ืืืจื ืจืืืชืื ื
ื ืชืื ืชืชื ืื ืืื ืืจืข ืืืื ืืชืชื ืื (ืื, ื)
ืืคืืื ืืื ืคืขืืื (ืจืฉ”ื)
ืืชื ืืจืื”ื ืืคืืจืืฉ ืืืฉื ืืืช ืืืืืช (ื, ืื) “ืืฉืืชื ืืืื ืืื ืฉืจืืื ืืืฃ ืืืืืื ืืืช ืืืช ืืืืฉ ืืื, ืืืืืฉ ืืืจ ืื ื ืชื ืืืื, ืื ืืขืื ืืืื ืืืืช ืื ืืืืืช ืืื ืืืขืฉื ืืืื ืืืืื, ืืื ืฉืืืืข ืืื ืฉืืชื ืื ืืืฃ ืืืืืื ืืืืฃ ืคืขืืื, ืื ืชื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืขื ืฆื ืื ืืืืืช, ืืคื ื ืฉืื ืืคื ืืขืฉื ืื ืืืืืช ืืืฃ ืคืขืืื ืืืืืข ืื ืงื ืื ืืืง, ืืื ืคืขื ืืืช ืืื ืืชืขืืจืจื ื ืคืฉื ืืชืขืืจืจืืช ืืืืื ืืคืขืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืื ืคืกืงื ืืื ื”.
ืืืืื ื ืืืืจื ืืจืื”ื ืื ืขืืืฃ ืืชืช ืืืฃ ืืืืืื ืืืืฃ ืคืขืืื, ืืืฉืจ ืืชืช ืืืฃ ืืืืืื ืืืช ืืืช ืืืืฉ ืืื, ืืืคืืื ืืืืชื ืืขืืช ืขืืืฃ ืจืืืื ืืืขืฉืื ืื ืชืื ืช ืืฆืืงื, ืืฉืื ืฉืื ื ืืชื ืืื ืืคืขื ืืืช ืืชืขืืจืจื ืืฆืื ืืืืช ืื ืืืืืช ืจืง ืคืขื ืืืช, ืืฉื”ื ืื ื ืืชื ืืจืื ืคืขืืื ืืจื ืืชืขืืจืจื ืืฆืื ืืืืช ืื ืืืืืช ืคืขืืื ืจืืืช, ืื ืื ืื ื ืชืื ื.
ืืืคื ืื ืคืืจืฉ ืืืจื ื ืืืืื ืืจื ืืืืื ืืจืื ืคืื ืงื ืืฆืืื”ืย ืืงืจื ืื: “ื ืชืื ืชืชื ืื – ืืคืืื ืืื ืคืขืืื”, ืืืืืื ื ืฉืืฉ ืืืื ืืืขืืืฃ ืจืืืื ืื ืชืื ืืช ืขื ืคื ื ื ืชืื ื ืืืช, ืืืคืืื ืืกืืื ืืืชืื “ืืื ืืจืข ืืืื ืืชืชื ืื”, ืืืืื ื ืฉืขื ืืื ืื ื ืกืื ืื ืคืฉืืชืื ื ืืืืช ืื ืืืืืช ืืื ืืจืข ืืืื ื.
(ืืฉืืื ืจืื ืืืืื ืืจืื, ืขื’ ืจืฆ”ื)
ืืืจื ืืืืื
Levinshtein, Maran Hamashgiach Hagaon Harav Yechezkel ztโl
ืืฉืืื ืืจืืฉืื ื ื”ืืืื”
ืฉื ืืื ืชืฉ”ื. ืชืืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืื ืขื ืืืคื ืคืืืืื ื ืืกืคืื ืืืืืื ืืืื ืฉืืฉืืื ืช ืืื ื-ืงืื. ืืื ืืชืฉืขื ืืื ื ืืกืจ ืขื ืชืืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืขืืื ืืช ืืืืืืช ืืืื ืื ืืฉืขืืช ืืืื, ืืฉืื ืื ืื ื ืืืฆื ืืขืืื ืืช ืืืช ืืืืจืฉ ืืืจืืื ืืืืืื ืขืืืื “ืืืช ืืืจื”. ืืืืืืืื ืืืฉืืืื ืืกืืจื ืืืืช ืืื ืกืช “ืืื ืืฉื” ืฉืืชืื ืืืื, ืื ืืืช ืื ืกืช ืื ืฆืจ ืืื ืืืืื ืืช 350 ืชืืืืื ืืืฉืืื.
