ืืืจื ืจืืืชืื ื
Maran Rosh Hayeshiva Sar haTorah Hagaon Harav Chaim Shmulevitz, ztโl
ืืืขื ืืืกืฃ ืืงืืืจ ืืช ืืืื (ื ,ื)
ืืื’ ืืืก’ ืกืืื (ืืฃ ื”ื ืข”ื) ืืกืคืจืช ืฉืืขืช ืงืืืจืช ืืขืงื ืืืื ื ืืืขืจืช ืืืืคืื, ืืื ืขืฉื ืืขืื ืืื ื ืชื ืืงืืจื ืืฉืื ืฉืืขื ืฉืืงืื ืื ืฉืืื ืื. ืืืฉืืื ืื ืื ื ืืขืงื ืฉืืืืื ืงื ื ืืืช ืืื ื, ืืขืฉื ืืืงืฉ ืืจืืืช ืืช ืฉืืจ ืืืืืจื, ืื ืืืื ืฉืืฉืืจ ืืื ืืืฆืจืื ืฉืืื ืืช ื ืคืชืื ืฉืืื ืงื ืจืืืื, ืืืื ืชืื ืื ืงืืจื ืืช ืืขืงื. ืืืฉืืื ืืื’ ืืืกืคืจืช, ืืืืืจืข ื ืื ืืืฉืื ืื ืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืฉืืืขื, ืืืขืช ืืฉืืืช ืฉืื ืืื ืืชืขืืืื, ืืขื ื ืื ืฉืืืืื ืขื ืฉืืืืืจ ื ืคืชืื, ืืืจ ืืืฉืื ืืืื ืชืืื ืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืืื? ื ืื ืืงื ืืืื ืืจืืฉื ืฉื ืขืฉื ืืืจืื.
ืืงืฉื ืืจื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืฉื”ืช ืืืืื ืืจื ืืืื ืฉืืืืืืืฅ ืืฆืืื”ื, ืืืฆื ืืชืื ืฉืื ื ืืขืงื, ืฉืืื ื-ื, ืื ืืืืขืืขื ืืืืฆื ืฉืืืืื ืืืื ืืืืืื, ืืจืง ืืืฉืื ืื ืื, ื ืืื ืฉื ืืขืงื, ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืฉืืื ืขื ืืืฆื? ืืืืืข ืื ืืจืืืฉื ืืืื ืืืืืื ืฉืืขืงื ืืืื ืขื ืฉืืืืืจ ื ืคืชืื ืืืฆืจืื?
ืืืืืจ, ืฉืืืื ืื ื ืืืืื ืืกืื ื ืคืื, ืืืืช ืืืจืื ืืื ืืืืืขื ืื ืคืฉื ืฉื ืืืื, ืืกืืืขืชื ืืขืืื ืืฃ ืืืฆืืื ืืงืฉืื ืืืืชืจ, ืื ืื ื ืืขืงื ืืื ื ืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืขืื, ืืืื ืฉืฉืืขื ืืช ืขืจืขืืจื ืฉื ืขืฉื ืขื ืืงืื ืืงืืืจื, ืืืื ืืืชืืืื ืขืื ืืืืฉืื ืื ืขื ืืขื ืืชืื, ืืืชืื ืื ืืชืจืืื ืืืฆื ืืฉืื ืื ืืฉื ืืืืืื ืฉืืืืจ. ืืจื, ืืืงื ืืืฉืื ืื ืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืฉืืืขื ืื ืฉืืข ืืช ืืืชื ืืขื ืืช ืฉืงืืื, ืืขืื ืื ื ืืื ืคืชืืื ืืืฆื ืืงืฉื: “ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืืื”, ืืืื ืืขืจื ืื ืงื ืืช ืืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืจื ืืช ืขืฉื.
ืืื ืืืื ืฉื ืืืจืื, ืืกืื ื ืฉื ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืชืจืื ืืืฆืื, ืืืื ืืจืืข ืืฉืคื ืืืฉืจ ืืืื, ืืกืชืื ืืื ืืขืืื ืืฃ ืืืฆืืื ืืงืฉืื ืืืืชืจ, ืืืฉืืื ืขื ืื ืืฆื ืฉืืื.
