ืืืจื ืจืืืชืื ื
Maran Hamashgiach Hagaon Harav Chaim Zev Finkel, ztโl
ืืืื ืืืื ืื ืคืฉ ืืื (ื,ื)
ืืืืื ืงืืืก: ืืจืื ืืืืื.
ืืืืจ ืืจื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ืืืื ืืื ืคืื ืงื ืืฆืืื”ื
ืืืืื ืื ื ืฉืืืืช ืืืื ืืฉืจ ืืืข ืื ืื”ืช ืืื ืื ืืืืืืจ, ืื”ื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืจ ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืืฆืื ืืคืื.
ืืืฆืื ื ืฉืืืจ ืจืฉื”ื “ืื ืืื ืืืืชื ืืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืฆืืชื ืืืืฃ ืืื ืืฉืชืืงื” (ืืืืช ื,ืื), ืืจื ืฉืืฃ ืฉืืื ืืื ืืชื ืืื ืืงืืืฉืื ืื ืืฆื ืืื ืืืชืจ ืืฉืชืืงื. ืื”ื ืืจืื”ื (ืืขืืช ื,ื): “ืืื ืืืืจื ืชืืจื ืืืืืจื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืจื ืืืื ืืขืืื ืืขื ืืื ืืื ืืจืืืื.”
ืืื ืืจืฉื ืื”ื (ืืืง”ืจ ื,ื): ืจื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืคืกืืงื ืืื ืืื ืืื’, ืืื ‘ืืืื ืืืื ืื ืฉืืื’, ืืคื’ ืืืจืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืฉ, ืืคื’ ืฉืืื ืงืื ืฉืืื ืืฉืื ืขื ืืฉืชื, ืื ื ืืชืืื ืขื ืคื ืงืกื ืฉื ืืื ืืงืืจืืื ืืคื ืื ืืฉืขืช ืืืชืชื, ืืื ืืืชืื, ืขืืฉื ืฉืืจ ืขืืคื”. ืขื”ื. ืืืืืจืื ื ืืจืืื! ืืงื”ื ืืขืฆืื -‘ืขืืฉื ืฉืืจ ืขืืคื’- ืืื ืืืืชื ืฉืืืชื ืฉื ืืื.
ืืื ืืฆืื ื ืืืืืฃ ืฉื ืืืจ ‘ืืฉื ืืื ืฉืืืืืช ืืช ืืืจื’, ืืืจืฉื ืื”ื (ืืืง”ืจ ืื,ื): ืืืืืช ืคืืื ืืฉืืื, ืฉืื ืื, ืฉืืื ืืืื, ืืืืืื ืืืจ ืขื ืื ื. ืืจื ืฉืชืื ืื”ื ืืืื ืืืืืจ ืฉื ืืืืืฃ ืืคืืคืืืื ืฉื ืืื.
ืืืืื ื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืื ืืจืืื, ืืืืืืจ ืืื ืฉื ืืืื. ืืจืฉื ืื”ื (ืชื ืืืื ืืืืจ ื,ืื): ืื ืคืขืืืืช ืืืืืช ืื ืขืืืืช ืื ืืืืช ืฉืขืชืื ืืงื”ื ืืขืฉืืช ืขื ืืฉืจืื, ืืื ื ืืื ืืฉืืจ ืคืขืื ืืืช ืฉืคืขื ืืฉืจืื ืืกืื ื, ืืืืจื ืื ืืฉืจ ืืืืจ ื’ ื ืขืฉื ืื ืฉืืข”.
ืืืชืืกืคืชื (ื”ืง ื,ื) ืืจืฉื ืืืฉืขืืื ืืฉืจืื ืืกืื ื ืืงืฉื ืืื ืื ืืขืช ืืขืืืื ื ืืืืจื ‘ื ืขืฉื ืื ืฉืืข’, ืืืคื’ ืข”ื ืืืจ ืืงื”ื ‘ืื ืืชื ืืืื ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืืืชื’, ืขื”ืฉ. ืื ืจืื ืฉืืื ื ืงืจื ืืืืจ ‘ืคืขืื’ ืืฉืื ืฉื ืืืจ ืืื ืืืื ื, ืืืขืค”ื ืืืืจื ืื ืืื ืฉืืืืื ืืื ”ื ืืื ืืืืจืืช ‘ืื ืคืขืืืืช ืืืืืช ืื ืขืืืืช ืื ืืืืช’ ืฉืขืืฉื ืืงื”ื.
