ืืืจื ืจืืืชืื ื
Maran Hamashgiach Hagaon Harav Yechezkel Levinshtein, ztโl
ืืืื ืื ืื ืชืฉืืข ืืงืื ื’ ืืืงืื (ืื,ืื)
ืืืจ ืืจื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ืืืืงืื ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืฆืืื”ื: ืคืื ืืื ืฉืืืฉืจ ืืชืขืืจืจ ืืืื ืกืคืง ืขื ืืจืืืืชื ื”ืข, ืืจื ืฉืืืจืฉ ืืื ืืจืืคืืื ืืืืฆืื ืืืื ื ืืืืื ืืืจืจ ืืช ืืฆืื, ืื ืืืชืงืจื ืืื ืืืื ืฉืืื ื ืืืจ ืขื ืืจืืืืชื ืฉื ืืืื ืืขื ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืชืขืืจืจ ืืื ืืฆืจืื ืืขืืื ืขืื ืจื ืืื ืืขืืจืจ ื ืคืฉื.
ืืื ืฉืืืื ื ืืจื ืืืืคื ืฉ”ืืื ืืขืื ืืืื”, ืฉืื ืขื ืืื ืจืืื ื ืืืื ืื ืจืง ืืขืื ืืืืืขื, ืืืืฉ”ื ืื”ื “ืื ืืืขืช ืืืฆืืช, ืื ืชืืืื”. ืขืืืืช ืืืื ืืื ืืขืืจืจ ืืช ืืืื ืืืืขืืืช ืืืืจืื ื ืืช ืืืคืจืขืืช ืฉืขืืจ ืืฉื ื ืืืืืคืชย ืืขื”ื ืืขืืจืจ ืืช ืืืื ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืื ืชืืืจ ืขืืื ืฉื ื ืืืื ืืื ืื ืืคืจืขืืช ืืื.
ืืืืฉืื ืฉืืคืจืืขื ืืขืืืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืงื”ื ืืชืจื. ืื ืข”ื ืฉืืชืืื ื ืืืื ืืชืืืื ืฉืืคืจืฉื ืืจืื ืืืืคื ืืืืฉื ืฉืืื ื ืืชื ืืืืจื ืืขืืื ื ืืชื ืืชืืจื. ืฉืืจื ืื ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืืจืื ื ืืจืืื ืืืื? ืจืง ืื ืฉืืืื ืืืืฆืืื ืืคืืขื! ืืคื ืฉืืื ืืืฉื ืืืืจืืช ืืชืงืืืื ืืงืืืืช ื”ื.
ืืื ืจืืืื ืื ื ืืช ืืืืจ ืืืฉืคื. ืืชืืื ื ืืช ืื ืืืืืช ืืช ืืืืฉืืืช ืื ืืงื”ื ืืชืจื, ืื “ืขื ืืื ืืฉืคื ืืื”. ืืื ืืืฉืคื ื ืืชื ืืืืืื.
ืื ืขืืื ื ืืืขืช ืื ืืงื”ื ืืืืืื ื “ืืืชื ืชืืฉืื ืื”, ืืืื ืืืื ืืฉืืื ืขื ืืฆืจื ืืจืข. ืข”ื ืฉืืืจืืฉ ืืช ื’ ืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืฉืงืื ืืืืืืื ืขื ืืฆืจื, ืืืื ืืืกืจ ืืืขืืจืจ ืืช ืืืื ืืืื ืืขืืื ืืืื ืืืืืชืย ืืืืืืชื ืืฉื ื ืืืื.
ืืืจื ืืืืื
Maran Hamashgiach Hagaon Harav Yechezkel Levinshtein, ztโl
ืืชืื ืืกืคืจ “ื ืก ืืืฆืื ืฉื ืืฉืืืช ืืืจ” ืฉื ืืชื ืข”ื ืชืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืจืื ืืืื ื ืืืกืฃ ืืจืฆืื ืืฆ”ื ืืืชืืจ ืืช ืืืืฉ ืืืื ืืฉื ืืื ืืืื ืกืืฃ ืืืืืช ืืขืืื ืืฉื ืื:
ืืืืจ ืื ืืขืช ืืคื
ืืืื ืชืฉ”ื. ืืืืืจืขืืช ืฉืงืจื ืจืง ืื ืขืชื: ืืืืช ืคืฆืฆืืช ืืืืื ืขืย ืืคื, ืื ืืขืชื, ืืืืืฉ ืฉื ืืื ืืืื ืฆืื ืกืื ืืืืืื ืืช. ืืืคืฉืจืืืืช ืฉืื ื ืขืชื ืขื ืกืืื ืืืืืื, ืืืืคื ืืืขื ืืืื ืืขืืจืจ ืืชืขื ืืื ืืช ืืกืืืืืช.
ืืืฉืืื, ืืจื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ืืืืงืื ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืฆืืื”ื, ืฉืจืื ืืื ืืคืจืขื ืืืฆื ืืขืืืื ืฉื ืืืื ืืืงืืื ืืืฉืืื, ืืฆื ืืืืจืื ืืืฆืื ืืืืืช ืืฉ ืืืกืื ืืช ืืืขืช ืืื ืขื ืืื ืฆืืื ืืืขืืื ืืชืืจื ืืืจืืช ืฉืืื ืืื ืื ืืืกื ืืืขืช ืืืฉืืื ืืืชืงืืคืช ืืืื ืฉื ืฉื ืื ืขืืจื.
ืืื ืืืกืืฃ ืืืจืืฉืชื: ืืื ืืชืื ืฉืืืืจ ืฉื ืขืฉื ืื ื ื ืืกืื ืืืืืื ืืืื ืกืคืืจ ืืืฉื ืืย ืืืืืื, ื ืืจืื ืืืงื ืืขืช ืืืืื ืืช ืืชื ืขืืืืช ื’ ืืืงืืื ืืืฉืืื, ืืื ืืืืคื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืช, ืื ืื ืื ืืืืื ืืชืขืืืช ื ืืกืคืช ืขืื ืืืชืจ.
