ืืื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 ืืืืื
Maran Hasaba M'Slobodka zt"l
ืฉืืฉ ืืืืืกื ืืื
ืืืืฉ ืืืช ืช”ืฉ. ืืฉืืืืช ืจืืืช ืืื ืืืืื ื ืฉืชืืช ืฉืืืื ืืืื. ืืฉืืืขืืช ืืงืฉืืช ืฉืืืืขื ืืืจืฆืืช ืืืืืืฉ ืื ืืฆื ืืื ืืืืืฉืืืช ืขื ืื ืคืืื ืืืื ืืจืืกืื ืืกืืืืืืื ืืืืื ืืืจืืื ืืช ืืืืืืช. ืืคืื ืืื ืืืืฉื ืืืืืื. ืืจื ืจื”ื ืืืืื ืืืกืื ืืจื ืืืืขืืจ ืืืืื ืคืื ืงื ืืฆืืื”ื ืืืืืง ืืืื ืกืจืืืคืืงื ืืขืืืช ืืืจืฅ ืืฉืจืื, ืื ืืขืช ืขืชื ื ืฉืืจ ืขื ืื ื ืืืฉืืื ืื ืืกื ืืื ืืจื ืืงืื ืกืจืืืคืืงืืื ืขืืืจ ืืืฉืืื ืืืื. ืืฉืื ืืฆืืื ืืงืื ืืฉืจืืช ืื ืืกื ืขืืืจ ืืืฉืืื ืืืื, ืื ืืืืจืืงื ืืื ืืืจืฅ ืืฉืจืื, ืืืืื ืืขืืืช ืืืจืฅ ืืฉืจืื ืืื ืกืืช ืืืฉืคืืข ืขื ืืฉืืืื ืืช ืืืจืืืืื ืฉืฉืืื ืืืจืฅ ืืชืช ืืืฉืืจื ืขืืื ืืื ืื ื ืืืฉืืื.
ืืืื ืจืืฉืื ื”ื ืืืืช ืช”ืฉ ืขืื ืืจื ืจื”ื ืืฆ”ื ืืช ืืืฉืืื ืืชืื ืช ืืจืืืช ืืืืื ื ืืื ืืขืืืช ืขื ืืจืืืช ืืืืกืงืื, ืืฉื ืืืืฉืื ืืืืืืกื, ืื ืื ืืืืกื ืืืคืืื ืืืืกืื ืืื ืืืจืช ืืืจืงืื, ืืฉื ืืืคืืื ืืืืจืืช ืืืื ืื ืืืฉื ืืืืืข ืืืจืฅ ืืฉืจืื.
ืืชืื ืช ืืจืืืช ืคืืฉ ืืจื ืจื”ื ืืช ืืจื ืืืจื”ื ืืืจืืกืง ืฉืืืืื ืืฃ ืืื ืืื ืขื ืืฉืคืืชื ืืขืฉืืช ืืช ืืืชื ืืืจื ืืืจืฅ ืืฉืจืื. ืืื ืขืื ืขื ืืจืืืช ืื ืกืขื ืืืฉื ืืืื ืฉืืื ืขื ืฉืืืืขื ืืืื ืฉื ื ืืืืกืงืื. ืืืฉืจ ืืืจืจื ืืชื ืืืฆืืช ืจืืืช ืืืืืกื, ืืชืืจืจ ืื ืืจืืืช ืืืื ืืืฆืืช ืจืง ืืืื ืจืืืขื ืืฉืขื 12:00 ืืื ืกืืขื ื ืืฉืืช ืืืืืื ืฉืืืื. ืื ืื ืกืืขื ืชืชื ืื ืืื ืขืืืืืื ืืื, ืืืจ ื ืืืจ ืืืืชื ืืื ืืืืื, ืื ืฆืคืืืื ืืืืืข ืืืืืกื ืืืื ืฉืืฉื ืืฆืืจืืื, ืืืฉืจ ืืฉืืช ื ืื ืกืช ืืฉืขื 15:00.
ืืืื ืืืืง ืืืื, ืืืื ืืจืืืช ืืืื ืืืืืกื ืืืฆืืช ืจืง ืืืื ืจืืฉืื ืืฉืืืข ืืื, ืืงืืื ืืฉืฉ ืฉืืื ืชืืื ืื ืฉื ืื .ืง.ืื.ื. [ืืืฉืืจื ืืจืืกืืช ืืืฉืืืช] ืืชืืจืื ืขื ืืืืฉืืจ ืฉื ืืชื ืืฉืชื ืืฉืคืืืช ืืฆืืช ื’ืื ืืขืื’ ืืจืืกื. ืืืฆื ืื ืฉื ืกืคืง ืคืืงืื ื ืคืฉ ืขืื ืืจืืืช ืืืื ืจืืืขื.
ืืืฉืฉ ืฉืื ืชืชืขืื ืืจืืืช ืืืจื ืืืืืขื ื”ื ืืฉืืช, ืืืืจื ืื ืื ืกืืขื ืืืจ ืืจื ืืืจื”ื ืชืืืื ืืขืืื ืื ืืช ืฉืืจ ืืืืืืื ืืจืืืช ืื ืืื ืื. ืืืชื ืืืจืืฉ ืืืืืืจ ืืืฉื ืื ืื ืกืืขื. ืืืืจืช, ืืืื ืืืืฉื, ืืื ืืจืืจ ืื ืืจืืืช ื ืืฆืืช ืืืืืืจ ืฉื ืฉืขืชืืื. ืืื ืืกืคืืงื ืืืืืข ืืคื ื ืื ืืกืช ืืฉืืช?
