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CHUMASH
Parshas Metzora - Revi'i with Rashi
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Today Moshe Rabbeinu is teaching the Yidden about Tzoraas on the wall of a house, which will happen to the Yidden when they live in Eretz Yisroel.
We learn that Hashem gives Tzoraas on a house as a special gift to the Yidden. Some of the Emoriim (who lived in Eretz Yisroel before the Yidden came there) hid a lot of money under their houses before they left Eretz Yisroel. When the Yidden came and took these houses, this money was hidden. The only way they would find the money is if they had to knock down the house! So having Tzoraas on the house turned out to be a big gift from Hashem, letting them find these hidden treasures.
Here are the details of the mitzvah:
If a person sees dark green or dark red spots on the wall of his house, he has to show them to the kohen, because they might be Tzoraas. But before the kohen comes, the person needs to take everything out of the house. Because if the kohen says the house is tomei, everything inside will become tomei too!
First the kohen comes and checks to see if the spot looks like tzoraas. Tzoraas spots look like they are deeper than the wall. If the spot looks this way, the kohen closes off the house for a week to see if the tzoraas gets bigger or goes away.
When the kohen comes back again to check, if the spot got bigger, the person needs to take out that whole part of the wall and build a new wall there. If tzoraas comes back on the new wall, the whole house needs to get broken down!
Once the tzoraas goes away, the person needs to bring the same kind of korbanos as we do for tzoraas on a person’s body or his clothes.
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In today’s Tehillim, in Kapitel Nun-Gimmel (53), it talks about the churban of the Second Beis Hamikdash. At the end of the kapitel, Dovid Hamelech says how he hopes Hashem will save the Yidden: “Mi Yitein MiTzion Yeshuos Yisroel…”
This posuk is actually written TWICE in Tehillim — once in Kapitel Yud-Daled, and once here.
The Medrash says that these two times where it says “Mi Yitein,” hoping that Hashem will bring the Geulah, also matches with two places in Torah where it says the words “Mi Yitein!”
In one place in the Torah, Hashem says how He hopes the Yidden will all have Yiras Shomayim (“Mi Yitein Vehaya Levavam Zeh Lahem LeYirah Osi…”), and in the other place, Moshe Rabbeinu hopes that all of the Yidden will be neviim (“Umi Yiten Kol Am Hashem Neviim”).
The Medrash says that both of these will come true when Moshiach comes — all Yidden will be Neviim, and we will all have the highest level of Yiras Shomayim!
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TANYA
Likutei Amarim Perek Mem
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The main part of a mitzvah is DOING the mitzvah itself. Still, Hashem wants our mitzvos to shine and be beautiful. For that we need to have kavana — to think about how we love Hashem and that we are ready to have Mesiras Nefesh to do what Hashem wants from us. This fills up our Gashmius mitzvos with Ruchnius, so they can go up to a Ruchnius world where the accomplishment of the mitzvah is revealed.
But isn’t Ahavas Hashem, loving Hashem, a mitzvah by itself? Why do we say that the mitzvah of Ahavas Hashem is just “wings” for other mitzvos?
The answer is that the whole point of loving Hashem, the mitzvah of Ahavas Hashem, is to give us chayus to do the other mitzvos properly. Ahavas Hashem as a thing for itself is called Ahavas Betaanugim and is a reward for doing the mitzvos. That is connected with Gan Eden, which a person can even have a taste of in this world.
But the main job of a Yid in THIS world is to have the kind of Ahavas Hashem which will give chayus to all of the rest of the mitzvos which a person does.
That’s why Ahavas Hashem is called “wings” for the other mitzvos and make them fly up to a Ruchnius world to be close to Hashem. Even though it is true that the mitzvah of Ahavas Hashem is a mitzvah of its own, the point of this mitzvah is to make us do all of the other mitzvos properly.
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What is “rich” for a Yid? The Rebbe tells us today in Hayom Yom!
For a Yid, being rich is not having a lot of money or a beautiful house.
The best kind of riches, that lasts forever, is being Yidden that keep Torah and mitzvos, and having children and grandchildren who do also!
That makes your parents and Bubbies and Zaidies VERY VERY rich!
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Today’s mitzvah (Mitzvas Asei #5) is the same as yesterday’s — that we need to serve Hashem through davening.
We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Mishpatim: וַעֲבַדְתֶּם אֵת ה׳ אֱלֹקֵיכֶם
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Perek Beis: We said yesterday that there are 18 brachos in Shmoneh Esrei (that’s what Shmoneh Esrei means — 18!). But if you count them, you will find NINETEEN brachos.
This is because in the time of Rabban Gamliel, there were a lot of people who tried to get the Yidden to stop listening to the things the Chachomim said they should do. So Rabban Gamliel added another bracha (Velamalshinim), asking Hashem to stop those people.
In Perek Gimmel, we learn about the right times for each tefillah. If we miss davening in these times, we are supposed to daven Shemoneh Esrei twice in the next tefillah.
