ืืืจื ืจืืืชืื ื
ืืืงื ืงืจื ืืื’ ืืืื ืื ืคืืช ืื ื ืจืืืื (ืื, ื)
ืืืจื ืื”ื (ืกื ืืืจืื ืืฃ ืง”ื ืข”ื) “ืืืืืช ื ืฉืื ืื ืชื ืืืชื (ืืฉืื ืื, ื), ืื ืืฉืชื ืฉื ืืื ืื ืคืืช”, ืฉืืฆืืื ืืช ืืขืื ืื ืืืืืืงืช, ืืืืจื ืื ืืื ืื ืืฆื ืื ืืื ืืืืืืงืช ืืื, ืืืจื ืืชื ืื ืชืืื ืืฉืจืจื ืืฉืื ืคื ืื, ืืืื ืื ืืฉื ืืืื ื ืฉืื ืื ืื ืงืจื ืืืื ื ืฉืื, ืืชื ืืื ืืงืจื ืื ืชืจืืื ืืื ืืชืืฉืืจ ืืืขืืื ืื ืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืื ืื ืืืชืขืืจ ืขื ืจืื ืื ืื.
ื ืฉืืืช ืืฉืืื, ืืื ืืืืื ืืืืืื ืืื, ืืฉืจ ืขื ืื ืืืจ ืืืชืื ืืืฉืื “ืืืืืช ื ืฉืื ืื ืชื ืืืชื”, ืืื ืืื ืืืจื ืืืจืื ืฉื ืืขื, ืืขื ืชื ืืจื ืืื ืกืืจื ืคืฉืืื ืฉืื ืืื ืื ืืฉืืจื ืืืื ืืืื, ืื ืื ืื ืืืชืขืจื ืืืจืืื ืฉืื ืชืืื ืื ืื ืชืืขืืช?
ืืืืจ ืืจื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืฉื”ืช ืืืืื ืืจื ืืืื ืฉืืืืืืืฅ ืืฆืืื”ื ืืื ื ืืขื ื ืื ืฉื ืืฉืชื ืฉื ืืื ืื ืคืืช ืคืฉืืื ืืื, ืืืฉืื ืืืฉืจ ืืืืื ืื ืืืชืขืจื ืืจืื ืื ืื, ืืื ืืืื ืฉืืฉ ืืืืืืงืช ืืชืืืืช ืืืืื ืื ืืืงื ืืืื, ืืืื ืืืื ืืช ืขืฉืชืื ืืชืื ืืืขืชื ืืกืชืืงืช ืืื ื, ืขื ืืื ืื ืฉืืคืืื ืืืืชื ืขืฆืื ืืื ื ืขืืืืช ืขืื ืื ืื ืขืื ืื. ืืื ืืขืช ืืื ืืืฆื ืืื ืืืืฉื ืืจืืื ืืืื ื ื ืกืืฃ ืืืฉ ืืืืืืงืช, ืืืกืืื ืืืืจ ืืืจืื ื ืืืืื, ืืจื ืื ืืื ืืงืจื.
ืืืจื ืืืืื
ืืฉืืื ืฉืืฆืืื ืืืืืืงืช
ืกืืคืจ ืื”ืจ ืฉืืื ืืืจืฉืืื ืืฆ”ื: ืื ืื ืืื ืืืฉืืืช ืืืืจ, ืฉืืืืืฉ ืืืื ืืื ืืืืขืื ืืืจืืื ืืืขืื ืืชืื ืืืืจื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืขื ืืืจ ืืื”ื.
ืื ืื”ืจ ืจืื ืคืจืฅ ืืืืืืขืจ (ืืืขืืืจื ืืืืื) ื ืื ืื ืืืื ืฉื ื.
ืฉื ื ืืืช, ืืืฉืจ ืืืืข ืคืืฉ ืื ืืจื ืืืฉืืื ืืื”ืฆ ืจืื ืืจืืื ืืฆืืง”ื ืืจืืื ืืขืืจ, ืฉืืื ืืฉืืืื ืืืชืขื ืืื ืืืืข ืื. ืชืื ืืชืืืื: ืืจื ืืื ืฉื ื ืื ื ืืืืข ืืฉืืืข ืืืจื ืืืืืง ืืืืกืจ?! ืืฉืื ืื ืืืฉืืื ืื ืืื ืฉื ืืจืื ืื: ืืืจ ืฉืืืฉื ืืืื ืฉืื ื ื ืขืื ืืืืื ืืช ืืืืืจ, ืืืชื ืกืชื ืื ืื ืืฉืืืข?! ืืชืคืื ืืชืืืื ืืืฉืืข ืืืืจืื ืืืืจ ืืืืืื: “ืื ืืืืชื ืืขื ืขืกืงืื ืืืืชื ืฉืื ืืชืช ืืชืช ืื ืืืื ื, ืื ืืืืช ืืื ื ืืงืืฉื ืืกืชืืจ ืขื ืืฉืืืจืช ืืจืื ืืช ืืื ืืืคืฉืจืืชื ืืฉืื ืขืืืจ ืืฉืืื…” ืืฉืื ืืจื ืืืฉืืื: ืืื ื ื ืืืจื ืงื, ืืื ืืกืฃ ืืฉ ืื? ืขื ื ืื ืืชืืืื: ืขืฉืจืื ืืืืฉ ืืืืืก,
ืื ืืืฆืืืช ืื ืกืืขื ืืืืจ ืืขืื ืื ืืืฉ, ืืืฆื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืขืฉืจืื ืืืืืก. ืืืจ ืื ืืืฉืืื: ืชื ืื ืืช ืืขืฉืจืื ืืืืืก ืืชืืื ืืืืืื ืืฉืืื.