ืืืืจ ืฉืชืืื ืืช ืืฆื “ืืื ืืืื” ืงืืืืื, ืืฉืจ ืืื ื ืข”ื ืืงืืกืจ ืืืคื ื ืืืืฉื ืืืื, ืืกืืื ืงืืืืื ืืขืจืืฅ ืืชืช ืืฉืจื ืืืืืืช ืืชืืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืฆืืช ืืืื ืืื ืืช ืืืื ืืืืืจ ืืืื ืืขืจื. ืื ืืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืืื ืืฉืขืืช ืืืื ื”ืืืช ืืืจื” ืืืจืืื. ืขืืืื ืื ืืฉืืขืฆืื ืืืืชื ื ืก ืืืื, ืืฉืื ืฉืงืืืืื ื ืื ืืชืืฉืื ืืืื ืืจืืื ืืช ืืืืจืืช, ืื ืืืคื ืจืื ื ืืชืืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืชืืืืก ืืกืืื ืืช ืื”ื ืืืืืช” ืฉืื ืข”ืค ืืจื ืืืืข. ืืชืืจืื ืฉืืื ื ืืื ืืฉืจื ืื ืืื ืืืืืง ืจืืฉ ืืืืฉ ืืืื.
ืืช ืืืชื ืจ”ื ืืืื ืชืืืจ ืชืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืจืื ืฉืืื ืฉืคืืจื ืืฆ”ื:
“ืืืจื ืชืคืืืช ืฉืืจืืช ืืื ืืจื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืจื ืืืืงืื ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืฆืืื”ื ืืืื ืขื ืืฉืืืื ืืืืจืื ืืื ืืืื: ืงืื ืืืืจ ืงืจื, ืืืืืจ ืื ืืงืจื? โ ืืืื!!
ืงืืื ืืคืชืืข ืจืืื ืืืชื ื. ืืื ืื ืืืืจ ืขื ืืฆืื ื ืืืืจื ืืื ืืงืฉืืจ ืื, ืืื ืืจืฉ ืืชืืงืฃ ืฉื ืื ืก ืืชืื ืืืื!! ืฉื ืื ืจืืืช ืืืจ ืขืืจื ืืื, ืืขื ืขืชื, ืืื ืฉื ื ืืฉื ื ืืฉืืชืงืจื ืืืื , ืืืืื ืืืืื ืงืืื ืืืื ืืจืืฉืืื ืฉื ืืืชื ืืืื ืืจืืช ืืืืื ื ืืืืื ืืืื ืฉืืขื ืืื…”
ืืฉืืืื ืืืื
Shpitzer, Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shlita
ืจืื
ืขืฉืจ ืชืขืฉืจ ืืช ืื ืชืืืืช ืืจืขื ืืืืฆื ืืฉืื.
ืืจืืฉืืื ืขืจืื ืค”ื ื”ื ืืืื ืฉื ืืขื ืืชืื ืืืืช, ืืืขื ืื ืืขืฉืจ ืืืืื ืคืืืจ, ืืืชืื ืืืืฆื “ืืฉืื”, ืืืขื ืื ืขืจืื ืืืื ืืืชืื ืื ืชืืืื ืื “ืืืจืฅ” ืื ืืขืชื. ืืืขื ืื ืฉืืืขืืช ืืื ืกืคืง ืืฉืื ืืืชืื ืืฉืืชื “ืืืจืฅ” ืืืชืื “ืฉืื” ืื ืชืืจืข, ืืื ืคืกืงื ืืืื.
ืืืชื ืืจืื”ื ืค”ื ืืืขืฉืจ ื”ื ืืืฃ ืืคืืืจ ืืชืจื”ื ืืืื ื ืฉืื, ืืื ืืืื ืืืจืื ื. ืืืจืื”ื ืฉื ืืืื ืจืืื ืืืื ืืจืื ื ืืืื ืคืืจืืช ืืืฆืจ, ืืืจืื”ื ืืฉืื ืื ืืฆืจ ืืื ื ืืฉืื, ืืข”ืฉ ืืก”ื ืื ืืืจืื”ื ืืฆืจ ืืืืช.
ืืข’ ืคืืช ืืฉืืื ืืฉืื ืกืคืง ืืืจืืฉืืื ืืฉ ืืืงื ืืขื ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืฉืืืขืืช ืืื ืืืื”ื ืืฉืื ืืขื”ืค ืืืื ืืืจืื ื ืืชืจื”ื.
ืืื ื ืืฆืื ื ืืขื ืื ืชืจื”ื ืืื ืืื ืืขืฆืืฅ ื ืงืื ืืฉืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืชืจื”ื ืื”ืช, ืืืขืฆืืฅ ืฉืืื ื ื ืงืื ืืืจื ืืืจืื ื. ืืืคืืกืงืื ื ืงืื ืื”ื ืืขื ืื ืฉืืืขืืช ืืืจื ืืืจืื ื ืืขื ืื ืขืฆืืฅ ืฉืืื ื ื ืงืื.
ืืื ืืืืฉ ืืืื”ื ื”ื ื’ ืืฉื ื”ื ื’ ืืืขื ืื ืขืฆืืฅ ืฉืืื ื ื ืงืื ืืชืื ืืืืช, ืืืงืื ืืื ืืฉ ืื ืขื ืื ืืกืืื, ืื ืืชืื ืืืืช ืื ืืขืฆืืฅ ื ืงืื ืืื ืกืคืง ืืืจืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืจืง ืืืจืื ื, ืืขื ืืืื ืืจืื ื ืืชืื ืืืืช ืืื ืจืืื ืฉืืืจืย ืืื ื ื ืงืื ืืื ื ืงืื.