ืืื ืฉืืฉื ืืืืข, ืืืชื ืืื ืจื, ืืื ื ืืคืชืข ืืืืฆื ืืจืืืช ืืช ืืืืจืืช ื ืกืืขืชื ืื ืกืขื ืืืืืจืืช ืขืฆืืื. ืืืืืืจ ืืื ืืืฆืืืฆื ืืืื ืฉืืืคื ืืฉืขืืช ืืืจ ืืืชื. ืืฉืขื 14:30 ืขืฆืจื ืืจืืืช ืืชืื ืช ืืืืกื.
ืขื ืขืฆืืจืช ืืจืืืช, ืคื ื ืืจื ืจื”ื ืื ืืืืื ืืืืจ: “ืืชืืืื ืฉื ืืืจืืกืงืข’ืจ ืจื ืืขืืืื ืืช ืืฉืืฉ ืืืืืกื ืืื!” ืื ืคื ื ืืืจื ืืืจื”ื ืืืืจ: “ื ืก ืืื ืืืืคืช ืืืื.”
ืคืจืืงืช ืืืืืืืืช ืืืจืืืช ืืจืื ืขืื ื-15 ืืงืืช, ืืืขืช ืืฉืืช ืืืจ ืขืืื ืืคืชื. ืื ืืฆืืื ืืืขืืก ืขื ืขืืื ืฉื ืืืื ืืืืชื ืืืื ืขืืืื ืืื ืืืจื ืจื”ื ืืืฉืคืืชื, ืืจื ืืืจื”ื ืืืฉืคืืชื ืืืขืงืืืชืืื ืื ืฉืืจ ืืืืืืื ืฉืืื ืืืงืื, ืคืชืื ืืชืืืืื ืจืืืืช ืืืืืื ืืืช ืืืืื ืืขืื ืืื ืืืฉืชืืืช ืฉื ืืืืืื.
ืข”ืค ืืกืคืจ ืืืื ืืกืืืืืงื
ืืฉืืืื ืืืื
Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shpitzer Shlita
ืืืื
ืืจืืช ืฉืขืฉื ืื ื ืก
ืืืืื ืืืจื ืื ืืฉืืื ื ืืืกืฃ, ืืืืจื ืืืืื ืื ืืืจ ืืืกืฃ ืืืืืืช ืขื ืืืืจ ืฉืขืฉื ืื ื ืก ืืืงืื ืืื. ืืข’ ืฉื”ืข ืจื”ื ืฉืืืจื ืืคืืื ืืื ื ืืืจ ืื ืก ืืืืชื ืืงืื. ืืข”ืฉ ืืฉื”ืข ืืืืงืื ืฉื ืขืฉื ื ืก ืืื ืืฉืจืื ื”ืย ืืืจื ืฉืขืฉื ื ืก ืืืืืชืื ื, ืืื ืืืงื ืื ื ืืืจ ืืืงืื ืื ืก.
ืืขืื ืฉื ืืฉื”ืข ืฉืื ื ืื ื ืืื ืืืจื ืฉืขืฉื ืืืืืชื ื ืก ืืืงืื ืืื. ืืืฉ ืืขืืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืืืจ ืืืื ื ืืฉืืื ืฉื ืืฆื ืืื ื ืืืื. ืืืื’ ืคืฉืื ืืืื ืืงืื ืฉื ืขืฉื ื ืก ืืืืื, ืืื ืฉืืฉ ืืืื ืืขืืฉืื ืืื ื ืืืจ ืืืงืื. ืืืฉืืื ืื ืืื ื ืืื ืืจืืช ืฉืขืฉื ืื ื ืก ืืืงืื ืืื ืฉืืืจื ืืคืืื ืืื ื ืืืจ ืื ืก ืืืืชื ืืงืื, ืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืจืืช ืฉืขืฉื ื ืก ืืืืืชืื ื ืฉืืืจื ืืืงื ืื ื ืืืจ ืืืงืื ืื ืก.
ืืข’ ืืจ”ื ืื’ ืืจืืช ืื ืื ืื ืคื”ื ื’ ืืขื ืื ืื ื ืื ืืื ืืืขื ืืืงื ื ืืืจ ืืชืื ืืืงืื, ืืื ื ืฉืืช ืืื ืก”ื ื’ ืืืจ ืืืชื ืืืจื ืืขืืื ืืื ืืื ืื ืืื’ ืื ื ืคื ืขืืื ืืืืื, ืืืื’ ืื ืืฉืื ื ืืืจ ืืชืื ืืืงืื.
