ืกืืืืช
I heard from ืื”ืจื ืฉืืืืืืืฅ ื”ื that the ืืขื ืงืฆืืช ืืืืฉื was a big ืขื ื and he wrote his ืกืคืจ the ืงืฆืืช on a barrel. He had no table and ืจ’ ืืืื said that if he would have had a table, he would not have been able to write this ืกืคืจ.
What is the ืืื ื of this?
The ื”ื says in ืกืืื “ืฆื ืืืืจืช ืงืืข ืืืจ ืืืืจืช ืขืจืื”
This is the ืืกืื of ืืฆืืช ืกืืื.
However, this ืืฆืื of ืกืืื with the ืืกืื of ืืืจื ืขืจืื is really the ืืกืื of all of our life. All of our lives we live in ืขืื”ื like a ืืืจื ืขืจืื. All of the ืืฉืืืืช, we eat and sleep in this world is really ืขืจืื. Our main purpose in this world is to learn ืชืืจื and do ืืฆืืืช.
As far as we are ืืงืืื this ืืกืื of living in this world ืขืจืื, that is how much we will be ืืฆืืื in our ย ย ืชืืจื and ืืฆืืช.
This is why ืจ’ ืืืื ืฉืืืืืืืฅ ื”ื said this story of the ืงืฆืืช in the ืกืืื, because the ืงืฆืืช was so ืืฆืืื because he had almost no ืขืื”ื!!
ืกืืื shows us how to live all year. We are allowed to eat and be ื ืื ื from ืขืื”ื how much we need, but knowing that all our purpose is to be strong to serve ื’.
The ืจืื”ื says if we eat and sleep ืขื ืื ืช to be strong, we are serving ื’ even with our ืขืื”ื ย (ืขืืื ื’ ืชืืื)
This is the reason why all ืืืืื ืืชืืจื were ืืฆืืื all the ืืืจืืช because they lived ืืฆืืช ืกืืื ย all year, not only on ืกืืืืช. And this is the best life in ืขืื”ื.
The ืืฉื ื in ืืืืช says:
ืคืช ืืืื ืชืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืืจื ืชืฉืชื ืืขื ืืืจืฅ ืชืืฉื- ืืืชืืจื ืืชื ืขืื……”โ
Sounds very sad, but ืื ืืชื ืขืฉื ืื, if you do this, we canโt explain it-do it and you will see – ย ืืฉืจืื ืืขืื”ื- this makes you really happy in ืขืื”ื.
ืืื ืจืฆืื that we will all do this and ืืฉืจืื ืืขืื”ื ืืืื ืื ืืขืื”ื .
ืืืจื ืืืืื
Maran Hamashgiach Hagaon Harav Yeruchem Levovitz, ztโl
ืืืชืื ืืฆืืช ืื ืืืฉืืื ืืืื ืฉื ื?!
ืกืืคืจ ืืืืื ืจืื ืืจืื ืืจืืื ืืืจืื ืฉืืื”ื, ืจืืฉ ืืฉืืืช ‘ืขืืจืช ืืฉืจืื’: ืืฉืืืงืจืชื ืืช ืืขื ืืืืืื ืืืขื ืื ืคืฉ ืืืจืดื ืืืื ืืฆืดื, ืืืืชื ืืฉืขื ืฉื ืืชืจืืืืืช ืืงืืจืช ืจืื, ืื ืืืืฉืืืชื ืืืงืกืืื ืืื ืืืืจืื ืืชืื ืฉืืขืื ืืคื ื ืืืื ืืฉืืืช ืืืจ ืืขืชืืงื, ืืืืื ืืืืืจืื.
ืืื ืืฉืืจ ืกืืคืจ, ืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืจื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืดืฆ ืจืื ืืจืืื ืืืืืืืืืฅ ืืฆืืง”ื ืืคืื ืืืืจืืจ ืืคื ื ืกืคืจื ืืชืืจื, ืืฉืขืช ืืืงืคืืช ืืฉืืืช ืชืืจื.
ืืืื ืคืขื ืืื ืขืืฆืจ, ืืงืืฉ ืืืืื ืขื ืืื ืืืืื, ืืื ืืืข ืคื ืื ืื ืงืฆืจืืช ืืืืจืืฅ, ืืขืืื ืืืืชืคืขื.