Perek Daled: There are five things that we need to take care of before davening, or else we are not allowed to daven:
1) Washing our hands
2) Making sure we are tznius’dik
3) The place has to be appropriate for davening (not in a bathroom or garbage dump)
4) Making sure there is nothing distracting us (like making sure we don’t need to go to the bathroom)
5) Making sure we can have kavana (like not to daven when we are angry)
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Today we finish learning about Kilai HaKerem, not growing other plants together with grapes. We learn how much of the grapes become asur if they are planted close to vegetables. We also learn about mavrich, when the grapevine goes underground and comes up in a different place. Can we grow something else in between?
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It is almost Yud-Alef Nisan!
The Yud-Alef Nisan farbrengen in the year Tof-Shin-Lamed-Beis, for the Rebbe’s 70th year, was an extra special farbrengen!
Here is one of the things the Rebbe spoke about at that farbrengen:
Many people have the question, if the whole reason Hashem made us is so that we can learn Torah and do mitzvos, why did Hashem make it so hard to do that?
Imagine that you are studying very hard for the Chidon. You make flashcards, you review with your friend, and you listen to the recordings over and over.
Then your sister asks you why you are working so hard. She offers to copy someone else’s certificate and just put your name on it. She’ll even buy a wooden plaque so you can hang it up in your room!
You know that even if your sister makes a beautiful plaque, it won’t really be special. The Chidon certificate is so important to you because you worked hard and you earned it!
When we get something without working for it, it is called “Nahama Dekisufa,” free bread. We don’t appreciate something as much if we didn’t do anything for it.
That is one of the reasons why Hashem makes it hard to do the mitzvos: If it was easy, we wouldn’t feel like what we do is so special!
But couldn’t Hashem have just made us differently? Hashem could have made people to like getting things that we don’t earn!
The Rebbe explains that Hashem could have given us good things as a gift, and it would be very easy. But then we would just be getting a present.
But Hashem wanted to give us the best thing that could be — that we could be PARTNERS with Hashem!
When two partners start a business, they both need to give a lot of money to get things started, and work hard together. Then the business belongs to both of them!
Hashem wants US to be His partners in running the world! When we work hard to learn Torah and do mitzvos, even when it is not easy, we are investing our part so we can be partners with Hashem in the creation of the world!
See farbrengen Yud-Alef Nisan Tof-Shin-Lamed-Beis
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We are going through the basic way Maggid is set up, the part of the Haggadah where we tell over the story of Yetziyas Mitzrayim. The nusach of our Haggadah was not written down until much later, but the general structure is already there in the Mishnah.
In the previous shiur, we went through the part of the Haggadah that we say on Shabbos Hagadol, from Avadim Hayinu until “Lechaper Al Kol Avonoseinu.” The Mishnah says that the father should teach his child the story of Pesach so he will understand it, in a way of “Maschil Begnus Umesayeim Beshevach,” starting with the shameful part and finishing with praise. Then we explain the paragraph “Arami Oved Avi” according to the Medrashim of Chazal, from the Sifri.
After that, the Mishnah tells us exactly what else needs to be done at this part of the seder:
First of all, Rabban Gamliel teaches that we need to speak about three important things at the seder: Pesach (the Korban Pesach), Matzah, and Maror. We explain why we have them at our seder, and show what they are.
Then we say the famous Mishnah (which is one of the Yud-Beis Pesukim) of “Bechol Dor Vador,” that Yidden of every time should see themselves as if they are coming out of Mitzrayim themselves!
Of course, if we feel like we came out of Mitzrayim, we will feel so happy and thankful to Hashem! Just like the Yidden did when they came out of Mitzrayim, we will want to praise and thank Hashem! So we say part of Hallel.
There are different opinions in the Mishnah of how much of Hallel we should say here. We follow the opinion of Beis Hillel and say the first two paragraphs, ending with the words Chalamish Lemaayno Mayim.
We finish off with the bracha where we thank Hashem for taking us out of Mitzrayim, and that we are able to sit tonight with matzah and maror. We ask Hashem that we should be able to celebrate Yomim Tovim with Moshiach Tzidkeinu and again eat from the korbanos! Then we will thank Hashem with a new song, a Shir Chadash!
We drink the second kos, and then we go on to the next part of the seder.
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Don’t forget to say the Nasi! Today is the ninth Nasi, for Shevet Binyamin.
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On the first night of Pesach, we set the table before Maariv, using our beautiful Pesach dishes. We want to be ready right away, so the kids won’t fall asleep!
But we don’t actually set up the kaarah early according to Minhag Chabad, we only set it up at the beginning of the seder.
See Shevach Hamoadim, Dinei Seder Pesach; Halacha Newsletters from Rabbi Braun of Crown Heights, Rabbi Lesches of Melbourne
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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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Hashem says that at the time of the Geulah, He will show us nisim like in the days of coming out of Mitzrayim — “Kimei Tzeischa Me’Eretz Mitzrayim Arenu Niflaos”!
The posuk says, “KIMEI Tzeischa Me’Eretz Mitzrayim” — “Like the DAYS you came out of Mitzrayim.” But Yetziyas Mitzrayim was only ONE day! Why does the posuk say “DAYS”?
Yetziyas Mitzrayim is not only the first day we came out of Mitzrayim. Yidden remember Yetziyas Mitzrayim every day, and we have a Yetziyas Mitzrayim in Ruchnius every day!
The posuk is telling us that the Yetziyas Mitzrayim of ALL of these days is what will bring the nissim of the Geulah!
See Maamar Kimei Tzeischa 5742
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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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