ืืืจื ืจืืืชืื ื
ืืืจื ืคื ืืก ืื ืืืขืืจ ืืืื ืืืงื ืืชืื ืืขืื ืืืงื ืจืืื ืืืื (ืื,ื)
ืฆ”ื: ืืืืข ืืืืก ืืืชืื ืืช ืคื ืืก ืขื ืืืจื ืืืื, ืืฉืืื ืืงืื (ืคืก’ ืื) ืืืจ ืฉืงืื ื ืืช ืงื ืืช ื’ ืืืชืืืื ืืืืื ืืืชื, ื ืืืจ “ืคื ืืก ืื ืืืขืืจ ืืืื ืืฉืื ืืช ืืืชื” ืืื ืืืืื, ืืืื ืืืืข ืืืืกืืื ืืืืจื ืืคื ื ืืขืฉืื?
ืืืืชื ืฉื ืืืจื ืืืืชื ‘ืืืื ืฉืืื ืืจืืืฃ ืฉืืื ืืืื ืืช ืืืจืืืช ืืืงืจืื ืืชืืจื’. ืขื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืจืืืช ืฉืืืืชื ืื ืืื ืืงืจื ืืืชื ืืชืืจื (ืืืืืืจ ืืจืข”ื ืืืืช ื,ืื). ืื ืจืื ืฉืืื ืืชืืจื ืืืืื ื ืฉืคื ืืก ืืืืข ืืืจืืช ืงื ืื ืืฉืื ืฉืืืืชื ืื ืืืืช ืืืจื ‘ืืืื ืืช ืืืจืืืช ืืืงืจืื ืืชืืจื’. ืืฉืื ืฉืืืื ืืืืช ืืฉืืื ืืืืืช ืืืจืืืช ืืฉ ืืฉืฉ ืฉืืขืฉื ืืช ืืขืฉื ืืงื ืืืช ืืชืื ืฉื ืื ืืืืืจืืืช ืืืื ืื ืงื ืืืช ืืืช. ืจืง ืื ืฉืืืื ืืืืจืืช ืืฉืืื ืืืืืช ืืืจืืืช ืจืืื ืืืืืช ืงื ืื.
ืืืื ืืืืืจืื ืฉื ืืจื ืจื”ื ืืื”ื ืจืื ืืืืขืืจ ืืืืื ืคืื ืงื ืืฆืืง”ื, ืืฉ ืืืชืืื ื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืขื ืฉืืื ืื ืชืืืืื ืืืื ืืืืืช ืืขืฆืืื ืืื ืืช ืืช ืืืฉืืื ืืงืืืฉื. ืืื ืืื ืชืงืืฃ ืืืื. ืืืืืื, ืืชืืกืจ ืืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืื ื. ืงืฉื ืืืืื ืืืช, ืืจื ืื ื ืืื ืฉืืื ืชืงืืฃ ืืื ืชืงืืฃ ืืื ืขื ืื, ืืืื ืฉืืื ืจื ืืืืขื, ืืจื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื.
ืืื ื ืืืขืฉื ืคื ืืก ืืชืืืฉ ืฉืืื ืืื ืื ืกืชืืจื. ืืืจืื, ืจืง ืืฉืื ืืืืช ืืฉืจืื ืฉืืขืจื ืื ืืืืกืืจืืช ืฉืืกืจ ืขืฆืื ืืื ืืื ืืืฉืจืื, ืืืื ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืืจ ืืืฆืื, ืืืงื ืืืช ืืช ืงื ืืช ื’ ืืชืงืืคืืช ื ืืจืื.
ืื ืืื ืกืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืฉื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืฆืืง”ื. ืจืง ืืืืช ืืืืชื ืืขืฆืืื ืืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืืฉืืื, ืืืื ืืื ืืงืจืื, ืืืืืช ืขื ืงืืืงืืื, ืืืชืืืข ืืื ืชืืงืฃ ืืื ืืื ‘ืืื’!
ืืชืื ืฉืืืชื ืฉื ืืจื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ื ืชื ืฆืื ืคืื ืงื ืืฆืืื”ื
ืืจืื ืืื ื”ื ืืชืืื ืืื ืืืืืจืื ืืืจื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ืืืืขืืจ ืืืืื ืคืื ืงื ืืฆืืื”ื
ืืืจื ืืืืื
Maran Rosh Hayeshiva Hagaon Harav Eliezer Yehuda Finkel, ztโl
ืืจื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ืืืืขืืจ ืืืืื ืคืื ืงื ืืฆืืื”ื
ื”ื ืืชืืื ืชืฉื”ื
ืืืื ืืืืจื ืืฉืืืข ืืืืืฉื ืชืืจื
ืืืืช ืืชืืจื ืืืืืช ืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืฉื ืืจื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ืืืืขืืจ ืืืืื ืคืื ืงื ืืฆืืื”ืย ืืืืชื ืืืคืืื ืืืืชืจ.