ืคืขื ืืืช, ื ืืืจ ืืจื ืืืื ืืฆืดื, ื ืฉืืขื ื ืงืืฉืชื ืฉื ืืจื ืืืฉืืื ืืฆืืง”ื, ืืื ื ืขืฆืจื. ืืฉืื ืืก, ืืจืืื ื ืืจืืื ืืจืขืื ืืงืืื: โืืืืืจ ืืืืื ืืืืื ืื ืจืืืชืื ืืืช ืืืื ืื ืืืืจ ืืืช ืื ืื ืื ืืืข ืื ืฉืืจื ืืืจืชื ืืืจืืชื ืื ืฆืืจืโ.
ืดืืืชืืืด?! ืื ืืืกืืฃ ืืืจืขืื, ืดืืื ืืขืื ืขื ืืืขืช, ืื ืกืืข ืื ืืืฉืืื ืืืื ืฉื ื…
ืดืืืชืื?!
ืดืืืื ืื ืืงืืืื ืืืืืข ืื ืืืื ืืคืฅ?! [-ืืขืื”ื] “ืืืื ืืืื ืืื, ‘ืืืืืจ… ืื ืจืืืชืื’, ‘ืื ืืืืจ’, ‘ืื ืืืข’. ืืืืืืืจ ืืื, ืืคืืื ืืืืื ืืืืื, ืืืืื ืืืื ืืืด… ืืืืื!
ืืื ื ืื ื ืขื ื ืืืชืจืื?!
ืืจืื ืฉื ืชืืจื
Maran Rosh Hayeshiva Hagaon Harav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ztโl
“ืืจืื ืฉื ืชืืจื” โ ืืงืื ืืืชืืงืืช ืฉืืชืืจื
“ืืืฉื ืืขืงื ืืืจืฅ ืืืืจื ืืืื ืืืจืฅ ืื ืขื” [ืื ื] ืืคื’ ืจืฉ”ื [ืฉื, ื] ืจืฉ”ื ‘ืืืฉื, ืืืงืฉ ืืขืงื ืืืฉื ืืฉืืื, ืงืคืฅ ืขืืื ืจืืืื ืฉื ืืืกืฃ. ืฆืืืงืื ืืืงืฉืื ืืืฉื ืืฉืืื ืืืืจ ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื ืื ืืืื ืืฆืืืงืื ืื ืฉืืชืืงื ืืื ืืขืืื ืืื, ืืื ืฉืืืงืฉืื ืืืฉื ืืฉืืื ืืขืืื ืืื’.
ืืื ืฆืขืจ ืชืืื โ ืืืจื ืืืฉืื ืืชืืจื
ืืืจื ืจืฉ”ื ืฆืข”ื, ืื ืืืงืฉ ืืขืงื ืืืื ื, ืืื ืืืงืฉ ืืืื ืืช ืืฉืืืืช ืขืืื ืืื, ืืื ืืขืงื ืืืื ื ืืฉื ืืืื ื”ื ืฉื ืื ืืืฉืืื ืฉื ืฉื ืืขืืจ, ืืืื ืืืชื ืฉื ืื ืื ืขืื ืืื ืขื ืืฉืืื ืืื ืืื ืขืืกืง ืืชืืจื ืืืืืืจ ืืจืฉ”ื [ืื, ืื] ืืื ืขืืฉืื ืืื ืืืงืฉ ืืขืฆืื ืืืื ืืช ืืืขืืื ืืื, ืืืื ืฉืื. ืื ืื ืฉืืืงืฉ ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืืฉืื ืืฉืืช ืืืืื ืืขืืื ืืื ืืื ืืจืืืช ืืืคืจืขืืช, ื”ื ืืื ืืงื”ื ืืืืืื ‘ืืขืจ’ ืื ืขื ืื ืฉืืืงืฉ ืืขืกืืง ืืชืืจื ืืชืื ืฉืืืื.