ืืืื ืื ืืื, ืืืจืืช ืื ืืกืืื ืืช ืืืื ืฉืืื ืืืืจื ืื ืงืืื, ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืชืฉ”ื ืืืืืื ืื ืืจืืื ืฉื ืฉื ืช ืชืฉ”ื ืืขืืืื ืืืืืฆืช ืืืืืฉืืืช ืฉืืื ืืชืืจ.
ืืฉืืืื ืืืื
Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shpitzer Shlita
ืงืจืืืช ืืชืืืื
ืข’ ืจื”ื ื ”ื ื”ื ืืฉื ืื”ื ืื ืฉืืื ืฉืื ื ืืฉ”ืฅ ืื ืืขืื ืืก”ืช ืืฉืงืืจื ืืชืืืื. ืืข’ ื”ื ืงื”ื ื’ ืืฉื ืืืจื”ื ืืืงืจืืืช ืชืืืื ืฉื ืืฉื ื ืชืืจื ืฉื ืืืจื ืืืฉืื ืืืื ืืฉ ืืืืฉ ืืงืจืืช ืืื ืืืื ื ืืืืื ืืงืจืืช ืืื ืื ืฉืืจืฆื ืืื ืืชืืืื ืืื ืืืงืชื ืืื ืืืืฉ ืืืื ืื ืืงืจืืช ื”ื ืฉื ืื ืฉืืจืฆื.
ืืข’ ื”ื ืชื”ื ื”ื ืื”ื ืืืจื”ื ืืงืคืื ืขื ืื ืฉืขืื ืืชืืืื ืืืืงื ืืฉืืฉ ืฉืฉืืืจืื ืืืชื ืืื ืืื ืงืคืืื ืืื’ ืืืืจืื ืืงืืืืช ื ืืืืื ืฉืืฉ”ืฅ ืืงืืจื ืืขืฆืื ืขืืื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืคืืื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืงืจืืช ืืื’ ืขื”ื. ืืข”ืฉ ืขืื ืื”ื ืืื ืฉื ืืืืื ืฉืืงืืจื ืืขืฆืื ืขืืื ืืื ืขืฆื ืืื ืืืชื ืืื ืฆืืื, (ืืืฉืืข ืฉืื ืืจืฆื ืืืฉืื ืืขืืืช ืืจืฉืืช ืืืื, ืืื ืื”ื ืืืื ืืืืจื”ื ืืืฉืืข ืฉืืงืคืื ืืืืงื ืืฉืืฉ ืฉืฉืืืจืื ืืืชื ืืขืื). (ืืื”ื ืืฉืืข ืืืขืย ืฉืืืย ืงืืจืืืย ืืืืฉ ืืื ืืืฉืฉ ืฉืื ืืขืื ืืืื ืืฉ ืงืืื ืฉืืชืงืฆืจื ืืืื).
ืืข”ืข ืื ืืช ืืืขืืจ ื”ื ืก”ื ืฉืืื ืื ืฉืืงืืจื ืขืืื (ืื”ื ืื”ื). ืืืืื ืฉื ืฉืืืจืื”ื ืืื ืขืืื ืืชืืืืืช. ืืืืื ืื ืืื”ื ืชื”ื ื’ ืืฉื ืื ื”ื ืืื ืื ืกืคืจื ืฉืืืื ืขืืื.
(ืืข”ืฉ ืืืจืืืืช ืืื ืฉื ืืื ืืืืื ืืงืืืืช ืฉืืื ืืืจืืื ืขื ืืชืืืืืช, ืืืฉืื ืข”ื, ืืืืื ืืืื ื ืืืื ืฉืืืืฉื ืืื ืื ืื ืืฉืืฉ ืืื ื ืงืืจื ืืขืืื ืื ืืชืื ืขืืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืชืืื ืืงืจืืืช ืืฉืืฉ.
ืืข’ ืืจ ืืืจืื ื”ื ืืฉื”ื ืืืื”ื ื’ ืืืฉ ืฉืงืืจืืื ืืื ืขืืื ืืืื ืืจืื, ืืข’ ืืืืฃ ืื ืฉืืื ื ”ื ืืื ืืช ืืืขืืจ ื”ื ืก”ื ื ืื ืื.
ืืข’ ืืื ื ืืืื ื”ื ืื”ื ื”ื ืฉืืืื ืงืืฉ ืืื ืงืืจืื ืค’ ืืชืืืื ืืื ืขืืื ืืื. (ืืข”ืฉ ืืขืฉื ืืื ืฉืขืื ืืขืฆืื ืืืืจ ืื ืืื ืืื ืืขื ืขืืืจื ืื ืื ืื ืืก”ืช ืืื ืขืืื ืืืื ืืืืื).
ืืข”ืข ืฉื”ื ื”ื ืงืข”ื ืืื ืฉืฉืืืจืื ืืืชื ืืขืืืช ืืชืืืื ืื ืืฉ ืืื ืฉืืจ ืฉืืช. ืืื”ื ืื ”ื ืืชื ืืงืจืืช ืืืฉืืฉ ืฉืฉืืืจืื ืืืชื ืืื, ืืืื’ ืืืื ืชื ืฉืืื ืืฉืืฉ ืื ืืฉื ื ืืื ืฉืืืจืื ืืืชื ืื ืืื, ืื”ื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืจ ืฉืืช.
ืืข’ ื”ื ืชื”ื ื”ื ืืคืกืงืื, ื ืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืจืืฆืื ืืขืืืช ืืชืืืื, ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืกื ืขืื ืื ืฉืื ืืจืื ืืืืฉืื ืืจื”ืจ.
