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CHUMASH

Parshas Vayeitzei - Sheini with Rashi

Yaakov comes to Charan and wants to marry Rochel.

Since Hashem promised Yaakov in his dream that he would be safe, he went to Charan happily, knowing it would be good. On his way, he had to cross the Yarden river. Hashem made a neis and the river split so he could walk across easily!

When he reached Aram Naharayim, he saw a well, covered with a big rock. Near it were three flocks of sheep together with their shepherds, sitting and waiting. They were waiting for everyone else to get there so they could move the rock, since it was too heavy to do it without everyone helping.

Yaakov asked the shepherds if they knew Lavan, and they said yes. “How is he?” Yaakov asked. “He’s fine,” said the shepherds, “and as a matter of fact, here’s his daughter Rochel coming with his sheep!” (Lavan had Rochel take care of his sheep, since he didn’t have any sons to do it.)

Since Yaakov didn’t know that the rock was so heavy, he asked the shepherds why they were just waiting there instead of giving the sheep water and taking them back to the fields. They explained that they needed to wait for everyone to come. They were still talking to him when Rochel came with the sheep to the well.

When Yaakov saw her, he rolled the rock off the well all by himself, and gave water to his uncle Lavan’s sheep.

Yaakov kissed Rochel and cried, because he knew with Ruach Hakodesh that they would get married. But he also knew that they wouldn’t both be buried together in Me’aras Hamachpeilah, which made him cry. He also cried because he didn’t have any presents to give to her. (Eisav’s son Elifaz had stolen everything from him on the way.)

Yaakov explained to Rochel that he was her cousin, and that he wanted to marry her. Rochel told him that her father was very tricky! Yaakov said he wasn’t worried — he could be as tricky as Lavan if he needed to be, but if Lavan would be honest, Yaakov would be honest too.

Rochel ran and told her father (her mother had already passed away). Lavan ran to meet him, hoping that Yaakov had a lot of money, like when Eliezer came to get Rivkah. Lavan hugged and kissed Yaakov, but not because he loved him or because he was happy to see him — really he just wanted to see if he was hiding any money. When he saw there wasn’t any money, he brought Yaakov home anyway. Yaakov explained that he was running away from Eisav, and that Elifaz had taken all of his money, but he didn’t tell Lavan yet that he wanted to marry Rochel.

Lavan said, “Since you have no money, you can only come here since you’re my nephew. You can stay here for a month if you work as my shepherd.” So Yaakov stayed a month and watched his sheep.

Lavan then asked Yaakov how to pay him. He said to Yaakov, “Just because we’re related, do you have to work for free?”

Yaakov had an idea of the payment he wanted ­— that Lavan should give him permission to marry Rochel!

To understand what is about to happen, the Torah tells us that Rochel had an older sister.

Lavan had twin daughters, Leah and Rochel. Everyone always thought that since Lavan has twin girls, and Yitzchak has twin boys, they would marry each other. So Leah (who was older) always thought she would have to marry Esav, the older twin, and she cried so much about it that her eyes were always red and swollen — but Rochel was beautiful.

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TEHILLIM

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Today’s shiur Tehillim is kapitelach Chof-Gimmel to Chof-Ches.

In Kapitel Chof-Hey it says “Zechor Rachamecha Hashem Vachasadech Ki Me’olam Heimah” — “Hashem should remember His mercy and His kindness, because they are forever.”

The Mitteler Rebbe explains (in a maamar about Chanukah!) that the word “meiolam” (forever) also means “from the world.”

Which world?

When Hashem made the world, he made a special light that we can’t see today, because it is hidden until Moshiach will come. Because Yidden needed special kochos in the time of Chanukah, Hashem took this light and made it shine for Yidden in order to help them to do Teshuvah, come closer to Hashem, and win over their enemies who wanted to destroy them!

How did the Yidden deserve to use this light? The Mesiras Nefesh Yidden would have for Torah and mitzvos made Hashem want to shine the light of Moshiach in the world!

That’s what it means, “Hashem should remember His goodness and kindness from the world — that Hashem should make the special light which shined from the beginning of the Creation of the world, to help Yidden overcome the hardships of Golus.

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TANYA

Kuntres Acharon Siman Daled

Now we are going to learn about how special mitzvos are!

When we do a mitzvah there are two parts: There is DOING the mitzvah, and the KAVANA in the mitzvah.

The kavanah is something that we have in our mind, what we think about when we do the mitzvah. But when we take an esrog and hold it (for example), we become attached to Hashem in a stronger way than we can become with what we think.

When we have kavana, we are thinking about Elokus, but we can’t really understand it because a Gashmius’dike mind doesn’t really understand the mehus, what Ruchnius really is. But when we HOLD the mitzvah, like holding an esrog, we ARE holding on to the mehus of Elokus in that mitzvah!

Because even though the esrog is Gashmius too, Hashem doesn’t hide in Gashmius things that are used for mitzvos!

The Alter Rebbe says that this is also true when we LEARN the halachos about a Gashmius mitzvah, like the halachos of Esrog. We are also holding onto the mehus of Elokus!

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HAYOM YOM

Daled Kislev

In today’s Hayom Yom, we learn about how chassidim wash Mayim Acharonim before bentching: We pour water over our fingertips, then pass our fingers over our lips while they are still wet.

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SEFER HAMITZVOS

Shiur #194 - Mitzvas Lo Saasei #107, Asei #107

1) (Mitzvas Lo Saasei #107) If we decided that a certain animal will be for a Korban Asham, we can’t change it afterwards and bring it as a Korban Chatas! It has to be the SAME animal for the SAME Korban.