ืืืืืืืจ, ืฉืขื ืื ืืืคื ืืฉืื ืื ืืงื”ื ‘ืื ืืืื ืืฆืืืงืื ืื ืฉืืชืืงื ืืื ืืขืืื ืืื, ืืื ืฉืืืงืฉืื ืืืฉื ืืฉืืื ืืขืืื ืืื’. ืคื, ืืขืืื ืืื, ืืื ืื ืืื. ืืืงืื ืืื ืืช ืืืื ืืฉืืื ื ืืชืื ื ืืช ืืฉืืื ืืื ืจืง ืืขืื”ื. ืฉื ืืคืฉืจ ืืฉืืช ืืืืืืืง ืื’ ืืชืืจื ืืื ืืืืืช ืืืจืืืช. ืืืื ืขืื”ื ืืืื ืืคืจืืืืืจ ืืืืื ืื ืืชืืืืช ืฉืืื ืขืื”ื, ืืืื ืืื ืจืง ืืืืื ืชืืฆื ืฉืืืคืฉืจ ืืืืื ืื ื ืืช ืืืืื ืืืืืข ืืฉื, ืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืงืื ืฉื ืืขืืืื ืืืขืื, ืื ืฉื ืฉืืื! ืืื ืขืืืื ืืชืื ืขืื ืืืจืื.
ืืื ืืคืืจืฉ ืืืฉื ื ืืืืืช ืืฉื ื ืืกืืช ืืืืช [ืค”ื ื”ื] ‘ืื ืืื ืืจืื ืฉื ืชืืจื ืคืช ืืืื ืชืืื ืืืื ืืืฉืืจื ืชืฉืชื ืืขื ืืืจืฅ ืชืืฉื ืืืื ืฆืขืจ ืชืืื ืืืชืืจื ืืชื ืขืื’. ืืืื ืืจืื ืฉื ืชืืจื ืืขืื”ื, ืืชืื ืงืืฉื ืืืืง, ืืืงืืฉื ืืื ื ืืฆื ืฉื ืืื ืืขื ืืจืื, ืืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืืืื ืฉืขื ืืื ืืืืื ืืขืื”ื, ืืืงืื ืืฉืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืืืชื. “ืื ื ืขืืืื ืืืงืืืื ืฉืืจ”, ืืืื ื ืขื ืขืฆื ืืขืืืืช ืืืงืืฉื ืฉืื ื ืขืืืื, ืืืงืืฉื ืืื ืืื ืืืฉืงืขื ืืงืืืช ืืฉืืจ ืืขืื”ื. ืืืื ืื ืฉืืฉืื ืืงื”ื ืืืขืงื ืืืื ื, ืฉืืฉืืื ืืขืืื ืืื ืืื ืกืชืืจื ืืื ืฉืืชืืงื ืืื ืืฆืืืงืื ืืขืื”ื, ืืืืจืื ืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืฉืืขืื”ื ืืืื ืืชืื ืขืื ืืงืืฉื.
ืืื ืฆืขืจ ืชืืื โ ืืืืืช ืืืื ืืืื ืฆืขืจ
ืืจืืฉ ืืฉืืื ืจ’ ืืืื ื ืชื ืฉืืื ืฉืืื[1] ืขื ืื ืฉืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืช ืืื ืืืชืจืืช ืืื ืืื ืจืง ืืชืื ืืืืง, ืืืืืจื ืืชื ื ืืืืืช ืืจ”ื [ืค”ื ื] “ืืื ืืืจ ืืื ืืฆืขืจ ืืืื ืืจืืื”, ืืื ืืืืืช [ืค”ื ืื”ื] “ืืคืื ืฆืขืจื ืืืจื”, ืืืืื ื ืฉืืืฉืืื ืืขืจื ืืขืืืื ืืื ืืคื ืืฆืขืจ, ืืืจื ืฉืขืืงืจ ืืขืืืื ืฉืชืืื ืืชืื ืฆืขืจ. ืืืจืืฉ ืืฉืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืขืื ืืจืื ืืืืืืืช ืืื”ื ืขื ืืื ืฆืจืืื ืขืืืืช ื’ ืืืืืืช ืืชืืจื ืฉืชืื ืืชืื ืฆืขืจ ืืืืง ืืคืืขื, ืืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืืืชืจืืช ืืขืืจ ืืืืง ืืฆืขืจ, ืืจื ืืกืจ ืืขืืงืจ ืืขืืืื ืืืฉืืจ ืืขืื”ื.