ืืืจื ืืืืื
ืืจื ืจื”ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืจืื ืืืจืื ืื ืืืจื”ื ืืืงืืื ืกืงื ืืฆืืง”ื
ื’ ืืกืืื ืชืจื”ื โ ื”ื ืืืืช ืชืจืฆ”ื
ืืืืื ืจืื ืืืจืื ืืฆืืง”ื ืืื ืืช ืืจืื ืืืืืจื ืืืืืื ืืืืื ืจื”ื ืืืจื”ื. ืืืืจ ืืื ืืื ืื ืืืืืฉืืฉืืง ืืื’ืื, ืฉื ื ืืฉื ืืืจืืืฅ ืชืืจื ืืืืกืจื ืฉืืขืืจืื ืืืื ืืื. ืืืจ ืืฆืขืืจืืชื ืืชืคืจืกื ืืขืืืื ืืืื, ืขื ืฉืืคืืก ‘ืจืื’, ืืฉืขืจืื ืืืืฉ ืืช ืืืคืกืช ืืฉ”ืก, ืคื ื ืืืื ืืื ืืงืื ืืช ืืืืืฉืื ืข”ื ืืืืคืืกื ืืกืืฃ ืืืกืืชืืช.
ืืฉื ืช ืชืจื”ื, ืืืืืชื ืื ื”ื ืฉื ืื, ืืืจ ืืืืจ ืืืกืจ ืืช ืฉืืขืืจืื ืืืฉืืื ืืฆื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืฆืืง”ื. ืฉืืขืืจืื ืฉืืชืืืืื ืืกืืจื ืืฉืจื ืืืืืืจืืช ืืืคืืื ืืฉืื ืืืื ืืช ืชืืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืฉืืืงื ืื ืืืชืืจืชื.
ืืฉื ืช ืชืจื ”ื, ืืืืจ ืคืืืจืช ืืืื, ืืชืื ื ืืืืื ืืงืืื ืืจืืฉืืช ืืืฉืืื. ืืื ืืกืชืืจ ืืืืจื ืืืืื ืืืฉื ืื ืฉืขืืช ืืืื ืืืชืืื ืขืฆืืื, ืืืืฆื ืืชืคืืืืช ืืืฉืืื, ืืืกืืจืช ืฉืืขืืจืื, ืืืืื ืขืจื ืืื ื ืื ืก ืืืืื”ื ืืืชืคืืคื ืขื ืชืืืืืื.
ืขืื ืืืืืชื ืฆืขืืจ ืืืืื ืืื ืืืืืช ืขืื ืืื ืงืฉื, [ืืื ืฉืืืืกื ืืืช ืืฉืขืืช ืืจืืืช ืืื ืืื ืฉืงืืข ืืขืืื ืืกืคืจืื] ืฉืืืื ืืืืจื ืขื ืฉื ืืืฅ ืืขืืืจ ื ืืชืื ืืขืื ืื. ืื ืืชืื ืืฉื ืืืื ืืชืขืืืจ ืืืืจื, ืื ืืืจืืช ืืืช ืืืฉืื ืืืืืืื ืืืืกืืจืช ืฉืืขืืจืื ืืข”ืค, ืืืืื ืื ืืกืืชืืช ืืฉ”ืก, ืจืืฉืื ืื ืืืืจืื ืื ืคืชืืืื ืืคื ืื.
ืืืืชื ืืืื ืืืืืืจื ืืืื ื ืืืฅ ืืืขื ืืฉืืขืืจืื, ืขื ืฉืืฉื ืช ืชืจืก”ื ืืคืกืืง ืืช ืฉืืขืืจืื ืืืืจื ืืคืจืฉ ืืจืืฉืืช ืืืฉืืื.
ืืืืื ืจืื ืืืื ืืืจืืกืง ืืืชื ืขืืื:”…ืืืืืช ืื ืืืข ืฉืืืืื ืจ’ ืืืจืื ืื ”ื ืฉืืื’ ืืื ืจ”ื ืืืืฉืืื ืืงืืืืช ืืืจื ื”ื ืฉื ืื, ืืฉืื ืืื ืืืืืชืื ืืื ืืกืื ืืืื ืื ืืืืืช ืืฉืืขืืจ ืืื ืืืชืจ ืขื ืื ื ืืืฉืืื, ืืืืื ืืื ืืขืฉืื ืืจืืืื ืืฉืื ืื ืืขืืื ืืจืืื, ืืื ืขืื ืืชืืื ืื ืฉืืื ืืื ื ืื ืืจืง ืืืืืช ืืืฉืืื… ืื ืืื ืืื ืช”ื ืืืื ืืชืืจื ืขืืืก ืืืจืื ืืืืจื ืืขืืืจ ืืื ืืงืจืืช ืืืืืช ืืืืืื ืืื ืืงืจ ืืกืืืื, ืืื ืืืืื ืืืจืืืฅ ืชืืจื ืืจืืื, ืืืขืืื ืชืืืืืื ืืจืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืืืฉืืืื…”
ืืฉื ืช ืชืจืข”ื, ืืืื ืืืืืช ืืขืืื ืืจืืฉืื ื, ืขืืจ ืขื ืืฉืคืืชื ืืืื ืกืง, ืื ืืกืจ ืฉืืขืืจืื ืืคื ื ืืืื ืื ืืืคืืืื ืขื ืืืื ืคืืืจืชื ืืืื ื”ื ืืืืช ืชืจืฆ”ื ืืื ืื ืข”ื ืฉื ืื.