ืืชืคืื ืจ’ ืคืจืฅ ืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืคืฅ ืื ื ืชื ืืืฉืืื ืืช ืืืกืฃ.
ืืืฉื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื ืืฆื ืจืื ืคืจืฅ ืื ืื ืื ืคืฉื, ืืืืข ื ืื ืืื ื ืืืฉืืื ืืช ืืขื ืืกืคื? ืืช ืกืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืืฉ, ืืฉืื ืฉืืืข ืฉืืืืื ืืฃ ืืื ืื ืืืืื ืื, ืื ืืืข ื ืืื ื ืฉืื ืืจื ืืืฉืืื ืขืฉื ืืืช, ืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืื ืกืืื ืืืืจื.
ืืฉื ื ืืืื ืฉืื ืื ืจืื ืคืจืฅ ืืืฉืืื. ืงืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืืจ ืคื ืื ืืื ืืืงืฉ ืืื ื ืืืืื, ืืืืื ืื ืืืจืข ืืืจ. ืืืคื ืฉืืข ืฉื ืื, ืจืื ืคืจืฅ ืืืจืืื ืืืืข ืืืืื ืืืฉืืื, ืื ืืคืขื ืืื ืื ืื ืืืืจ ืืืจื ืืืฉืืื. ืืื ืืฉืคืืฉ ืืช ืืืฉืืื ืืืจ ืื: ‘ืืืืจ ืื ื ืฉืืื ืฉืืกืจ ืืืฉืืื ืืืืช ืืฉื ืื ืืืจืฆืื ื ืืืืืืช ืข”ื ืืขืืืง ืืื. ืืฉืืื ืืฆืืื ืืืชื ืืืฉ ืืืืืืงืช ืฉืคืจืฆื ืืขืืืจืชื ื ืืฉื ื. ืชืื ืืื ืืกืขืจื ืืืืจื ืืจืื ื ืืืจืชื ืืืืจื ืืืฉืืื, ืืืืืืช ืื ืกืืืงืชื ืืช ืขืฆืื ืื ืืืืืืงืช.
ืืื ืืืฆืื ืืืฉืืื ืืช ืืจื ืงื, ืฉืืฃ ืขืฉืจืื ืืืืืก ืืืืจ: ‘ืื ืื, ืืขืืชืื ืคืขืื ืืช ืฉืืื, ืืืฉืคืขืื ืืื ืื ืฆืืจื ืืื…’
ืืชืืจืจ ืื ืืืฉืืื ืืื ืืขืื ื ืจืืื ืฉืืืืขื ืฉื ืชืืืืื ืขืืื ืืื ืืืชืขืจื ืืืืืืงืช, ืืคืืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืืขื ื ืฉืืื ืืืืืืช ืื ืืื ืฉืชืืืืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืช ืชืฉืืืช ืื ืืจืืืื ืืืืืื ืืืื, ืืงื ืืื ื ืืช ืืืกืฃ ืชืืืจืช ืืฉืืื. ืืื ืืืฉืจ ื ืืื ืฉืืืืจืื ืคืขืื ืืช ืคืขืืืชื, ืืฉืื ืื ืืช ืืกืคื ืืืืจื.
ืกืืคืืจ ืื ืฉืืข ืืืจ”ืฉ ืืืจืฉืืืื ืืฆ”ื ืืคื ืจ’ ืคืจืฅ, ืืขื ืืืขืฉื ืขืฆืื, ืืกืืคืจื ืืกืขืืืช ืฉืืช ืขื ืฉืืืื ื ืฉื ืืจื ืจื”ื ืืื”ื ืืืจ ืืืืื ืจืื ืืืจืื ืฆืื ืงืืื ืืฆ”ื ืื”ื. ืืฉืฉืืข ืืืจื”ืฆ ืืช ืืกืืคืืจ, ืงื ืืืชืืื ืืืืจ ืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืจื: “ืืฉืืชื ืฉืื ื ืืืืจ ืืขื ืืช ืืืฉืืื, ืขืชื ืจืืื ืื ื ืฉืืื ื ืืืืจื ืืื ืืขืืงืจ”.
ืืฉืืืื ืืืื
Shpitzer, Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shlita
ืงืจื
ืฉืืื ืืืคืจืฉืช ืืื
ืื ืชืจืืื ืื ืืชื, ืืืื ืฉืืคืฉืจ ืืืคืจืืฉ ืชืจื”ื ืืืื ืข”ื ืฉืืื. ืืื ืืื ืื ืืืืคืืืช ืจืืืช ืืขืืื.
ืื ืืืงื ืืงืฆืืช ืืชืจืื”ื ืื ืฆืจืื ืืื ืื ืื ืฉืืืืืช ืื ืืืื ื ืืืื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืคื ืื. ืื”ื ืืจืง ืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืื, ืืืื ืฆืจืื ืื ืื ืฉืืืืืช.
ืืื ื ืืชืืก’ ื ืืืจ ื”ื ืืชืื ืืืื ืื”ื ืืขืฉืืช ืงื ืื ืขื ืืฉืื”ื ืืื”ื ื”ื ืืื ืืช ืฉืืื ืขื ืืฉืื”ื. ืืขืคืโื ืื ื ืืคืืกืงืื ืืืืคืืื ืฉืืชืืืืช ืืฉื ื ืืืขืืื ืืื ื ืืช ืืขื ืืืืฉืจ ืื ืฉืืืื ืืืคืจืืฉ ืืื ืืืฉื ืืฉื ื, ืืื ื ืืืืชื ืฉืขื ืขืืืื ืื ืงื ื ืืืขืืื ืืช ืืงืื ืืื ืขืฉื ืขืืกื, ืืืื ืืฉืื”ื ืืืฉ ืืขืืื ืืช”ื ืืืขื ืฉืืืืืช ืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ื”ื ืืื ืืช ืฉืืื ืขื ืืฉืื”ื. ืืืฉืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืืขืืื ืืืืฉ ืฉืืื ื ืืืชื ืฉืืื ื”ืฉ, ืืื ืื ืฉื ืืื ืืื ืืช ืคืขื ืืฉื ื ืื ืคืขื ืืืืื, ืืจื ืืื ืื ืื ืขื ืืฉืื”ื.