We learn this mitzvah from a posuk in Parshas Bechukosai: לֹא יַקְדִּישׁ אִישׁ אֹתוֹ

The details of this mitzvah are explained in Perek Hey of Mesechta Temurah.

Now we start a new Sefer of Rambam, and a new set of halachos, about Tumah and Tahara!

2) (Mitzvas Asei #107) The first mitzvah of this Sefer is that if someone gets Tomei with Tumas Meis (the tumah from a body after the neshama leaves it), he needs to follow the halachos about how he becomes tomei and how the tumah gets passed on.

This mitzvah includes all of the halachos of Tumas Meis which are written in Parshas Chukas.

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RAMBAM

Hilchos Temurah - Hilchos Tumas Meis

In today’s Rambam, we finish learning the halachos of Temurah.

Perek Daled: In this perek, the Rambam teaches us what happens if an animal that is supposed to be a Korban or a Temurah has a baby! The Rambam finishes this sefer with a lesson from the halachos of Temurah that will help us in our Avodas Hashem!

Now we have finished Sefer Korbanos! Then we start learning a NEW sefer of Rambam, the 10th sefer, Sefer Tahara! The first set of halachos is Hilchos Tumas Meis, about the kind of tumah that comes from the body of a person who passed away.

Perek Alef: The Rambam explains how a person can get Tumah.

Perek Beis: This perek teaches us what can give Tumas Meis.

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RAMBAM PEREK ECHOD

Hilchos Sechirus - Perek Yud-Alef

In this perek we learn about paying workers on time. We only need to pay once the work was done and we received it. So if someone ordered a piece of furniture, it is not counted as paying late until after he picked it up.

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INYANA D'YOMA

Hashem is Depending On Us

In yesterday’s Chumash, we learned about Yaakov Avinu’s dream. In the dream, Yaakov sees Hashem standing over him, and giving him a bracha! The Torah uses the words, “Vehinei Hashem Nitzav Alav.”

The Alter Rebbe also uses these words in Tanya, saying that Hashem is always watching us to make sure that we are behaving in the right way.

The Medrash explains the words of this posuk in Chumash. One of the explanations is that when it says that Hashem is “standing over” Yaakov, it means that Hashem is DEPENDING on him!

In Tanya also, the Alter Rebbe uses these words to show us that Hashem isn’t only LOOKING at what we do, but Hashem DEPENDS on us to do the right thing!

What does that mean?

Think about how the Rebbe chooses a shliach to go to a faraway country. There are many Yidden there who don’t know very much about Torah or mitzvos. They don’t have a shul to go to, and they don’t have kosher food to buy.

When the Rebbe sends the shliach there, the shliach has an important job to do!

The shliach can’t just decide that he doesn’t want to open a shul, or that he doesn’t want to bring kosher food to his country. The Rebbe is depending on him to do his shlichus and help the Yidden there! If he doesn’t do it, the shlichus won’t get done!

We are ALL shluchim of Hashem.

Hashem sends us to this world with an important shlichus! There are mitzvos we need to do, Torah we need to learn, and people we need to help.

Hashem is depending on us to do our shlichus!

Vehinei Hashem Nitzav Alav means that Hashem is watching each one of us to make sure we do what we are supposed to, because Hashem is DEPENDING on us to do our shlichus right.

See Der Rebbe Redt Tzu Kinder vol. 5, p. 254 and Likutei Sichos chelek Hey, p. 294 ff

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TEFILLAH

Yud-Beis Pesukim - Vezeh

The eleventh posuk of the Yud-Beis Pesukim starts with the word Vezeh. This posuk comes from the Tanya, and it speaks about the very important shlichus each of us have!

Vezeh Kol Ha’adam — This is what a person’s life is all about!

Vesachlis Briyosav — It is the reason why he was created

Uvriyas Kol Ha’olamos — and the reason all of the worlds were created,

Elyonim Vesachtonim — from the highest Ruchnius worlds and everything in this Gashmius world:

Lihiyos Lo Dira Zu Besachtonim — In order to make this world a home for Hashem!

How do we make the world a home for Hashem?

By learning Torah, doing mitzvos, and sharing the light of Torah and mitzvos with other people!

There are so many things in the world, and many of them look important. But when we think about this posuk, we realize that there is only one thing that is important: Yiddishkeit!

Our Torah learning, doing mitzvos, sharing Yiddishkeit with other people — that is the most important shlichus there could be! That is the reason Hashem created us, and the reason for everything else Hashem created. There is nothing more important!

See Der Rebbe Redt Tzu Kinder vol. 5 p. 260

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HALACHOS HATZRICHOS

Good Dreams

What you go to sleep thinking about is very important.

In letters to people who had bad dreams or were afraid at night, the Rebbe would write that they should learn a few lines of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s sichos or zichronos (Memoirs) before going to sleep. The words of the Frierdiker Rebbe, speaking about the history of Chassidus and Chabad, will help a person go to sleep with good thoughts, and sleep peacefully!

See Igros Kodesh chelek Hey p. 50

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שליח כ"ק אדמו"ר נשיא דורנו למדינת אילינוי

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GEULAH U'MOSHIACH

A Sign of the Geulah

The Rebbe points out something amazing about nowadays:

Throughout all of the years of Yidden being in Golus, many countries had rules that made it hard to be a Yid, and especially to teach Yiddishkeit to others.

For the first time ever, almost everywhere in the world, Yidden are free to practice Yiddishkeit and share Yiddishkeit, without anyone stopping us!

Now it is just up to us, to use this special time to do as much as we can!

This is a very important preparation for the Geulah, when Moshiach will unite the world to know Hashem!

See sicha Parshas Vayigash, Sefer Hasichos 5752 p. 224

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