ืืืจื ืืืืื
Maran Rosh Hayeshiva Hagaon Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ztโl
“ื ืืื ืืืืจืืชื, ืืืชืจืืืช”
ืืจื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ื ืชื ืฆืื ืคืื ืงื ืืฆืืื”ื
ืืฉืชืื ืขื ืืืื ืืขืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืืืื ืืชืืจื, ืืื ืื ืืื ืื ืืืจื ืื ืืืืจ ืืืืฉืืื, ืืื ืื ืืขื-ืืืช ืฉืงืืืข ืขืชืื ืืชืืจื, ืืืื ืื ืืื ืงืื ืฉืื ืขืชื ืืื ืืืืื ื”ืืืจ”.
ืืืืืจ ืืืฉืืื ืืชืืืจืจ ืืืจื ืืฉืจ ืื ื ืื ืืฉืืข ืืื ืืืืื ืืืืฉ ืืชืืืื ืชืืจื. ืืืื ืฉืืชืจืืฉ ืืืื ืืชืืืืช ืืืืื ืืชืืจื, ืืืงืฉ ืืืืื ืฉืืจืฆืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืจืืชื ืขื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืฆืืง”ื.
ืืื ืฉืืชืืืืฉ ืืืงืฉ ืืงืฉื ืืื ืืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืื ืืช ืื ื ืฉืื ืืฉืื, ืื ืืืื ืื ืืืจืคื. ืืกืืคื ืฉื ืืืจ ืืืจ ืืื ืืื ื ืฉืืืชืื ืืืชื ืืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื. ืืืื ืื ืืืกืก ืืฉืื ืืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืืชื ืื ืืื ืืืชื ืฉืืืืช ืืืื ืขืชื ืืืืื ืืืืฉ ืืจืืฉืืช ืืชืืืื ืชืืจื, ืืื ืืืงืฉ ืืืืื ืืืืจืืชื ืขื ืืจืืฉ ืืฉืืื…
ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืงืจื ืืช ืืืืชื, ืืื ื ืื ืืช ืขืื ืืจืฉื ืขืืื “ื ืืื ืืืืจืืชื, ืืืชืจืืืช…” ืืฉืื ืืืช ืืืจื ืืืื.
ืืืื ืงืืข ืืจื ืืฆ”ื ‘ืืืจืืชื’ ืขื ืืืื ืืืื ืฉืืช ืืืืจ ืืกืขืืื. ืืืื ืืื ืืืคืง ืืืืช ืจื”ื, ืืจืื ืืช ืืืืชื ืืงืืืช ืืช ืคื ืื ืืืื ืืกื ืืืชื ืืืืื ืขื ืจื”ื ืืฉืจ ืงืืืื ืืืืืืืช ืืืืืืจ ืคื ืื, ืืฉื ืืื ืื ืืืจืืชื ืงืจืื ืืฉืจ ืื ืืืืื ืขืื ืฉืืขืืจ. ืื ื ืืฉื ืืืืจ ืืกืคืจ ืฉืืชืืช, ืืืฉืจ ืขื”ื ืืจื ืืจื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืฆ”ื ืืืื ืืืจืืืฉ ืืฉืืืืช ืจืื ืืกืืคืืง ืขืฆืื ืืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืฉืื.
ืืฉืืืื ืืืื
Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shpitzer Shlita
ืืจืืฉืืช
ื ืจ ืืืืฆืื ืฉืืช
ืข’ ืคืกืืื ื ”ื ืข”ื ืืขื ืื ืืืจื ืืืืจื ืืืฉ ืฉื’ ื ืชื ืื ืืืื ืืื”ืฉ ืืขืฉืืช ืืืจ, (ืืืืื ืืื ื”ืฉ ืฉืืืืจืื ืืืืื ืืื”ืฉ ืืืฉืื ืืชื ืืื ื ืชื ื). ืืืืืืจ ืฉืื ืขืฉื ืืืืจ ืขื ืื”ืฉ. ืืืคืฉืืื ืฆ”ื ืฉืืืื ืฉืืช ืืื ืืืฉื ืืื ืืืจ. ืืข’ ืคืจืงื ืืจ”ื ืค”ื ืฉืืืฉืื ืืื”ืฉ ืืื ืืจื ืืืจ, ืืืืื ืืืืจืฉ”ื ืคืกืืื ืืฉื ืืืจืฉืืช.
ืืข’ ื”ืจ ื”ื ื’ ืื’ ืื ืืฆื ืืข”ืฉ ืื ืืื”ืฉ. ืืืกื ื’ ื”ื ืืคืืจืฉ ืืืข”ืฉ ืืฉืขื ื”ื ื ืืจื ืืืื ืื. ืืืืื ืืฉ ืืงืื ืืืืจ ืืื ืืฆื ืืื”ืฉ ื”ื ืืืืื ืื ืืืฉืื ื”ื ืฉืืื ืืื ืขืื, ืืืืื ืื ืฉืืืช ืื’ ืคืกืืื, ืืืื ืืื’ ืกื ื’ ืื ”ื. ืืฆ”ืข.