ืืฉืืืื ืืืื
Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shpitzer Shlita
ืืืื
ืืจืืช ืฉืขืฉื ืื ื ืก ืืืงืื ืืื
ืืืจ ืืืชืช ืืขืงื ืืืจื ืืฉืืืื, ืื ืืฉืืื ื ืืืกืฃ. ืืืงืฉื ืืืคืจืฉืื ืืืื ืืืงื ืขืืฉืื ืืฉืื ืื. ืืชื’ ืชื ืืืื ืืืขื ืืืืจืื ืื ืืฉืืืจื ืื”ื ืืืกืฃ ืืฆืืฅ ืืืืจ ืืืจื ืืจืืช ืืืืื.
ืืืงืฉื ืืืคืจืฉืื ืืืื ืื ืืืจื ืืฉืขืื ืื”ื. ืืข’ ืืฉื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืืื ืืืจื ืืืืื ืืฉืจ ืืฆืจ ืืชืื ืืืื ืืื’, ืื”ื ื”ื ืื”ื ืืืกืฃ ืืื ืืื ื. ืืขืื”ื ืืฉืื ืฉืืื ืชืื ื’ ืืืืช ืืืช. ืืขืื ืืชื ืฉื”ืช ืืืจืื”ืฅ ืค”ื ืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืช ืืืงืื ืืืฉ, ืืื ืจืง ืืจืืืชื, ืืืืืจื ืืฆื ืืืืจื ืขื ืืืืจ, ืืื ืืฉืขืื ืืื ืขืืกืง ืืืืื ืืื ืืฆื ืืืืจื, ืืืื ื”ื ืืืจื. ืืืืื ืืืืื ืืืจืื”ืฅ ืฉืื ืืืจื ืืื ืืืงืื ืืืฉ.
ืืื ื ืืขืืงืจ ืืจืืช ืืืกืฃ, ืืฉ ืืืื ืื ืืืจื ืขื ืืืฆืืืืช ืฉืืื ืืืืจ. ืืืืื ืืื ืฉื ืืื ืืช ืืืฆื. ืืื ืื ืฉื ืืฆื ืืฉื ืื ืืื ืืืจ ืืืฆื ืื ืืืืข, ืืชืืื ืืื’ ืื”ื ืืืื”ื ื ืื ืื”ื. ืืืคื ืื”ื ืื ืืืจืื ืจืง ืขื ืฉืืชืื ืืืืจ ืืฉ ื ืืฉืื ืืขืงืจืืื. ืืืื’ ืื ืืืืืงืื ืขื ืืืจืื”ืฅ ืื ืืืื ืืืจื ืืฉืขืืืจ ืืืจื ืืจืืื ืืืืจ, ืืืื ืจืืื ืืชืืื ืืืงืื ืื ืืฉืื.
ืืืขืืงืจ ืื’ ืืืื”ื ืื”ื ืื ืฆืจืื ื ืก ืืืืฆื ืื ืืืืข ืื ืืื ืืกืื ื ืืืืฆื ืื ืืืืข, ื ืจืื ืื ืืืงื ืื ืืืจืื ืขื ืื ืก, ืืืื ืืืงืื ืืื ืจืง ืืืื ืชืืฆื ืืืืจืื ืื ืก, ืื ืืืืื ืืืืช ืื ืชืืงื ื ืืจืื ืขื ืื ืก ืขืฆืื (ืื ืฉืืฆื ืืื ืฉืืืจ ืืฉืขืชื ืืจืืช ืืืืื) ืืื ืชืืงื ื ืืฉืื ืืจืืช ืืจืืื ืฉืจืืื ืืงืื ืื ืก, ืืืื ืฉืืจ ืืงืืืืช ืืืื ืืงืื ืฉื ืขืงืจื ืข”ื ืืืืืื.