ืืื ืืื ืืกืืื ืืช ืืฉ”ืก ืืื ืฉื ื, ืืื ืืกืฃ ืืื ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืชืคืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืง’ ืืช ื’ืื ืืืืงื’ ืืจืื”ื ืืกืืจ, ืืืื ืืกืืืื ืคืขื ืื ืคืขืืืื ืืฉื ื. ืืืื, ืืืื ืฉืืืข ืืช ืืฉ”ืก ืขื ืืืจืื, ืื ืืื ืื ืืืืืื ืกืคืจ ืืืืืช ืืืื, ืืื ืืืืจื ืขื ืื ืืฉ”ืก.
ืืืืืชื ืืช ืืชืืจื ืืืืืืื, ืืื ืืืฉื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืืจืช ืคื ืื, ืืื ืืฉืืืข ืืืืืฉื ืชืืจื ืืื ืฆืืจืื ืืืจืื ื ืฉืืื ืืืืข ืืืื. ืืขื ืืื ืื ืืื ืืจื ืจื”ื ืืืื ืืืืจื, ืฉืื ืืขืืื ืื ืฉืืขื ื ืขื ืืื ืืืื ืืชืืจื ืฉืืืฉื ืืฉืืืข ืืืืืฉื ืชืืจื ืืื ืืื, ืืืคืจื ืฉืืืืืฉืื ืืื ืื ืืื ืจืง ืขื ืืืกืืชืืช ืฉื ืืืื ืืืฉืืื, ืืื ืขื ืื ืกืืจ ืืฉ”ืก.
ืืฉืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืช ืกืืืืืช ืืืืฉ ืฉืื ืืืขืช (ื”ื ืื,ื), ืืขืื ืืจื ืืฆืืง”ื ืขื ืขืฆืื ืฉืขื ืกืืืื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืจ ืฉืืข ืืืชืืื ืืจืืขืื ืืฉืืืฉื ืืืืจืืช! ืืื ืืฃ ืืื ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืช ืืืืืืฉืื ืฉืืืจ ืื ืืื ืืืื!
ืื ืื ืื ืืืื, ืืจื ืจื”ื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืฉืืืืจื ืื ‘ืฉืืืงื ืชืืจื’ ืจืง ืืื ‘ืืฆืืช ืืื ืืืื’, ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืชืืืื ืืืืื ืืช ืืขื ืื ืืื ืฆืืืื, ืืฉืืขืืชืื ืชืื ืืื ืืืืจืื ืืื ืืื ืืขืื ืืืฉืคืื ืืืจืืื, ืืจืืื ืฉืืื ืืฆืืจื ืขืืื, ืืชืื ืืชืืืงืืช ืืืืืืช ืืชืืจืชื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืื ืขืชื ืืืืืฉืื ืฉื ืืืืื ืืืืจืื ืื. ืื ืขืฆืื ืื ืื ืืื ืื, ืืื ืจืง ืืฉืื ืืืืช ืืชืืจื ืืืืืื ืฉืืขืจื ืื ืืืฉ.
ืืชืื ‘ืฉืืืืช ืจ’ ื ืชื ืฆืื’
ืืฉืืืื ืืืื
Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shpitzer Shlita
ืืืง
ืงืจืืืช ืฉืืข ืขื ืืืื
ืืจืฉ”ื ืค’ ืืืง ืื ืืฉืื ืขื ืืืื ืืจืฃ, ืขื ืฉืืงืจื ืงืจืืืช ืฉืืข ืขื ืืืื.
ืืข’ ืชืืก’ ืืืืื ืง”ื ืืืื ืืืจื ืื ืืื ืจืง ืืฉืืืจื ืืืืืง ืืืืืืจ ืืืจืืืช ืืฃ ื’, ืืืขื”ื ืชืืืช ืืฉืจืื ืงื”ื ืืขื ืื ืืขืงื ืืง”ืฉ ืขื ืืืื. ืืืขืืจื ืืืืจื ื”ื ืจื”ื ืืจืื”ืฉ ืงืข”ื ืฉืืื ืื ืฉืืฉื ืืชืื ืืืจื ืชืืจื. ืืข’ ืืืืฉ”ื ืงื”ื ื’ ื’.
ืืข’ ืื ื”ืฉ ืืืื ืืื ื ืืืืจ ืง”ืฉ ืขื ืืืื ืืฃ ืฉืืกืืจ ืืื ืืืฆืืืช.
ืืข’ ืืจืืืช ื’ ืืืืื ืืจื ืคืืคืืืช ืืืชืื ืืขืืื ืืกืืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ื ื ืขื ืืฉืืืืชื. ืืข’ ืจ’ ืืื ื ืืฃ ืฉืืื ื ืจืืืคืื ืืืจ ืืืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืื ื’.
ืืืืขื ืืืื ื ืงืจื ืืจื ืคืืคืืืช, ืืชืื ืื ืืกืืง ืืืืงืื ืื ”ื, ืืื ืืกืืง ืืฆื”ืจ ืืืืืืจ ืืืืฉื ืืื’ ืืจืืื ืืฆื”ื ืขื ืืฆื”ืจ ืืื ืืื ืืงืจื ืง”ืฉ ืืื’.
ืืข”ืฉ ืืื’ ืืช”ื ื”ืฆ ืง”ืฉ ืขื ืืืื ืื ื”ืฆ ืฉืืืจื. ืืื ืืืื ืืจืื”ืย ืืฉื”ืข.