ืื ืจืื ืืืืจ ืืื’. ืืื ื ืข’ ืืฆื ืืืืื ื”ื ืก”ื ืืขื ืืื ืขืฆืื ืืืจื ืืืื ื ืืืจ ืืืื ื ืื ืืชืขืืจืจ ืืฉืจืืื, ืื”ื ืื ืฉืืื ืืื ื ืืืืืจื ืืืจ”ื. ืืื ืืืืจืื ืื ืคืืจืฉื ืืืืืืง ืื ืืจืืช ืฉืขืฉื ืื ื ืก ืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืจืืช ืฉืขืฉื ืืืืืชืื ื ืืื ืืจืืช ืืฉืื ืืืื ืขืืฉื ืืขืฉื ืืจืืฉืืช. ืืืคื”ื ืื ืื ื ืืืจื ืืฃ ืฉืืื ื ื ืืืจ ืื ืฉืืื ืืฆืื ืืจืืช ืืืืื, ืืืืืจื ื ืฉืืช ืืื. ืืข’ ืืจืืื ืฉืื ืืจืืืช ื ”ื.
ื ืงืืืช ืจืืื ืืช ืืืืืื ืืชืืจื
Maran Rosh Hayeshiva Hagaon Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ztโl
“ืืื ื ืืืื ืืคืื ืืชื ืขืื ืจืื ืืืจืฅ ืื ืขื ืืืจื ืืขืื ืืืจืช ืืจืฅ ืืื ืืคืจืชื ืืืงืืจื ืฉื ืืืจื ืืคืจืช ืืื ืืืช ืืื” (ืืจืืฉืืช ืื, ื)
“ืืื ื ืืืืื ืืคืื – ืืืฃ ืขื ืคื ืฉืื ื ืืืจืื ืขืืื ืืืืืืื ื ืืืงืืจ ืืืจืฅ ืื ืขื, ืืื ืื ืขืฉืืชื ืืืื, ืฉืืจื ืกืืื ืืืืช ืืื ืืชื”
“ืืืจืช ืืจืฅ – ืืืช ืืจืฅ, ืืื ืืืคืื ืืื ืืืืช ืชืืื ืฉืืช, ืืืืจื ืจืื ืืฉื ืืืจืฉื. ืืื ืชืืืจ ืฉืขืืื ืขืื ืืฉืืื ืืืืืืืื ืืืงืืจื ืืืืจืื, ืขืช ืืืจืื ืืื, ืฉืืืจืฅ ืืืืื ืืื ืืงืืช ืืืืจื”
“ืืืงืืจื ืฉื – ืืื ืืืืืชืื ืืคืืื ืืืืช ืืื ืืืื ืืกื ืืืจืฅ, ืืืืขืชื ืฉืืฉ ืืืื ืขืื [ืชืจืขืืืช], ืืื ืืข ืื ืฉืขื ืคื ืืืืืจ ืงืืจืชืื ืฉื ืฉืชืื ืืขืืจื ืืื ืื ืืฉืืืื ืืืชื ื ืืืืจืืื, ืืืื ืขืืืจืื ืืจื ืฉื, ืืฆืืช ืจืื ืขื ืงืืจื ืืืืื ืืืืงืฉืช ืขืืืื ืจืืืื, ืฉื ืืืจ (ืืจืืื ืื ืื) ืงืื ืืจืื ื ืฉืืข ืจืื ืืืื ืขื ืื ืื ืืื’, ืืืงื”ื ืืฉืืื (ืืจืืื ืื ืื) ืืฉ ืฉืืจ ืืคืขืืืชื ื ืื ื’ ืืฉืื ืื ืื ืืืืืื”. (ืจืฉ”ื)
ืืงืฉื ืืจื ืจืืฉ ืืืฉืืื ืืืจ”ื ืฉืืืืืืืฅ ืืฆ”ื, ืืฉื ืื ืืืจืื ืืขืงื ืืืื ืืจืืืืช ืืืืื ืืืืจืื ืืืื ืืคืืืก ืืช ืืืกืฃ ืขื ืื ืฉืงืืจ ืืช ืืื ืืืจื, ืืขืื ืืืกืืฃ ืืคืืืกื ืฉืื ืืื ืื ืืืืช ืืืฉืืื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืจืืง ืืื’, ืืื ืืื ืขืืื ืืืืจ ืืืืกืฃ ืืื ืฉืื ืืงืคืื ืขืืื ืขื ืฉืงืืจ ืืช ืจืื ืืืจื ืืืื ืฉ’ืขื ืคื ืืืืืืจ ืงืืจืชืื’. ืื ืืื ืฆืืืื ื’, ืืืฉื ืื ืื ืืืจืืืืช ืืื?
ืืื ืืฉืืืข ืืืจ ื’ ืฆืจืื ืืกืืง ืืช ืื ืืืืืฆืืช
ืืืืฉื, ืื ืืืื ืฉืืฉืืข ืืื ืืช ืืืจ ื’, ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืช ืืื ืืืืฆืืช, ืืื ื ืืืขืืช ืืืื ืคืื, ื ืงื ืืืืืจ ืืื ืฉืื ืคืืจืืจ ืืืืง ืืืืข. ืื ืืฉ ืืืื ืืืื ืฉืืื, ืคืงืคืืง ืื ืืืืฆื, ืืืื ืืืฉื ืืืืื ืกืืื ืฆืืืืช ืืขืฉืืช ืืขืฉื ืคืืื ื, ืืื ืื ืืฉืืข ืืืจ ื’. ืืืื ืจืฆื ืืขืงื ืืืกืืจ ืืืืื ืฉื ืืืกืฃ ืืช ืื ืืืกืืจืื ืืืืจืื ืืื ืฉืื ืงืืจ ืืช ืจืื ืืืืจืื, ืืืืืืืจ ืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืื ืกืืื ืฆืืืืช ืืฉืื ืขืืืื ืืืจืืง ืื ืืืจื ืืืฉืืื. ืจืง ืื, ืืืจื ืฉืืกืืจ ืืืขืชื ืืช ืื ืืกืืืืช ืฉืืืื ืืื ืืข ืืช ืงืืืจืชื ืขื ืืืืืช, ืืืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืืืกืฃ ืืช ืืืกืืจ ืืืืชื: “ืขื ืคื ืืืืืืจ ืงืืจืชืื ืฉื”.