ืื ืจืื ืืืคื ืื”ื ืืืจืื ืืื ืขื ืื ืก ืขืฆืื ืฉืืืจืข ืื ื ืก ืื”ื ืฆืจืื ืืืงื ื ืก ืืืืฆื ืื ืืืืข (ืืืื ืืื ืืฆืจืื ืืืงื ืืืืจืืช ื’) ืืื ืืคื ืืืื”ื ืืืจืื ืืื ืขื ืืืงืื ืืื ืืฆืจืื ืืงืื ืฉืืืจืข ืื ืืฆืื, ืื”ื ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืฆืื ืืกืื ื ืืืืฆื ืื ืืืืข, ืืื ืืืืคืช ืื ืื ืืืฆืื ืืื ืืืจื ืืืืข.
ืืืืื ืืฉ ืืคืจืฉ ืืืื ื ืืืงื ืื ืฆืจืื ืฉืืขืืื ืืืงืื ืื ืก ืืืฉ ืื ืื ืฉืืจืื ืืืชื, (ืข’ ืืืจืื”ืฅ ืื ”ื ืืขืืืื ืืืจ) ืื ืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืขื ืืืงืื ืืืื ืฆืจืื ืืขืืื ืฉื ืืืงื, ืืื ืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืขื ืื ืก ืืื ืืฆืจืื ืืืจืื ืื ืก ืืืื ืฆืจืื ืืขืืื ืฉื ืืืงื.
(ืืืฉ ืืืืกืืฃ ืืื ื ืืืจืื”ืฅ ืืงืฉื ืืืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืฉืื ืขื ืืืจื. ืืืื’ ืืคื ืื”ื ืฉืืืจืื ืืื ืขื ืื ืืฉืื ืืฉ ืืชืจืฅ ืื ืืืืจื ื”ื ืืจืืืช ืืื ืืชืื ืืืืจ ืืื ืฉืคืช ืืืืจ, ืืืืื ืื ืื ืืฉืื ืืื ืฉืจืื ืืงืื ืื ืก. ืื ืจืื ืืืืจืื”ืฅ ืก”ื ืืืื”ื ืฉืืืจืื ืืื ืขื ืืืืจ ืืืคื, ืื ืืืืจืื ืืฆืจืื ืืขืืื ืืืงืื ืื ืก ืืืฉ ืข”ื ืืืจืื ืืื ืขื ืืืงืื ืืื ืขื ืื ืก, ืื”ื ื”ืฆ ืฉืืืฆืื ืืื ืืืจื ืืืฆื ืื ืืืืข, ืืฉืคืืจ ืืืื ืจืืื ืืฉืืืชื. ืืืฉืืืช ืืืืืงืื ืขืืื ืื ืงืฉื ืืื ืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืจื ืืืืจื ืืฉืื ืฉืื ืจืื ืชืืชืืช ืืืืจ ืืืงืื ืื ืืฉืื ืืื).
ืชืืจื ืชืืืื
Maran Hamashgiach Hagaon Harav Aaron Chodosh, ztโl
ืืขื ืฉืืกืจ ืืจื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ืืืจื ืืืฉ ืืฆืืื”ื ืืฉืืืข ืืืืชื
ืืื’ ืื ืื ืืืืจืช, ืื ืืขืฉื ืืื ืืืืื, ืืืจ ืืื ืืจืื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืขื ืืกืืืจื, ืืืจื ืืจืื ืขืฉื ืื ืืื ืืืขืื ืืื, ืืื ืืืงืฉื ืจืืืื ืืื ืฉืืืืื ืฉืื. ืืื ืงื”ื? ืืื ืืื ืื ืื ืกืืื.
ืืืืืื ืืืื ืฉืจืง ืข”ื ืืงืฉืช ืจืืืื ืืชืคืืื ืืข”ื ืฉืืจืื ืืืฉืืื ืืื ืขื”ื ืืืื.
ืืื ืืืฉืืืืช ืฉื ืืชืคืืื ืืืฉืืื, ืื ืฆืืจื ืฉื ืชืคืืื ืืื ืขื ืืจืื ืืืฉืืื. ืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืืช ืืืืื.
ืืื’ ืืื ืืชืจื (ืื, ื) ืืืืจืช: ืืืจ ืจืื ืืงืฉ ืืืื ืืคืืืจ ืืช ืื ืืขืืื ืืืื ืื ืืืื, ืืืจ ืืคื ืื ืจืืื ื ืฉื ืขืืื ืืจืืช ืฉืืจ ืคืจืกืืชืื ืกืืืงืืช, ืืจืืช ืืืืจ ืคืจืกืืชืื ืงืืืืืช, ืืจืืช ืื ืขืื ืืจืืช ืืืื ื, ืืจืืช ืฆืืืงืื ืืจืืช ืจืฉืขืื, ืื ืืขืื ืขื ืืื? ืืืื ืืืืจื ืืื ืืืจืื [ืืืืื] {ืืืื ืื-ื} ืืฃ ืืชื ืชืคืจ ืืจืื ืืชืืจืข ืฉืืื ืืคื ื ืื, ืืจื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืืฆืจ ืืจืข ืืจื ืื ืชืืจื ืชืืืื.