ืืื ื ื ืืืืข ืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืจ ืืื ืืืจืืฉ ืืฉืืื, ืืืื ืืฉ ืืจืืฉื ืฉืืคืฉื ืืืฉื ื “ืคืช ืืืื… ืืืื ืฆืขืจ” ืืื ืืืจ ืืืืจื. ื ืจืื ืืื ื ืื ืืชืื ืืื ืฉืฆืจืื ืืืืื ืขื ืฆืขืจ ืืืืืืช, ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืช ืืืื ืืืื ืชืืจื ืืชื ืืื ืืืื, ืืืื ืืืงื ืฉืื ืืืื ืืืฆื ืืื ืจืืข ืืจืืข. ืืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืช ืืืจืืฉื ืฉืื ืืขืืื ืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืชื, ืืื”ืฉ ืืืฉื ื [ืกื ืืืจืื ืื, ื] “ืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืฉืืืื ื ืืจื ืืขืืื”, ืืขื’ ืืื ืจื”ื ืฉื ‘ืฉืื ืื ืืจืืื ืืขืืื ืฉื ืืื, ืื ื ืืจืื ืืื ืืฉืืื ืืืื, ืื ืื ืืชื ืื ืืงืื (ืฉื ื”ื ื) ืืื ืืขืจื ืฉืืช ื ืืจื, ืืคื ื ืื ื ืืจื ืืขืจื ืฉืืช, ืืื ืฉืืื ืก ืืกืขืืื ืืื. ืืฉื ืืืื ืืฉืจ ืืื ืฉืื ื ืคืืืืจืื ืืฉืืืื ืืืชืงืื ืกืขืืื ืืื”ื ืืื ืืก ืืืจืืื’. ืืืืื ื ืฉืื ืื ืฉื ืืฆื ืืงืืื ืืขืืื, ืื ืืื ืืื ืื ืืื ืืคืืืื ืฉืืชืืืฉืื ืืืจืืื, ืืื ืืฉืืื ืืืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืฉืืช ืืืืืื.
ืืืืชืจ ืืื, ืื ืืืืื ืขื ืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืฉืืืื ืืชืื ืฆืขืจ ืืืืง ืืืืื, ืื ืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืื ืขืืืจ ืื ื ืื ื ืื ืืขืืื ืืื ืืฉืืืืืื, ืืจื ืืืื ืืฉ ืืืจื ืืชืืืืช ืืื ืืืคื ืืืืคืื ืฉื ืืืืื ืืืืืืืฉืื ืฉื ืขืฉืื ืื ืืขืช. ืืื ืืชืืืืช ืืื ืืื ืืช ืืฉืืืืฉ ืืืืื ืืชืืจื. ืืื ืื ืืกืจืื ืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืจื ื ืื ืืืืื ื ืืื, ืืืืชืจ ืืืืื ืฉืืืื ื ืืขืืื ืืื. ืืื, ืฆืจืื ืืืืืช ืืืื ืืืชืืื ืืื ืฉืืฃ ืืื ืื ืืื, ืื ืื ื”ื ืืืฉืืจ ืจืง ืขื ืคืช ืืืื, ืืืฉืื ืืฉืืช ืืืืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืฉืื ืื ืืืคืกืงื. ืจืืื ื ืืฆื ืื ื’ืืืืืื’ ืฉืื ืงืืืื ‘ืืื ืฆืขืจ’ ืืคืฉื ืืคืฉืื ืฉื ืฆืขืจ ืืืฉ, ืืื ืืื ืฉืจืืืื ืื ืืืื ืืฉืืื ืืืืื, ืฉืืืช ืืืื ืืกืืคืืง. ืชืจืื ืืช ื’ืืืช ืืืจืฉ’, ืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืฆืขืงืืช ืฉื ืฉืืื ืืืงืืืืื ืืืืืืจ “ืคืืงืืื ื’ ืืฉืจืื ืืฉืืื ืื”, ืืชืื ืฉืืื ืืคืฉืืื ืืื ืืชืื ืขืฆืืืช ืืฆืขืจ. ืืืื ืืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืืช ืืืื ืืื ื ืคืฉื ืืืฆื ืฉื ‘ืคืช ืืืื’, ืืื ืฉืื ืื ืฉืงืืจื ืืืฆืื ืื ืืฉืคืืข ืืื ืืืื ืขื ืขืื ืืชืืจื ืฉืื. ืืื ืฉืืื ื ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื, ืืกืจ ืืื ืขืื ืืชืืจื ืฉืื. ืืื ืฉืืจืืืฉ ืืื ืืชืื ืืกืืื ืืืืจื ืืืืื ืชืืจื ืืื ืืืื ืื ืื ืืฆืืจื ืืืฉืื ืขื ืืืจืฅ, ืืื ืื ืฉืืงืืื ืืช ืืืจื ืืืฉื ื ‘ืื ืืื ืืจืื ืฉื ืชืืจื, ืคืช ืืืื ืืื”.
