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CHUMASH

Parshas Tazria - Shlishi with Rashi

Today we are learning more about Tzoraas.

If a person gets a spot that could be tzoraas on a part of his body that was hurt before (like if it was bruised or swollen), then the kohen follows the same rules to see if it is tzoraas. If it has white hair the person is tomei; and if the spot becomes bigger or grows white hair after a week, he is tomei.

There is one difference with this kind of tzoraas, which is on a place that was hurt before: If healthy skin grows inside the white spot, it doesn’t mean it’s tzoraas.

TEHILLIM

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Today we are starting the Sefer Tehillim, from Kapitel Alef!

In Kapitel Daled (the kapitel you say if you are 3) there is a posuk (which also has a Chassidishe Niggun that goes to the words): “Zivchu Zivchei Tzedek, Uvitchu El Hashem!” It talks about bringing korbanos to Hashem, like we are learning about in Chumash!

Another posuk that you probably know is in Kapitel Hey: “Va’ani BeRov Chasdecha Avo Veisecha...” We say this posuk in Mah Tovu. It means that we come to Hashem’s house (like a shul) to daven and thank Him! That’s why we say this posuk at the beginning of davening.

TANYA

Likutei Amarim Perek Lamed-Tes

The neshamos of very great tzadikim are always (even when they’re alive in this world) living in the world of Atzilus. They see the world the way Hashem sees it — that nothing is separate from Hashem!

For the rest of us, we can’t feel this way all the time. But at special times, even regular neshamos can feel that there is nothing that exists aside for Hashem. One of those times is during Shmoneh Esrei!

HAYOM YOM

Alef Nisan

We don’t say Tachanun the whole month of Nissan!

During the first two weeks of Nisan, we say the “Nasi” every day.

A Nasi means a prince, the head of a Shevet. Each Nasi was the leader of his own Shevet. For the Chanukas Hamishkan, each Nasi brought special presents to the Mishkan. Each Nasi took a turn on one day of Nisan, and on that day we read about their korban. Shevet Levi was not part of these korbanos.

After reading the Nasi, we say a Yehi Ratzon afterwards, saying that “If I am from that Shevet, I should get all of the kedusha that was brought down through that korban.”

The Rebbe Rashab told his brother-in-law, R’ Moshe Horenstein, who was a kohen, to say the Yehi Ratzon anyway, even though a kohen KNOWS he’s from Shevet Levi, who doesn’t have one of these Korbanos! This is because really every Yid is connected, through something called “ibur.” Even if you’re not from that Shevet, you can still get the kedusha from it!

SEFER HAMITZVOS

Shiur #14 - Mitzvas Lo Saasei #16, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #26, #28, #27, #29, #14, #8, #9, #7

Today we learn many more mitzvos about staying away from Avodah Zarah, and only serving Hashem!

In Rambam, we are now learning Hilchos Avodah Zarah. This set of halachos has 12 perakim and 51 mitzvos! It takes four days to learn the perakim (3 perakim each day), so we need to learn all of these 51 mitzvos in four days too! That is why we are learning so many mitzvos each day.

The first six mitzvos are about a Meisis:

1) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #16) No Yid is allowed to make someone else serve Avodah Zarah. He is called a meisis if he does, and the Beis Din punishes him with Sekilah. The one who he tried to convince to serve Avodah Zarah is the one the Torah says should carry out the punishment.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Re’eh: וְלֹא יוֹסִפוּ לַעֲשׂוֹת כַּדָּבָר הָרָע הַזֶּה בְּקִרְבֶּךָ

The details are explained in Mesechta Sanhedrin perek Zayin.

2) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #17) The person who the meisis tried to convince to serve Avodah Zarah can’t feel bad for the meisis. Even though there is a mitzvah of Ve’ahavta Leraeiacha Kamocha, it does not include this person.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Re’eh: לֹא תֹאבֶה לוֹ

3) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #18) The person who the meisis tried to convince to serve Avodah Zarah can’t stop being angry at the meisis. Even though there is a mitzvah of Azov Taazov, to help another Yid, the Torah says that it doesn’t apply to a meisis.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Re’eh: וְלֹא תִשְׁמַע אֵלָיו

4) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #19) Even though it is a mitzvah to save someone’s life (Lo Saamod Al Dam Reiacha), it doesn’t apply to a meisis. The person who the meisis tried to get to serve Avodah Zarah should not try to save the life of the meisis, even if he can.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Re’eh: וְלֹא תָחוֹס עֵינְךָ עָלָיו

5) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #20) The person who the meisis tried to get to serve Avodah Zarah should not look for excuses in Beis Din so the meisis won’t get punished.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Re’eh: וְלֹא תַחְמֹל

6) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #21) The person who the meisis tried to get to serve Avodah Zarah is not allowed to keep anything not nice he did a secret in Beis Din.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Re’eh: וְלֹא תְכַסֶּה עָלָיו

The next four mitzvos are about not-true Nevuah:

7) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #26) A person is not allowed to say that he has a nevuah to go do Avodah Zarah. He can’t say that Hashem says to do Avodah Zarah, and he also can’t say that the Avodah Zarah said it will reward or punish people who serve it.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Shoftim: וַאֲשֶׁר יְדַבֵּר בְּשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים וּמֵת הַנָּבִיא הַהוּא

The details are explained in Mesechta Sanhedrin perek Yud-Alef.

8) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #28) We can’t listen to someone who says he is a Navi for Avodah Zarah. For a true Navi, we test him to see if he knows the future. But for someone who says he is a Navi for Avodah Zarah, we don’t even give him a chance!

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Re’eh: לֹא תִשְׁמַע אֶל דִּבְרֵי הַנָּבִיא הַהוּא

9) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #27) It is asur to say ANY nevuah that didn’t really happen. This means that it is asur to say that Hashem said something that He really didn’t say, or to say that he got a nevuah that Hashem really says to a different Navi.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Shoftim: אַךְ הַנָּבִיא אֲשֶׁר יָזִיד לְדַבֵּר דָּבָר בִּשְׁמִי אֵת אֲשֶׁר לֹא צִוִּיתִיו לְדַבֵּר

The details are explained in Mesechta Sanhedrin perek Yud-Alef.

10) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #29) We shouldn’t be afraid of a not-real Navi. We shouldn’t be afraid to punish him, even if he is saying Nevuos in the name of Hashem.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Shoftim: לֹא תָגוּר מִמֶּנּוּ

The details are explained in Mesechta Sanhedrin perek Yud-Alef.

We learn one mitzvah about not promising in the name of an Avodah Zarah:

11) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #14) We can’t make a shevuah in the name of an Avodah Zarah, or even cause a goy to promise in the name of an Avodah Zarah.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Mishpatim: וְשֵׁם אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים לֹא תַזְכִּירוּ

The details are explained in Mesechta Sanhedrin perek Zayin.

The last three mitzvos for today are about not serving different types of Avodah Zarah:

12) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #8) We are not allowed to serve the Avodah Zarah called Ov.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Kedoshim: אַל תִּפְנוּ אֶל הָאֹבֹת

The details are explained in Mesechta Sanhedrin perek Zayin.

13) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #9) We are not allowed to serve the Avodah Zarah called Yidoni.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Kedoshim: אַל תִּפְנוּ אֶל הָאֹבֹת וְאֶל הַיִּדְּעֹנִים

The details are explained in Mesechta Sanhedrin perek Zayin.

14) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #7) We are not allowed to serve the Avodah Zarah called Molech.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Acharei: וּמִזַּרְעֲךָ לֹא תִתֵּן לְהַעֲבִיר לַמֹּלֶךְ

The details are explained in Mesechta Sanhedrin perek Zayin.

RAMBAM

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!

In Perek Hey, we learn about a person who tries to get other people to serve Avodah Zarah (a meisis), and the punishment he gets.