ืืืืจื ืืืืืื (ื, ื) ืืืืื ืืืืืงืช ืืื ืจืื ืืืืชืจ ืขื ืจืื ืืื ืชื ืืืืืืจ ืืืขืฉื ืืคืืืืฉ ืืืืขื, ืื”ื ืืืืจื: “ืืฉืืืื ืจ’ ืืืืชืจ ืืืืืื, ืืืจ ืืื, ืืื ืงื ืขืืื ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื, ื”ื ืขืกืืง ืืคืืืืฉ ืืืืขื. ืืืื ืงืืืจ? ืืืจ ืืื, ืืืืชืจ ืื ื ืื ืืื ืืืืจ, ืืื ืชื ืื ื ืื ืืื ืืืืจ, ืืืจ ืืื, ื”ื, ืืื ืืืื ืกืคืืงื ืงืื ืฉืืื? ืืืจ ืืื, ืืื ืืืื ืืืจื ืืืืื ืืืื ืื. ืืืื ืืฆื ืืื ืืงืคืื, ื ืืื ืืฆื ืืืงืคืื” ืข”ื.
ืื ืฉืืชืืื ื ืืขื ืืืืจื ืืืืจื, ืืจื ืืืืจ ืืืืื. ืืื ืื ืื ืื ื ื ืืืฉืื ืืืืจื, ืืื ืืฃ ืื ืื ื ืืืืจืื ืื ืืืืืืงืืช ืืืฉืืืืช ืืืืืจืืื, ืืจืืฉืื ืื, ืืืืจืื ืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืืงืื ืืืื? ืืื ืืื ืืคืขืืื ืืืื ืืจืืฉื ืฉืืืืืื ืืื ืืขืื ืืืื ืืขื ืืื ืช, ืืืื ืืืืืื, ืืขื ืืช. ืืืื ืฉืื ืืื ืื, ืื ืืคื ื ืืืื ืืจื ืืื ‘ืืืจื ืืืืงืื ืืืื’!
ืืฉื ืฉืืขืงื ืืืื ื ื ืืงื ืขืฆืื ืืื ืคื ืื ืืืื ืฆื ืฉื ื ืืืขื, ืืจืง ืื ืืฉืื ืืืืกืฃ ืืช ืื ืฉืืืจื ืื ืืงื”ื. ืื ืื ื, ืืืืงืฉืื ืืฉืืืข ืืืืืื ืืช ืืืจ ื’, ืฆืจืืืื ืืืืืช ืงืืืฉืื ืืืืืจืื ืืื ืืืืฆืืช ืฉืืคืจืืื ืืื ืื ื ืืืืืื ืืชืืจื. ืืื ืืืฉืื ืืช ืืืื ื ืืืืชืืช ืืชืืจื ืืงืืืฉื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืจ ื’, ืฆืจืื ืืืชื ืงืืช ืืื ืืคื ืืืช. ืื ื ืืชื ืืืฉืช ืืื ืฉื ืืืฉืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืจืช, ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืฉื ืืืจืช ืืืืจื. ืฉื ืืืจื, ืฉื ื ืงืืืช, ืฉื ืืื ืขื ืืืืืืช ืืืืืื ืื ืื ืืืขืืช, ืืจืง ืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืฉืืืข ืืืงืื ืืช ‘ืืืจื ืืืืงืื ืืืื’.
ืืืืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืืืจ ื’ โ ืืื ื ืืืืื ืืืฉืจืืช
ืื ืื ื ืืืื ืืื ืืื, ืฉืขื ืฉืขื, ืืืชืื ืกืื ืื ืืขืช ืืฉืืืข ืืืืืื ืืช ืืืจ ื’. ืืืืจ ืจืืืชื ืืืืฉ, ืฉืื ืฉืืื ื ืงืืืฉ ืืืืืจ, ืื ืืื ืืคื ืืจืืชื, ืื ืื ืฉืื ืืจืืืฉ ืฉืื ืืืจ ื’ ืืืื ืืืืืช ืืคืืคื ืืืงื ื ืคืื ืืื ืืื ืขืงืื. ืืื ืืฉ ืื ื ืื ืืืฉืจืื ืฉืื, ืืืืจืงืืช ืฉืื, ืืื ืืื ืื ืืฉืจืืช! ืื ืื ืืืช. ืืื ืฉืืชืืจื ืชืงืืข ืืืื, ืฆืจืื ืฉืืื ืืืื ืฉืืชืืจื ืื ืืืจ ื’, ืฆืจืื ืืืืืช ืืื ืืืจ. ืืชืืจื ืืื ืืืจ ืงืืืฉ ืืืื ื ื ืงืืืช ืืื ืืื ืืื. ืืืืืคื, ืื ืฉืืงืืฉ ืืช ืขืฆืื ืืืฉืื ืืขืืื ืืช ืื ืืืืืจืืืช ืืืืืืื, ืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืงืืื ืืช ืืืจ ื’. ืืฃ ืื ืฉื ืจืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืืืจ ืืคืฉืื ืืืืชืจ, ืื ืืื ‘ืขืจืืืืขืจ’, ืื ืืขืฉืื, ืื ืืืชื, ืืืืืฉื ืืืืืืจื ืื ืืืืคื ืืจืืื ืืื ืืื, ืืืื ืืื ืืงืืื ืืช ืืืจ ื’. ืืืื ืฉืืืจื ื, ืจืืื ืืืื ืฉืืฆื ืืฉืจืื ืืชืืื ืืชืืื ืืชืืื ืื ืืชืืืื ื”ื ืืืืืืช ืืืคืืืช ืืืืืขืืช ืืืขืืงืืช ืืชืืจื, ืืฆืืืื ืืจืื ืืืขืื ืืืืื. ืืื ืืืช ืืฉืื ืฉื ืืฉื ืืืืืื ืืื ืฉื ืืืฉืื ืืืืจ ื’! ืืืืจื, ืื ืงืืืช, ืืืชืื ืืจืืช ืฉืืื.
ืืฉื ื ืืขืฉื ืืืืข ืขื ื’ืืืืขืจ ืืงืื’ ืฉืจืฆื ืืืืืง ืืื ืื ื ืืืื ืืจืืื ืื ืื. ื ืื ืก ืืืืจื, ืืืฉืจืื ืฉืืืื ืืกืืืจ ืืืืืชื, ืืืจืื ื ืืื’ ืืืืื ืฉืื ื ืืืื ืืจืืื. ืืื ื ืืืืจ ืืื, ืฉืืืจ ืคืฉืื ืืื, ืฉืืืฉืจ ืืื ื ืืฆื ืืื, ืจืง ืืื ืืืงื”ื – ืื ืืื ื ืืื. ืืื ืืื ืืชื ืื, ืื ืืฆื ืืขืืช, ืื ืืงืืื ืืืืื, ืื ืืืืืื ืืคื ืื ืืฉืืจืช ืืืื. ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืงืืืืช ืืื ืืืื ืืื ื ืฆืจืื ืืืจืืืช ืืืฃ ืืื ืืืฆื ืืื ืืชื ืื, ืืืงืืืืช ืืื ืื ืืกืชืืืื ืืืืืื ืืช ืืจืืืช ืื ืืขืฉืื. ืืคื ืื ืืืช ืืืื ืืืืจืื ืืงืื ืื, ืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืช ืขืฆืื ืืื ืืื ืื ืื ืงื, ืืื ืืขืฉืื ืื ืืงืืืฉื ืืืืืจื.
ืืื ืืืื ืืื ื ืชืืืืื ืืจืฆืื ืืชืื ืืืืขืืชืื, ืืื ืืฉ ‘ืฉืืืื ืขืจืื’ ืฉืืืจืื ืืืฆื ืื ืืื ืืื ืคืจื, ืืืคืืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืชืืืฉ. ืืืื ืื ืืืื, ืื ืคืกืืขื ืืคืกืืขื ืืืืื ืฆืจืืื ืืืืืช ืขื ืคื ืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืฉืื ืฉืื ืขืืฉื ืืืื ืืืจ ืฉืื ืืฉืืจื ืื ืื ืืืื ื ืืืจ ืขืืื. ืฉืืจื ืืฃ ืื ืื ืืชืืื ืืจืืื ืื ืื ืืขืฉืื, ืืื ืืคื ืื ืฉื ืืื ืื ืืืืจืื ืืืจืช, ืืื ืืืจ ืืื ื ื ืงื ืืืืืจ ืืื ืฉืืื ืงืืื ืืื. ืืืื ืืืืื ื ืืขืฉืืืช ืขืืืจืืช ืฉืืืืื ืืฉืคืืขืืช ืขื ืืืื, ืืืื ืขืืช ืืขืฉืืืช ืขืืืจืืช ืืื ื ืืกืคืงืช, ืืื ืฆืจืื ืื ืืื ืืงืืืฉื ืืืืืจื. ืืื ื ืื ืืืื ืขื ืืืื ืื ืืื ื’ืืืืืช ืฉืื’ ืืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืืืืช ื ืฉืืืืช ืฉื ืืกืืืืช ืืฆืืงืืช, ืืื ืืืื ืขืืื ืืืงืคืื ืขื ืืฆื ืืขืืช ืืืขืฉืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืืืื. ืื ืืกืจ ืืช ืืืงืคืื ืืื, ืืจื ืฉืืกืจ ืื ืงืืืช ืืืืจื ืืืืืื ืืกืจ ืืืื ืื ืืฉืืืืช ืืชืืจื. ืืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืช ืขืฆืื, ืืืืื ืืืืืง ืืช ืขืฆืื ืืฉืืื ืืืืจ ืืื, ืืื ืขื ืขืฆืื, ืืื ืขื ืืืฉืืืชืื, ืืื ืขื ืืขืื ืืื ืืืื ืฉืื. ืืื ืืขืฉืื ืืืืฉืืืชืื ืื ืื ืงืืืช ืืืฉืืืืช ืื ืื. ืืืข ืืืื ืืื ืืขืฉืืช ืืืจืื ืฉืขืืฉืื ืจืืฉื, ืืืจืื ืฉืืืจืื ืืื ืฉืืกืชืืื ืขืืื ืืขืื ืืืื, ืืืฉืืชื ืื ืื ืืืคื ืคื ืื, ืืชืื ืชืืื, ืื ืืฉืคืืข ืขื ืืืฉืืืชื ืืืืืื ื ืืืจ ืื ืืืคื ืืืืฅ.