ืืคืื ืฆืขืจื โ ืืฆืขืจ ืฉืืชืื ืืืืืื
ืืื ืฉืืืจื ืื”ื “ืืคืื ืฆืขืจื ืืืจื”, ืืืืื ื ืืฆืขืจ ืฉืืืืืื ืืชืืจื. ืขืืืืช ืืืืืขื ืืื ื ืืืจืื ืงืืื ืืื ืืืื, ืืฉ ืืื ืฆืขืจ, ืืฉ ืืื ืืืจืื ืืืืจืื, ืืืื ืฉืืืชื ืจืฉ”ื ืืฉืืช [ืคื, ื] ‘ืืืืืืื ืื ืื, ืขืกืืงืื ืืื ืืืื ืืืจืืืื ืืืขืช ืกืืื’. ืืื ืฉืืืจืื ืืช ืขืฆืื ืืืืจื ืืขืื ืืืืื ืืช ืื ืฉืืืื, ืืืื ืืฉ ืื ืฆืขืจ ืืงืืฉื. ืืขื ืืฆืขืจ ืืื ืืชืื “ืื ื ืขืืืื ืืืงืืืื ืฉืืจ”. ืืื ืื ืืชืื ืฉืืฆืขืจ ืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืข ืืช ืขืฆืื ืืื ืืื ืืืช.
ืืืคื”ื ืืืืืจ ืื ืฉืืฉืื ืืงื”ื ืืืขืงื ืืืื ื, ืฉืืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืืขืืืืช ื’ ืืืชืงืืืืช ืืขืืื ืืื, ืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืืงืฉ ืฉืชืืื ืืชืื ืฉืืืื ืืื ืืื. ืืืื ืฉืขืื ืืชืืจื ืืืฆืขืจ ืฉืืฆืืขืจืื ืืขืืืืช ืืืืชืืืืขืืช ืืขืกืง ืืชืืจื, ืืื ืืืืื ืชืืฆื ืืงืื ืืช ืืฉืืจ ืืืืืืข ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืฉืืืื ืืขืืื ืืื. ืืืขืืงืจ ืฉืืฆืขืจ ืขืฆืื ืืืืืจื ืืืื ืืื ืืชืื ืขืกืง ืืชืืจื ืืืืชืืื, ืื ืื ืฉืืืกืจ ืืช ืขืฆืื ืืืืื ืขืืช ืืืืืื ืื ืืื ืืืช ืฉืืฉ ืืคื ืื ืืขืืื ืืื.