ืืข’ ืืงืืืฅ ืชืฉืืืืช ืืืจื”ืฉ ื”ื ืืฉื ืขืื ื ืื”ื ืกืืก”ื ืง”ื ืืืฉืจืชืช ืืืื ืคืืขื, ืืืฃ ืืืื ืฉืืื ืืืฉืื”ื ืืื ืื ืคืืขื ืืื ืืขื”ื. (ืืืช”ื ืคืืขื ืฉืื ื ืืืฉืื”ื, ืืื’ ืชืืื ืืืขื ืืฉืื”ื, ืืืช”ื ืืฉืื ืืขืช ืืื’ ืืื ื ”ื, ืืื ืืช”ื ืื ืืื ืื ืื, ืืฉ ืืงืื ืืืืจ ืื ืคืืขื ืืื ืืื ืืกืืจืช ืืืืืช).
ืืืื’ ืืฉ ืืืขืืจ ืืชืจืื”ื ืืืืจื ืืืฉืจืชืช ืื”ื ืืืฉืฉ ืืืฉืื”ื. ืืืืื ื”ื ืืืขืช ืฉื”ื ืืืคืืื ืืงื”ื ืฆ”ื ื”ื ืืจืง ืืคืืขื ืฉืืฉืื ืขื ืืืื ืืฉืื ืคืืขื. ืืืฉ ืืขืืื ืืืืื ืช ืงืืืฅ ืชืฉืืืืช ืืืจื”ืฉ.
ืืื ื ืืฆืื ื ืืขื”ื ืืืืชืจ ืืื ืจืื ืื ืืืฆื ืฉื ืฉืชืื ืืฉืชื ืื”ื ืืืจืฉ ืืชืืงื ื ืืื ืืช ืฉืืื ืฉืื ืชืชืจืคื ืชืืื ืืงืื ืื, ืืชืืงืฉื ืืคื ืื ”ื ืืจื ืืฉืขืช ืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืืื ืืฉืื”ื ืืื ืฉืืื ืฉืืืืืช. ืืข’ ืืืืช ืืืจืฉ”ื ืืจ”ื ืจืคืืคืืจื ืฉืื ืืืชื ืื ืื ืืฉืื ืฉืืืืืช ืืฉืื”ื. ืืื ืืืจืื”ื ืค”ื ืืืืจืืฉืื ื”ื ืืืืฉ ืืื ืืืขื ืืชื ืื ืื ืืฉืืืืืช ืืจื ื ืืชื ืืขืืื ืงืืื ืืืื ืื ืื ืชืืืื, ืืืฉืชืชืจืคื ืืื ืืื ืื ืืืืฉ ืืืื ืืื ืืกืจืื ืืฉืื”ื. ืืืืืจืื ืืฉ ืื ื ืขืฆื ืืืืคืืื, ืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืื ืืืกื ืฆืืืจื ืืื ืื ืืคืจืฉืช ืืื.
ืืงืฉ ืฉืืื ืืจืืคืื
Chodosh, Maran Hamashgiach Hagaon Harav Aaron ztโl
ืืืชื ืืืฉื ื ืืืืช ื, ืื: ืจ”ื ืืงืคืจ ืืืืจ ืืงื ืื ืืืชืืื ืืืืืื ืืืฆืืืื ืืช ืืืื ืื ืืขืืื.
ืืคืืจืฉ ืจืฉ”ื: ืืงื ืื- ืฉืืฉ ืื ืืืื ืขื ืืืืจื ืืืืชืื ืืจืงื ืขืฆืืืช ืงื ืื (ืืฉืื ืื, ื), ืืืชืืื- ืฉืืชืืื ืืืื ืืจืื ืฉื ืืืจ “ืืืื ืืกืฃ ืื ืืฉืืข ืืกืฃ” (ืงืืืืช ื, ื), ืืืืืื- ืฉืืจืื ืืช ืืงืืจืช ืืช ืืขืืื. ืื”ื ืืงื ืื ืฉืจืื ืืืืื ืืฉืจืช ืฉืขืฉื ืืืื ืืจืืฉืื ืฉืืื ืฆืืืื ืื ืืฉืจ ืืื’ ืืจืื ืืืืื ืื ืชืงื ืื ืื. ืืื’ ืื”ื ืืงื ืื ืฉืงื ื ืงืจื ืืืฉื ืืืืจื. ืืืชืืื ืฉืืชืืื ืืืืื ืืงืืช ืื ืขืื, ืืืืืื ืืืจืืขื ืฉืืืจ ืื ืืขืื ืืื’.