ืืื ื ืืื ืืืงื ืืืฉืงืืช ืื ืฉืืื ืืชืื ืืืืช ืืขืฆืืฅ ืฉืืื ื ื ืงืื ืืฉืืืื. ืืืื ืืฆื ืื ืืืื ืืขื ืื ืื ืฉื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืจืงืืช ืืชืื ืืืืืช, ืืื ืืืชืจ ืืืจืืข ืืขืฆืืฅ ืฉืืื ื ื ืงืื ืืชืื ืืืืืช. ืืื ืข’ ืืื”ื ืืืืช ืืืื ื ืขื ืืืืฆืืช ืืื ืืืืืช ืืจืืขืฅ, ืืืื ื ืฉืืคืจืืข ืืืืืื, ืืจืง ืื ืืฉ ืืืขืื ืฉื “ืฉืื” ืื ืชืืจืข.
ืืืขืืงืจ ืืื ืื ืืฆืจืื ืฉืืืืช ืืคืจืืข, ืื ื ืืคืืกืงืื ืืื ืืืขื ืืขื”ื ืืื ืืืจื ืื ืืืข ืฉื, ืื ืืืคืืื ืืจืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืฉืืื ืืคืจืืข ืืฉืื ืืืจ ืืืช. ืื ”ื ืืื ืืืืืืช ืฉืืืจื ืืืื ืืจืงืืช ืืื ืื ืืฉื ืื ืืื ืืข ืชืืืขืื.
ืื ืื ื ืืจืืืชืื
Finkel, Maran Rosh Hayeshiva Hagaon Harav Eliezer Yehuda Shlita
ืื ื ื ืื ืกืื ืืืื ืืืืื, ืฉืื ืืื ื ืืืืื ืืงืืืฉืื ืืื ืฉืืืื ืื ืงืจืืื “ืืืืื ืื ืืจืืื”. ืื ืืขืืื ืืืื ืขืืื ืขื ืืกืื ืืื, ืฉืืื ืืขืฆื ืฉื ืื ืฉืื ืืื, ืืฆืืช ืืืื ืืืฆืืช ืืจืื. ืืจืื”ื ืืื ื ืืืชื ืฉื ืื, ืืจืก”ื ืื ื ืจืง ืืืจื. ืืื ืืืคื ืืจืืช ืฉืืื ืื ืืฆืืช ืขืฉื, ืื ืืืกืื ืืื ืืื ื ืืืฆืืืช. ืืขืืงืจ ืืื ื ืฉื ื ืืืื ืคืขืืื ืืชืืจื, ‘ืืช ื’ ืืืืงืื ืชืืจื ืืืืชื ืชืขืืื’, ืืื ืืขืืื ืืืื ืื ื ืืจื ืืื ืืฆืืืช ืืื, ืืืฉ”ื ืืขืชื ืืฉืจืื ืื ื’ ืืืืงืื ืฉืืื ืืขืื ืื ืื ืืืจืื. ‘ืืช ืืืืืงืื ืืจื ืืืช ืืฆืืืชืื ืฉืืืจ ืื ืื ืื ืืืื’, ืื ืืจืืฉืืช ืืื ืืชืืืืช, ืจืืฉืืช ืืืื ืืจืืช ื’ ืืขืงื ืขื ืื ืืจืืช ื’, ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืจืื ืืื ืืืืคื. ืื ืืืืื ืฉื ืืืื ืืื ืืืื ืงืืืื, ืืืื ืืืื ืฉืื ื ืืื ืืืจืืื. ืืื ืืฉ ืื ืืืืช ืงืืื ืืื ืืชืืืืช ืฉืืืชื ืืฉืจืื ืืขืืื, ืฉืืขืืจ ืืืืืฆืืช ืืืืฃ, ืืืขืื ืฉื ืืฉืื ืืืื ื ืืืช ืืืขืื ืืืืจืื ื ืืขืืืื ื ืืืจืืื ืืืจืืช ื’. ืื ืขืืฉืื ืืืจืืช ืข”ื, ืื ืื ื ืืื ืืฉืื ืืื ืืืจืกืืื, ืืื ืืืื ื ืืืจ, ืืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืืจืืช ื’ ืื ื ืืืจ ืขื ืคื ืื, ืืืขื ืชืืื ืืจืืช ื’ ืขื ืคื ืืื ืืืืชื ืชืืืื, ืืจ”ืฉ ืื ืืืจ ืฉืืคืฉืจ ืืืจืื ืืืชื.
