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CHUMASH

Parshas Emor - Shvi'i with Rashi

In Parshas Tetzaveh, we learned about lighting the Menorah with Shemen Zayis Zach, the first oil to come out of the olives. In today’s Chumash, we learn this AGAIN. Rashi tells us that in Parshas Tetzaveh, we were learning WHY we need a Menorah in the Mishkan, and only here, in Parshas Emor, is Hashem telling us to DO the mitzvah of lighting the Menorah!

Hashem also tells us to bake the Lechem HaPanim and put it on the Shulchan. Rashi says that these challos were very thin. That’s why there were racks on the Shulchan, to hold them up so they won’t break. But the bottom challah had to go right on top of the Shulchan, to do what the Torah says, to put the challos on top of the Shulchan.

Next to each pile of challos, the kohen would put a bowl of a spice called levonah, as a present for Hashem. The challos weren’t burned on the Mizbeiach, the kohanim got to eat them. The spices were burned instead, when they took the challah off on Shabbos.

Now the Torah tells us about a person in the midbar who was punished for something he did:

A man, the son of Shlomis bas Divri, tried to stay in the wrong part of where the Yidden had their tents. The Yidden stayed in the part of their father’s shevet, but because this man’s father was a Mitzri, he couldn’t stay in the regular parts with the shevatim. He tried anyway, to stay with his mother’s shevet, Dan. Someone from Dan brought him to Moshe’s Beis Din, and Moshe said he couldn’t camp there.

Rashi tells us why the Torah tells us his mother’s name: Her name hints to us that she would say hello to everyone (“Shlomis” is like “Shalom!”), even to men, and liked to talk a lot to everyone (“bas Divri” like “medaberes”, talking). Because she wasn’t careful who she talked to, a Mitzri forced her to marry him, and she had a son — this one, who later cursed Hashem.

This man got angry at Moshe. He started to make fun of things Hashem said. He said, “Shouldn’t a king eat fresh bread? The bread on the Shulchan is only baked once a week! So Hashem gets cold stale bread?” (Of course, the Lechem Hapanim stayed fresh and warm all week!) He started to curse in Hashem’s name.

The Yidden arrested him and asked Moshe what to do. Moshe asked Hashem, and Hashem told Moshe about the punishments for this kind of aveira. If someone curses in Hashem’s name, using Hashem’s four-letter name (Sheim Havaya), he is punished by Beis Din with sekilah, stoning.

Hashem also told Moshe about how someone is punished for hurting a person or an animal. These halachos are for ALL Yidden, including Geirim.

Moshe taught these mitzvos to all of the Yidden, and they punished the son of Shlomis bas Divri like Hashem told them to.

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TEHILLIM

77 - 78

Kapitel Ayin-Ches reviews all of the nissim that Hashem did for the Yidden, starting from Yetzias Mitzrayim, until the time when Hashem made Dovid Hamelech the king over the Yidden!

In one of the pesukim in this kapitel, the posuk says “Vayikatz Keyashen Hashem” — Dovid Hamelech asks Hashem to wake up!

What does this mean? Does Hashem sleep?!

Chassidus explains (in the Bar Mitzvah maamar) that during Golus, the chayus that the world feels is like the chayus a person feels when he is sleeping. When someone is asleep, the neshama goes up to Shomayim and the person can only have dreams, and not think about things that make sense.

The same way, during Golus, the world doesn’t feel most of the chayus of Hashem. It only feels the little bit of chayus, like the chayus of a person who is asleep.

So we ask Hashem to bring Moshiach, when everyone can see and feel the chayus of Hashem in the world like a person who is awake!

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TANYA

Likutei Amarim Perek Mem-Ches

In the last two perakim, we started to learn another kavana, something that will make us want to learn Torah and do mitzvos because we love Hashem — Lishma!

In the first part of the kavana, we think about how we were like a poor person, sitting alone in a garbage dump. Hashem Himself came and took us out of the garbage dump of Mitzrayim, and brought us close to Him! And every day, Hashem gives us the chance to leave our Mitzrayim, through Kabolas Ol we take upon ourselves in Shema, and brings us closer to Hashem than we could ever feel through learning Torah and doing mitzvos!

When we think about how much Hashem loves us, and how much Hashem does for us, we start feeling a strong Ahava to Hashem too! But how do we show Hashem how we feel?

In these next two perakim, we will see how we can learn a way to show our strong Ahava back to Hashem!