ืืื ื ืืืืืจื ืืืื ืงืฉื ืขื ืืคืฉื ืืื ืืื ืฉืืืจื ืื”ื [ืืืื ืืชืืก’ ืืชืืืืช ืงื, ื ื”ื ืื] ‘ืขื ืฉืืื ืืชืคืื ืฉืชืืื ืก ืชืืจื ืืชืื ืืืคื, ืืชืคืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืกื ืืขืื ืื ืืชืื ืืืคื’. ืืืฉืืข ืืืืืจื ืฉืืขืื ืื ืื ืกืชืืจื ืืืืืื ืชืืจื. ืืืืืืืจ ืืื, ืฉืขืืื ืืืชืคืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืกื ืืขืื ืื, ืืืฉืจ ืืืคืฉ ืืืืงืฉ ืืืชื ืืฉื ‘ืืขืื ืื’ ืืชืืืืช. ืฉืื ืืื ืืืคืฉ ืืืจ ืืชืืืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืช ืืืงืื ืืช ืืกืืคืืง ืฉืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืืช, ืื”ื ืืืืื ืกืชืืจืช ืืืืืืช ืืชืืจื ืืขื ืื ืฆืจืื ืื ืืื ืืืชืคืื. ืืืื ืื ืืฉ ืื ืืขืื ืื ืื ืื ื ืืื ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืฆืืจื ืืืืื ืืชืืจื, ืืื ืืื ืื ืกืชืืจื. ืืืื ืฉืจืืื ื ืืฆื ืืฆืืง ืืืื ื ืฉืฆืืืชื ืืืขืงื [ืื, ื] “ืื ื ื ืื ืืฆืื ืืงื ืื ืืฉื ืฉื ื ืืืื ืขืืื ืืืืื ืืืขืฉื ืืืชื ืืืขืืื ืืืืื ืืืฉืจ ืืื”. ืืื ืืื ืืืฆืืง ืืืื ื ‘ืืืื’ ืืืืื ืขืืืื, ืืืื ืฉืื. ืืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืฆืืง ืืืืขืืื ืืชืืจืช ืืืื ืชืืฆื. ืืืขืืื ืืขืื ื ืฉืืช, ืืืขืืื ืืฉืืืช ืื”ื, ืืฆืืจื ืชืืืื ืชืืจื, ืืืืฉืจ ืืืืื ืืืืขืืื ืืืฆืืง ืืฆืืจื ืงืืื ืืฆืื, ืืฆืืจื ืชืืืื ืชืืจื, ืืฆื ืืื ืืขื ืืื ืืื ืื. ืืืื ืืื ืื ืืกืจืื ืืื ืืืจืื ืืื ืืืง ืืืืฆืื ืฉืืงืืืืื ืืชืขื ืืื ืืืืืื, ืืื ืขืื ื ืฉืืช ืืฉืืืช ืืืื ืืืืื, ืืคืฉืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืื ืกืชืืจื ืืชืืจื.
ืืขืื”ื ืฉื ืช”ื โ ื’ืืืขืืื’ ืฉ’ืืื’ ืืฆืืงย ย
ืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืืฉ ืืขื ืืื ืืืช, ืืฉ ืืื ืฉื ืื ื ืืืืจ ืืื ืืืืืจื ื ืื ื ืืืืจ ืืืจ, ืื ืืื ืืคื ืืืขื ืฉืืืข ืื ืืงื”ื. ืืื ืืฉ ืืืื ืืกืจืื ืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืื ‘ืืขื’, ืคืฉืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืกืจืื ืืื. ืืชื ืื ืืกืจืื, ืืืฉืจ ืืฉืชืืฉ ืืืขื ืฉืืืข ืื ืืงื”ื ืืฉื ืืฉืืช ืืชืืืื. ืืืฉืจ ืื ืืขืืื ืฉืื ื ืื ืก ืืชืื ื’ืฉื ืืฆื’ ืื ืื ืืืื ืื ืืจื, ืื ืื ืืื ืข ืืืชื ืืืฆืืื ืืขืื ืืชืืจื ืืืืืจ ืื ืืช ืื ืืฉืืจ ืืืขืื ื ืืฉืืืจ ืืขืื”ื. ืขื ืื ืืืจื ืื”ื ืฉืฆืจืื ืืืชืคืื ืืื ืืคืกืงื ืฉืื ืืืื ืกื ืืืขืื ืื ืืชืื ืืืคื, ืืืฉืจ ืืื ืืก ืืืชื ืืชืืจืช ืืขืื ืื ืืืืจืช ืชืืืืชืื.