ืืคืืจืฉ ืจืฉ”ื: ืืคืืืจ ืืช ืื ืืขืืื ืืืื. ืืืื ื ืฉื ืืงื”ื ืืืืจ ืฉืื ืืกืื ืื ืข”ื ืืงื”ื ืฉืืจื ืืฆื”ืจ ืืืื ืงืืืจ ืขื ืืขืชื ืื ืื ืืจืฉืข ืื ืืืืช ืืคืฅ ืื ืืืืชื ืจืฉืข: ืืจืืช ืฉืืจ ืืคืจืกืืช ืกืืืงืืช ืืืืืจ ืืคืจืกืืช ืงืืืืืช. ืืช ืื ืืืจืช ืืืช ืื ืืืืช ืืื ืื ืขื ืืื ืืชื ืืจืืช ืื ืกืืื ื ืืืืืื. ืืจืืช ืฆืืืงืื- ืข”ื ืืฆืจ ืืื. ืืจืืช ืจืฉืขืื- ืขื ืืื ืืฆืจ ืืจืข, ืืคืืื ืืื ื ืืฆืื ืืืื ืื ืื ืืขืื, ืื ืืกืื ืื ืืืืืืื. ืืจื ืื ืชืืจื- ืื ืชืืืื ืฉืืื ืืืืืช ืืช ืืจืืืจื ืขืืืจื ืืืืืจ ืืขืืื (ืงืืืฉืื ืืฃ ื:) ืื ืคืืข ืื ืื ืืื ืื ืืฉืืื ืืืืช ืืืืจืฉ ืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืื’, ืืืื ืืื ืื ืืกืื ื ืื ืื ืฉืืจื ืืืืืื ืืืฆืื ืขืฆืื.
ืืืื’ ืืงืืืืฉืื ืืืืจืช, ืื ืืงื”ื ืืืจ ืืื ืืืฉืจืื ืื ื ืืจืืชื ืืฆืจ ืืจืข ืืืจืืชื ืื ืชืืจื ืชืืืื ืืื ืืชื ืขืืกืงืื ืืชืืจื ืืื ืืชื ื ืืกืจืื ืืืื, ืืื ืืื ืืชื ืขืืกืงืื ืืชืืจื ืืชื ื ืืกืจืื ืืืื ืฉื ืืืจ ืืคืชื ืืืืช ืจืืืฅ, ืืื ืขืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืฉืื ืืืชื ื ืื, ืฉื ืืืจ ืืืืื ืชืฉืืงืชื, ืืื ืืชื ืจืืฆื ืืชื ืืืฉื ืื ืฉื ืืืจ ืืืชื ืชืืฉื ืื.
ืืืชื ืจืฉ”ื ืืื ืืชื ืจืืฆื ืขืกืืง ืืชืืจื ืืืชื ืืืฉื ืื, ืืืจ ืจื ืืฆืืง ืืฆืจื ืฉื ืืื ืืชืืืฉ ืขืืื ืืื ืืื ืฉื ืืืจ ืจืง ืจืข ืื ืืืื.
ืืืืจ ืจ”ืฉ ืื ืืื ืืฆืจื ืฉื ืืื ืืชืืืจ ืขืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืืงืฉ ืืืืชื ืฉื ืืืจย )ืชืืืื ืื, ืื( ืฆืืคื ืจืฉืข ืืฆืืืง ืืืืงืฉ ืืืืืชื ืืืืืื ืืงื”ื ืขืืืจื ืืื ืืืื ืื ืฉื ืืืจ ืืืืื ืื ืืขืืื ื ืืืื, ืชื ื ืืื ืจ’ ืืฉืืขืื ืื ื ืื ืคืืข ืื ืื ืืื ืื ืืฉืืื ืืืืช ืืืืจืฉ ืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืืื ืืจืื ืืื ืืชืคืืฆืฅ ืฉื ืืืจย (ืืจืืืื ืื, ืื( ืืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืฉ ื ืื ื’ ืืืคืืืฉ ืืคืืฆืฅ ืกืืข ืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืฉื ืืืจย (ืืฉืขืืื ื ื, ื) ืืื ืื ืฆืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืืจย )ืืืื ืื, ืื) ืืื ืื ืฉืืงื ืืื.