ืืข’ ืืงื ืืืฉืจ ืขื’ 55 ื’ ืื ืืืืืจืื ืจืฆื ืืขืืืช ืืื ืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืจ ืืงื ืืืจ ืฉืืื ืืืื”ื ืฉื ืืงืื, ืืงืจื ืืืชื ืืงื ืืื’ ืืืืจ ืื ืืืจ ืื ืื ืฉืืจื ืคืืื ื ืืจ ืคืืื ื ืืขืืืจ ืฉืงืืื ืขืืื ืชืืืืช ืืชืืจื, ืืฉืืจ ืื ืืฆืืืื ืืงื”ื ืืื’.
ืืข’ ืก”ื ืชืฉืก”ื ืื ืืงืจืื ืช”ื ืืชืืืื ืืืฉืฉ ืฉืืชืงืืื ืื ืฉืืืจ. ืืข”ืฉ ืก”ื ืชืฉืก”ื ืฉืื ืืืฉืื ืืงืืจื ืขื ืืขืืื, ืืืืื ืืื”ื, ืืืฉืืข ืืื ืืืฉื ืืชืงืืื
ืืจื ืืคืื
Maran Hamashgiach Hagaon Harav Chaim Zev Finkel, ztโl
ืดืืืืขืช ืื ื’ ืืืงืื ืืื ืืืืงืื ืืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืืจ ืืืจืืช ืืืืกื ืืืืืืื ืืืฉืืืจื ืืฆืืชืื ืืืืฃ ืืืจ. ืืืฉืื ืืฉืื ืืื ืื ืคื ืื ืืืืืืื ืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืื ืื ืื ืคื ืื ืืฉืื ืืืด. (ืืืจืื ื,ืโื).
ืืืชื ืืจืืืดื: ืดืืขืื ืชืืข ืืืืณ ืืืื ืฉืืืจ ืืืจืืช ืืืืกื ืืืืืืื ืืืฉืืืจื ืืฆืืชืื ืืจืื ืฉืื ืืืืฃ ืืืจ ืืืจืขื, ืืืฉืจ ืฉืืจ ืื ืืจืืช ืืืืชืื. ืืชืืข ืื ืืื ืืฉืื ืืฉืื ืืื ืืืื ืจืฉืขื ืื ืคื ื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืืืื ืืืฉืจ ืืืืื ืืช ืืืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืจ ืืื. ืืืืื ืืืืช ืืฉืจ ืืืืืจ ืืืช ืืขืืื, ืืขืคืดื ืฉืืฉ ืจืฉืข ืืืจืื ืืจืขืชื ืื ืืืืณ ืื ืื ืจืง ืืคื ื ืืืื ืืืืช ืื ืืืจืช ืฉืืื ืฉืืืจ ืืืกื, ืืื ื ืขืฉื ืฉืื ืืืื ืฉืฆืจืื ืืฉืื ืื. ืืืืณ ืืืื ืฉืืืจื: ืืืจ ืจืณ ืืืืฉืื ืืคื ื ืฉืืฉื ืืืจืื ืืงืืดื ืืืจืื ืืคืืื ืืจืฉืขืื ืืขืืืดื, ืฉืื ืืขืฉื ืชืฉืืื, ืื ืขืฉื ืืฆืืช ืฉืืงืืดื ืืฉืื ืฉืืจื ืืขืืืดื, ืื ืฉืื ืืฆืื ืืื ืฆืืืงืื, ืืืืณ ืืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืื ืขืืดื.
ืฉืชื ืืืืช ืืฉื ื, ืื ืฉื ืืื ืืดืืืืืื ืืฉืืืจื ืืฆืืชืืืด, ืืื ืืืช ืืงืืดื ืดืฉืืืจ ืืืจืืช ืืืืกืืด. ืื ืืดื ืืืื ืดืฉืื ืืืืด, ืืื ืืืื ืดืืืืืืืืด. ืืืืืฉ ืืจืืืดื ืฉืืคืืณ ืจืฉืข ืืืืจ ืฉืื ืขืฉื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืฅ ืืคืขื ืืืช ืืืื, ืืฆื ืืืื ืดืฉืื ืืืืด ืื ืื ืก ืืืื ืดืืืืืืืด ืืืงืืดื ืฉืืืจ ืื ืืช ืืืจืืช ืืืืกื ืืืฉืื ืฉืืจื.
ืืืคืืณ ืจืฉืข ืฉืื ืืืื ืฉืจืฉืจืช ืืขืฉื ืจืฆื ืืืืืจืืืช ืืืื ืืืืชื, ืืคืขื ืืืช ืืืืืื ืขืฉื ืืฆืื ืงืื ืฉืื ืืืืื ืื ืืื, ืืืืื ืืฃ ืืื ืขืฆืื ืื ืืจืืืฉ ืืขืฉืืืชื, ืื ืืืืื ืฆืจ ืืจืฉืข ืฉืืืืืช ืืณ ืคืกืืขืืช ืฉืคืกืข ืืื ืืืืืช ืืื ืขื ืื ืืขืืื (ืกื ืืืจืื ืฆื), ืฉืืจ ืื ืืงืืดื ืืกื ืคืกืืขืืชืื ืฉืขื ืืื ืืฆื ื ืืืืื ืฆืจ ืืจืฉืข ืืืื ืดืฉืื ืืืืด ืฉื ืืงืืดื.