ืจืืืื ืื ืฉืื ืจืืืงืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืง ืฉื ืืืืืช, ืืืืื ืืืืจืื, ืืฉื ืคืืฉื ืขื ืขืืื ืืจืื ื ืจืชืขื ืื ืคืื ืืืืจ. ืืฉืื”ื ื ืคืืฉ ืขื ืืื ืคืืืื ืืืื ืืืืจื ืืงืฉื ืืชืจืื ืืช ืืืจื ืื”ื, ืืืจ ืืืื ืืื ืฆืืจื ืืื ืฆืืจื ืื ืืืืจ ืืืชืจ ืืื ืืืืืื. ืื ืืฆืื ืื”ืฉ ื ืืืื ืืฉืจืื ืืช ืืืจืืกืงืขืจ ืจื ืืืฉื ืืขืืื ืคืฉืืื, ืืงืื ืืจ’ ืืืฉืข ืืขืจ ืฉืขืื ืืื ืืชืืืฃ ืืืืืจืืื ืื ืืฉืจืื ืืช ืืื ืคื ื ืืืจื”ื, ืืืื ื ืืขืฉืื ืืจืื. ‘ืื ื ืืืื ืืืืคื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืืืื ืจืขื ื ืืืื ืื ืืืฉืื ืื ืขื’, ืืืืืฉืืืงืื ืืงืคืืืื ื ืืกื ืืฉืจืื ืืช ืืกืืืืคืืจ ืืคืื ืืืฉืืช ืืืชืจ ืืืฉืจ ืกืืืืื, ืื ื ืื ืืืื ืืืกืืืจ ืืช ืื, ืื ืื ืฉืืื ืืืืื ืก ืืงืืืื ืืฆืจ, ืืงืืืฉ ืืงืืฉืื, ืืืคื ืฉืืกืืืืคืืจ ืืื ืืื ืืืชื ืืืื ืืคืื, ืืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืจืืืช ืืื ื ืืก ืฉื.
ืืื ืืืืจ ืขื ืืืจืืกืงืขืจ ืจื, ืืจื ืฉื ืฉืื ืืืชื ืคืขื ืืื ืื ืื ืืืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืื ืฉืื ืจืืขืืื ืืื ื, ืืฉืจืื ืืช ืจ’ ืืื ืขืืื ืืคื ื ืืืื ืขื ืืืื ืขื ืืื ืืืืื ืืคืื ืืคืืกืข ืืืืืจืื, ืขื ื ืื ืืืจื”ื ืื ืืืื ืืืืคืก ืืคืื ืฉืืื ืื ื ืืืืจ”ื. ืืืืืื ืืืจื”ืข ืืืจ ืขื ืืืจื”ื ืฉืืืจ 500 ืฉื ื(!) ืื ืืืชื ืืื ืืจืื. ืืฉืืืื”ื ืืฆื ืืช ืืืชื ืฉื ืืืจื”ื, ืคื ื ืืืืืจืื ืืืืจ ืจืืืื ืฉืืฉืืื ื ืฉืืจื ืืื, ืืฉ ืืจ”ืฉ ืืืืช ืืื.
ืืืขืื ืืงืืืฉ ืขื ืืืจ”ื, ืฉืืขืชื ืืจ’ ืืืื ืืจืื ืืฆืืง”ื ืฉืฉืืข ืืืืืื ืฉืจืื ืืช ืืืจ”ื ืฉืืื ืคืขื ืฉืืื ืฉืืืข ืฉื ืฉืืื ืืืืฉืื ืืืจ ืืื ืื ืืจืืื ืืคื ืื ืฉืื ืืืืืื ืืขืืืืื ืืืชืคืงืข. ืืื ืืืืจ ืขื ืืืืช ืืืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืืืฉ ืื ืื ืืช ืืืื ืืขืืคืจืช ืจืืชืืช 500 ืืขืืืช ืืื ืืจืืืช ืื ื ืฉืจืฃ ืืื ืืืืื ืืช ืืืจ”ืฉ ืฉืื, ืืื ืค”ื ืฉืืืคื ื ืืจื, ืคืื. ืืืื ืื ื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืจื”ื ืืืกืงืื ืฉืืื ืืจ ืืื ืืืืชื ืืืขืจืื ืืืขืืื (ืืืฅ ืืคืขื ืจืืฉืื ื) ืื ืคืชื ืืช ืืืืืื ืืจืืืช ืืช ืืืืชื ืืจืื ืคืื.
