usually fight each other and try to eat each other lived next to each other peacefully.
But not only was it like the times of Moshiach INSIDE of the Teiva, it was like the times of Moshiach OUTSIDE of the Teiva too!
How? Outside of the Teiva there was a Mabul covering the whole world!
The Rebbe tells us that when Moshiach comes, the world will also be flooded! But not with regular water, with Torah which is also compared to water.
As the Navi says, “Umala Ha’aretz Deia Es Hashem, Kamayim Layam Mechasim!” The whole world will be filled with the knowledge of Hashem, like waters cover the earth!
Even though the Mabul didn’t last very long, that time was a Nesinas Koach, something that helps us later! The fact that we already had this inyan once makes it easier for us to bring it again, but this time in a way that will last forever!
By doing our shlichus in our part of the world, we will bring Moshiach, when the world will be flooded with the knowledge of Hashem!
See Likutei Sichos chelek Lamed, sicha Parshas Noach alef, Sefer Hasichos Tof-Shin-Nun parshas Noach
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