ืื ืืื ืืืช ืดืืจื ืืคืืืืด ืฉืื”ื ืืืืช ืืืกื, ืฉืขืืืณ ืืืจื ืดืืจื ืืคืืืืด ืืฆืืืงืื ืืืจืฉืขืื. ืืืืืชื ืืกื ืืืจืื (ืงืื) ืดืชื ืื, ืืฉืขืื ืืฉื ืืืจืื ืืฆืื ืืืงืืดื ืฉืืืฉื ืืืืชื “ืืจื ืืคืื”, ืืืจ ืืคื ืื: ืจืืฉ”ืข ืืจื ืืคืื ืืฆืืืงืื, ื”ื: ืืฃ ืืจืฉืขืื. ืืืจ ืื: ืจืฉืขืื ืืืืื!ืด
ืืืื ืื ืืืืื, ืจืืขื ืฆืื ืืงืืดื, ืืื ืืื ื ืฉืื ืขื ืดืืจื ืืคืืืด ืืจืฉืขืื, ืื ืื ืืฉืืจื ืืขืื ืื. ืื”ื ืืืดื (ืคืกืืงืชื ืืจืดื ืคืกืงื ืื) ืดืืืจ ืจ’ ืืฆืืง: ืขื ืืื ืืืื ืืฉื ืืืฅ ืืืืจ ืืื, ืืืจ ืืฉื ืืคื ื ืืงืืดื: ืจืืื ืืขืืืืื, ืืื ืืืื ืืคื ืื ืืืชื ืืืจืื ืื, ืืื ืืืื ืืื ื ืืื! ืืืจ ืื ืืงืืดื: ืืืื ืฉืชืฆืืจื ืืืด.
ืืื ืงืืฉื ืื’ ืืืืจ? ืื ืืืืคืช ืื ืืืฉื ืื ืื ืืจืฉืขืื ื ืื ืื ืืืกืื ืฉื ืืงืืดื, ืืืืืชื ืขืื ื ืืืืื ืฆืจื ืืื? ืืดื! ืืื ืืื ืื ืืชื ืช, ืืืื ืืืชื ืืืช ืืจื ืืคืื ืืจืฉืขืื ืืืืืชื, ืืื ืืืชื ืืชืืืืช ืืืืืื ืืืจืฅ ืืืืื, ืื ืืืชื ืืื ืคืืืื ืืืืื ืืืฉื ืืจืืื ื ืืื ืื? ืืื ืื ืื ืืื, ืื ืืืช ืืกื. ืืืชื ืดืืจื ืืคืืืด ืืฆืืืงืื ืืืจืฉืขืื. ืืื ื ืดืืฆืืืงืืืด ืฉืคืืจ, ืฉืืชืื ืฉืืื ืืฉืชืืืื ืฉืืจื ืืขืืืดื ืื ื ืฉืืจืื ืืืฃ ืืื ืื, ืฉืืืฆืืื ืฉืืืื ื ืฉืื ืืขืืืดื, ืืื ืืื ืืงืืืื ืฉืืจ ืืขืืืดื, ืืืณ ื ืืกืจ ืืืงื ืืขืืื ืื ืฆื, ืื ืฉืืืณ ื ืฉืืจ ืืื ืคืื ืืืฉืื ืืดื ืฉืืื ืฆืจืืืื ืืืจืงื ืืืืื ื. ืื ืื ื ืื ืข ืืื ืืืกื ืฉืืืืืฃ ืืื ืื”ืช ืฆืขืจ ื ืฆืื ืืฆืขืจ ืืืืฃ, ืืดืืคื ืฉืขื ืืืช ืฉื ืงืืจืช ืจืื ืืขืืืดื ืืื ืืื ืืขืืืดืืด. ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืกื ืืื ืื ืืืื ืงืฅ. ืืื ืดืืจื ืืคืืืด ืืจืฉืขืื, ืฉืืืจืื ืืื ืดืคื ืื ืืขืืืืช” ืืืืชืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืืคื ืืฉืื ืคืืจืขื ืืชื ืืขืืืดื, ืืจืืข ืืื ืฉื ืืกืืจืื ืืืืื ื ืงืฉื ืืื ืืกืืจื ืืืื ืฉืืขืื ืฉื ื ืืืดืฉ ืืจืืืดื, ืื ืืกื ืืฉ ืืื? ืืืคื ืืฉืืื ืืืกื? ืืื ืืืืจ ืืงืฉื ืฉืดืื ืืืื ืขืืื ืืฉืืด.
ืืชืฉืืื ืืื, ืืืจื ืืชืืก’ (ืขืืจืืืื ืื. ืืดื ืืจื). ืดืืจื ืืคืื ืืฆืืืงืื ืืืจืฉืขืื, ืืคืื ืฉืืืงืืช ืืืจืื ืืฆืืืงืื ืขื ืืขืชืื, ืืืขืืืืช ืืจืฉืขืื ืืืืืจ ืคืืจืขื ืืชื ืืขืืืดื, ืืื ืื ืืืืื, ืฉืืฉ ืืื ืฉืืืช ืืืืืจ ืืชืฉืืื ืืืืฉืืข ืืืืง ืืืื ื ืื ืืืืืืด ืขืืดื.
ืืืื ืืืืื ืืื, ืฉืื ืดืืืืืด ืื ืืงืืืื, ืืดืื ืืฉืจ ืืืืืจ ืื ืื ืืืืื ืืฉ ืืืืืืด, ืืคืฉืจืืช ืชืืงืื ื ืืชื ืช ืืื, ืคืชื ืชืงืื ืืืฆืื. ืืืืื ืื ืืืกื ืืืืื ืืืืชืจ, ืืื ืจืง ืืฉืขื ืฉืขืืฉืื ืืฆืืืช ืื ืชืฉืืื ืฉืืื ืฉืขื ืืคื ืืื ืืื ืืขืืืดื, ืืื ืืืคืฉืจืืช ืืืืื ื ืืืื ืืขืืืดื ืืืืืช ืืืื ืขืืื ืืื ืืืืชืืื ืื ืฉืขื ืืืื ืืขืืืดื ืืืืชื ืฉื “ืืกื ืขืืืืด.