ืืกืจืื ืืงืืืฉื ืืฉืคืืข ืขื ืื ืืืขืฉืื
ืขื ืืื ืื ืืืืจ ืืฆืื ืฉื ืืื ืฉืืกืจ ืื ืืงืืืฉื ืืืืืจื – ืฉืขื ืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืืืข ืืืื ืืืืช ืืขืืืช. ืืื ื ืืืืืจื ืืชื ืืืืช ืืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืขื ืฉื ืืืื. ืืืื ืืืืช ืืื, ืฉืขื ืคื ืืชื ืืืืชื ืฉื ืืื, ืื ืืฉืชื ื ืืืขื. ืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืืืขื ืื ืจืืื ืื ืื ื ืจืืื ืื, ืืื ืฉืืืืื ืืื ืืขืืืช ืคื ืื. ืืื ืฉืืืืช ‘ืจืืื’ ืืื ืืืช ืืืืืืชืื ืฉื ืืงื”ื, ืืืืขืื ืื ืืืืื ืจืง ืื ืืฉ ืงืืืฉื ืืืืจื, ืจืง ืื ืฉืืืง ืืงื”ื. ืื ืืฉ ‘ืืืฆื ืข ืืืช ืขื ืืืืงืื’. ืืื ืื ืืชืืื ืืื, ืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืชืื ืขื ืื ืขื ืืืื ืืขืฉืจืื, ืขื ืขืืืื ืืืฉืคื ืืคื ื ืืืช ืืื ืฉื ืืขืื. ืืื ืืืืืชืื ืฉื ืืื ืืขืืืืช ืขื ืงืืืฉืชื, ืืืืืืจ ืฉืื ืืขืื, ืืขืืื ืืช ืฉืื ืืขืืื, ืืฉืื ืืืชื ื ืืื ืืืจืืืช. ืงื ืืืื ืืืืืื, ืืืื ืืืื ืื ืขื ืื ืื ื ืืืืจ…
ืืขืืชืื ืฉืืืขืื ืขื ืกืืคืืจืื ืฉืื ืื (ืืื ื ืื ืืืืื ืฉืืฉ ืืฉืืืขืืช ืืื ืขื ืื ืืกืืื) ืขื ืืงืืืืช ืฉืื ืื ืืื ืืืืืื ืืืืจื ืืฉืืื, ืขื ืกืืืื ืฉืื ืื ืฉื ืืืจืื ืฉืืฉ ืืืืจื ืืฉืืื ืฉืืฉืชืืืืื ืืืืื ืืืื’. ืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืง ืืช ืขืฆืื, ืื ืืื ืืืืช ื ืืฆื ืืืืจืื ืืคืฉืืื ืฉื ‘ื ืงื’ ื’ืืืืจ’, ืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืืืฆื ืืื ื ืืงื”ื, ืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืคืกืงื?…
ืืคืืื ืืืฉืจ ืื ืืื ืืืื ืจืืืื ืืืืืง ืืื ืื ืฉื ืงื ืืืืืจ ืืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืช ืื ืื. ืขืฉื ืืื ืื ืฉืืืจ ‘ืืืขืืื ื ื ื’. ืืฉ ืืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืจืื ื ืืืืกืื ืืืงืืืืื ืืฆื ืื ื ืืื ืืขืื ืชืจืืืช ืืืจื ืืจืฅ, ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืจื ืฉื ‘ืืืขืืื ื ื ื’. ืื ืฉืืืืืจื ืืื ืืืฉืื ‘ืืืขืืื ื ื ื’, ืจืืืื ืขื ืืื ืื ืืฃ ืืช ืชืืืช ืืืืืื ืฉืื, ืืื ืฉืื ืืืชื ืืืจื ืืจืฅ ืจืืืื ืขื ืืื ืืขืฉืื ืืืื ืืื ืืจืืชื.