ืืข’ ืจ’ ืืืื ืค’ ืืจืืฉืืช ืืื ืืชืื ืืฉืืช ืืืื ืขืจื, ืื ืืฉืืช ืืืื ืืืจ, ืืืฉื ืืืืจ ืฉืืจ. ืืืฉ ืืขืืื ืืืืื ืช ืจ’ ืืืื, ืื ืฉืืื ืืืจ ืืืขืฉื, ืื ืืขื”ืค ืืืฉืื ืืชืืจื ื ืงืจื ืืืจ.
ืืข’ ืข”ื ื’ ืข”ื ืฉืืฉื ืืื ืืจืืฉืื ืืืฉื ืฉืืืืจ ืืชืืื ืืืื, ืืืืืงืจ ืจืื ืฉืืื ืื ืื ืืขืืื ืืืงืจืื ืงืจืื. ืืข”ืฉ ืกืืจ ืืขืงื ืืื ืืงืจืื ืืฉืืช. ืืข’ ืชืืก’ ืืฉืื ื’ ื’ ืกืงื”ื ืฉืื ืืืฉืื ืืฉืืช, ืืื ืืืื ืืฉื ืข”ื ืืจื”ืฃ ืืืขืฅ ืืืกืฃ, (ืืข’ ืืข”ื ื”ื ืจืืฉ ืืจืืฉ ื”ื ืืฉื ืืืจืฉ), (ืืข’ ืืืฉืื ืจ”ืค ืืืจื ืืืช). ืืืฉ ืืขืืื ืื ืกืืจื ืืืขืช ื”ืจ ืฉืื ืืฆื ืขื ืื”ืฉ, ืื ืื ืืคื ืืื’ ืกื ื’ ืฉืืฆื ืืข”ืฉ ื”ื ืื ืืืฉืื ืขื ืื”ืฉ.
(ืืข”ืข ื”ืจ ื”ื ื’ ืืืฃ ืฉื ืชืงืืงืื ืืข”ืฉ ื”ื ืื ืืงื ืืืืจืืช ืขื ืื”ืฉ, ืืข”ืฉ ืจืฉ”ืฉ ืืืื ื”ืฉ ืืฉืื ืืคืกืืง ืืื ืื ืืืฉ ืชืืช ืืฉืืฉ, ืื ืืื”ืฉ ืฉืืื ืืืจ ืืื ืื, ืืืจ ืืื ืืืฉ ืืืจืืื).
ืื ืืืชืืื ืฉื ืงืื ืืืื
Maran Rosh Hayeshiva Hagaon Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ztโl
“ืืืื ืืงืฅ ืืืื ืืืื ืงืื ืืคืจื ืืืืื ืื ืื ืื’ ืืื’ ืืื ืงืื ืื ืืชื ืื ืฉืขื ืืืืจ ืืงืื ืืืื ืืืคืื ืคื ืื ืืื’ ืืืืืจ ืงืื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืืชื ืืฉืื ืืืงื ืงืื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืจืืื”. (ืืจืืฉืืช ื, ื-ื)
ืืืืืจ ืืคืกืืงืื, ืฉืงืื ืืื ืื ืฉืืืื ืชืืืื ืื ืื ืื’, ืืจืง ืืืจ ืื ืืฆืืจืฃ ืืืื ืื ืืื. ืฉืื ืชืืืื ื ืืืจ: “ืืืื ืืงืฅ ืืืื ืืืื ืงืื ืืคืจื ืืืืื ืื ืื ืื'”, ืืืืืจ ืืื ื ืืืจ: “ืืืื ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืืืจืืช ืฆืื ื ืืืืืืืื”. ืืืืฉืืข ืฉื ืืืจ “ืื ืืื”, ืืืืืจ ืฉืืื ืืื ืืคื ืืงืื ืื ืืจืจ ืืืจืื. ืฉืื ื, ืงืื ืืื ืื ืฉืืืื ืืืขืชื ืืืืืฉ ืืขืืื ืืช ืกืื ืืงืจืื ืืช, ืืืฉืื ืจืื”ื: “ืฉืืืื ื ืืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืกืื ืืืื ืืืงืจืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืช”. ืืจืง ืืืจื ืฉืืืื ืงืื, ืืชืขืืจืจ ืืื ืืืืื ืืฃ ืืื.
ืืืื ื ืืืื ืฉืงืื ืืืื ืืช ืื ืืชื ืืชืื ืืืจืื ืืืืื, ืืชืื ืฉืืืื ืกืื ืืงืจืื ืืช ืืืขืชื. ืืืื ืืฃ ืขื ืคื ืื ืื ืฉืขื ืืงื”ื ืืื ืืชื ืืฉืื ืืกืจืื ื, ืืืื ืฉืคื’ ืจืฉ”ื (ืฉื, ื): “ืืคืจื ืืืืื – ืื ืืืจืืข”.