ืืื ืื ืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืขืืื ืฉื ืืจื ืืืกื ืืืชืืณ ืดืขืืื ืืกื ืืื ืืด ื ืืจื ืืฉืืื ืื ืืื, ืืื ืฆืืืง ืืื ืจืฉืข. ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืจ ืดืืฉืืืื ื ืืจื ืืขืืืืด. ืืื ืฉื ืืจื ืคืขื, ืืื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืจืืื ืืชืืืฉืช ืืฉืืืื. ืดืืืืืฉ ืืืืื ืืื ืืื ืชืืื ืืขืฉื ืืจืืฉืืชืด ืืืขื ืืจืฉืขืื ืืืืขื ืืฆืืืงืื.
ืืฉื ืฉืืขื”ื ืืกื ืืฆืืืงืื ืืขืืกืงืื ืืชืืจื ืืืืฆืืืช, ืื ืืื ืืกื ืืจืฉืขืื, ืื ืื ืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืืืช. ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืืฆืืจ ืืืืืฉ ืขืืื ืืื, ืืืืื ืืื ืืืืจื ืืขืฉืจื ืืืืจืืช ืืืขื ืืจืฉืขืื, ืืฃ ืฉืขืดื ืื ืืคืฉืจืืช ืชืืฆืื ืฉื ืดืืืคืจืข ืื ืืจืฉืขืื ืฉืืืืืื ืืช ืืขืืื ืฉื ืืจื ืืขืฉืจื ืืืืจืืชืด, ืื ืืืช ืืืจื ืืืื ืืขืฆืื ืืืฉืื ืืจืืฉื, ืืงืืดื ืขืืฉื ืขืื ืจืง ืืกื.
ืื ืืชืืจื ื ืืชื ื ืืื ืืืื, ืืื ืืฉืจืื ืืฉ ืืืง ืืืืืื ืื ืืชืืจื. ืื ืืืงื? ืื ืฉืืืื ืืืฉืื ืื. ืืจืืจ ืฉืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืืื ืืงืืื ื ืื ืื ืฉืื ืงืืืื ืืฉืงืืืื. ืื ืื ืขืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืืฉืื ืืชืืจื ืืืกื ืงืืื.
ืืืื ืืขืฉืจืช ืืื ืชืฉืืื ืขืชืื ืื ืฉืงืืขื ืืงืืดื, ืืงืืจ ืืืกื ืืืจืืืื, ืืืื ืืชืงืจืืืช ืืื ื ืืื ”ื. ืืืืื! ืืื ืืฆืืืง ืืืืจ, ืืื ืืืื ืื ื ืื ืืจืฉืข ืืืืจ, ืืื ืืืช ืืืืื. ืืืื ืืืช ืฉืืืจืื ืืงืืดื ืืคืื ืืจืฉืขืื, ืืชืงืจื ืืืืื ืืืกื ืืืจืืืื. ืืืืื ืืืื! ืืืฅ ืืื ืฉื ืืืืช ืื ืืืื โ ืดืืืฉืื ืืฉืื ืืื ืื ืคื ืื ืืืืืืืืด, ืื ืฉืื ื ืืฆื ืื ืืื ืืืืื, ืื ืื ืชืงืื ืฉืืฉืื ืืื ืฆืืืง ืฉืืฆื ืืืืฆืื, ืฉืื ืืฉ ืื ืืืช ืืฉืืฉ ืืืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืดืฉืื ืืืืด ืืื ืืืื ืดืืืืืื ืืฉืืืจื ืืฆืืชืืืด, ืืืฉ”ื ืืจืืืดื. ืืืจืฉืข ืืื ืฉืืืืช ืืืื ืคืฉืข ืืจืฉืข ืืืื ืชืงืื ืืืืจืืชื, ืืืืื ืืื ื ืดืืืืืืืืด, ืื ืืืกื ืืืืืื ืฉื ืืชืจ ืขืืืจื.
ืืืจื ืืืดื (ืจืดื ืื:) ืดืืืจ ืจืณ ืืจืืกืคืืื ืืืจ ืจืณ ืืืื ื: ื’ ืกืคืจืื ื ืคืชืืื ืืจืดื, ืืื ืฉื ืจืฉืขืื ืืืืจืื ืืืื ืฉื ืฆืืืงืื ืืืืจืื ืืืื ืฉื ืืื ืื ืื. ืฆืืืงืื ืืืืจืื ื ืืชืืื ืื ืืชืืื ืืืืชืจ ืืืืื, ืจืฉืขืื ืืืืจืื ื ืืชืืื ืื ืืชืืื ืืืืชืจ ืืืืชื, ืืื ืื ืื ืชืืืืื ืืขืืืืื ืืจืดื ืืขื ืืืืืดืคืด.
ืืืชื ืืจืืืดื (ืจืืฉ ืฉืขืจ ืืืืื): ืื ืฉืืืจื ืฆืืืงืื ืฉื ืืชืืื ืืืืื ืืจืฉืขืื ืฉื ืืชืืื ืืืืชื, ืื ืฆืืืงืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืขืื ืืช, ืืื ืจืฉืขืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืืืช, ืฉืืื ืฆืืืงืื ืืชืื ืืืืชืจ ืืืื ืจืฉืขืื ืืืจืืืื ืืืื ืืฉืืื, ืืืชืื ืฆืืื ืฉืืฉ ืฆืืืงืื ืฉืืืืข ืืืืื ืืืขืฉื ืืจืฉืขืื. ืืื ืื ืืื ืืืื, ืืืฉืืฆืืืง ืฉืืื ืฆืืืง ืืืืจ ืืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืจืฉืข ืฉืืื ื ื ืืชื ืื ืืฉืื ืฉืืจ ืืื ืืขืืืดื ืขื ืืขืฉื ืืืื ืฉืขืฉื ื ืืชื ืื ืืชื ืืืืื. ืืืืืจ: ืคืืกืงืื ืื ืืืื ืืฉืืื ืืขืืฉืจ ืื ืืกืื ืืืืื. ื ืืฆื ืื ืฆืืืง ืืืืจ ืืืื ื, ืืืจืฉืข ืฉืืื ืจืฉืข ืืืืจ ืืื ืฆื ื ืืชื ืืืืชืจ ืืืืชื, ืืื ืืขื ืืขืฉื ืืืื ืฉื ืืฉื ืืขืืืจื ืืืช ืืืื ืื ืืชื ืืจืดื ืืืืชื ืืืืณ. ืื ืืฆื ืื ืจืฉืข ืืืืจ ืืืื ื ืขืืดื.