ืืืขืื ืืืืืื ืฉื ืืื ืืฉืจืื ืืืฆืจืื ืืืชื, ืฉืื ืฉืื ื ืืช ืฉืื ืืื ืฉืื ื ืืช ืืืืืฉื. ืื ืืืืคื ื, ืื ืืืืงืกืืก ืฉื ืืจืืื ืืืื โ ืืืื ืืฉืคืืข ืืืืคื ืืจืืจ ืขื ืืืืจืื. ืจืืืื ืืื ืืช ืืืฉืคืขื ืขื ืืืืืืจ. ืืฉ ืืืืืจ ‘ืืฉืืืฉืข ืจืืื’, ืืืฉ ‘ืืืก ืจืืื’, [ืืฉ ‘ืืืืืจ ืืฉืืืชื’ ืืืฉ ‘ืืืืืจ ืจืืืื’], ืืืืืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืืจ ืืงืืืช ืจืื ืืืฉืื ื ืฉื ืืืื, ืืืฃ ืืืื ืืืืงืฉืื ืืืกืชืืจ ืืขืฉืืื ืืืชื ืืืื ืื ืจืง ืืืืจื ืืืจืื, ืืจื ืฉืืกืืฃ ืืืื ืืชืืื ืืืืฅ. ืืื ืืขืฉื ืืฉ ืืฉืคืขื, ืื ืืื ืืงืืื ืืฆืืืช ืืืงืืืง, ืจืืืื ืืช ืขื ืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืฃ ืืขื ืืื ื ืืืืื. ืืื ื”ื ืืืืื ืืืงืืืงืื ืื ืืชื ืืืฆืืืช ืืขืืืจ ืืืื ืจืง ืืืื ืืฆืืช ืืื ืืืื, ืืฃ ืื ื ืืืจ ืขืืื!
ืืื ืจืฆืื, ืฉืืืื ื ื’, ืืืคืชื ืืื ื, ืื ืืื ืืชืืจื ืืืืืชืืช, ืฉื ืืืข ืืืจืื ืฉื ืืื ืฉืืืืืื ืชืืจืช ื’ ‘ืืืจื ืืืืงืื ืืืื’.
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Harav Hagaon Meir Wahrsager Shlita
Adapting, not Adopting, Mesorah
Parshas Vayechi
Harav Hagaon Meir Wahrsager shlita
This parshah discusses the end of Yaakov Avinuโs life, when he gave berachos to his sons and to the sons of Yosef, Menashe and Ephraim. To Menashe and Ephraim he gave the famous berachah, ืึฐึผืึธ ืึฐืึธืจึตืึฐ ืึดืฉึฐืืจึธืึตื ืึตืืึนืจ ืึฐืฉึดืืึฐืึธ ืึฑืึนืงึดืื ืึฐึผืึถืคึฐืจึทืึดื ืึฐืึดืึฐื ึทืฉึถึผืื โ that all of Klal Yisraelโs future generations should bentch their children to be like Ephraim and Menashe.
The basic question everyone asks is that out of all the many great people in Klal Yisraelโs history โ the Avos, the shevatim, Moshe, Aharon, Yosef, and Dovid โ why are Ephraim and Menashe singled out? What is so special about them that they are held up as the role models all future children in Klal Yisrael should be like?
One of the many explanations is offered by the Ponevezher Rav, who notes that Ephraim and Menashe were unique in that they did not experience yeridas hadoros.
A person can have wonderful children, the best kids, but generally, no one escapes the phenomenon of yeridas hadoros. Each new generation of children is a lower generation, further away from the Avos, further away from Har Sinai, and thatโs a reality that Hakadosh Baruch Hu ingrained in the world. As great as any particular generation may be, they are not as great as the previous generation.
Ephraim and Menashe were an anomaly; they were upgraded to the level of shevatim, as Yaakov Avinu says: ืึดึผืจึฐืืึผืึตื ืึฐืฉึดืืึฐืขืึนื ืึดืึฐืืึผ ืึดื. They even received portions in Eretz Yisrael!
So the berachah we wish to give our children is that they shouldnโt experience yeridas hadoros.
I was once zocheh once to hear this vort from Rav Tzvi Partzovitz shlita at a shalom zachor, and he said he wanted to be a shomeiโa uโmosif. What, he asked, was Yosef Hatzaddikโs secret that enabled him to have children who were not subject to yeridas hadoros? Perhaps if we can understand the secret of Yosef Hatzaddik, we will also be zocheh to have children like Ephraim and Menashe.
Rav Tzvi noted that a major aspect of Yosefโs greatness was that he continued Yaakovโs path; Yaakov was an eish, he was a lehavah. He maintained a vision of Yaakovโs image โ ืืืืช ืืืืงื ื ืฉื ืืืื โin his mind, and he sought to perpetuate that legacy.
Most parents, Rav Tzvi said, give their children their own chinuch. But their chinuch is a generation lower than that of their parents, so their children receive a yeridas hadoros form of chinuch. Yosef, however, was giving over the chinuch of Yaakov. And since Menashe and Ephraim received the chinuch of Yaakov, they remained on the level of all the other shevatim.
When Rav Tzvi said this vort at the shalom zachor, Rav Yitzchok Hellman shlita (zuhl zein gezunt) stood up and gave a standing haskamah. It was a beautiful explanation of the koach of Yosef Hatzaddik to be able to raise Menashe and Ephraim in a way that they did not experience yeridas hadoros.
With Hashemโs help, I would also like to be a shomeia uโmosif and add an explanation of how Yosef was able to give over the chinuch of the previous generations, which isnโt so simple.