ืืืฆืื ื ืขืื ืืขื ืข’ ืฉืขืจ ืืืืื ืืช ื ”ื ื’ ืขื ืื ืง”ืฉ ืขื ืืืื ืืืจืื ืืืืืงืื ืฉืืจื. ืืฉื ืืจืืฉื ืืืื ืืชืงื ืื ืฉืืืจืฉ ืืืคืืช ืงืืืฉื ืืกื”ื ืืฉื ื ืชืืืฉื ืขื ืืืคืื, ืืฆืจืื ืืืจืื ืืืืคืื ืืง”ืฉ ืืืืจ ืื ืืืืจื ืืืืคืืช ืืงืืืฉื.ย ืืืฉ ืฉืืืื ืืืจืื ืืืฃ ืงื”ื ืืืืื ืืืฉ ืฉืืืจื ืจืง ืืืจ ืืื ืืืืื.
ืืข’ ื”ื ืจื”ื ื’ ืื”ื ืืืชืืื ืง”ืฉ ืืขืืืื, ืื”ื ืืืืืจื ืืจืืืช ื’ ืข”ื ืฉืืื ื ืืืืืชื ืืืจื ืืืืืืืช. ืืื ืืืจืืืช ื”ื ืืืจื ืฉื ืื ืืฉื ืื ืื ืืกืชืื ืืฆื ืื ืืื’, ืืืฉ ืืืืืช ืืฉื ืืืื ื. ืืข”ืฉ ื”ื ืืฉื ืืื”ื ื”ื ืืืชืืื ืืืืืจ ืื”ื ืืืจ ืฉืืื.
(ืืืืืื ืืฉื ืชืฉื”ืฅ ืงืื ืืืกืื ืืฉืืจืฉ ืืขืืืื ืืื ืืืคืื ืืื ืืขืืืื. ืืื ืืฉื ืงืืฆืืจ ืฉื”ืข ืืกืืจ ืืืื ืืืจืืช ืืืคืื ืืฉืืืื).
ืืข’ ืืืจืช ืืืืกืจ ืืขืืืคืช ืืจืืฉ, ืืข’ ืจ”ื ืืืคื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืจืื ืืืืงืืืง ืืืืื ื ืืืืื.
ืืืฉ ืืืื ืื ืื ืื ืืฉืื ืืืื ืฉืืข ืื ืืฉืื ืฉืืืจื ืื ืืืขื ืื ”ื ืฉืืืฉื ืืชืื ืืืจื ืชืืจื.
ืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืฉืืืืจ. ืืข’ ืชืื”ื ืฉืืช ืค”ื ื”ื ืืืืฆืื ืคืจืฉื ืงืื ื ืฉื ืชืคืืื ืฉื ืฉืืข ืืฉืจืื, ืืืืจื ืืืืื ืฉืืข ืืฉืจืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืขืืจ ืง”ืฉ ืขื ืืืื, ืืืฃ ืฉืืขืืื ืงืืจืื ืืข”ืค ื”ื ืืืื ืืืื ืฉืืื ืคืจืฉื ืงืื ื ืฉื ืชืคืืื. (ืืืฉืืข ืืืืจืื ืืง”ืฉ ืขื ืืืื ื”ืฆ ื’ ืคืจืฉืืืช). ืืขื”ืค ืืืืืจ ืืืืื ื ืืื’ ืืขื ืื ืคืจืฉื ืจืืฉืื ื.
ืืข’ ืื”ื ืจื”ื ืืฉื ืจ’ ืืจืืื ืฉืข”ืค ืืืืจืฉ ืืืืจ ืื ืคืจืฉืืืช ืง”ืฉ ืืฉืื ืจื”ื ืชืืืืช ืืฉืืืจ ืื ืืืจืื. ืืืื’ ืื ืจืง ืืืขื ืื.
ืืื ื ืข’ ืืจืืฉืืื ืืจืืืช ืค”ื ื”ื ื’ ืข”ื ืื ืืื ืืืชืคืื ืืขืจืื ืืืงืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืกืืื ืขื ืง”ืฉ ืฉืืืขืจืื, ืืืืืจื ืง”ืฉ ืขื ืืืื ืกืืื ืืืื, ืืข’ ืง”ืข ืืืจืืื ืฉื. ืืืืืืจ ืฉืื ืจืฆื ืฉืืกืืื ืขื ืง”ืฉ ืฉืืชืื ืืชืคืื, ืืืฉ ืืืื ืืคื ืืืื ืืขื ืืื ”ื ืื ืจืฆื ืืกืืื ืขื ืื.
ืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืขื ืืจืฉืข
Hagaon Harav Refoel Partzovitz Shlita
ืืืฉืื ืืืืืื ืื ืืืขื ืื ืืขืืจ, ืืฉืจ ืขื ืื ืืจ ืืจืฅ ืื ื ืขืื ืืงืจืื ืื ืืื’ (ืืืืืจ ื”ื ืคืกืืง ื’), ืืืชื ืจืฉ”ื ืื”ื: “ืืื ืชืืืจ, ืืคื ื ืื ืืฉืจื ืืงื”ื ืฉืืื ืชื ืขื ืืื ืจืฉืข, ืืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืคืชืืื ืคื ืืืืืืช ืืืืจ, ืืืื ืืื ืื ื ื ืืืืื ืืืจื ื ืืืืื, ืืขืืื ืืื ื ืืืืื ืืื ืคืจืฆื ืืืจ ืืขืืื, ืฉืืชืืืื ืืื ืืืืจืื ืืขืจืืืช, ืืื ื ืชื ืืื ืขืฆื ืืืคืงืืจ ืขืฆืื ืืื ืืช”, ืขื”ื. ืืืงืฉืื ืืขืืื ืื”ื ืขืืืื ื ืืชืจื ืืขื ืช ืืืืื ืืขืื ื ืืืืืจื ืืืืขื ืฉืืื ืจืฉืข ืืื ืื ืืืขืืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืงืืงื ืืืชืจ, ืืื ืื ืืชื ื ืืื ื ืืื ืฉืืื ื ืจืฉืข ืืืืขื ืืื ืขืฉืื ืืื ืืืืืืจื ืืืืื, ืื”ื ืืื ืืชืฉืืื ืืืขื ืชื ืื ืชืื ืช ื ืืืื ืืืืขื.
ืืืชืื ืงืืฉืื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืืขืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืืขื ืืื ืืืจืื ืคืจืฅ ืืืจื ืฉื ืขืืื ืืื ืื ืืฉืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืืขื ืฉืืื ืจืฉืข ืืขืฆืืืชื, ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืื, ืฉืื ืืื ืืงืื ื ืืืื ืืื ืคืืจืฅ ืืืจื ืฉื ืขืืื, ืืืื ืฉืืจืื ืืื ืืงื”ื ืืืืืืช ืืขืืื ืฉืื ืืืืื ืืืืจ ืฉืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืืืจืื ืืืืื, ืืืืจืื ืื ืืืฉืคืข ืขื ืืื ืฉืคืข ืจืืื ื ืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืืคื ืืื, ืืจืง ืืฉืจืื ืฉืืฉ ืืื ืืื ืงืืืื ืืืืืฉืจืื ืืงืืืช ืฉืคืข ืจืืื ื ืืืขืืื ืืื ืื ืืืื, ืื ืืืืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืงืืืื ืืจืืื ืืืช, ืฉืื ืื ืจืง ืฉืื ืืืื ืืื ืชืืขืืช ืืงืืืช ืืืืืืช ืืจืืื ืืื, ืืื ืืืจืื ืขืื ืืงืืงืื ืขื ืืืืืืช ืฉื ืืชื ื ืืื.
ืืืื ืฉืืืืื ืืื ืืงื”ื ืืืืขื ืฉืงืืื ื ืืืื ืืืฉื ืจืืื ื, ืื ืืืงืื ืืืืืืจื ืืืืื ืขืื ืงืืงื ืืคืจืฅ ืืืจืืช ืขืืื, ืื”ื ืืืฆื ืืจืฉืขืืชื ืฉื ืืืขื ืืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืงืื ืจืืื ืืืช, ืฉืืื ื ืืืืฉืจ ืืื ืืืืื ืื ืจืง ืืงืืงืื, ืืฉืื ืืื ืคืชืืื ืคื ืืืืืืช ืืืฉืื ืืืื ืืืืืชื ืืื ื ืจืืื ืืงืื ืืืืืช ืจืืื ืืื, ืืื ืืงืื ืจืง ืืงืืงื ืืืืืืื ืืืืขื.
ืืจืง ืืฆืจืื ืืืืจ ืืืื ืืืื ืงืืืื ืฉืืฉ ืืื ืืืฉืจืื ืฉืืืืื ืืฉืืืืื ืืื ื, ืื ืจืื ืืืืืจ ืืขื ืื ืืืงืื ืืืจื ืืืฉื ื ืืืืืช ืค”ื, ืืืืชื ืฉื ืื ืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ื’ ืืืจืื ืืืื ืืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืข”ื, ืื’ ืืืจืื ืืืจืื ืืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืขื ืืจืฉืข, ืขืื ืืืื ืจืื ื ืืืื ื ืคืฉ ืฉืคืื ืืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืข”ื, ืขืื ืจืขื ืืจืื ืืืืื ืื ืคืฉ ืจืืื ืืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืขื ืืจืฉืข, ืขื”ื ืืืฉื ื.
ืืืคืฉืืืช ืืืื ืช ืืืฉื ื ืืืกืื ื’ ืืืืืช ืืืืืช ืืืื ืื ืืืืจืื ืืืื ื, ืืืืืื ืืืจื ืื ื ืืฉื ืชืืืืื ืฉื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื, ืืืืืคื ืื ืฉืืืืืชืื ืจืขืืช ืื’ ืขื ืื ืื ืืืื ืฉืื ืขืืงืจื ืืืืืืช, ื ืืฉื ืชืืืืื ืฉื ืืืขื ืืจืฉืข, ืืจืง ืืฆืจืื ืืืืืจ ืืืฉื ืืืจื ืืืฉื ื, ืื ืืื ืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืข”ื ืืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืขื ืืจืฉืข, ืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืืืืืื ืืขืื”ื ืื ืืืืื ืขืื”ื, ืืื ืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืขื ืืืจืฉืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืจืืื ืืืืจ ืฉืืช ืืื’, ืืืืืืจื ืืื ืื ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื, ืืจื ืคืฉืื ืืืืื ืืืจืฉ ืื ืขืื ืืืจืข ืืืื ืื.