First we will learn about how Hashem created the world through tzimtzum, where Hashem’s strong chayus is hidden in order that there can be a Gashmius’dike world.

Hashem’s chayus is so strong, that it needs to be hidden so it can come into the world.

How is this chayus hidden? This is called Tzimtzum, that Hashem hides most of the chayus and only a VERY little bit of it shines in the world.

The MAIN chayus of Hashem, called Sovev Kol Almin, is completely hidden. It’s called “Sovev” (around) not because the chayus isn’t inside of the world, but because it isn’t FELT in the world — since the chayus is too strong.

Only a little bit of this chayus, called Memalei Kol Almin, can be felt in the world. This chayus “fills” up each specific part of the world with just the right amount it needs to be what it is.

But the chayus of Memalei Kol Almin goes through such a big tzimtzum that it cannot be compared to Sovev Kol Almin at all!

Here’s a mashal to understand:

Think of a HUGE number, like 5 billion, 700 thousand, and 63. Wow, that’s a lot!

Now think of a small number, like 1. Can you compare 1 to 5,000,700,063? Well, yes, you can, but those numbers are very far apart!

But can you compare even TEN billion to infinity? No! Infinity means that it has no end — that it just keeps going on forever, past where numbers can even count! Infinity can’t even be compared to a hundred billion, even though it is such a big number.

The chayus of Sovev Kol Almin is like infinity. The chayus of Memalei Kol Almin can’t be compared to the chayus of Sovev Kol Almin at all! Still, Hashem made a tzimtzum to this chayus of Sovev Kol Almin, so that there could be a world the way we have it, where a Yid can have a part of making a Dira Betachtonim!

Later we will learn that when we think about how Hashem put everything aside to make a world where we can do a mitzvah, we also want to put everything aside in our own lives to be able to serve Hashem properly!

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HAYOM YOM

Tes-Vov Iyar

Today is thirty days of the Omer!

In today’s Hayom Yom, we learn about the Ahavas Yisroel that the Chassidim of the Alter Rebbe had.

They used to say, “This piece of bread that I have is YOURS just as much as it is mine!” They felt that a part of everything they had really belonged to someone else.

Not only that, but they thought about the part that belonged to the other person, even before they thought about the part that belonged to themselves. First they said “it’s yours” and only then did they say “it’s mine”!

Once at a farbrengen, the Frierdiker Rebbe told this story about the Ahavas Yisroel of the Alter Rebbe’s Chassidim. Then the Frierdiker Rebbe shared a story that he saw:

In the summer of Tof-Reish-Nun-Zayin, the Frierdiker Rebbe and the Rebbe Rashab were in the country, at a resort. The Frierdiker Rebbe woke up very early, and was working on something. He saw that his father, the Rebbe Rashab, had also woken up early, and started to get ready for davening.

Afterwards, still early in the morning, the Rebbe Rashab told the Frierdiker Rebbe to come with him for a walk. On the walk, the Rebbe Rashab said: When you wake up early and learn and daven, you’re doing something important. But if you don’t have a chance during the day to do something that actually helps another Yid, it’s a dry day! You need to ask Hashem to send you a Yid that you can do a favor for, someone you can really help.

Later that day, two people came from the city Rudnia to speak to the Rebbe Rashab. They asked for a favor that was very important to them.

The Rebbe Rashab called over his son, the Frierdiker Rebbe, and told him: You see! When we truly want to help someone, Hashem will help make it possible.

See Sefer Hasichos Tof-Reish-Tzadik-Tes, p. 339

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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.

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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.

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RAMBAM PEREK ECHOD

Hilchos Yesodei HaTorah - Perek Beis

This perek has the halachos about loving Hashem, and having Yiras Shomayim! We need to think about how special everything Hashem created is. The more we think and learn about Hashem, the more we will love him and want to act the way a Yid should.

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INYANA D'YOMA

Pirkei Avos

This week’s Pirkei Avos is Perek Daled. In the first Mishnah, it says, “Ben Zoma Omer: Eizehu Chacham? HaLomeid Mikol Adam.” “Ben Zoma says: Who is a chochom? Someone who learns from every person...”

The Mishnah also says, “Who is a strong person? Someone who wins over his Yetzer Hara... Who is a rich person? Someone who is happy with what he has... Who is a respected person (kavodik)? Someone who has kavod for other people...”

The Rebbe once explained that this Mishnah teaches us what these four things are, because we would think that they are really very different!

1) Chochom (a smart person): We would think that a smart person is someone who understands the way things really are — they can know if someone is good, and if someone is not.