Emulating, Not Imitating
When Yosef named his firstborn son Menashe, the reason he gave for this name was ืึดึผื ื ึทืฉึทึผืื ึดื ืึฑืึนืงึดืื ืึถืช ืึธึผื ืขึฒืึธืึดื ืึฐืึตืช ืึธึผื ืึตึผืืช ืึธืึดื. Menashe comes from the lashon of forgetting, and he was thanking Hashem for helping him to forget all the travails he endured โ and to forget his fatherโs house. He forgot what it was like growing up in Yaakovโs house, in that place of kedushah and taharah, in that makom Torah.
Clearly, Yosef considered it a positive development that Hashem helped him to forget his fatherโs house, if he gave his son a name that reflected this. But how do we reconcile that with the idea that he kept ืืืืช ืืืืงื ื ืฉื ืืืื in his consciousness?
On one hand, Yosef saw himself as a continuation of Yaakov, and he certainly knew that we donโt consider later generations to be greater than earlier ones. On the contrary, the closer you are to the Avos, the greater you are. Our task is to continue the mesorah transmitted by our parents and rebbeim.
On the other hand, Yosef was in a new land. He wasnโt living in the rarefied atmosphere of his fatherโs house, but in Mitzrayim, which was very far away and very different. Apparently, the meaning of the words ืึดึผื ื ึทืฉึทึผืื ึดื ืึฑืึนืงึดืื ืึถืช ืึธึผื ืขึฒืึธืึดื ืึฐืึตืช ืึธึผื ืึตึผืืช ืึธืึดื is that if Yosef would have had a vivid picture in his mind of his fatherโs house, which is perhaps what he would have wanted, he would have felt compelled to imitate, to practically cut and paste, what he had seen there. But that wouldnโt have worked in Mitzrayim, simply because Mitzrayim was not the house of Yaakov.
Hakadosh Baruch Hu helped Yosef to forget the exact picture of his fatherโs house, which meant that he had to work to recapture and conjure up his connection to beis avi while he was in Mitzrayim. In other words, he had to use his own avodah to try to remember what he had seen in his fatherโs house and bring that into Mitzrayim.
Although Yosef did see ืืืืช ืืืืงื ื ืฉื ืืืื, a careful look at Chazalโs words reveals that he did not enter the nisayon in Potipharโs house with that image in mind. In the beginning he did not conjure up that image. In fact, Chazal say, he was ready to sin; he hadnโt come armed with ืืืืช ืืืืงื ื ืฉื ืืืื. He had to work with his own avodah of ืึทืึฐืึธืึตื โ he pushed himself to withstand the nisayon, and through his own avodah he was able to bring back ืืืืช ืืืืงื ื ืฉื ืืืื. In conjuring up that image, he wasnโt copying it; he was transplanting it into Mitzrayim. This is the tremendous balance that Yosef Hatzaddik had to strike.
Iโd like to suggest that this is what he did in his chinuch as well. Returning to the original vort about Yosefโs chinuch, yes, itโs true that Yosef was zocheh to have children on the level of Menashe and Ephraim because he transmitted the chinuch of Yaakov. But it wasnโt cut and paste; he didnโt copy exactly what Yaakov had done in his holy house. The words ื ึทืฉึทึผืื ึดื ืึฑืึนืงึดืื ืึถืช ืึธึผื ืขึฒืึธืึดื ืึฐืึตืช ืึธึผื ืึตึผืืช ืึธืึดื convey that he didnโt have the exact picture of beis avi in his mind. But what he did do was take the fundamentals and apply them to his children, who were being raised in Mitzrayim. When raising children in that environment, he couldnโt imitate exactly what he had seen growing up in Yaakovโs house, but he took the main principles.
He didnโt say, โWell, itโs a new generation, this is Mitzrayim, so let me forget everything and not try to bring over the mesorah I received from my father.โ Rather, he strove to continue Yaakovโs mesorah as much as possible. But his chinuch couldnโt be an imitation. He had to take the fundamentals and apply them, perhaps using a different formula in conveying them.
Yosef, through his own avodah, took the ืืืืช ืืืืงื ื โ what he received from the preceding generations โ and found the right way to present it to his children. This is the balance that we have to strike in our chinuch as well. Either extreme is incorrect.
Those who think we canโt use the old ideas and fundamentals of the mesorah are certainly wrong; these foundations are sacred, and we dare not abandon them. Indeed, we are taught that the words ืึถืฉึธึผืื ืขึตืื ึทื ืึถื ืึถืึธืจึดืื can be read as ืึถืฉึธึผืื ืขึตืื ึทื ืึถื ืึถืืึนืจึดืื, conveying that we must always look back to our parents, grandparents, and rebbeim and strive to emulate them. There must always be an inner desire to capture the fundamentals imparted by the earlier generations.
But we have to balance that with the realities of today. Thereโs no way we could convey the mesorah exactly as it was transmitted then; itโs a different generation. But if we somehow manage to adapt the mesorah to todayโs generation, we can tap into the tremendous ability that Yosef HaTzadik possessed โ to blend the two elements, one on hand forgetting his fatherโs house and on the other hand bringing the ืืืืช ืืืืงื ื into a new place and a new generation, and be zocheh to have children who are like Ephraim and Menashe.
Gut Shabbos.