ืฆืืืงืื ืืจืฉืขืื ืืื ืื ืฆืืืงืื ืืจืฉืขืื ืืืฉ, ืืื ืืื ืฉืืืื ื ืืชื ืืฉืื ืฉืืจื ืืืืืจืื ืืืืื, ืืืฃ ืืจืฉืข ืืืืชืจ ืืืื, ืืื ืืืฆืืืงืื ืืืืืจืื ืืืื ืื. ืืื ืืืคืื, ืืคืืื ืืฆืืืง ืืืืืจ ืื ื ืืฉื ืืขืืืจื ืืืช ืื ืืืื ืืืืชื ืืดื, ื ืงืจื ืืื ืจืฉืข ืืืืจ.
ืืืคื ืืืืืจ ืฉืดืืคื ื ืฉืืฉื ืืืจืื ืืงืืดื ืืืจืื ืืคืื ืืจืฉืขืื ืืขืืืดืืด, ืืจื ืื ืืฉ ืชืงืื ืฉืืืืืจ ืืชืฉืืื, ืืื ื ืืชื ืื ืืชื ืืกืคืจื ืฉื ืฆืืืงืื ืืืืจืื, ืืืืชืจ ืืืืื. ืืืฃ ืืจืฉืข ืืืืจืื ืืจืขืชื ืืืืกืืฃ ืื ืฉืขื ืขื ืคืฉืขืื, ืืดื ืื ืขืื ืืฉ ืชืงืื ืฉืืฉืื ืืจื ืื ืดืฆืืืง ืืืืจืด. ืดืื ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืืจืื ืืืชืด – ืืื ืื ืืจืฉืข ืืื. ืืื ื ืืจื ืื ืฉืืืจื (ืงืืืช ืจืื ื ืื) ืดืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืงืืดื ืืฆืคื ืื ืืชืฉืืื. ืืช, ืืืื ืชืงืืชื. ืฉื ืืืจ ืดืืืืช ืืื ืจืฉืข ืชืืื ืชืงืืืด. ืื ืืืื ืฉื ืืจืฉืข ืืืืืื ืืฉ ืชืงืื ืืืขืื, ืืงืืดื ืืคืฅ ืืืืื ืืชืฉืืืชื, ืืืืชืื ืืฉืื ืื ืืกืคืจื ืฉื ืฆืืืงืื ืืืืจืื ืืืืื. ืืืืืช ืืจืฉืข ืืืื ืืืืืื ืชืงืืชื.
ืืืช ืืขืื, ืืคืืณ ืืื ืชืงืื ืฉืืฉืื ืืฉืืฅ ืืื ืืื ืื, ืื ืืฉ ืชืงืื ืฉืืฆืื ืืื ื ืื ืื ืฆืืืงืื ืืกื ืืงืืดื ืขืืื ืืืืชืื ืืกืคืจื ืฉื ืฆืืืงืื ืืืืจืื.
ืดืฉืื ืืฆืื ื, ืืืจืื ืคื ืื ืืืื ืืืฆื ืืื ื ืืืงืื, ืขื ืืืื ืืฆื ืืื ื ืืืฉืืื, ืฉืืขื ืืฆื ืืื ื ืืจืืืืด (ืฉื), ืขื ืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืืงืืดื ืคื ืื ืื ืชื ืืื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืื ืจืืืืื ืืื ืื ืืจืง ืืืื ืืื ืื ืืฆืืืงืื ืฉืขืชืืืื ืืฆืืช ืืื. ืื ืืจืื ืฉืื ืืดืืืืืด ืกืชื ืืื, ืืื ื”ื ืฆืืด. ืฉืืจื ืืฉ ืืืง ืืืื ืืขืืืดื ืืืืืช ืืืงืืื, ืืืืืื ืืืืืช ืืืฉืืื. ืืืืืณ ืืกื ืืืจืื (ืงื.) ืดืืคื ื ืื ืื ืื ื ืืช ืืืื (ืืืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืง ืืขืืืดื), ืืคื ื ืืืืื ืฉื ืืืฉืืื ืืื’ ืืจื ืืืื ืืื! ืืฉืชื ืืืชืืช ืืืื, ืืื ื ืื ืื ืืืื ื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืฉื ืืืงืืืืด. ื ืืฆื ืฉืขืดื ืืืช ืดืืจื ืืคืื” ืืื ืืขืืืดื ืื ืฆื ื ืฆืืื.