ืืืืื ืื ืื ื ืืืื ืฉืชืืจื ืื ืชืืืื ื ืื ืืืฆืจ ืืจืข, ืืื ืืชืืืื ืืื ืืื ืจืง ืขื ืงืืื ืชื ืื ื ืืกืฃ, ืขื ืืฉืืื ืืืืช ืืืืจืฉ, ืืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืงื. ืืื ืจืง ืขื ืชืคืืื ืื ืจืง ืืืฉืืื, ืฉืจืง ืื ืืงื”ื ืขืืืจื ืื ืืืื ืื.
ืืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืืืื ืืืืืช ืขื “ืืืขืจื ื ื” ืืืื ืฉืืืืืื ืืืชืจ ืชืืจื, ืืคื’ ืืื ืืฉืง, ืขื”ื ืืืืข ืื”ื “ืืืขืจื ื ื”, ืืื ืืืื ืืืืืื ืืชืืง, ืืื ืืืืืื ืืืืื ืขืื ืืืชืจ.
ืืืื ืืชืืืจืื ืขื ืืืฆืจ ืืจืข ืืชืื ืืืฉืืื?
ืืื ืจืืฉืื ืืืื ืฆื ืืืืืฉืืจ ืืื ืืืจ ืจืข, ืืื ืืืืืืจ ืืืืจืื ืฉืืื ื ืืืืื ืื.
ืืื’ ืืชืขื ืืช (ื, ื) ืจืื ืื ืื ื ืืืจ “ืืจืื ืืืืชื ืืจืืืชื ืืืืืืจื ืืืชืจ ืืจืืืชื”, ืืืชืืืื ืขืืื ืืืืื, ืืื ืืื ืืืชืื ืืืืจ ืฉืืืืืื ืืืืืจืื ืืืื ืืืชืจ ืืืฉืจ ืืืืืื ืืืจื?
ืืื ืฉืื ืืื ืืชืฉืืื ืืขืฆืื. ืืื, ืืืืจืื ืื ืฉื ืืฆืืื ืืกืืืืื ืืืชื ื ืืื ืขืื ื ืืขืืื ืืืขืฉื, ืืฉืขืช ืืืืฉืื ืฉื ืื ืืืชื ืชืืื ืืช ืืฉืจ ืกืคืื ื ืืืืื ื ืืจืืืชืื ื, ืืืืื ืืฉืคืขืชื ืืืื ืืืขืฉื ืืืืื ืืืื, ืื ืืืืจืื ืืกืืืืื ืืืชื ื ืฉืงืืขืื ืืชืืจื, ืืจื ืฉืื ื ืืฆืืืื ืืืืื ืฉื ืชืืจื, ืืืงืืืื ืืื ืืืืืง ืืืืื, ืืืื ืืื ืฉืืืืจืื ืืฉืคืืขืื ืืืืื, ืฆืจืื ืืืขืช ืฉืื ืขืืืืื ืืืืชื ืืืื ืื ืืืฉืคืืข ืืืืคื, ืืืืื ืืืืื.
ืืืื ืืฉืจ ืืืจื ืื”ื “ืขืฉื ืื ืจื ืืงื ื ืื ืืืจ”, ืื ืืืืืจืช ืืืืจ ืืฉ ืืืฉืงืืข ืืืชืจ, ืื ืืื ืืฉืจ ืืฉืคืืข ืขืืื ืืจืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืื ืืื ืืืขืฉื. ืื ืื ืืชืคืงืื ืฉื ืืจื? ืืขืฉืืช ืืืจืื ืืืืื ืฉืฉืงืืขืื ืืืืืื ืืืืจื ืืืื.
ืืื ืืฉืื ื ืืกืฃ, ืืืจื ืฉืื ืืื ื ืืฆื ืืืฉืืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืขืช ืืืืื ืืืช ืืืจืฉ ืืื ืงืฉืืจ, ืืื ืืืฉืืื ืฉื ืืืจืื ืืืื ื ืข”ื ืื ืืืฉืืื ืฉื ืืืขื ืืจืฉืข ืื ืฉื ืงืจื? ืืื ืฉืืื ืจืง ืข”ื ืืืืืช ืืืืืช ืืขืื ืืืื ืืืคืจืื ืืฉื ื ืืืฉืืื ืฉืืืืจ ืืฆืืื, ืืื ืืื ืืืืืช ื ืจืื, ืื ืื ืจืืื ืฉืืชื ืืืฉืืื ืื ืืื ื.
ืืืื ืืืืขืื ืืื?