ืืืืจ ืื ื ืชืงืฉื ืืจื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืืจ”ื ืฉืืืืืืืฅ ืืฆืืง”ื. ืืื ืืืื ื ืฉื ืงืื ืืืขื ืืื ืืื ืื ืฉืื ืืขืืื, ืจืง ืืื ืืืฉืชื ืืื ืื. ืืืืื, ืืื ืืขืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืคืืจืืช ืืืืื ืืืฉืืืืื ืืืืื ืื ื ืืืื. ืืืืข, ืื ืื, ื ืื ืข ืงืื ืืืืงืจืื ืืืคืืจืืช ืืืฉืืืืื ืืืืชืจ, ืืจื ืืืชื ืื ืฉืื ืกืคืืจืื ืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืืช ืจืื ืืคืืจืืช, ืืขืชืืืื ืืื ืืืืจืงื. ืื ืืืื ืงืื ืืช ืกืื ืืงืจืื ืืช ืืืชืขืืจืจ ืืืขืชื ืืจืฆืื ืืืืื ืื ืื ืื’, ืื ืื ืข ืืื ื ืืืืื ืื ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืืจืืืื.
ืืชืฉืืื ืืื ืืื, ืืื ืื ืืืืืช ืืืื. ืืฃ ืขื ืคื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืขืืื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืฉื ืคืืจืืช ืืชืืงืื ืืืฉืืืืื, ืืื ืืื ืืกืืื ืืชืช ืืฉืื ืืืืจืื. ืืื ืืืฉืจ ื ืืชื ืืฉืื ืืืืจ, ืืขืื ืจืขื ืืื ื ืืชื. ืขืืืื ืงืฉื ืื ืืชืช ืืืืจืื ืืืืื ืืืืฉืืื ืืืืชืจ, ืืฃ ืฉืืฆืื ืืฆืื ืืฉืคืข. ืขื ืืื ืื ืงืฉื ืขื ืืืื ืืืืช ืื ืชืื ื, ืืืฃ ืฉื ืชืื ื ืื ืืื ืืืืืื ‘ื ืชืื ื’ ืืงื”ื ืืชืืจืช ืงืจืื, ืขื ืื ืกืืืืชื ืืืขืืชื!
ื ืืชื ืืขื, ืืื ืืืจืืข – ืืืฉ ืฉืืืืข ืื ืืื
ืืืืืฉื ืืคืจืฉื ืฉื: “ืืืฉืข ื’ ืื ืืื ืืื ืื ืืชื. ืืื ืงืื ืืื ืื ืืชื ืื ืฉืขื, ืืืืจ ืืงืื ืืื ืืืคืื ืคื ืื”. ืืืืืืจื ืงืฉื, ืืื ืืืจ ื ืชืืืจ ืฉืืืื ืงืื ืื ืืคืืจืืช ืืืจืืขืื. ืขื ืื ืื ืื ืืื ืื ืืขืช ืืืขื ื ืขื ืื ืฉืื ื ืชืงืืื ืื ืืชื. ืืื ืืื ืืขืฆืื ืืืจ ืืืืื ืื ืืืจืืข ืฉืืคืืจืืช, ืืืจืืช ืฉืืื ืืคื ืื ืคืืจืืช ืืฉืืืืื ืืจืื, ืืืจื ืื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืืจื ืืืคืืจืืช ืืืจืืขืื, ืืื ืืืจื ืืืขืก ืืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืจืืืชื ืืืชืจ, ืง”ื ืืฉืืืืืจ ืืืืืช ืงืจืื ืืคื ื ืืงื”ื. ืขื ืื ื”ื ืืขืก ืงืื ืืฉืขื ืฉืืื ืืจื ืืขืฆืื ืืืจ ืื.
ืืื ืฉืื ืื ืืื ืื ืฉื ืงืื ื ืืืขืช ืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืืืช. ืืจืื ืฉืงืฉื ืืืื ืืชืช ืืขืฆืื, ืืจื ืฉืืฃ ืื ืืชื ืืคืืื ืืืืจืืข ืฉืืจืฉืืชื, ืืจืืืฉ ืฉื ืชื ืืช ืื ืขืืืื, ืืืืืืื ืื ืขื ืื ืืช ืื ืืืจืช ืืืื ืืื ืืฉืืืื ืฉืืขืืื. ืืืืื ืฉืืืชืจ ืขื ืืขื ืฉืืืขื ืฉืื ืืกืื, ืืืืจืืข ืฉืื ืืกืื, ืกืืืจ ืืื ืงืื ืฉืื ืืชื ืชืชืงืื ืืืืื ืืืจืฆืื, ืฉืืจื ืืืขืชื ื ืชื ืืืื… ืืขื ืื, ืืืื ืฉืืงื”ื ืื ืฉืขื ืืื ืื ืื, ื ืชืืื ืงืื ืืจืื ‘ืืืคืื ืคื ืื’.