ืืคืฉืจ ืืืจ, ืื ืืื ืืชืื ืฉืืืงืืจ ืืจืฉืข ืืฆื ืืืคืจื ืคืจื ืืืืจ ืืงืืืฉ ืืื? ืื ืืืคื ืคืืื ืคืืืืช! ืืืืจ ืขืื ืื ืืื ืข”ื ืืืืจืฉ (ืืืืืจ ืจืื ืื,ื) ืดืื ืืชื ืืืืจ ืืืื ืื ืืืืด โ ืืืื ืืืจืื ืืชืจื, ืืืงืื ืืืื, ืืืฉืื ืืืืื, ืืจืืื ืืฉืืขื, ืืฉืจืื ืืขืืืื ืืืืืื, ืืขืืื ืืื ืืขืืืดื, ืื ืขืฉื ืื? ืื ืฆืื ืื? ืื ืืืจ ืื? ืื ืืืืื ืฉื ืขืืื?!ืด
ืืื ืืื ืืฉืืื ืืฆืืจื ืืคืืื ืืืฉืืืฉืช ืื ืื ืืืืื ืขืฆืืชื?! ืืื ืืืช ืืื ืืืืจืช ืืื ืืขืืื. ืืื ืืื ืชื ื ืงืฆืจื ืืืฉืื, ืืื ืืณ ืชืงืฆืจ? ืืงืืดื ืืืื ืืืืืช ืืื ืืืฆื ืืชืื ืชืืื ืฉื ืืจืฉืข ืืืื ืฉืืจืฉ ืงืืืฉื ืฉืจืืื ืืขืฉืืช ืคืจื. ืืืฉื ืฉืืฆืื ื ืืืืื ืืืกื ืืฉืดื ืืจืืืดื ืคืณ ื ืฆืืื ืขื ืืืชืื: ืดืคื ืืฉ ืืื ืฉืืจืฉ ืคืืจื ืจืืฉ ืืืขื ืืด, ืืคืืณ ืฉืืืื ื ืขื ืืืืจืืช ืืืืื, ืืื ืฉืดืืฉืืจืฉ ืืชืืง ืื ืืฆื ืืจืด ืดืืืื ืกืื ืืืืืด ืขืืืดืฉ. ืืดื ืืดื ืืืืคื, ืืฉืืจืฉ ืืจ ืื ืืฆื ืืชืืง, ืืื ืืฆื ืืืช ืืื ืฉืื ืื’ ืืฉืืจืฉ ืืจ ืืืืื. ืืื ืื ืฉืืืจื: ืดืขืืืดื ืืขืืืดืืด, ืื ืื ืดืืืืจ ืืืืืด.
ืฉื ืื ื: ืดืืคื ืฉืขื ืืืช ืืชืฉืืื ืืืขืฉืื ืืืืื ืืขืื”ื ืืื ืืื ืืขืื”ืืด (ืืืืช ืคืดื) ืืจื ืฉืืืื ืืขืืืดื ืฉืืจืฉ ืื ืืื ืืขืื”ื.
ื ืืฆื, ืฉืืจืฉืข ืืืืจ ืืืื, ืืฉืจ ืืฆื ืขืฆืื ืืื ืื ืืืง ืืขืืืดื, ืื ืขืืืื ืืฉ ืื ื ืืฆืืฅ ืฉื ืงืืืฉื ืืจืืื ืืืชืขืืืช ืืืืจ ืืงืจืืช ืืืืงืืื ืืื ืืืืื. ืืืืจ ืฉืืืืื ืืืืืืชื ืืืืืจ ืฉืืืกืจื ืื ืืขืฉื ืจืฉืขื ืืืืื ื, ืืฉืืจ ืื ืื ืืฆืืฅ ืืืื ืืืืจืง ืืืฆืืืฆื, ืืขื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืขืืื. ืืื ืืจื ืื ืฉืืืืข ืืื? ืืจื ืืคืื!
ืืกื ืืดืืืืืด ืืื ืืืืื ืืืจืืื. ืดืืฉ ืงืื ื ืขืืืื ืืฉืขื ืืืชืด โ ืืฉืขื ืืืืช ืฉื ืืฆืื ืืืืขื, ืืงื ืชื ืื ืขืืื ื ืฆืื. ืืืฉ ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืขืจืื ืืืื ืืืกื ืฉืืืชื ืืฉืขื ืืืื?! ืื ืฉืขื ืืฉืจื ืืื, ืดืื ืืงืจ ืืกืืืด!
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Grab the Opportunity!
Parashas Ki Savo
Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shpitzer Shlita
Hashem commanded Klal Yisrael to write the Torah on stones when they enter Eretz Yisrael, in seventy languages so that it should be legible and understandable by all the nations. The Gemara teaches (Sotah 35) that after Moshe Rabbeinu gave this directive and Yehoshua fulfilled it, the nations were able to read the entire Torah clearly, yet they didnโt take that opportunity โ and for that, they were punished harshly by being barred from ever becoming, as a nation, the am Hashem.
Tosafos there notes that Hashem already offered the Torah to the nations before Mattan Torah and they refused it then, but we donโt find that they were punished as a result. Tosafos explains that initially, that offer wasnโt so tempting, because the Torah was not yet written, and comprehending it would require effort. But now the Torah was written, and as such it was offered to them on a silver platter, clear and easy to understand โ yet they still didnโt take the opportunity. Therefore, they forfeited forever the possibility of becoming the am Hashem.
We see from here that if we utilize the opportunities that Hashem gives us, then weโll get closer to Him, and all will be well. Conversely, if we squander an opportunity, there is a taanah against us in Shomayim.
Rabbeinu Yonah, in Shaarei Teshuvah, gives a famous analogy to the situation of Yidden in Chodesh Elul, when Hakadosh Baruch Hu offers us the opportunity to do teshuvah, escape from our aveiros, and come closer to Him: A group of prisoners dig a tunnel and escape from their cells, but one prisoner remains behind. When the warden catches him, he beats him, berating him for failing to capitalize on the opportunity to escape.
โCome,โ Hakadosh Baruch Hu offers us. โIโll make it easy for you.โ
If we grab the opportunity, weโre fortunate, but if not, we lose it. In todayโs generation Hashem has made sefarim readily accessible to us, printed beautifully and available in every language. We have to appreciate and use this opportunity, and not chas vโshalom squander it!
Why the Shame?