ืื ืื ืืกืืืื ืฉื ืืจืื? ืืชืคืืืช ืืฉื”ื ืืืื ืืฉืคื ‘ืืืขืืืื ืืืืื ืืืจืื ืคื ืืืืช, ืื ืืจืื ืืืฆืื ืืช’, ืื ืืจืืข ืืืจืื ืืืฆืื ืืช, ืืคืืืช ืฉืืืื ืืจืื ืืืฆืื ืืช? ืื ืืืจ”ื ืืฉืืื ืืช ืืืื ‘ืืืืืื’ ืืชืคืืืช ‘ืืขืืื ืืื ืืื ืืจ”ืฉ ืืกืชืจ ืืืืืื’. ืืคื ืื ืจืื, ืืฉ ืืื ืื ืงืืื ืจืง ืื ืืื ืืืืช ืคื ืืืืช, ืืฉืืืฆืืช ืืืืฆื ืืื ืื ืืืืืงื ืืจืื ืืื. ืืฉื ืชืคืก ืจืง ืืืืจ ืืืฆืื ื ืื ื ืืื ืืื. ืื”ื ืืืืจืื ืฉืืงื”ื ืืจืื ืืืขืงื ื’ ืืชืื ืืฉื ื ืืืจืื ืืช, ‘ืืื ืืฉ ื” ืื ืืืช ืจืืฉืื, ‘ืืื ืื ืื ืืืขืชื’ ืื ืืืจืื ื, ‘ืื ื ืืจื ืืืงืื ืืื’ ืื ืืืช ืฉื ื, ‘ืืื ืื’ ืื ืืืจืื ื, ‘ืื ืื ืืืช ืืืงืื’ ืื ืืืช ืฉืืืฉื. ืืืชืืื ื, ืืืช ืจืืฉืื ืืื ืืฉ ืืืื ืฉืคืข ืฉื ืจืืืื ืขืฆืืืื, ืื”ื ื”ืื ืื” ืื ืืืขืชื- ืืืชื ืื ืื ืฉื ืืืืื ืฉืืื ืชื ืืช’ ‘ืืื ืื ืื ืืฉืืื’. ืืืช ืฉื ื ื ืื ื ืืืชืืื ืช ืฉืื ื ืืืืจื, ืืืจ ืฉืืืจ ื ืืชืง ื’ืื ืื’ ืืืืฉ ืืขืงื ืืืช ‘ื ืืจื’ ืืืื ืืฆืืืฆื ืืืืื ืฉืฉืื ืืจืื, ืืื ืืืจืื ืืฉ ืฉื ื ืคื ืื, ืืื ืืจืืืืืช ืืืืืงืืช ืืฆืืฆืื ืืืืจ, ืืืืื ืืืฉ ืฉืฉืืจืคืช ืืขืืืจื ืืจืืชื. ืืืืจืื ืฉื ืืืช ‘ื ืืจื’ ืืื ืืืจืื ืืืืจ, ืืฉืืขืงื ืืืจ “ืืื ืื”- ืืื ืืืชืจ ืืืชื, “ืืจืื” ืืคื ื”ื ืืจื”. ืืื ืื ืื ืชืืืืช ืืื ืืืฆืขื, ืืืงื ืืชืื ืืืืจืื ืชืฆืื ืืืืืื, ืืืจืื ื’ืืื ืื’ ืืื ืืืง ืืืชื ื ืคืจื ื’ืื ืื’. ‘ืืืช ืืืงืื’ ืืืื ื ืืจืื ืืืืจื ืืื ืฉืื ืืืฆืื ืืืช, ืื ืืชืจืืื ืืืืืืื ืฉื ‘ืืืช ืืืงืื’- ืืจืื ืคื ืืืืช. ืืื ืืฆื ืฉืืจืืื ืื ืืืจ ‘ื ืืจื’, ืืืื ื ืฉืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืชื ืฉืืืช ื”ื, ืืื ืื ืฉื ืื ื”ื ืืืื ืฉืืืจืื ืขืฆื ืืขืืืื ืฉืื ื ืืืืฉื ืืื ืฉืืขืื ืืืืื’ ืื ืื ืืืืจืืชืื ืื ืื ื ืืจืืืชืื.
ื”ื ืืชืจืืื ื, ื”ื ื ืืื ืืืื ื. ืื ืืื ืืืคื ื 80 ืฉื ื, ืืคื’ ืืคื ื 30 ืฉื ื, ืืงืื ืืชืืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืืขืืื ืื, ืื ื ืืจื ืืืืื. ืจืืืื ืขืืื ืืืื ื ืื ืขืฆืื, ืขืืื ืฉื ืืืง ืขื ืขืื ืืจืืจ ืฉื ืชืืื ืืืืื, ืขืืื ืืืฆืฃ ืจืืงื ืืช, ืืืื ืืืฅ. ืคื ื ืืืืจ ืืคื ื ืืืื, ืืื ืืืฆืื ื, ืฉืื ืชืืื, ืฉืื ืืงืื ื ืงื. ืืืื ืื ื”ื ืืงื ืืช ืืื ืงื ืื ืชืืื ืืืืื, ืื ืื ืกืืคืืจืื, ืืื ืฉืื ืคื ืื. ื ืขืจืื ืคื ื ืืงื ืื ืืืืื ื, ืืืืฉื ืืื ืขื ืืคื ืื ืืขื ืคื ืื ืืืืื ืื. ืืืื ืืืช ืื ืื ื ืงืืืืื, ืืชืืื ืืืจืื ืืขื ืืื ืื. ืืขืฆืืจ ืจืืข ืืืืชืืื ื ืื ืก ืืื, ืืืจืืืืืืช ืฉืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืชื, ืืื ืืื ืืืจืช ื ืืจื ื ืืจื ื -ื-ืจ-ื.