ืืืืจื ื ืืจ’ ืืืื ืงืืื, ืฉืืื ืื ืืืืื ืืขื ืืืืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืคืจืืข ืื, ืืื ืื ืืจื ืื ืืืกืจืื ืืืืืื ืืชืืจื. ืืืืคื ืืืืืจ, ืื ืืื ืื ืืกืืืข ืืขืืจื ืืืืืื ืืชืืจื. ืืืืจ ืฉื ืืืืืชื ืืื ืื”ืฉ ืืฆื ืืฆืืง [ืฉื] “ืืชืขืฉ ืืื ืืืขืืื ืืืฉืจ ืืื ืืืื”. ืืฉ “ืืืขืืื” ืืืฉ “ืืืขืืื”. ืืฉ ืืืขืืื ืฉืืืคืฉืื ืืืชื ืืฉืื ืฉืืืขื ืืื ืืขืืงืจ ืืืชืืืืช, ืืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืจืง ืืฆืืจื ืกืืคืืง ืืชืืื, ืืื ืื ืืืจ ื ืืจื. ืืืฉ ืืืขืืื ืืืฉืจ ืืื ืืฆืืง, ืฉืืฉ ืืื ืชืืืืช ืืืืืช ืืืฆืขื ืืกืืืข ืืขืืจื ืืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืืขืืืื ื’. ืืื ืืืชื ืืืืืชื ืฉื ืจ’ ืืืื ืงืืื, ืืชืืจืช “ืืืขืืื” ืฉื ืืฆืืง ืืืื ื ืฉืืื ื ืืื ืืื ืื ืื ืืืขื, ืืืื ืืื ืขืืืจ ืืืื ื ืืืืืื ืืชืืจื ืืขืืืื ื’, ืืืืฉืจ ืื ืืฉืืฉืื ืืฆืืจื ืื, ืืจื ืื ืืืืจ ืืืื ื ืืืืืจื ืืื ืืชืืจืช ‘ืืืชืจืืช’ ืฉืื ืืืฉืื ืชืืกืคืช ืืืืจ ืืืืชืจ ืฉืืคืฉืจ ืืืกืชืืจ ืื ืืืขืืื.
ืืืชืจ ืื ืืช ืขืื”ื โ ืืชื ืื ืฉืืกืื ืขืฆืื ืื ื’ืคืช ืืืื’
ืืืืืืจ, ืขืืงืจ ืืืืืืง ืืื ืืืขืืื ืฉื ืืืชืจืืช ืืืืขืืื ืฉื ืขืืื ืืชืืจื, ืืื ืืฉืืื ืื ืืงืจื ืื ืืงืื ืืื ื ืืช ื’ืืืขืืื’. ืืืืชืจ ืืืขื ืื ืืืื ืืช ืืืขืื ื ืขืืื ืืื, ืืื ืจืง ืขื ืชื ืื ืฉืื ืื ืืืจ ืื ืืืื ืืืืขืืื ืืืขืื ืื, ืืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืืขืกืืง ืืชืืจืช ืืชืื ืืืชื ืืขืื ืืืืืืขื ืืื ืฉืื ืืกืจืื ืืืคืกืงื. ืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืขืืื, ืืืืชื ื’ืฉืืืื’ ืฉื ืืฆืืง ืืืื ื. ืืืื ืื ืืจืืืฉ ืืขืฆืื ืฉืืื ืืืจ ‘ืชืืื’ ืืืืขืืื ืืืชืขื ืืืืช, ืืื ืืืกืจ ืื ืงืฆืช ืืื ืฉืจืืื, ืืขืื ืืื ืื ืืขืื ืืื, ืืื ืืฉืชื ื ืืฆืื ืืฉืื ืืื ื ืืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืฉืฆืจืื ืืืืชืคืื ืืื ืฉืฆืจืื, ืขื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืจื ืื”ื ‘ืขื ืฉืืื ืืชืคืื ืฉืืื ืก ืชืืจื ืืชืื ืืืคื ืืชืคืื ืฉืื ืืื ืกื ืืขืื ืื ืืชืื ืืืคื’. ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืืช ืืืืืช ืืืืง ืืชืืจื ืืื ืืชืืืช ืืช ืขืฆืื ืืื ืืื ืืืช ืืืชืืืืช.