Perek Vov: In this perek, we learn about different types of Avodah Zarah. In the beginning of the perek we learn the details of today’s mitzvos, about the Avodah Zarah of Ov, Yidoni, and Molech.

RAMBAM PEREK ECHOD

Hilchos Erchin V'Charamin - Perek Vov

Now we start learning the halachos of Charomim (things that are cherem). We learn what happens if someone gives something that wasn’t his, or promises to give something that isn’t there yet (like a fruit that didn’t grow yet), or if someone gives by mistake.

INYANA D'YOMA

Haggados for Kids

The Rebbe tells us that children should have their own siddur, Chumash, and (lehavdil) tzedakah box, along with other sefarim.

One other sefer that every child should have is a Haggadah Shel Pesach!

In Shulchan Aruch it says that we buy children nuts and sweet things before Yom Tov, to make them happy on Yom Tov. It is also a good idea to get a new siddur or a new sefer, which will give them chayus to use it!

See Sefer Hasichos 5748 vol. 1, p. 343, Halachos Uminhagei Chabad p. 179

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TEFILLAH

Rosh Chodesh

Today is Rosh Chodesh Nissan! We say extra pieces in davening, and add Hallel and say Musaf for Shabbos Rosh Chodesh. Don’t forget to say the Nasi after davening!

For the first twelve days of Chodesh Nisan, the Nesiim of each shevet took turns bringing special korbanos for the Chanukas Hamizbeiach.

After reading the part of the Torah telling us the korbanos of that day’s Nasi, we say a paragraph starting with Yehi Ratzon.

What is this Yehi Ratzon about?

We ask Hashem that the Ruchnius koach of that shevet, the Nitzutzin Kadishin, should shine on us! Each shevet served Hashem in a different way, and since Yidden are all connected, we each have a part of all of the shevatim inside of us.

When we say this paragraph, we ask Hashem that this Ruchnius koach should help us learn Torah and serve Hashem with Yiras Shomayim. We ask that this koach should help us and stay with us and our children, forever!

HALACHOS HATZRICHOS

Pesach Hiddurim

Eating even one drop of chometz on Pesach is a very serious aveira. Because of this, we are extra careful when it comes to Pesach, adding extra hiddurim so that we won’t chas veshalom eat chometz accidentally.

Here are some things that Chabad is careful with on Pesach:

1) We don’t eat machine made matzah on Pesach. We don’t give it to children either.

2) We are very careful not to eat gebrokts, matzah that gets wet. We are worried that there might have been a drop of flour in the matzah that wasn’t fully mixed into the dough, and if it gets wet now, it could become chometz.

Before we pour a drink or put food on a plate, we first check to make sure that there are no crumbs of matzah.

Many families have figured out ways to keep the matzah away from food or drink. For example, some people eat the matzah only inside of a bag, so the crumbs won’t fly all over the place. Then they take the bags off the table before bringing out the rest of the food.

See Halachos Uminhagei Chabad p. 182

לעילוי נשמת הרה״ח ר׳ דניאל יצחק ע״ה בן ר׳ אפרים שי׳ מאסקאוויץ
שליח כ"ק אדמו"ר נשיא דורנו למדינת אילינוי

GEULAH U'MOSHIACH

Time of the Geulah

In the Gemara, there is a machlokes about when the Geulah will be.

R’ Eliezer says that the Geulah from Mitzrayim was in Nisan, but the final Geulah will be in Tishrei.

R’ Yehoshua says that the Yidden came out of Mitzrayim in Nisan, and they will also come out of Golus in Nisan — BeNisan Nigalu, U’beNisan Asidin Lehiga’el.

In the Medrash, when it discusses the time of the Geulah, it only brings the opinion that BeNisan Asidin Lehiga’el. This shows that the halacha is according to R’ Yehoshua — the Geulah will be in Nisan!

In many of the Sichos Kodesh and Maamorim, the Rebbe explains the connection between Nisan and Geulah. The Rebbe shows us that in Ruchnius, this month is the BEST time for Moshiach to come!

See Likutei Sichos chelek Alef, p. 235

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