ืืืกืจ ืืืฉืื ืืืขืช โ ืืคืชื ืืืชืืจืืจืืช
“ืืืืืจ ืงืื ืื ืืื ืืืื”. ืืฉ ืืขืืื, ืืื ื ืื ืคืืจืฉ ืื ื ืืืชืื ืื ืืืจ ืงืื ืืืื, ืืืชืื ืืืื ืืืืืงืช ืืื ืืืื ืื ืฉ”ืืืงื ืงืื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืจืืื”.
ืืคืืจืฉ ืืชืจืืื ืืื ืชื ืื ืขืืืืื, ืฉืื ื ืงืื ืืืื ืืืืข ืืชืงืื ืงืจืื ื ืฉื ืืื ืืื ืืชืงืื ืงืจืื ื ืฉื ืงืื, ืืืชืื ืืืืืื ืืืจ ืงืื ืืืื, “ืืืช ืืื ืืืืช ืืืื, ืืืช ืขืื ืืืจื, ืืืืช ืืืืชื ืืืจ ืื ืืฆืืืงืื, ืืืืช ืืืคืจืขื ืื ืจืฉืืขืื”. ืืื ืื ืืืจืืฉ ืืืืจืื ืืื, “ืขื ื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืงืื, ืืืช ืืื ืืืืช ืืืื, ืืืืช ืขืื ืืืจื, ืืืืช ืืืชื ืืืจ ืื ืืฆืืืงืื, ืืืืช ืืืชืคืจืข ืื ืจืฉืืขืื”. ืืืืฉืื ืืชืจืืื, “ืืขื ืขืืกืง ืคืชืืืื ืืืืื, ืืื ืืชื ืฆืืื ืืงื ืงืื ืขื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืืข ืืื ื ืืืฆืืื ืืงืืืื”.
ืืขืฉื ืื ืฉืืืื ืื ื ืืชืจืืื, ืฆืจืื ืขืืื ืืืื, ืืืื ืืชืื ืฉืขื ืืื ืืืืจืื ืืขื ืืื ื ืืืื ื ืืฉืืจ ืืขืื ืฉ, ืงื ืงืื ืืืืจื ืืช ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืจืืืช. ืืืืืชืจ, ืืื ืืืืข ืงืื, ืฉืืื ืืจืืฉืื ืืขืืื ืฉืขืื ืขื ืกืื ืืงืจืืช ืืงืจืื ืืช, ืืฉืื ืื ืื ืื ืงืืฆืื ื ืขื ืืืคืืจื ืืืกืื ืืืืื ื, “ืืืช ืืื ืืืืช ืืืื”. ืืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืฉื ืคืจืฉื ืกืชืืื ืื.
ืืืืืืจ ืืื (ืขืืื ืฉืืืืช ืืืกืจ ืืืืจ, ‘ืืืืืจื ืจืื ืืืืจื ืขืืืงืชื’), ืื ืืขืฉื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืฉืืงื”ื ืื ืฉืขื ืืื ืืชื ืฉื ืงืื, ืืืคื ืฉืขืืื ืืกืืจ ืืคืกืืงืื. ืืืืื ืฉืื ืฉืขื ืืงื”ื ืืื ืืชื, ืืื “ืืืืจ ืืงืื ืืืื ืืืคืื ืคื ืื”. ืงืื ื ืืื ืื ืืืขืืข ืขื ืืื ืฉื ืคืื ืคื ืื. ืืืฉืจ ืืื ื ืืฆื ืืืฆื ืฉื ืืขืืืข ืืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืคืชืืื, ืขืืื ืืื ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืื ืขื ืขืฆืื ืืืื ื ืืืจืื ืขื ืืขืฉืื ืืื. ืืืฆืจ ืืจืข ืฉืืื ืื ืฉืืืื ืืืืจ ืืืืืื, ืขื ืืื ืฉืืคืื ืืืชื ืืืช ืืืช ืื ืืชืืื ืืขืืืงื ืืืืชืจ. ืขืืื ืืื ืืืืืข ืืืื ืจืฆืืื, ืืืคืืจื ืืืื ืืืืจืื ืืงืฉืื ืืืืชืจ, ืืฉืจ ืืฉืขื ืฉื ืืฉืื ืืืขืช ืืื ื ืขืืืื ืืื ืืืขืชื. ืื ืืืื ืืืืจืื ืืื ืงืื ืืืื ืืื ืชืื ืืื ืฉ’ื ืคืื ืคื ืื’ ืฉื ืงืื, ืืชืื “ืืืืจ ืืงืื ืืืื”, ืืชืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืืืืข ืืืืืื ืืืืจืืืช ืืขืฆืื ืืืืืื ืื ืืืื ืจืฆืืื ืืืคืืจื.