ืื ืจืื ืืืืจ ืืขืืืง ืืืื ืช ืืืฉื ื ืืืืืช ืืื ืืืืจืืช ืื ื, ืืืื ืืืืชื ืฉื ืืืขื ืืจืฉืข ืฉืืฉืื ืื ืื ืืืขืืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืฉืงืืื, ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืืฉื ื ืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ื’ ืืืจืื ืืืื ืืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืขื ืืจืฉืข, ืืืืื ื ืืืกืื ืืืืจ ืฉืื ืืืขืื ืื ืืฉืคืข ืืจืืื ื ืฉืงืืื ืืื ืืฉืื ืืฉืืฉื ืืืจืื ืฉืืื ืื, ืืื ืขืื ืจืขื ืจืื ืืืืื ืื ืคืฉ ืฉืคืื, ืืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืืืืขื, ืืืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืืืื ืืช ืขื ืื ื ืืืืืืช ืขืื ืืืื ืจืื ื ืืืื ืื ืคืฉ ืฉืคืื, ืืืื ืืืชืืฉืจืืช ืืืืื ืงืืืื ืืงืื ืฉืคืข ืจืืื ื, ืืืื ืฉืืืจื ืืืฉื ื ืื ืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ื’ ืืืืืช ืืืื ืืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืขื ืืจืฉืข, ืืืืืื ื ืืืืื ืฉืืื ืืงืื ืืืืืืช ืืื ืืื ืื ืืืขืืื ืื ืืงื ืื ืื ืืจืืื ืืื, ืืืืื ืืืืขื ืืจืฉืข.
ืืืืืฆื ืืืืืืจ ืืขืื ืืืื ืืื ื ืจืง ืื ืืืชื ืฉื ืืืขื, ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืื ืืื ืื ืืืขืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืืืืืื ืืืืจื ืจืฉ”ื ืื ”ื, ืืืืกืืจ ืืื, ืืืื ืืืืืช ืืืื ืฉื ืขืื ืืืื ืืจืื ื ืืืื ืื ืคืฉ ืฉืคืื ืื ืืืืืช ืฉืืื ืืืืื ืฉืืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืคืงืขืื ืืื, ืืืืขื ืืื ื ืจืื ืคืฉืื, ืืขื ืื ืขืื ืืืื ืืื ืจืง ืืืจ ืฉืฉืืื ืจืง ืืืฉืจืื, ืืืจื ืืกืื ืขืื ืืืื ื ืืืข ืืืืืช ืจืขืื ืฉืืื ืืขื ืื ืืืืืช ืืจืขื ืืืื, ืืืื ืืกืื ืืชืืจื ืฉืืืืื ืืืจ ืฉืื ืืืชืืืืจ ืืคื ื ืืื, ืืืืื ื ืฉืืืื ืืืคืงืข ืืืืื, ืื”ื ืืืื ืฉืืื ืื ืฉืืืืืช ืืขืื ืืืื, ืื ืขื ืื ืืืืืืช ืืกืืื ืืฉืืื ืืขืื ืืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืืืื, ืืืืืืชื ืืื’ ืืืืืืช (ืืฃ ืข”ื ืข”ื) ืฉืืฉื ืกืืื ืื ืืฉ ืืืืื ืื ืืื’, ืืืืื ืืกืืื ืืืชืื ืืืขื ืืฉืจ ืืฆืื ืืช ืื ืื ืืื’ ืืืืื ื ืืขื ืื ืื”ื ืืื ืืื ืื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืืื ืื, ืืืื ืขื ืื ืขืื ืืืื ืฉื ืงืื ืืืฉื ื ืืืืจืื ืืืื ื, ืืืื ืขื ืื ืืืกื ืฉืืกืืื ืืขืื ืืืื, ืืืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืืืืช ืืืืื. ืืืืชื ืืื’ (ื”ื ืืฃ ื’ ืข”ื) “ืืืกื ืืืืืื ืืืืช, ืื ืฆืืงื ืืืกื ืฉืืืืืช ืขืืืื ืืืืืื ืขืืฉืื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ื ืขืืฉืื ืืื ืืืชืืื”, ืืืืื ืช ืืื’ ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืฉื ืืืืืช ืืืืื ืืืืจืื, ืืืืจืื ืืืขืชื ืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืื ืืขืฆืื, ืืื ื ืืฆื ืืื ืขืืฉื ืืกื ืืืื ืื ืืกืืืืช ืืืื ืืจืกืื ืฉื ืืืืช ืขืฆืื.