ืืจื ืฉืืงื ืื ืืื ืฉืืืืื ืืช ืงืืจื ืืืืืง ืขื ืืฉื ืืืืจื, ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืืจื ืจืฉ”ื: ืืืงื ืงืืจื– ืืงื ืืช ืขืฆืื ืืฆื ืืื ืืืืืช ื ืืืง ืืชืื ืืขืื ืืขืืจืจ ืขื ืืืืื ื. ื”ื ืืฉื ืจืืฉื ืกื ืืืจืืืช ืืืืจืื. ืืืชื ืืืืืจื, ืืฉืืื ืฉืื’ ืฉืื ืจืืืื ืฉืจืื ืชืืื ื ืฉืื ืืงืืช, ืืื ืื ื ืฉืชืชืคื ืขื ืงืจื ืืืืืืงืชื, ืืื ืืจืฉืข ืืืื ืืฉืืื ื. ืืื ืจืื ืงืจื ืืืืืง ืขื ืืฉื, ื ืชืงื ื ืขื ื ืฉืืืืชื ืฉื ืืืืฆืคื ืื ืขืืืืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืฉื ื ืฉืื ืขื ืื ื ืงืืช ืขื ืคื ืืืืืืจ, ืืืจ ืงืจื, ืืื ืืื ืืจืืขื ืืื, ืฉื ืืืจ ืืื ื ืงืืช ืืื’ (ืฉืืืช ื, ืื), ืขืืจื ืืืืืจ ื ืืื ืฉื ื ืื ืื ืืืืื, ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืื, ืื ืจืืื ืืืืื ืืช ืืฉื ืื, ืื ืื ื, ืฉืื ื ืื ืืฆืืจ ืฉืืื ืฉื ื ืืขืืจื, ืืืื ืื ื ื ืฉืื ืืช ืื ืืืื ืืงืื ืืืืื, ืืจืื ื ืืืืง ืขืืื ืืืืื ืืช ืืืจืื.
ืืืืืืืจ ืืืืจ ืืื ืืฆืืื ืงืจื ืืืฉืคืืข ืขื ืืืชืืื ืืืืืฉืื ืืืฉ ืฉืืฉืชืชืคื ืืชื ืืืืืืงืช ืขื ืืฉื ืืืืจื, ืืชื ืืจืื”ื: ืืื ืืื ืืืจืฉ ืฉืืขืก ืขื ื ืฉืืืืชื ืฉื ืืืืฆืคื, ืืงืื ืื ืืืืจื ืืื ืฉื ืืืจ ืืืงืฉืชื ืื ืืืื ื ืืื’, ืืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืืืืชื ืืืืืจ ืกืื ื ืื ืืืจืข ืืื ืฉืื ืจืขื ืืื’, ืืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืจื ืืืฉื ืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืขื ืกืืงืืื ืืืชื, ืืืื ืกืื ืงืืจื ืืืืืช ืืืจื ืืกืืื ืืืืืจืื ืืขืืช ืืืืื ืืื ืืขืฉืื ืฉื ืืฉื. ืืื ืืืืื ืื ืืืืจ ืคืืจื ืื ืฉืจืคื ืืืฉ ืชืืขืจื ืืืชื ืืงืืจืืช ืืชืืื ืจืืื ืืืืฉืจ ืืืื ืืืจืืืื ืื ืืชืคืื ืืฉื ืขืืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืจื ืืื ืืืชื ื ืฉืืื ืื ืืฉืืืื ืืืืคื ืืคื ื ื’ ืื ืืืจ ืขื ืื ืืขื ืฉืืชืื ืืืืืจ ืืฉื ืืืืชื, ืื ืื’ ื ืคืฉ ืื ืืขื ืืจื ืืื ืืฆื ืงืจื ืืงืื ืืืืืง ืขื ืืฉื ืืืฉื ืื ืืฉืืขื ืืืื ืืขื.
ืืชืื ืงื ืืชื ืฉื ืงืจื, ืืืคืฉ ืืื ืืช ืืืื ืฉื ืคืฉื ืฉื ืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืชืืื ืืจื ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืฉืคืืข ืขืืืื ืืืืืง ืขื ืืฉื ืืืืจื.
ืืืื ืืฉืคืืข ืขืืืื? ืืืืจืช ืืื’ (ืกื ืืืจืื ื ื.): ืืืื ืื ืคืฉืืชื, ืฉื ืชืืืืื ืฉืจืืคื ืขื ืขืกืงื ื ืคืฉืืชื, ืืืจืืฉ ืืงืืฉ ืืืืจ ืจืืฉ ืืงืืฉ ืืื ืืืชืื (ืชืืืื ืื, ืื) ืืื ืคื ืืขืื ืืขืื ืืจืง ืขืื ืฉื ืืื, ืืฉืืื ืื ืืคื ืฉืืื ืืคื ืืงืจื ืขื ืขืกืงื ืืืืื ืืจืง ืขืืืื ืฉืจ ืฉื ืืืื ื ืฉื ืื.
ืืืจืฉ”ื ืืืกืืฃ ืืืืจ: ืื ืขืฉื, ืขืื ืืื ืก ืจ”ื ืจืืฉื ืกื ืืืจืืืช ืืื’ ืืืืืืฉื ืืืืชืืช ืฉืืืื ืชืืืช ืืืื ืืคื ื ืืฉื, ื”ื ืืืืช ืฉืืืื ืชืืืช ืืืืืช ืืฆืืฆืืช? ื”ื ืืืืืช, ืืชืืืื ืืฉืืง ืืื’.
ืืืื ื ืฉืืืจื ืฉืืฆื ืงืืจื ืืืฉืคืืข ืขื ืืืชืืื ืืืืืฉืื ืื ืฉื ืขืืชื, ืืืชืืื ืืื ืจืืฉื ืกื ืืืจืืืช, ืืื ืข”ื ืฉืืชืืืจ ืืืชื ืืกืขืืื ืขื ืฉืืื ืืคื ืื ืืื ืื ืขืืืื ืืืืจื ืืืฆื ืืช, ืืข”ื ืืืืฆื ืืช ืืฆืืจืคื ืืืชืืื ืืืืืฉืื ืืืฉ ืืืื ืืืืืืงืช.