But no! A chochom is someone who can find something good in everyone and everything!

2) Gibor (a strong person): We would think that a strong person is someone who can pick up heavy things, or can fight with strong people.

But no! Someone who is really strong is someone who holds himself back from using his koach for not-good things, and wins over his own Yetzer Hara!

3) Ashir (a rich person): We would think that a rich person is someone who is always trying to get more and more money.

But no! Someone who is really rich is someone who is happy with what Hashem gives him!

4) Mechubad (an honored person): We would think that a person is respected if he stays separate from other people because he is special, and doesn’t waste his time thinking about other people and being with them.

But no! Someone who is really mechubad is someone who is nice to everyone and shows respect to everyone!

See Biurim L’Pirkei Avos

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TEFILLAH

Ana B'koach

Another reason why we say Ana B’koach is to hint to another part of the Avodah in the Beis Hamikdash that we didn’t say yet!

We said parts of the Torah about the Terumas Hadeshen, the Korban Tomid, and the Ketores. We mentioned most of the rest of the steps of the Avodah in the paragraph of Abaye.

But there was something else that was done in the Beis Hamikdash every day that we didn’t say anything about here! In the Beis Hamikdash, they said Birchas Kohanim every day. (We did say the words of Birchas Kohanim in brachos, we didn’t say that it is part of the Avodah in the Beis Hamikdash.)

When we say Ana B’koach, we are hinting to Birchas Kohanim!

Ana B’Koach has hinted inside of it Hashem’s holy name. In the Beis Hamikdash, when they said Birchas Kohanim, they said the name of Hashem, the holy Sheim Hameforash! Ana B’Koach hints to that.

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HALACHOS HATZRICHOS

Muktza

We are in the middle of learning some of the halachos of muktza. Now we are learning about a Bosis Ledavar Ha’asur, a “base” for something muktza which becomes muktza too.

If we have, for example, a drawer that has muktza things inside, it might become a bosis. This would happen if the muktza was put there on purpose, and was there during Bein Hashmashos, when Shabbos starts. It would then be called a “Bosis Ledavar Ha’asur”, and we would not be allowed to open it at all on Shabbos!

So how do we keep the drawer from becoming a bosis so we can open it?

We make sure that it is a base for something non-muktza as well (Bosis Ledavar Ha’asur Vehamtuar), and that the non-muktza thing is more important!

We can do this by making sure that during Bein Hashmashos, when Shabbos starts, there is something inside the drawer that is more important than the muktza, like a sefer. Since the most important thing in the drawer now is the sefer, then the muktza doesn’t make it into a bosis, and we are allowed to open the drawer.

This would only be with a drawer, though, where you can’t shake out the muktza. But if it was on a table, even though you are allowed to move the table, if it is possible we should try to shake off the muktza thing first. (We will learn more about this later IY”H.)

See the Alter Rebbe’s Shulchan Aruch, siman Shin-Tes

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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GEULAH U'MOSHIACH

Kibbutz Galuyos

The Navi Yeshaya said a famous nevuah about Kibbutz Galuyos, Hashem gathering back all of the Yidden when Moshiach comes. This is the first posuk of this nevuah:

וְהָיָה בַּיּוֹם הַהוּא יוֹסִיף ה׳ שֵׁנִית יָדוֹ לִקְנוֹת אֶת שְׁאָר עַמּוֹ אֲשֶׁר יִשָּׁאֵר מֵאַשּׁוּר וּמִמִּצְרַיִם וּמִפַּתְרוֹס וּמִכּוּשׁ וּמֵעֵילָם וּמִשִּׁנְעָר וּמֵחֲמָת וּמֵאִיֵּי הַיָּם

Vehaya Bayom Hahu — This will happen in the days of Moshiach:

Yosif Hashem Sheinis Yado — Hashem will stretch out His hand again, like in the times of Yetziyas Mitzrayim

Liknos Es She’ar Amo — To take the rest of His nation

Asher Yisha’er — That are left in many places:

Me’Ashur UmiMitzrayim, Umipasros UmiKush Ume’Eilam UmiShin’ar UmeiChamas — From Ashur and from Mitzrayim, and from Pasros and from Kush, and from Eilam and from Shin’ar and from Chamas

Ume’Iyei Hayam — And from the islands of the sea.

Just like in the times of Yetziyas Mitzrayim, when Hashem took out every Yid from Golus, Hashem will again take out every Yid from this Golus!

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