ืืื ืขื ืื ืจืื ื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืช ืืขื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืืื, ืืืืขื ืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืฉืืื ืข ืฉืืื ืื ืืืชืืื ืืืืืชื ืืขืืฉืจื ืืืืืืจืชื, ืืื ืจืง ืืฉืืืื ืฉืื ืืฉืจืื ืืชืื ืืืืืืืชืื ืืื ืืชื ืช ืฉืืื, ืืืืืืจ ืืคืกืืง ืืืืจืช ืืืืื ืืืื ืืขืืฆื ืืื ืขืฉื ืื ืืช ืืืื ืืื ืืื’ ืืืืจืช ืืช ื’ ืืืงืื ืื ืืื ืื ืืชื ืื ืื ืืขืฉืืช ืืื, ืืืื ื ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืืืืืื ืฉืกืืืจืื ืฉืื ืืืืืืชืื ืฉื ืืืื ืื ืืืืืืช ืขืฆืื ืืจืืื ืืืชืคืืจ ืืื, ืื ืื ืฉืืชื ืืืกืืืช ืืฉืจืื (ืคื”ื) ืฉืืขื ืืื ืืื ืืืจ ืฉืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืคื ืืืืช ืฉืืจื ืืืื ืืืขืืืชืื ื ืืฉื ืืืื ืืขืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืื, ืืื ืืื ืืืขืืืชืื ืฆืจืื ืืขืืืจ ืืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืืชื ืื ืืช ืืขืืชื ืื”ื ืืื ืืงืื ืืืืืื, ืืื ืืืืจืื ืืืื ืฉืืืืื ืืืืื ืจืง ืืืฉืจืื ืืื ืืขืื”ื, ืื ืขืื ืื ื ืืจืืืืช ืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืช ืขื ืื ืืขื ืื, ืืืืืข ืฉืืกืืคืจ ืขื ืืื ืืื ืืจืืฉื ืืืืื ืืช ืืืืจ ืืงืืื ืฉืืื ืืืืข ืืืืืืชื, ืืืืจื ืื ืจืื ืฉืืืจ ืฉืื ืืืงืืื ืืชื ืื ืืฆื ืืขืืช, ืืืืื ืข”ื ืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืื, ืื ืืฉ ืื ืกืืืืช ืืืืืช ืืืืืช ืขื ืื, ืืืืื ื ืืืืื ืืคื ืืื ืชื ืืื ืืงืื ืืขื ืืื, ืื ืื ืืืืคื ืฉืืื ืืฉืืื ืืขืืืช, ืืืืฆื ืืืืืจืื ืฉืืืื ืืืคืงืข ืืขื ืื ืขื ืืื.
ืื ืขื ืื ื ืคืฉ ืฉืคืื ืืื ื”ื ืืืจ ืืฉืืื ืจืง ืืืฉืจืื, ืืืืืจ ืืืชืื ืงืืืฉืื ืชืืื ืื ืงืืืฉ ืื ื ื’, ืืืืื ื ืืขื ืื ืคืจืืฉืืช ืืืืื ืขืืช ืืชืืืืช ืืขืื”ื ืฉืืื ืจืง ืืืฉืจืื, ืืืฆืืืื ืขื ืื ืืืืืขืื ืฉืขื ืื ื ืืขืื”ื ืืื ื ืชืืืืช ืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืจื ืืืื ืื ืชืืืืชื ืืขืืื ืืื ืจืง ืขื ืื ื ืืขืืื ืืื, ืืขืืื ื ืืืจ ืืืื ืืฉืชื ืื ืืืจ ื ืืืช, ืืื ืชืืืืชื ืืื ืืื ืืงืืช ืืืืื ืืช ืื ืืขืืื, ืืื ืืืจืื ืืจื ืื ืืฉืืื, ืืื ืืฉ ืืื ืืืื ืฉื ืื ืข ืืื ืืืช ืืขืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืช ืืชื ืืืืชื, ืื ืืฉื ืืขืื ืื ืืกืืคื ืืื ืืขื, ืืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืขื ืืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ืืช ืขื ืื ื ืคืฉ ืฉืคืื.
ืืืืจื ืืืืืืจ, ืืชืืืืืื ืฉื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืข”ื ืื ืืขืื ืืืืืืช, ืืืืื ื ืืืืจืื ืืื ืืจืื ืืขื ืื ืืืืืช ืืืืืช, ืฉืืืืืช ืืืฉืืจื ืืื ืืื ืืช ืืืฆ”ื ืืืืืช ืจืืืื ืืงืืืช ืืชืืจื ืืืืฆืืืช ืข”ื ืืืืืช ืืืืืช, ืฉืจืง ืขื”ื ืืฉ ืืชืืฉืจืืช ืืงืื ืืขืืืช ืจืืื ืืืช, ืืืื ืืืื ืช ืืืืจ ืื”ื ืืจื ืืจืฅ ืงืืื ืืชืืจื, ืืืืืืช ืืื ืงืืืื ืืชืืจื ืืื ืข”ื ืืืืืช ืืืืืช, ืืืืจ ืื ืืฆืื ื ืืคืืจืฉ ืืจืื”ื (ืกืืฃ ืค”ื ืืื’ ืืขืืช) ืืืจื ืฉืืืจืื ืืจืื”ื ืืขื ืื ื ืืืืืืช ืืืืฆืืขื, ืืกืืื ืฉื (ืื”ื ืืชื”ื) ืื”ื: “ื ืงืจืืช ืืจื ืื ืืจื ื’ ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืืื ืื ืฉื ื’ ืืฉืจ ืืืขืชืื ืืืขื ืืฉืจ ืืฆืืื ืืื'”, ืขื”ื, ืืืืืืจ ืืจืื”ื ืืืื ืื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืืื ืขื ืขื ืื ืืืืืืช ืืืืฆืืขื, ืื ืจืื ืฉืืืงืืจ ืืืืจื ืืืจื ืืจืื”ื ืืื ืืื’ ืืืืืช ืฉื ืืืจ ืืขืื, ืืืืชื ืฉื ืืืคืกืืง ืืืขื ืืฉืจ ืืฆืื ืืช ืื ืื, ืืืืืจ ืขื ืืืืืืช ืืกืืื, ืืืื ืืืืืช ืขืื ืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืื ืืืืจืื ื, ืืืืืืช ืืื ืื ืืช ืื ืืื ืืืืืช ืจืืืื ืืงืื ืฉืคืข ืจืืื ื, ืข”ื ืฉืืงื ื ืืืืืช ืืืืืช.