ืืืืืงืื (ืคืจืฉืช ืฉืื ืจืื ืชืฉ”ื ): ืื”ื ืืืืฆืื ืืืฉ ืืงืืฉืฉ ืขืฆืื. ื”ื ืืงื”ื ืืืฉื ืืื ืื ืืช ืืฉืืช, ืืืจ ืืคื ืื ืจืืฉ”ืข ืืชื ืืืืข ืืื ืืื ืชืคืืืื ืืจืืฉื ืืืืจืืขื ืืจืืื ืืืชื ืืืืืจ ืื, ืขืืฉืื ืฉืืื ืขืืื ืชืคืืืื ืืื ืื ืืฉืืช. ืืืจ ืื ืืงื”ื ืืืฉื ืฆื ืืืจืืจ ืืื ืืืจ ืฉืื ืืื ืื ืืฉืืช ืืืืืื ืืืืื ืฉื ื’ ืืขืฉื ืืื ืฆืืฆืืช ืืืืจืชื, ืืื ืืืืจืชื ืืื ืืืืจ ืชื. ืืืื ืชื ืืื ืืขืงื ืฉื ืืืจ ืืืขืงื ืืืฉ ืชื, ืชื ืืืื, ืชื ืืืืืื ืขืจืืืช, ืชื ืืฉืคืืืืช ืืืื.
ืืขืื ืืืืงืื ืฉื: ืช”ืจ ืืืืืื ืืฉืจืื ืฉืืืื ืืงื”ื ืืืฆืืืช, ืชืคืืืื ืืจืืฉืืื ืืชืคืืืื ืืืจืืขืืชืืื ืืฆืืฆืืช ืืืืืืื ืืืืืื ืืคืชืืืื, ืืื’.
ืจืื ืืืืขืืจ ืื ืืขืงื ืืืืจ ืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืชืคืืืื ืืจืืฉื ืืชืคืืืื ืืืจืืขื ืืืืืื ืืคืชืื ืืฆืืฆืืช ืืืืื – ืืื ืืืืืง ืฉืื ืืืื, ืฉื ื’ ืืืืื ืืืฉืืืฉ ืื ืืืืจื ืื ืชืง, ืืื’.
ืืืืืฉื ืืืืจืฉ ืฉื: ืืขืฉื ืืืื ืืื ืฉืื’ ืืืืจ ืืืฆืืช ืฆืืฆืืช ืฉืืข ืฉืืฉ ืืื ื ืืืช ืืืจืื ืืืื ืฉื ืืืืช ืืจืืข ืืืืช ืืืืืื ืืฉืืจื. ืฉืืจ ืื ืืจืืข ืืืืช ืืืืืื ืืงืืขื ืื ืืื. ืืฉืืืืข ืืื ื ืื ืืืฉื ืื ืืคืชื ืืืชื, ืืื’. ืืื ืืจืืข ืฆืืฆืืืชืื ืืืคืื ืื ืขื ืคื ืื, ื ืฉืื ืืืฉื ืื ืขื ืืื ืงืจืงืข, ืืื’.
ืืจื ืฉืข”ื ืฉืืกืืื ืืืื ืืืฆืืืช ืฆืืฆืืช ืชืคืืืื ืืืืืื ื ืืฆื ืืื ืื ืืืื. ืื ืืช ืงืจื ืืืฆืืืช ืืืื ืื ืืฆืืื ืืฆ”ื ืืืืข.
ืขืื ืืืืงืื: ืืฉ”ื ืืฉืจื ืืืืฉ. ืืืืืฉื ืืฆืื ืื ืืฉื, ืื ืงืืจื ืฉืื’ ืืชืืืฆืฅ ืขื ืืฉื ืืืืจื ืืืฆืืช ืฆืืฆืืช ืืข”ื ืื ืืื ืฉืืฆืืช ืฆืืฆืืช ืืืืคืื ืขื ืคื ืื ืฉืื ืืืื, ืฉื ืืืจ ืื ืืืฆืื ืืื ืืื’ ืืืฉื ืืืื ืืคืืกื ืฉืืขื ื ื ืื ื ืืื. ืืืฉืื ืืฉื ืืงืจื ืืืชื ืืืืืจื, ืืืืืจื ืื ื ืขืื. ืืืงื ืืฉื ืืืื ืื ืืชื ืืืืืจื.
ืืืื ื ืฉืืืื ืืืืฆื ืืช ืฉื ืงืจื ืืืฆืืืช ืื ืืฆืืืืื ืื ืืืืืืงืช.
ืืืืืงืื ืจืื ืชืฉื ”ื ืืืชื: ืืืงื ืืฉื ืืืื ืื ืืชื ืืืืืจื – ืืืื ืฉืืื ืืืืืงืื ืืืืืืงืช. ืืืืจ ืจื: ืื ืืืืืืง ืืืืืืงืช ืขืืืจ ืืืื, ืฉื ืืืจ: ืืื ืืืื ืืงืจื ืืืขืืชื.
ืืขืื ืืืชื ืฉื ืฉื ื ืจืืืชืื ื ืืจืืขื ื ืงืจืื ืจืฉืขืื: ืืคืืฉื ืื ืขื ืืืจื ืืืืืชื, ืืฃ ืขื ืคื ืฉืื ืืืื ื ืงืจื ืจืฉืข, ืฉื ืืืจ: ืืืืืจ ืืจืฉืข ืืื ืชืื ืจืขื – ืืืืช ืื ื ืืืจ ืืื ืชืื. ืืืืื ืืืื ื ืืฉืื, ืฉื ืืืจ: ืืื ืจืฉืข ืืื ืืฉืื. ืืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืขืืืช ืคื ืื ืืืื ื ืืชืืืืฉ ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืื ื, ืฉื ืืืจ: ืืขื ืืืฉ ืจืฉืข ืืคื ืื. ืืื ืฉืืื ืืขื ืืืืืงืช, ืฉื ืืืจ: ืกืืจื ื ื ืืขื ืืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืจืฉืขืื, ืืฉื ืืื ืืื ืืืชื ืืืืืจื – ืขืืืช ืคื ืื ืืืืืืงืช.