ืื ืฉืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืื ืืืื ืื ืื, ืกืื ื’ ืืืจืืื- ืืจืื ืืฉืื ืจืืื. ืืจืื ืื ืื ืืืงืฉ ืฉืืื, ืื ืจืืื ืืืฉืืช. ื”ื ืืืืืช ืจืง ืืื ืฉื ืื ืก ืืกืื ืืืืจ, ืืืจื ืฉืื ืืืจืืืช ืื ืื ืืจืืืช. ืืืฉืืื ืจ’ ืืืืงืื ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืฆ”ื ืืืจ ืฉืืืฆืืื ืชืืื ืืืืจ ืืืืกื, ืืืื ืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืกื ืืืืืืช ืืืจ”ืฉ. ืฆืจืืืื ืืจื ืืืืื ืืช ืื, ืืืฉืืื ืจ’ ืืจืืื ืืฆ”ื ืืืจ ืฉืืืืื ืืื ืฉืคืช ืื ืคืฉ, ืืืจืื ืฉืคืช ืืืืฃ, ืืืืฃ ืื ืืืื ืืืืืช, ืืื ืื ืืืืจ ืืืฅ ืืขืฆืื. ืืชื ืืืื ืืืฉืื ืขื ืืกื, ืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืชืืจื, ืื ืชืืื ืืขื ืืกื ืืื. ืืืจืื ืืจืกื ืช ืืช ืืืื, ืืชืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ื ืืื ืืคืืืช ืืจืื ืืืขืืช, ืื ืื ืื ‘ืืืจืืื ื’. ืขืืืง ื ืชืืข ืขื “ืืื ืืจื ืืืงืื”. ืขื ืืืจ ืงืื ืฉืืืื ืืืชืืืจ ืื ืื ืืชืขืืืช ืืืืื, ืื ืฉืืจืกื ืคืืืืช ืคื, ืืืื ืื”ืจ, ืืืื ืืขืก, ืืื ืืืืื ืืืจืืืช ืืืขืช ืคื ืืืืช ืืื, ืื ืฆืจืื ืชืจืืื ืืืชืืื, ‘ืืข ืื ืืืขืื ืืื ืืื ืืชื ืื ืืืื ืขืืืจื’. ืืืืืข ืืฉืื ืืจืื”ื ืค”ื ืืืกืื”ืช “ืืืืื ืืื ืืืจื ืืืืืชื ืืืจืืชื, ืืฉืขื ืฉืืชืืื ื ืืืื ืืืขืฉืื ืืืจืืืื ืื ืคืืืื ืืืืืืื ืืื’ ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืื ืืื’, ืืืื ืืื ื ืจืชืข ืืืืืจืื, ืืืคืื ืืืืืข ืฉืืื ืืจืื ืงืื ื ืืื’ ืืคื ื ืชืืื ืืขืืช”. ืืืืื ืื ืืืชื “ืฉืืชืื ืืืชืืื ื ืืช ืืชืืจื ืชืชืืืฉื ืืืืื ืืืืจื”, ืืฉื ืืื ืืงืืจื ืืื”ื ืืื ืื ืกืชืืจื. ืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืืชืจืื ื ืคืืืื ืืืืชืคืขืืืช ืขืฆืืื ืืื ืืฃ ืืืืืคื ืืืจืืื, ืืืืืฉืืจ ืืจืืกืื, ืื ืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืขืฆืื ืืืชืขืืจืจ ืื ืื ื ืืขืฆื ืืคื ื ืชืืื ืืขืื. ืฉื ืื ืฉืืืขืื ืืจืฉื, ืืื ืืืืจ ืืืื ืืืคื ืฉื ืืืจืงืืช, ืืฉื ื ืืจืืืฉ ืืื ืืชืืืื ืืื- ืื ืืจ”ืฉ.
ืืื”ื ืืฉ ืืจืืืช ืฉืื ืืช ืืืจืื, ืืฉ ืืจืืช ืืจืืืืืช ืืืฉ ืืจืืช ืืขืื ืฉ. ืืจืื”ื ืืืืืจ ืืช ืืืฆืื ืืจืืช ืืขืื ืฉ, ืืจืื ืืืืชืืช ืื ืชืชืื ืืื ืชืืจื. ืืืื”ื ืขืื ืืืชืืื ื 20 ืืงืืช ืขื ืคืจื ืืืชืขืืฃ, ืจืขืง”ื ืืืืข ืืืงืจ ืืช ื’ื ืชืืืืช’ ืืืืืื ืืช ืจืขืง”ื ืืขืืื ืืชืืจื ื’ืฉืืืฉื’ ืืืชืขืืฃ, ืืฉืืืจ”ื ืืื ืืื ื ืืข ืืงืืืคืช ืชืคืื ืืฉืืช ืืืชืขืืฃ, ืืืฉืจืื ืืช ืื ืฉืื ืืชืขืืฃ ืขื ืฉืืื ืืืื ืืช ืื. ืฉืืขืชื ืืืจื”ื ืจ’ ืืืืื ืกืื ืืฆืืง”ื ืฉืืืจ ืืืืืจ ืฉืืืืจ ืืื ืง”ืฉ “ืืื ืื ืงืืืช ืืชืงืฃ ืื?” ืืืืช ืื.