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Harav Hagaon Meir Wahrsager Shlita
Safety in Solitude
Parashas Balak
Harav Hagaon Meir Wahrsager shlita
In this parashah the Torah says: ืึทืึทึผืจึฐื ืึดึผืึฐืขึธื ืึดึผื ืืึนื ืึฐึผืขึตืื ึตื ื’ ืึฐืึธืจึตืึฐ ืึถืช ืึดืฉึฐืืจึธืึตื ืึฐืึนื ืึธืึทืึฐ ืึฐึผืคึทืขึทื ืึฐึผืคึทืขึทื โ โ after trying twice to curse Klal Yisrael, Bilam decided to go with a new approach, as the next passuk says: ืึทืึดึผืฉึธึผืื ืึดืึฐืขึธื ืึถืช ืขึตืื ึธืื ืึทืึทึผืจึฐื ืึถืช ืึดืฉึฐืืจึธืึตื ืฉึนืืึตื ืึดืฉึฐืืึธืึธืื ืึทืชึฐึผืึดื ืขึธืึธืื ืจืึผืึท ืึฑืึนืงึดืื. The Ohr Hachaim Hakadosh explains that when the Torah says that Bilam โraised his eyes,โ it means that usually, Bilam was able to utilize his ayin raโah to curse people and have power over them, but when he came to curse Klal Yisrael, he saw that they were surrounded by protective clouds, so he decided to raise his view and go over the cloud, so to speak, in order to penetrate that protective casing and impose his ayin raโah over Klal Yisrael. Thatโs the meaning of ืึทืึดึผืฉึธึผืื ืึดืึฐืขึธื ืึถืช ืขึตืื ึธืื. Yet although he apparently found a way to penetrate beyond the protective clouds of Klal Yisrael, he saw something that stopped him, as the passuk continues: ืึทืึทึผืจึฐื ืึถืช ืึดืฉึฐืืจึธืึตื ืฉึนืืึตื ืึดืฉึฐืืึธืึธืื. Rashi explains that he saw two characteristics of Klal Yisrael: ืจืื ืื ืฉืื ืืฉืื ืฉืืื ืืขืฆืื ืืืื ื ืืขืืจืืื, ืจืื ืฉืืื ืคืชืืืื ืืืืื ืื ืื ืื ืื ืื, ืฉืื ืืฆืืฅ ืืชืื ืืื ืืืืจื.
The first thing he saw was that the twelve shevatim of Klal Yisrael were separate; even though they were in close proximity to each other, they did not intermingle, and their encampments did not mix. The second thing he saw was that even within each shevetโs encampment, the doors of the tents did not face each other, so that people would not look into each otherโs tents. When he saw this, ืึทืชึฐึผืึดื ืขึธืึธืื ืจืึผืึท ืึฑืึนืงึดืื, and Rashi comments: ืขืื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืงืืื โ this amazing sight stopped him from cursing.
The Gemara (Bava Basra 60a) adds that when Bilam saw that Klal Yisraelโs doors did not face each other, he said: ืจืืืื ืืืื ืฉืชืฉืจื ืขืืืื ืฉืืื ื. Thatโs why he decided not to curse them, and he eventually expressed this hispaalus when he said: ืึทื ืึนึผืืึผ ืึนืึธืึถืืึธ ืึทืขึฒืงึนื. Rashi says that he uttered these words because he saw that their doors did not face each other.
Why was Bilam so impressed with this? And why did this serve to protect Klal Yisrael from klalah?
The Two Dangers of Mingling
At the beginning of Sefer Bamidbar, the Torah describes the degalim of the twelve shevatim, and the Ramban explains that each of their flags was a different color, reflecting the unique kochos hanefesh of each shevet. Each shevet had its own pathway in serving Hakadosh Baruch Hu, and that was represented in its flag, and on the choshen as well. Despite their camping in close proximity to each other, they still retained their unique approaches and did not mingle. This is a tremendous maalah of Klal Yisrael, and Bilam recognized this as a Godly trait, as he said: ืจืืืื ืืืื ืฉืชืฉืจื ืขืืืื ืฉืืื ื.
Usually, when people have different approaches, the natural tendency is for each person to enter the other personโs territory, for two โ conflicting โ reasons. One, each person thinks his approach is the best, so he feels compelled to flaunt what he has and โproveโ to the others that heโs better than them. And two, a person often feels threatened by people who have a different approach, so that also causes him to feel he needs to prove to others that his approach is correct.