ืืืืืงืื ืจืื ืชืฉื ”ื ืืืชื: ืื ื ืขืื – ืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืชืื ืืื, ืืืจื ืื: ืืจื ืื ื ืืขืืืืื ืืืจืื ื ืืืื ืื ื ืขืืืื ืืืื ื ืฉื ืืืื ื. ืืืคื ืฉืืื ืืฉื ืืคืชืื ืฉื ืืชื ืืืืืจื ืืื ืืืฆืื ืืจืืขื ืฆืืืงืื ืืืื ื ืฉื ืืืื ื: ืฉืืฉื ืื ื ืงืจื ืืืื ืื ืคืืช. ืืื ืืืืช ืืื ืืืื ืฉื ืื ื ืงืจื ืฉืื ืฆืื? ืฉืืฉืขื ืฉืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืฆื ืงืจื ืืืืื ืจืืืื ืืช ืืฉื ืืืืืฉืื ืืช ืคื ืืื ืืงืจืงืข, ืืืจื: ืื ื ืขืืื ืืคื ื ืืฉื ืจืืื ื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืืืืื ื ืืืืจ ื ืฆืืืื ื ืขื ืืืื ืื ืืื, ืืื ืื ื ืขืืื, ืืืจ ืืชืื: ืืคื ื ืฉืืื ืชืงืื, ืืืื ืฉื ืขืืื ืืคื ื ืืฉื ืจืืื ื, ืืข”ืค ืฉืื ื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืืืืื ื. ืืืืชื ืฉืขื ืืจืืืฉื ืืช ืืื ืืชืฉืืื, ืขืืืื ืืืจ ืืื: ืจืืฉ ืืื ืืืจ ืืื.
ืขืื ืืืืงืื: ืืืจ ืจื ืืื ืื ืคืืช ืืฉืชื ืืฆืืืชื, ืืืจื ืืื ืืื ื ืคืงื ืื ืืื ื, ืื ืืจ ืจืื ืื ืช ืชืืืืื ืืื ืืจ ืจืื ืื ืช ืชืืืืื. ืืข”ื ื ืืืจ ืืืืืช ื ืฉืื ืื ืชื ืืืชื ืื ืืฉืชื ืฉื ืืื, ืืืืืช ืืืืื ืชืืจืกื ื ืื ืืฉืชื ืฉื ืงืจื.
ืืืืจืฉ ืจืื (ืืืืืจ ืื, ืื) “ืืืงื” ืฉืืงืื ืืื (ืชืืืื ื ื, ืื): “ืื ืื ืืืื ืืืจืคื ื ืืืฉื ืื ืืฉื ืื ืขืื ืืืืื ืืืกืชืจ ืืื ื” ืื ืืืื ืืืืืชืืคื ืฉืืื ืืืจืคืื ืืืชื ืื ืืื ืฉืื ืื ืืืื ืืืจืคืื ืืืชื ืืื ืงืืจืืื ืืืชื ืืฉืื ืืื “ืืืืข ืื ืื ืื ืืฉื” “ืจืืืชื ืืช ืื ืืฉื” “ืื ื ืจืืืชื ืื ืืืฉื” ืืื “ืื ืื ืืืื ืืืจืคื ื ืืืฉื”. “ืืืชื ืื ืืฉ ืืขืจืื ืืืืคื” ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืชืืจื “ืืืืืืขื” ืฉืืื ื ืืฉื ืื ืืชื ืืืืื. “ืืฉืจ ืืืื ื ืืชืืง ืกืื” ืืื “ืืืืช ืืืืื ื ืืื ืืจืืฉ” ืืืชื ื ืืคืจ ืืื ืงืจื ืื”ื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืจืืืฉ ืืจืืืฉ ืฉื ืืืจ “ืืืืช ืืืืื ื ืืื ืืจืืฉ”. “ืืฉืื ืืืช ืขืืืื” ื”ืจ ืืืขืืจ ืขืฆืช ืืื ืืช ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืืืช ืฉืืื ืืื ืชืื ืืืื ืืืืช ืืืจืื ืืืื ืืชืื ื ืื ืก ืืื ืืืืจ ืืืื ืืชืืื ืืืชื ืืชืื ืฉืืื ืืชืื ืืืชื ืืืืจืื ืืืฆื, ืืืขื ืืื ืื ืืื ืืืชื ืืืืช ืฉื ืชืื, ืื ืืืื ืืืืืชืืคื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืฆืืช ืืชืืื, ืืข”ืค ืฉื ืขืฉื ืื ื ืชืืจื ืืื ืืชืืืชื, ืืื “ืื ืจืขืืช ืืืืืจื ืืงืจืื”.
ื”ื ืืืืจ ืืืฉื ืื ืื ืืืื, ืืื ืงืจื ืฉืืื ืืฉืื ืืืจืคื ื. ืืฉืจ ืืืืื ื ืืชืืง ืกืื- ืืืจื ืืงืจื ืฉื ืืื ืฉืืื, ืืืืช ืืืงืื ื ืืื ืืจืืฉ- ืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืจืง ืืืงืจืื. ืืฉืื ืืืช ืขืืืื- ืฉืืืื ืืช ืืืืชื ืขืืื ืืืจืื ืื ืืื ืืฉืจ ืืื ืฉืืืื.