ืืฉ ืืืืืจ, ืืืฉืืื ืขืื ืืฉ ืกืืจ ืืืกืจ. ืืชืืชื ืื, ืงืืจืกืื ืชืืช ืื ืื ืื ืื ืกืื ืืฉืืืจื, ืืืจืืื ืืืฉืืื ืฉื”ืฆ ืืืกืจ, ืื ืืขืืช ืืืืจื. ืืฉืื ืขืืืื ืื ืืืจืืื, ืืืฉ ืืฆื”ืจ ืขืฆืื ืฉื ืืื ืืื. ืืกืืื ืืืืจื ืืืื”ื, ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืจืขืง”ื, ืืฉืจืื ืืช ืืืืื ืื ืืืื? ืืื ืฉืืืืช ืื ืืฉ, ืืื ืืจ”ืฉ ืืืืื ืืื! ืคืื. ‘ืืืื ืืืจื ืืืืงืื ืื ื ืืจื ืืขืฉืื’, ‘ืืืืจ ืขืื ืื ื ืืชืืจืชื ืืืืง ืืืื ื ืืืฆืืืชืื ืืืื ืืืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืจืื ืืช ืฉืื’.
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Elefant, Harav Hagaon Yosef Shlita
The Essence of Elul
Parshas Reโeh
Harav Hagaon Yosef Elefant Shlita
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Fleeting Inspiration
ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื. Rabbeinu Yonah explains something very interesting in Shaarei Teshvah (ืฉืขืจ ืฉื ื, ืืืช ื”ื).
ืืื ืืื ืขืืื ืืฉืืื ืืืืจ ืื ืืื ืื ื ืื ืื ืื ืืืฉืื ื ืืขืฆืื ืื ืื ื ืืื ืื ืขืืฉืื ืืืืชื. ืืืืืจ ืืืืจ. ืื ืืืื ืื ืืขืืจืจ ื ืคืฉื ืื ืืืขืืืืื ืืืืกืจืื. ืื ืืฃ ืขื ืคื ืฉื ืื ืกืื ืืืื ืืืื ืฉืืขื. ืืฉืืื ืืืฆืจ ืืืขืืืจื ืืืืื ืืขื ืื ืฉื ืืืจ (ืืืฉืข ื)ย ืืืกืืื ืืขื ื ืืงืจ.
ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืื ืืฉืืขื ืืืืกืจ ืืขืืจืจ ื ืคืฉื ืืืฉืื ืืืืจืื ืื ืืื ืืืืฉืื ืืื ืชืืื. ืืขืืืื ืืืกืืฃ ืืงื ืืืืื ืืืฆืื ืืืืื. ืืื ืืกืืื ืขื ืชืืืืช ืืืืืื ืืืื.
The heilege tanna Hillel used to say, ืื ืืื ืื ื ืื ืื ืื ืืืฉืื ื ืืขืฆืื ืื ืื ื ืืื ืื ืขืืฉืื ืืืืชื. ย What does this mean? What Hillel meant when he said, ืื ืืื ืื ื ืื, ืื ืื was that if a person is not going to awaken himself, what is it going to help him to hear mussar from outside sources? Even though when he hears the mussar, it does go into his heart, the yetzer hara makes a person forget, as the passuk says, โYour chessed, your good deeds, are like morning clouds that just pass by.โ Therefore, when a person hears mussar, he has to be meโorer himself; he cannot just rely on external hisorerus.
Rabbeinu Yonah is saying that when a person hears mussar, it is nowhere near enough that he heard it. It is also not enough to absorb it. A person has to take the mussar that he heard and do something to make his own hisorerus, something to make the mussar his own. Otherwise, it will be fleeting, like morning clouds that just go by.
This is an incredible concept. Rabbeinu Yonah is talking about a person who went to hear a mussar shmuess and actually heard the mussar shmuess, and it even went into his heart. Yet if the person does not make his own hisorerus, then the yetzer hara will cause him to forget the mussar he heard. What is the reason for that?
Two Sets of Luchos
The Sfas Emes points out a contradiction between two psukim in Shir Hashirim. One passuk says, ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื (Shir Hashirim 6:3), we take the first step, we take the initiative in creating a relationship with Hakadosh Baruch Hu. But the other passuk says, ืืืื ืื ืืื ื ืื (Shir Hashirim 2:16), Hakadosh Baruch Hu takes the first step; He takes the initiative in creating the relationship. Which is it? The Sfas Emes explains that the passuk of ืืืื ืื ืืื ื ืื is referring to the luchos rishonos. The first set of luchos was a present from Hakadosh Baruch Hu that Klal Yisrael received without any effort on their part. That was ืืืื ืื, and then ืื ื ืื; when Klal Yisrael received the luchos rishonos, they reached the level of Adam HaRishon before the cheit.