You can see this happening when youโre sitting at a table and someone starts talking about the mehalach halimud in his yeshiva, and describing how fast they learn. Another person sitting there learns in a yeshiva that takes the opposite approach. What are the chances that he can sit there and not feel the need to argue and disprove him, showing that his mehalach is correct? That would be an example of being ืืขืืจืืื.
On one hand, people feel the need to flaunt what they have and bring it into the other personโs territory, and on the other hand, they also feel a powerful urge to see whatโs going on in other peopleโs lives. The other person might have something better than I have, and I would like to get a sneak peek at what he has and maybe imitate him, or maybe try to take it for myself. I would also like to see what he thinks of me. These are all variations of the state of ืืขืืจืืื: I have my head inside the other personโs world.
Klal Yisraelโs encampment was the opposite: Each shevet dwelled alone. This required a tremendous level of comfort and shleimus with who they were; each one felt that they were doing the fullest, and when youโre shaleim with what you have you donโt feel threatened by others, so you donโt feel a need to flaunt what you have or disprove their approach. You donโt feel jealous of them, you donโt need to know what theyโre thinking of you, and you donโt necessarily need their approval. You know what you have and you know youโre doing the best with your kochos.
Safety In Your Own World
The second aspect of Klal Yisraelโs encampment that Bilam saw was:ืฉืืื ืคืชืืืื ืืืืื ืื ืื ืื ืื ืื. Even if each shevet dwelled alone, there still could be the tendency to peek into someone elseโs tent, but Klal Yisrael were so wholesome, so content with their chelek, that each one lived in his own private world. It was clear to each one that this is his world โ ืฉืขืฉื ืื ืื ืฆืจืื โ that he wasnโt looking into anyone elseโs tent. Bilam saw this, too, as an unbelievably Godly trait, something that practically does not exist.
Why did this attribute protect Klal Yisrael from klalah?
Bilam, we know, had a powerful ayin raโah, as the Mishnah in Avos teaches that the three characteristics of Bilam were ayin raโah, nefesh rechavah, and ruach gevohah. The Maharal, in his peirus on Avos, explains that these three characteristics correspond to another Mishnah in Avos: ืืงื ืื ืืืชืืื ืืืืืื ืืืฆืืืื ืืช ืืืื ืื ืืขืืื. What does it mean that these things โtake a person out of the worldโ? Many explanations are offered, one of which is that the world referred to here is the personโs own world. Every person has his own world, but some people donโt live in their own world โ theyโre always looking over their shoulder for the approval of others, on one hand, and, on the other hand, flaunting what they have to others.
Kin’ah happens when a person cannot appreciate what he has and is sick with envy, because he is unable to live in his own world and realize that what he has is perfect for him, that no one can ever take away what he has, and that he doesnโt need what anyone else has. And when a person suffers from kinah, he is susceptible to ayin raโah.
Apparently, if someone wants to place an ayin hara on another person, he can do that only if the other person is not living totally in his own world. If the other person does not budge from his own boundaries, then no one can place an ayin hara on him.
When Bilam saw Klal Yisrael ืฉึนืืึตื ืึดืฉึฐืืึธืึธืื โ twelve shevatim, each living in their own world, with no kinah, no flaunting, and no feeling threatened โ they were completely shielded from ayin hara, and thatโs when ืขืื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืงืืื. Seeing that he could not touch them, he was filled with hispaalus, and exclaimed: ืึทื ืึนึผืืึผ ืึนืึธืึถืืึธ ืึทืขึฒืงึนื.
This is one of the major maalos of Klal Yisrael, and itโs a Yiddishe characteristic that we need to try to emulate.
The Danger of the Flags
R’ Yaakov Kamenetsky, in Emes LโYaakov, offers a beautiful insight. Why, he asks, did Hakadosh Baruch Hu command Klal Yisrael regarding the degalim only at the beginning of Sefer Bamidbar, after the Mishkan was built, and not immediately after they left Mitzrayim?
He answers that the purpose of the degalim was to accentuate the different approaches of each shevet. But this can be dangerous, because highlighting peopleโs different approaches can cause divisiveness, through being ืืขืืจืืื. In order for each one to be shaleim even through they were all living in such close proximity, they needed something central to unite them. Even though they all had their own approaches, what connected them was the Mishkan and Hakadosh Baruch Hu. Because Hakadosh Baruch Hu is here with us in this world, that gives us the ability to unite and maintain the Yiddishe practice of ืฉึนืืึตื ืึดืฉึฐืืึธืึธืื, of not facing one anotherโs tents
We are approaching the Three Weeks, when we focus on mourning the loss of the Beis Hamikdash, and this one of the things we need to keep in mind as we yearn for the Beis Hamikdash. One of the obstacles to maintaining the shalom and achdus of Klal Yisrael is the kinah that takes people out of this world. To combat that, we need to fight the tendency to be ืืขืืจืืื and to face each otherโs tents, so to speak. This is something we need to work on even before the Beis Hamikdash returns, as along with yearning for the Beis Hamikdash we want to regain that unbelievable state of ืึทื ืึนึผืืึผ ืึนืึธืึถืืึธ ืึทืขึฒืงึนื.
Gut Shabbos.