ืจืง ืข”ื ืืืืื ืืืืกืจ ืืืฉืืื ืืื ืืื.
ื’ ืืืื ื.
ื ืืชื ืข”ื ืืื ืืฉืืืขืื ืืื ืืืื
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Harav Hagaon Elimelech Reznick Shlita
Accepting the Darkness Brings on the Light
Parashas Vayechi
Harav Hagaon Elimelech Reznik
On the words ืึทืึฐืึดื ืึทืขึฒืงึนื, Rashi asks: ืืื ืคืจืฉื ืื ืกืชืืื โ why is this parashah closed? In other words, why doesnโt this parashah have the usual space preceding it? Rashi offers two answers, the second of which is: ืฉืืงืฉ ืืืืืช ืืช ืืงืฅ ืืื ืื ืื ืกืชื ืืื ื โ Yaakov Avinu wanted to reveal to his sons when the galus would end, but it was hidden from him. Rashi is referring to the incident later in the parashah where Yaakov tells his sons:ืึตืึธืกึฐืคืึผ ืึฐืึทืึผึดืืึธื ืึธืึถื ืึตืช ืึฒืฉืึถืจ ืึดืงึฐืจึธื ืึถืชึฐืึถื ืึผึฐืึทืึฒืจึดืืช ืึทืึผึธืึดืื; there, Rashi comments similarly:ืืงืฉ ืืืืืช ืืช ืืงืฅ ืื ืกืชืืงื ืฉืืื ื ืืื ื ืืืชืืื ืืืืจ ืืืจืื ืืืจืื.
Rashiโs words are based on the Gemaraโs teaching (Pesachim 56a) that Yaakov Avinu wanted to reveal to his sons the time of the geulah, but the Shechinah departed from him. โPerhaps one of my sons is flawed, like Avraham, who had a son Yishmael, and Yitzchak, who had a son Eisav?โ he wondered.
His sons responded with a unanimous declaration of kabbalas ol malchus Shomayim: ืฉืึฐืึทืข ืึดืฉืึฐืจึธืึตื ื’ ืึฑืึนืงึตืื ืึผ ื’ ืึถืึธื.
This account ย raises several questions. Why did Yaakov Avinu want to tell his sons when the geulah would happen? And if he considered it worth telling, why did the Shechinah depart from him and block him from doing so? Furthermore, just because one detail was hidden from Yaakov Avinu, why does that make the entire parashah โstumahโ?
No Time for Contemplation
I would like to suggest the following explanation, based on the words of the Tzlach on the above Gemara.
Yaakov Avinu knew that his familyโs descent to Mitzrayim was the start of Galus Mitzrayim, with all the tzaros it would entail for Klal Yisrael, and he thought that the only way Klal Yisrael would survive these nisyonos is if they would know when the redemption would occur. He wanted to reveal to Klal Yisrael the reason for ืฆืืืง ืืจืข ืื and ืจืฉืข ืืืื ืื, so that they should understand why they would experience tzaros and what they would accomplish through their suffering.
By way of illustration, if a person is told that he is going to suffer tremendous pain and embarrassment for a certain period of time, but then, afterward, heโs going to become the king, it will be difficult for him to endure the period of suffering, but heโll be able to weather it because heโll know that this is whatโs going to bring him to the position of king.
Knowing how terrible the suffering of Klal Yisrael in galus would be, Yaakov Avinu wanted to reveal to them the time of the geulah and show them how each aspect of the galus was necessary to bring about the ultimate redemption, because otherwise they would not be able to survive the enslavement and the gezeiros.
Just when he was about to reveal the time of the redemption, however, the Shechinah departed from him. Why? Because Hakadosh Baruch Hu was telling Yaakov Avinu that not only would Klal Yisrael be able to survive the galus without this information, but the aspect of hester is actually whatโs going to bring the geulah.
The difficulty of galus is not only the nisyonos and tzaros we face, but also the many questions we have about whatโs happening. We donโt know why we suffer; we donโt know the reason for the tzaros. And that lack of knowledge is part and parcel of the galus.
The Sfas Emes says that when we have emunah amid the darkness and hester panim, when we believe that everything Hashem does is for the good, when we get up every day and say, ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ื ืฉืืื ืืืืืช ืืืฉืื โ thatโs what brings the geulah.
Yaakov Avinu thought this level of hester was unnecessary; he thought he could reveal when the galus would end. But Hakadosh Baruch Hu knew otherwise. Galus had to be a time of pure hester, so that Klal Yisrael could bring the geulah through their avodah.