After cheit haโeigel, the situation changed, and Klal Yisrael had to make the first move. There was a switch to ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื. That is why Hakadosh Baruch Hu told Moshe, ืคืกื ืื, you have to chisel away at the stone of yourselves to make yourselves ready and fitting for Kabbalas HaTorah.
This explains something very interesting that Rav Yerucham speaks about a lot. We know that Klal Yisrael sinned almost immediately after receiving the first luchos. There is a machlokes if it was a few minutes or a few hours later, but either way, we fell very quickly after the first luchos were given. Later, Hashem told Moshe to get moving and make the second luchos. But what was the guarantee that the second luchos would last any longer than the first?
The seforim teach that when a person gets something for free, on a silver platter, that thing does not last. Easy come, easy go. Why? Because it is not something that the person worked for. If a person works hard for something and sweats in order to attain it, then that thing will endure. Since the first luchos were given to Klal Yisrael for free, without their expending any effort in order to get them, they were extremely temporary and did not last at all. However, the second luchos came from a point of ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื, as seen by the command, ืคืกื ืื. Moshe was told that he had to sweat and work for the second luchos. Therefore, the second luchos lasted because something that a person works for, remains.
The Neshama Yeseira
In Kisvei HaRamban, the Ramban says something remarkable. There is a machlokes in Arvei Pesachim as to whether or not besamim should be used for Havdalah when Shabbos is immediately followed by Yom Tov. The Rashbam says that we do not include besamim when Yom Tov comes right after Shabbos because there is a neshama yeseira on Yom Tov as well. Tosafos says that if this is true, then we should make Havdalah with besamim after Yom Tov. Why donโt we do so?
The Ramban answers by explaining a very basic concept. He says that we know that the kedushah of Shabbos is kviโi vโkaimi, it is permanent and does not come from anything else. The kedushah of Shabbos is isarusa dโlโeilah; it does not come from the efforts of Klal Yisrael. It comes for free so when Shabbos is over, the neshama yeseira of Shabbos goes away because it is not something that Klal Yisrael worked to acquire.
In contrast, the neshama yeseira of Yom Tov comes through Klalโs Yisraelโs effort of being mekadesh hachodesh, which creates the kedusha of ืืงืืฉ ืืฉืจืื ืืืืื ืื. Since the kedusha of Yom Tov is something that comes through Klal Yisraelโs work, it is continuous, and it lasts.
Elul and ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื
The luchos rishonos were isarusa dโlโeilah, ืืืื ืื ืืื ื ืื; they came as a present from Hakadosh Baruch Hu without any effort on Klal Yisraelโs part. As a result, they did not last. The second luchos were created with ืคืกื ืื; Klal Yisrael had to sweat and work to create the keilim to receive them. That is the yesod of psal lecha, and that is why the yesod of the second luchos is still chai vekayam today.
We explained that ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื is the description of the relationship of the second luchos. What were the days of the second luchos? Moshe Rabbeinu went up on Har Sinai on Rosh Chodesh Elul and came down on Yom Kippur with the second luchos. Now we understand why the rashei teivos of ืืืื are ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืืโit is because Elul is the time of the second luchos, the days to work, the days of ืคืกื ืื. The fact that Elul has the rashei teivos of ย ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื is not happenstance. Itโs that way in contrast to ืืืื ืื ืืื ื ืื. Elul is specifically ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื; we have to make the first move.
Now we have a new understanding of ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื, which shows us the whole essence of Elul, the whole siyata dโshemaya of Elul. ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื is usually used to describe the closeness between Klal Yisrael and Hakadosh Baruch Hu, and that is absolutely true, without question. But according to this, we are seeing another level of what ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื means. It is not just that we are close like a ืืื. It means that the relationship of ืื ื ืืืืื has to come from our initiative, from us being meโorer ourselves, from us taking the first step. That is what Elul is all about. This is not just a description of the closeness; it is the way to get to the closeness.
Make This Elul Last
As opposed to ืืืื ืื ืืื ื ืื, Elul is ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื, the luchos shniyos, the ืคืกื ืื. This is what Rabbeinu Yonah means when he says that if a person only hears mussar from the outside, and he nods his head and says, โwow that was a nice shmuess,โ even though he listened, and even though he absorbed it, it is ืืืกืืื ืืขื ื ืืงืจ, like a morning cloud that just goes on by. He didnโt work for it, he didnโt sweat for it. He wasnโt meorrer himself; it did not come from his own initiative. In order for something to be sustainable, itโs not enough that a person heard it from the outside. If you want to have something last, it has to be ืืงืืฉ ืืฉืจืื ืืืืื ืื. A person has to make his own initiative, his own move, and his own hisorerus, ืื ื ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื. And if a person does that, Rabbeinu Yonah says, then it will remain. This is what we all want to happen with our avodah of Elul. We want sustainable, lasting teshuva and kirva to Hakasosh Baruch Hu.