ืืืจืืืช โ ืืืกืื ืืืืื ื ืืื ืื
ืืืืืื ืืืื ืืกืื ืืืื ืื ืืจื, ืขื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืง ืืช ืืืืช ืืืืจืืืช ืฉืื. ืืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืืฉืื, ืฉืืจื ืืจืืข ืืื ืฉื ืืขืก ืืืขืืืข ืืืืืื ืืช ืื ืฉืืงืื ืืืขืช ืืืคืฉืจ ืืืจืืก ืืช ืื ืืืืื ืฉืื ืืฉื ืืืจืื. ืื ืฉืขื ืืฉืขื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืืช ืขื ืืืจืืืช ืืืฉืืื ืืืืงืืง.
ืืืืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืช ืขืฆืื, ืืืื ื ืืชื ืืืืืข ืืืื ืืืช, ืฉืืคืืื ืืืฆืืื ืืงืฉืื ืืืืชืจ ืื ืืืืืื ืืช ืืืืจืืืช, ืืื ืืืืืื ืืช ืฉืืงืื ืืืขืช. ืืฉื ืื ืฆืจืืืื ืืืืื ืืจืื ืืืกืจ ืืืืชืคืื ืื’ ืืื ืขืช. ืืื ืืขืืืื ื ืืกืจื ืืืื ืืืืช ืืืืจืืืช. ืขืืฉืื ืืืื ืืคืืืืืช ืืืืืืืืช ืืื ืืขืจืื ืืฉืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืืจ ืคืืื ื ื ืืืฅ, ืืื ืฉืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืฉืืื ืืขืฉืืช ืืืื ืคืขืืื, ืืืื ื ืกืืขื. ืืื ืืฉืืื! ืงืืื ืืขืืฉืื ืื ืฉืจืืฆืื ืจืง ืืฉืื ืฉื ืจืื ืืืืชื ืืจืืข ืฉืื ืื ืฉืืืื ืืขืฉืืช, ืืื ืืืฉืื ืืืืจืืืช ืืืืฉืืื ืื ืืืื ืืชืืฆืืืช ืฉื ืืืขืฉื ืฉื ืขืฉื ืชืื ืจืืข.
ืืืจื ืืืืืข ืืืืืืช ืืชืืจื, ืืืืืข ืืืื ืืจืืฆืช ืชืืจื, ืืืืืช ืจืืฉ ืืฉืืื, ืืฉืืื, ืืื ืจืง ืขื ืืื ืืืจืืืช. ืจืง ืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืืืจืืืช ืืืืจื ืขื ืืขืฉืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืจืื. ืืืฉืจ ืืื ืืชืจืื ืืฆืขืืจืืชื ืืืืจืืืช, ืื ืืืืฉื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืืช ืืืฉืคืขื ืขื ืืืจืื. ืืื ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืืจืืืช ืื ืจืง ืืฉืื ืฉืืื ืืืจืื ืขื ืขืฆืื ืืื ืื ืืืื “ืื ืืฉืจืื ืขืจืืื ืื ืืื”, ืฉืขื ืืื ืืืืจืืืช ืฉืื ืืืืื ืืื ื ืืืจืื ืืื ืืคืืขื ืืืขืฉืื ืฉืืื ื ืืืจืืืื. ืืฃ ืขื ืื ืืื ืขืชืื ืืืชื ืืื ืืืฉืืื, ืืืฃ ืืืื ื ืื, ืื ื ืื ืืืืจืืืช ืื ืืื, ื ืืืืช ืืืืจื ืืื “ืืืช ืืื ืืืืช ืืืื ืืืืช ืขืื ืืืจื, ืืืืช ืืืืชื ืืืจ ืื ืืฆืืืงืื”.
ืืฉืืื ืืืืข ืฉืืฉ ืืื ืืืฉืืื, ืืื ื ืืืฉ ืืืืื ืฉืื ืขื ืืฉืงื ืืืจ ืืืกืชืืืืช ืืืจืช ืขื ืื ืฆืขื ืืฉืขื. ืขืืื ื ืืืชืขืืง ืืืืจื ืจืืืชืื ื ื”ื, ืืกืคืจื ืืืืกืจ, ืืืืืื ืืืืจืืื ืืืื ืืืืช ืฉืื ืืืื ืื, ืืื ืืืืจื ืื ืขื ืื ืืืื ืฉืงืื ืื ืืขืฉื, ืืื ื ืืื ืฉืชืชืจืื ืื ื ืชืืจื ืืืจืืช ืฉืืื, ืืืื ืืืืจื ืจืง ืืื ืืขืฆืื ื ืืืืื.