ืืืื ื ืฉืข”ื ืืงื ืื ืืืชืืื ืืืืข ืงืืจื ืืืืืง ืขื ืืฉื ืืืืจื, ืืื”ื ืืฉื ืืืจืื ืืช ืขืืชื ืข”ื ืืืฆื ืืช. ืื ืืืื ืืื ืฉืืืขืื ืืงืืื ืฉื ืืฉื ืฉืืืจ ืืื “ืจื ืืื ืื ื ืืื”, ืืืืื ื ืฉืื ืืชืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืืืข ืืื, ืื ืืื ืืชืื.
ืืืืืจื ืืื’ (ืกืืื ื): ืชื ื ืจืื ื ืกืืื ื ืชื ื ืขืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืื ื ืจืืื ืื ืื ืฉืืืงืฉื ืื ื ืืชื ืื ืืื ืฉืืืื ื ืืืืื ืืื ื ืฉืื ืื ืืชื ืขืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืื ื ืฉืื ืื ืฉืืืงืฉ ืืื ื ืืชื ืื ืื ืืื ืฉืืืื ื ืืืืื ืืืื ื ืืื’, ืืื ืืฆืื ื ืืงืื ืืงืจื ืืืืขื ืืืืื ืืืืืชืืคื ืืืืื ืืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืขืืืืื ืืืื ืฉื ืชื ื ืขืื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ื ืจืืื ืืื ืื ืฉืืืงืฉื ืื ื ืืชื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืืื ื ืืืืื ืืื:
ืืืื ื ืฉืืฉืืื ืืื ื ืืื ื ืืกืชืคืง ืืื ืฉืืงื”ื ื ืชื ืื ืืืืื ืืช ืฉื ืืืืจื ืืคืกืื ืืื ืื ืืช ืฉื ืขืฆืื.
ืืืืื ื ืืงื ืืืกืจ ืืืืืืจ ืืืฉืืช ืืืืฉื ืืฆืื ืืืืงืื ืฉื ืงื ืื ืื ืจืื ืืช, ืืฉืื ืฉืื ืืฉืคืืข ืขื ืืืื ืืขืืื ืขื”ื ืืืื ืื ืืช ืื ืฉืืฉ ืื. ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืื ืืืืืง ืืื ืฉืืืจ ืืื ืืืื: ืื-ืืืืฉ, ืืืคืฅ ืืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืจืืืช ืืื, ื ืฆืืจ ืืฉืื ื ืืจืข ืืฉืคืชืื ืืืืจ ืืจืื, ืกืืจ ืืจืข, ืืขืฉื-ืืื ืืงืฉ ืฉืืื ืืจืืืคืื.
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Shpitzer, Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shlita
A World of Opportunity
Parashas Korach
Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shpitzer Shlita
Korach was punished with a terrible, ignominious fate: the ground swallowed him and he was buried alive, as the passuk says, ืึทืึผึตืจึฐืืึผ ืึตื ืึฐืึธื ืึฒืฉืึถืจ ืึธืึถื ืึทืึผึดืื ืฉืึฐืึนืึธื. Moshe Rabbeinu actually davened to Hashem that Korach receive this punishment, as he said:ืึฐืึดื ืึผึฐืจึดืืึธื ืึดืึฐืจึธื ื’ ืึผืคึธืฆึฐืชึธื ืึธืึฒืึธืึธื ืึถืช ืคึผึดืืึธ. The meforshim wonder how Moshe Rabbeinu, who was so kind and compassionate to Klal Yisrael, could have davened for Korach to be punished this way. Had beis din shel maalah meted out this punishment, we would understand, but how could Moshe wish for such a thing?
The Shlah Hakadosh answers that being swallowed by the ground was actually a favor to Korach. Horrific as it is to be buried alive, this form of punishment was actually far better than any other punishment he would have received in Shomayim. Had Korach died peacefully in his own bed, he would have realized his mistake only after he died, and by then it would have been too late for him to do teshuvah.
We live in a wonderful world of opportunity, in which a person can utilize every second to grow and amass zechusim. Moshe Rabbeinu wanted Korach to have the opportunity to do teshuvah while he was still alive, so he davened that Korach should be buried alive: ืึฐืึธืจึฐืืึผ ืึทืึผึดืื ืฉืึฐืึนืึธื. Terrible a fate as that is, when Korach would do teshuvah, his teshuvah would be accepted because he was still alive. The Gemara tells us, in fact, that Korach is still shouting ืืฉื ืืืช ืืชืืจืชื ืืืช.
The Arizal teaches that the last letters of the wordsืฆึทืึผึดืืง ืึผึทืชึผึธืึธืจ ืึดืคึฐืจึธื ย spell โKorach,โ hinting that Korach himself will grow out of the ground like a palm tree one day, when Moshiach comes. Hashem will have accepted his teshuvah, and he will have a tikkun.
When we contemplate Korachโs fate, adds the Shelah, it spurs us to recognize how fortunate we are to be in this world of opportunity. The Gemara compares this world to a wedding hall, and advises: ืืืืฃ ืืืืื โ grab and eat! If you come to a wedding on time, you can enjoy a delicious meal, but if you come late you miss it. Similarly, this world is a world of opportunity, but you have to use the opportunities when you have them. Grab every opportunity to do a mitzvah in this world โ a chessed, a tefillah, a blatt Gemara โ because at some point youโre going to have to leave.
The Gemara (Sotah 3a) states: ืืื ืืื ืขืืืจ ืขืืืจื ืืื ืื ืื ื ืื ืก ืื ืจืื ืฉืืืช โ no person transgresses unless an air of stupidity envelops him. The meforshim wonder why the Gemara chose to use the term โruach shtusโ โ it could have said the person made a taโus, or that he was meshuga. Why shtus?