We asked why the whole parashah is โstumahโ just because the keitz was hidden from Yaakov Avinu. The answer is that just as there are parshiyos of geulah in the Torah, thereโs also a parashah of galus โ and this is it. Other parashiyos have space before them, the space signifying the ability to think and contemplate between each parashah, as Rashi teaches elsewhere. But in galus, there is no understanding; everything is closed and hidden. And since Parashas Vayechi is the parashah of galus, in which Hakadosh Baruch Hu taught Yaakov Avinu what galus is all about by removing His Shechinah from him, the entire parashah is stumah, with no spaces to contemplate and understand why each aspect of the galus is happening.
The Gift of Hindsight
Iโd like to mention a fantastic vort brought down in the hakdamah to the sefer Kol Aryeh, written by a talmid of the Chasam Sofer. When Yaakov Avinu was going down to Mitzrayim, Hakadosh Baruch Hu told him not to be afraid, and promised him thatืึฐืืึนืกึตืฃ ืึธืฉืึดืืช ืึธืืึน ืขึทื ืขึตืื ึถืืึธ. The Zohar teaches that this passuk contains the secret of Krias Shema. Although we canโt fathom the depth of this sod, the Kol Aryeh gives some insight into what this means. Of all Yaakov Avinuโs tzaros, the worst was not knowing what happened to Yosef and mourning him for 22 years. The loss of one of the shevatim was not just a tragedy for Yaakov, but also a breach in the very fabric of Klal Yisrael. When Yaakov heard that Yosef was still alive, he realized that everything had been for the good: Hakadosh Baruch Hu had sent Yosef down to Mitzrayim because there was going to be a famine, and the very survival of Klal Yisrael was dependent on Yosefโs being a viceroy in Mitzrayim. Furthermore, Yosefโs withstanding the nisyonos of arayos that he faced created a kedushah that Klal Yisrael lived off when they were in Mitzrayim.
The Torah is teaching a vital lesson here: that even during years of tzaros and darkness, a person shouldnโt have questions, because everything is being done for him and worked out for his ultimate hatzalah.
When we recite Krias Shema, we cover our eyes and declare that the Name ื-ืง-ื-ืง, signifying the Middas Harachamim, and the Name ืืืงืื, signifying the Middas Hadin, are echad, one. Everything comes from the same Eibishter. But this unity is not revealed to us right now, and things donโt always make sense to us โ which is why we close our eyes, as if to say, โWe donโt know how this makes sense, but we do know that Hashem is echad and that everything He does is for the good.โ
This is the lesson we learn from Yosef โ the lesson of covering our eyes as weโre mekabel ol malchus Shomayim, which is alluded to in the passuk: ืึฐืืึนืกึตืฃ ืึธืฉืึดืืช ืึธืืึน ืขึทื ืขึตืื ึถืืึธ. Thatโs the secret of Krias Shema. We have to take this lesson with us through the galus, covering our eyes and saying, โWe donโt understand, but we accept everything from Hashem with love and total emunah.โ
The Kol Aryeh goes on to cite a teaching from his rebbi, the Chasam Sofer. In Parashas Ki Sisa, Moshe Rabbeinu asks Hakadosh Baruch Hu: ืึทืจึฐืึตื ึดื ื ึธื ืึถืช ืึผึฐืึนืึถืึธ, and Hakadosh Baruch Hu answers him: ืึฐืจึธืึดืืชึธ ืึถืช ืึฒืึนืจึธื ืึผืคึธื ึทื ืึนื ืึตืจึธืืึผ. What does it mean that Moshe was able to see Hashemโs โbackโ but not His โfaceโ?
The Chasam Sofer explains that often, when things happen in the world, we have no way of understanding them at the time. Later, however โ sometimes much later โ we can look back at something we thought was terrible and see how everything worked out for the good. Hakadosh Baruch Hu opens the curtain a little bit to let us see, in hindsight, the yad Hashem. This was His gift to Moshe Rabbeinu: in response to Mosheโs request of ืึทืจึฐืึตื ึดื ื ึธื ืึถืช ืึผึฐืึนืึถืึธ, Hashem allowed us to understand a bit of His ways after the fact โ ืึฒืึนืจึธื โ even in Olam Hazeh.
Even so, however, galus is primarily a time of darkness.
Iโd like to conclude with a thought from the Ohr Gedalyahu, which states that the greater the light, the more it has to be hidden. A parashah stumah comes to hide something โ which means that in the parashah of galus, thereโs a tremendous light that the Torah has to hide, kaveyachol. That light gives Yidden through all the generations the power of emunah, and in the heart of every Yid is the ability to have perfect emunah and withstand all the nisyonos that come their way.
Gut Shabbos.