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Harav Hagaon Meir Wahrsager Shlita
The Power to Reign is Inside You
Parashas Bereishis
Harav Hagaon Meir Wahrsager Shlitโโa
Itโs the start of a new year, and one of the things every Yid has to be ready for is the new battle with the yetzer hara. After spending Elul, Rosh Hashanah, Aseres Yemei Teshuvah, Yom Kippur, and Succos fighting against our archenemy, the yetzer hara, and achieving complete cleansing and kapparah in the process, we have to prepare ourselves for this coming yearโs new battle.
Parashas Bereishis provides us with some important insights for understanding the yetzer haraโs tactics and readying ourselves for the battle against him.
After Hakadosh Baruch Hu accepted Hevelโs korban and rejected Kayinโs, Kayin was distraught. The Sforno explains that Hashemโs rejection of Kayinโs korban wasnโt only because the korban wasnโt a worthy one โ it was because Kayin himself wasnโt worthy. Kayinโs response to this rejection was twofold: ืึทืึผึดืึทืจ ืึฐืงึทืึดื ืึฐืึนื ืึทืึผึดืคึผึฐืืึผ ืคึผึธื ึธืื.
Rav Yerucham, in Daas Torah, explains that ืึทืึผึดืึทืจ ืึฐืงึทืึดื ืึฐืึนื means that Kayin was upset about the actual deficiency in his offering, while ืึทืึผึดืคึผึฐืืึผ ืคึผึธื ึธืื refers to the feeling of downfall that came in the aftermath of Hashem rejecting it.
Two things happened to Kayin: he sinned, and then he had a nefilah through the chet. He began wondering, how could I have done this? How could I have sunk so low?
Hakadosh Baruch Hu Himself came to Kayin in an attempt to help him halt this thought pattern. Trying to direct Kayin to do teshuvah, Hakadosh Baruch Hu addressed the two issues that were troubling Kayin: ืึธืึผึธื ืึธืจึธื ืึธืึฐ ืึฐืึธืึผึธื ื ึธืคึฐืืึผ ืคึธื ึถืืึธ. The second part of the question stresses that even if Kayin sinned, he should not have felt downtrodden.
The Dangerous Layer of Chet
This is a critical idea in the way we deal with chet. The yetzer hara can ensnare anyone, as the passuk says: ืึผึดื ืึธืึธื ืึตืื ืฆึทืึผึดืืง ืึผึธืึธืจึถืฅ ืึฒืฉืึถืจ ืึทืขึฒืฉืึถื ืึผืึนื ืึฐืึนื ืึถืึฑืึธื. But a far more insidious trap of the yetzer hara is how he gets us to react after the chet. If a person feels like a lowlife, and sees himself differently after he said something wrong, or did something wrong, or looked at something he shouldnโt have, he begins to associate himself with the chet.
The Gemara (Succah 52b) says that the yetzer hara comes at a person in three stages: at first, heโs a passerby, then heโs a guest, and then heโs an โish,โ which Rashi explains means a baal habayis. The yetzer haraโs primary objective is to become the baal habayis and park himself in the personโs life.
Rav Yerucham notes that even more than the yetzer hara wants to get a person to sin, he wants to capture the person in his clutches after the sin and get him to believe that โThis is who I am.โ On the words in Tehillim (32:2): ืึทืฉืึฐืจึตื ื ึฐืฉืืึผื ืคึผึถืฉืึทืข ืึผึฐืกืึผื ืึฒืึธืึธื, Chazal say:
ืืฉืจืื ืืืื ืฉืืื ืืืื ืืคืฉืขื ืืื ืคืฉืขืื ืืืืืื ืืื ื โ praiseworthy is a person who is higher than his sins, not that his sins are higher than him. In truth, a person is much higher than his chet โ the chet doesnโt really sink him. The yetzer hara, however, convinces us of the opposite.
Explaining Hashemโs second question to Kayin โ ืึฐืึธืึผึธื ื ึธืคึฐืืึผ ืคึธื ึถืืึธ โ the Sforno writes that when it is possible to rectify something, there is no reason to feel pain about what happened; rather, a person should focus on trying to repair things in the future. That is the message of the passuk that follows:ืึฒืืึนื ืึดื ืชึผึตืืึดืื ืฉืึฐืึตืช โ youโre much higher than your sin, so why are you concentrating on the past? Instead, go forward, start doing mitzvos, and then youโll elevate yourself.
Someone once told me that Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz said the following in a vaad. Imagine that a bochur in yeshiva succumbed to his yetzer hara and transgressed the prohibition of gilui arayos, chas vโshalom. What should happen to this bochur?