The Choshev Machshavos โ a sefer written by Rav Immanuel Chai Ricchi, a gadol who lived in the generation after the Beis Yosef โ gives the following answer: The Gemara discusses many dinim that pertain to a shoteh: He canโt be motzi anyone in davening or berachos, he canโt have an aliyah, he canโt even make Kiddush. But how do we know when a person is in the category of a shoteh? Many people are not so sensible โ they live in a bubble of imaginationโ but theyโre not considered a shoteh. At which stage is a person considered to have crossed the line and become a certified madman?
The Gemara rules that the definition of a shoteh is someone who destroys what he is given. You give him a hundred dollars and he tears up the bill and throws it in a fire โthatโs a madman in the eyes of halachah. A person who does an aveirah, says Rav Immanuel Chai Ricchi, fits that description exactly: Hakadosh Baruch Hu gave him hands and feet and a brain, as well as time and kochos, and instead of using these gifts to capitalize on opportunities for mitzvos and refrain from aveiros, he squandered them by transgressing. That is quintessential ruach shtus.
The Most Precious Commodity
Rav Yehonasan Eibeshutz writes, in Yaaros Devash, that the most precious thing of all that Hakadosh Baruch Hu created in this entire universe โ I was sure he would continue this sentence by stating that the most precious thing in universe is Klal Yisrael, or if not Klal Yisrael, then perhaps Shabbos โ but he actually says something else: he says the most precious thing that Hakadosh Baruch Hu created in the entire universe is time.
We have to utilize the time we are given, and utilize it to its full extent. Dovid Hamelech says, in Tehillim: ืืึนื ืึฐืืึนื ืึทืึผึดืืขึท ืึนืึถืจ, and the Sfas Emes explains that every single day in a personโs life speaks to him and says, โUse me to the full extent possible! Grab every opportunity to do a mitzvah!โ
If you grab every opportunity you have, then Hakadosh Baruch Hu gives you further opportunities. But if you donโt grab these opportunities, then Hashem withdraws them.
Keser Rosh, which contains stories about Rav Chaim Volozhiner, relates the following story. When Rav Chaim Volozhiner returned to Volozhin after the wedding of his son Rav Itzeleh, he was very happy that he had performed all the mitzvos during his trip correctly, yet upon his return he discovered that the sefer Torah had been stolen from the Volozhin yeshiva. How could such a thing happen after an incredible trip that was filled with yiras Shomayim, and during which every available minute had been used for Torah study?
Rav Chaim sat down to do a cheshbon hanefesh, and he recalled that during his trip, he had stopped in a particular town and had wanted to travel to the other end of town for Krias Hatorah. Another rav who was traveling with him discouraged him, however, arguing that halachah did not require them to shlep across town, and that there was no guarantee that there would be a sefer Torah available โ and even if there was, who said it would be kosher. Out of respect for that rav, he didnโt go.
Looking back, Rav Chaim realized that he had had the opportunity to fulfill the mitzvah of hearing Krias Hatorah with great effort, but he had forfeited that opportunity. Therefore, the sefer Torah in Volozhin was stolen.
He resolved to do teshuvah for this lost opportunity, and lo and behold, the next day the sefer Torah was returned to the aron kodesh. The sefer Torah was passul, however, as one yeriah had been torn out โ the yeriah that contained the parashah they missed on that day when they didnโt hear Krias Hatorah.
A Consequence, Not a Punishment
The Mishnah says, in Avos:ืืืื ืืืกืืฃ ืืกืืฃ ย โ a person who doesnโt add to his limud Torah when he has opportunities to do so will die. Why, wonders Rabbeinu Yonah, is this punishment appropriate? We can understand that a person who doesnโt learn Torah will lose the potential reward, and is perhaps deserving of punishment, but why does he deserve to die?
This is not actually a punishment, Rabbeinu Yonah explains. Rather, he says, if Hakadosh Baruch Hu gave you an opportunity to learn an extra hour and you didnโt take that opportunity โ if you didnโt realize that you live in a world of opportunity โ then you donโt belong here in this world. This world is made for the people who utilize what Hakadosh Baruch Hu gives them. Regarding a person who doesnโt add to his learning and doesnโt use his opportunities for Torah and mitzvos, Rabbeinu Yonah goes as far as to say: yehi ratzon that he should die, because heโs in the wrong place.
Elsewhere in Avos, the Mishnah says that sleeping late in the morning is one of the things that causes a person to be removed from the world. Whatโs so terrible about sleeping in? Rabbeinu Yonah explains that in the morning, Hashem gives a person a clear head, as well as time and energy, and instead of using those gifts, this person just rolled over and went back to sleep, wasting the opportunities he had been given. Such a person doesnโt belong in the world.
The Reward: More Opportunity
My mother, she should live and be well, is a survivor of the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, which was a Gehinnom beyond anything we can ever comprehend. At various times, there were great talmidei chachamim and Rebbes in the camp, one of whom was the holy Klausenberger Rebbe. After liberation, the Klausenberger Rebbe somehow managed to get hold of two sets of tzitzis. None of the survivors had worn tzitzis in ages; they were torn off them long before they got anywhere near a concentration camp. One of the two sets of tzitzis the rebbe kept for himself, and the people in the camp were clamoring to get the other set.
The rebbe announced that he would make a goral to determine who should receive the tzitzis. There was a Yid there named Mendel Pchitek who was so desperate to do the mitzvah that he made a slit down the sides of his garment and then approached the rebbe and said, โNow Iโm wearing a garment with four corners, so I am obligated to put tzitzis on it!โ
Much to his dismay, however, the rebbe insisted that the decision be made by goral. Which name emerged in the goral? Mendel Pchitek โ the person who appreciated the magnitude of the opportunity to do the mitzvah of tzitzis.
When a person appreciates mitzvah opportunities, Hashem rewards him with further opportunities for mitzvos.
Let us learn from Korach to value the minutes that we have and use every opportunity we encounter in this eretz hachaim, the wonderful world of opportunity we live in.