Next week, we start staying Selichos, and at the end of Selichos, we say a passuk from Daniel: ืึฐืึธ ื’ ืึทืฆึฐึผืึธืงึธื ืึฐืึธื ืึผ ืึนึผืฉึถืืช ืึทืคึธึผื ึดืื. We express that Hashem is charitable to us, providing us with health, happiness, prosperity, everything โ and we are extremely embarrassed. What, the mefarshim ask, are we embarrassed about? If I were to approach someone for money knowing that he has limited resources, and that he worked hard to make his money and could use it for himself, then I would have reason to be embarrassed. But Hashem has unlimited resources! He can provide everything that every person wants, and He doesnโt expend any effort doing so. So why ืึฐืึธื ืึผ ืึนึผืฉึถืืช ืึทืคึธึผื ึดืื? Whatโs there to be embarrassed of in approaching Hashem?
Rโ Moshe Kliers, who was the rav of Teveriah, gives the following explanation.
Everything we have is a function of Hakadosh Baruch Huโs tzedakah. Think about the year that has passed: Hashem has given us family, parnassah, valuable opportunities. He gave us the ability to learn, the ability to see, the ability to walk, to give tzedakah, to daven. But did I use those opportunities? After all that Hashem has given to us, ืึธื ืึผ ืึนึผืฉึถืืช ืึทืคึธึผื ึดืื โ weโre embarrassed, for what have we done with these opportunities?
In a similar vein, the Chiddushei Harim interprets the confession of ืืืื ื, in Vidui, to mean that we betrayed Hashem because He invested so much into us, showering us with constant, abundant kindness, yet after all He gave us, we did not even return the 613 mitzvos.
If Hakadosh Baruch Hu gives you an opportunity and you grab it, then thereโs a good chance Heโll give you another opportunity tomorrow. But if He gave you an opportunity and you didnโt use it, not only does it become a taanah against you, as we see in this weekโs parashah, but Hashem doesnโt come back the next day with another opportunity.
We know that Noach emerged from the teivah limping, after being attacked by the lion. Why did he deserve that? The mefarshim explain that Hashem instructed Noach build a teivah and then He told him to enter it, but Noach tarried and didnโt enter the teivah immediately. โI gave you legs,โ Hashem said, โand I gave you a mitzvah to do, but you didnโt use the opportunity to use your legs for the mitzvah? Iโll take away that ability.โ
Every talent and ability that Hakadosh Baruch Hu gives us, if we utilize it, we receive more of that talent. But if we misuse it, or fail to use it, He takes it away.
Use It, or Lose It
Similarly, when Moshe Rabbeinu first erected the Mishkan, he waited for a response from Shomayim, but nothing happened; no fire descended. He dismantled the Mishkan, and tried again the next day, but again there was no response. This continued for seven days in a row: Moshe Rabbeinu, with all his zechusim, put up the Mishkan, but the Shechinah did not come down, until day eight.
What was the reason for this delay? And why was Moshe Rabbeinu punished in this way?
The Midrash explains that when Hakadosh Baruch Hu appeared to Moshe Rabbeinu and commanded him to speak to Pharaoh, Moshe Rabbeinu refused. He had good reasons, of course, and said ืฉึฐืืึทื ื ึธื ืึฐึผืึทื ืชึดึผืฉึฐืืึธื, but the bottom line was that for seven days he declined to fulfill Hashemโs instruction to him. In response, Hashem said, โYou didnโt use the talents I gave you? Correspondingly, for seven days, I will take those abilities away from you.โ That is why the Shechinah waited seven days to descend.
After R’ Chaim of Volozhin traveled to attend the wedding of his son Rโ Itzele, he returned to Volozhin and found that the sefer Torah in the yeshivah had been stolen, so they could not hear Krias HaTorah. Immediately, R’ Chaim identified why this had happened. While he was traveling, he had stopped in a certain town, where he could have gone to a shul to hear Krias HaTorah. But there was a rav with him who was very influential, and he said, โNo, itโs too much effort, and we canโt be sure that thereโs a sefer Torah anyway.โ So they did not hear Krias HaTorah that day. Because they didnโt hear Krias HaTorah in a town where there was a sefer Torah, when they returned to Volozhin, the sefer Torah was stolen and they were denied the opportunity to hear Krias HaTorah.
When I came to Eretz Yisrael many years ago, Rav Shach was already old, but he was functioning very well, and could still walk, speak, and hear well. But one thing failed him: his eyesight. He would say, why is this happening to me? The rest of his body wasnโt aging like that, so why was his eyesight so terrible? He answered that he was being punished, because during World War I, he had to run away from the battlefront, so he fled from his yeshivah to a beis midrash in another town. During the day, he learned, but he didnโt learn at night โ and for that, he said, Hashem was upset at him: โI gave you eyesight, and you were able to learn, but you didnโt learn, so now Iโm denying you the ability to see.โ
โWhy didnโt you learn at night?โ his grandson asked him.
He responded that he couldnโt learn because he didnโt have a candle, so instead he went to sleep in the shul.
โThen why should you be punished?โ his grandson continued. โYou couldnโt learn!โ
โHad it been important enough to me to learn,โ Rav Shach replied, โI could have asked the gabbai for a candle, but I was too embarrassed to ask. Yet when it came to food, I was desperately hungry, and once a day I had to muster the courage to ask someone in town to please give me some food. It was important enough for me to eat that I managed to overcome my shame and ask for food โ but to use my eyes to learn another Tosafos wasnโt important enough to me that I should ask for candle. Hashem gave me the opportunity then, but I didnโt use it, so now Iโm being punished.โ
Every one of us has been blessed with a year of Hashemโs benevolent kindness: ืึฐืึธ ื’ ืึทืฆึฐึผืึธืงึธื. Are we going to come on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur and say ืึฐืึธื ืึผ ืึนึผืฉึถืืช ืึทืคึธึผื ึดืื, weโre embarrassed that we didnโt use the opportunity, and who knows whether Hashem will grant us with another year of opportunity? Or are we going to recognize the opportunities and talents that Hashem has given us and use them to their utmost?
If we do, then bโezras Hashem we will be granted a year of health, happiness, and prosperity.
ืืชืืื ืืืชืืื ืืืื.