When Rav Chaim addressed this question to the attendees of the vaad, one person said that the bochur should leave yeshiva. Another one said that he should run to a gadol and find out how to do teshuvah. A third said he should engage in prayer and acts of penitence.
Rav Chaim disagreed. The first thing this bochur should do, he said, is return to the beis midrash the next morning and sit down to learn with his chavrusa.
The chet happened. He stumbled. But the person is much higher than the chet, and he should not associate himself with it.
The passuk in Koheles (10:4) tells us: ืึดื ืจืึผืึท ืึทืึผืึนืฉืึตื ืชึผึทืขึฒืึถื ืขึธืึถืืึธ ืึฐืงืึนืึฐืึธ ืึทื ืชึผึทื ึผึทื ืึผึดื ืึทืจึฐืคึผึตื ืึทื ึผึดืืึท ืึฒืึธืึดืื ืึผึฐืืึนืึดืื. The Vilna Gaon explains this to mean that if the yetzer hara ensnares you and causes you to sin, donโt move away from who you were before the chet; continue on exactly as before. A human being is much bigger than his chet, no matter how terrible the chet was, and if he continues to learn Torah and do maasim tovim, he can cure himself. But the first step is to go back to the beis midrash โ to realize that youโre still a yeshiva bochur, youโre still good, and you can even be one of the metzuyanim of the yeshiva. Afterwards, you still have to deal with what you did, and go through the process of teshuvah, but what shouldnโt happen is the downfall that typically follows the chet.
Taking Control of the Yetzer Hara
Unfortunately, Kayin did not absorb the lesson that Hashem was trying to teach him, which is perhaps the reason that he then went and killed Hevel โ he spiraled even further downward. What he should have done was to jump right back into the beis midrash.
Everyone makes mistakes, and in moments of weakness, people can even make big mistakes. The main problem is the reaction to those mistakes. If you let the yetzer hara convince you that you are a lowlife, and you associate with the chet, then the yetzer hara really got you. But if you stay higher than the chet, then the yetzer hara didnโt get you. The chet itself, youโll be able to do teshuvah for afterwards.
This was Hashemโs message to Kayin: ืึดื ืชึผึตืืึดืื ืฉืึฐืึตืช โ if you move forward and do good, youโll see that you really are higher than your sin. However, ืึฐืึดื ืึนื ืชึตืืึดืื ืึทืคึผึถืชึทื ืึทืึผึธืืช ืจึนืึตืฅ โ if you donโt forge ahead and do good, then the yetzer hara is going to have you in his clutches.
In the words that follow โ ืึฐืึตืึถืืึธ ืชึผึฐืฉืืึผืงึธืชืึน ืึฐืึทืชึผึธื ืชึผึดืึฐืฉืึธื ืึผืึน โ Hakadosh Baruch Hu defines the relationship between a Yid and the yetzer hara. On one hand, a person has a tremendous desire to follow the yetzer hara and succumb to taavah, โ but on the other hand, he also has the power to conquer the yetzer hara.
This passuk seems to be in direct contradiction with a famous Gemara (Succah 52), which says that the yetzer hara provokes a person every day, and if not for Hashemโs help, the person would be unable to overcome it. If a person is, indeed, powerless against the yetzer hara, then how could Hashem tell Kayin that he has the power to overcome it?
The Sforno explains that the way a person overcomes his yetzer hara is through the power of the tzelem Elokim that he possesses. A superficial understanding of the Gemara would lead us to believe that Hashem helps a person overcome the yetzer hara by sending him some sort of external assistance โ perhaps a malach, perhaps a vision akin to the one Yosef saw when he perceived his father Yaakov in front of him in a moment of temptation. In truth, however, the Divine assistance is from within the person himself. Hakadosh Baruch Hu is part of us โ weโre created in His image, and thereโs a ืืืง ืืืืง ืืืขื inside every Yid. There is no contradiction between the passuk and the Gemara โ without Hashemโs assistance, a person would truly be unable to overcome the yetzer hara, but the assistance is built into the person, so that he does, indeed, possess the power of ืึฐืึทืชึผึธื ืชึผึดืึฐืฉืึธื ืึผืึน.
No matter how strong the yetzer hara is, no matter how long youโve been dealing with a particular yetzer hara, and no matter how low you feel youโve fallen, the tzelem Elokim within you allows you to rise above your misdeeds. There should never be a situation of ืึทืึผึดืคึผึฐืืึผ ืคึผึธื ึธืื, and we should not underestimate the koach and the gadlus of a human being.
As we enter the new year, we have to realize that chet happens to everyone โ but the resulting downfall doesnโt have to. You have a tzelek Elokim, and you have greatness that makes you unstoppable: ืึฐืึทืชึผึธื ืชึผึดืึฐืฉืึธื ืึผืึน.
Gut Shabbos.