ื ืกืคืจ ืืื ืืขื ืขื ืขืฆืื. ืืื ืืืืข ืื ืฉืืืื ืืฆืื. ืืคืขืืื ืงืฉื ืืชืคืงื… ืงืฉื ืืืืืืจ ืืืืืืื… ืื ืืืืชื ื ืื ืข ืืืฆืืื ืืืื, ืื ืืืืชื ืขืืฉื ืืืื! ืืกืื ืืื ืืืืฉืื ืืืื, ืื ืืืืื ืข! ืื ืืืืจืื, ืื ืืคืฉื “ืืคืื ืฆืขืจื ืืืจื”, ืื ืืืืืื ื ืื ืืื ืืืช ืืืชืืืืช. ืฉืืืื ื ืืื ืฉืืฉ ืื. ืืฉืืจ ืืื ืขื ืืืืืื ืฉื ืืื ืื ืืื. ื ืื ืื ืืกืืื ืืช, ื ืื ืืงืฉืืื ืืขืืืืช ื’ ืืงืืืขื ืฉืื, ื ืื ืืงืฉืืื ืืขืื ืืืจืืช ืืชืืจื. ืขื ืืฆืขืจ ืืื ืฉืืืจ ืื ืฉืืจ ืืื ืืืื. ืขื ืื ืฆืจืื ืืืงืฉ ืืืืชืคืื ืฉื ืืื ืฉืืืขื ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืื ื, ืื ืืืื ืจืง ืืขื ืืื ื ืขืืื ืืื ืืืชืขื ืืืืช. ืืื ืฉืืืขื ืืืื ืืืชืืจื. ืืืืฆืืื ืืขืื ืืืืชืืื, ืืืืฆืืืืช ืืืื ืฆืจืื ืืงืื ืืช ืื ืืืขื ืืืฉืืื.
ืขืื ื ืกืคืจ ืืื, ืืื ืืื ื ืจืื ืืืืืื ืขื ืจ’ ืืืื ืงืืื. ืืื ืืื ืืืืจ ืื ืกืืจื, ืืืื ืฉืืื ืื ืื ืกืืจื ืืืื. ืืืจืชื ืื “ืื, ืื ืื ืืื”, ืจ’ ืืืื ืืื ืฆืืขืง, “ืื, ืื ืืื? ืื ืืชืืง!” ืืื ืื ื ืชื ืฉืืืืืื ‘ืืขืืืจ’, ืืืกืืื ืฉืื ืืื ืืืืืฉืื ืืืื. ืืื ืืฆืขืืง ืฉืื ืืชืืง. ืืืืืข ืืชืืืืช ืืื ืื ืืื ืกืืจื, ืืืจืืืฉ ืืช ืืืชืืงืืช ืืื ืืขืฆืืืช, ืืจืง ืืืจ ืื ืืืืฉืื. ืืืืจ ืืืืฉ ืกืืจื, ืืืฉื ืขื ืชืืจืืฅ ืืงืืฉืืช ืจืขืง”ื, ืืคืืื ืฉืงืฉื ืืชืจืฅ ืจืขืง”ื, ืืืคืฉืจ ืื ืฉืืชืืจืืฅ ืื ื ืืื, ืืื ืืื ืืืืฉ, ืืื ืืืืจ ืกืืจื, ืืืื ืชืขื ืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืจืืืฉ ืืื ื ืคืฉื. ืฉืืื ืฉืืื ืืืืชื. ื ื, ืื ืื ืืืืชื ืจืืข ืืื ืืงืื ืืืื ืืจืืื ืืืื, ืฉืืื ืืืืจ ืฉืื ืกืชืืจื ืืขืืื ืฉืื, ืืขืื ืฉืื, ืืืื ืฉืื. ืืืจืืื ืืฉืื ืืืืื ืืกืขืืืช ืืื ืฉืืช, ืืืืืจื ืฉืืืจืง ื ืคืื, ืฉืืงืืืคืื ื ืคืื, ืื ืืื ืืืื ืื ืืืชืจืืช. ืื ืื ืขืืืื ืืชืืจื ืืืงืืืื ืืช ืืฉืืื ืืืกืืคืืง ืฉืืื ืืืืืืื, ืืื ืื ืืืื ืืืชืจืืช. ืืื ืชืืื ืืืืฉื ืืืืจื ืฉืืชืืืืกืื ืืื ืืืจ, ืืื ืืื ืื ืืื ืืขืืงืจ ืื ืฉืืื ืจืง ืืืคื ืืื ืื ืืืชืขื ืื ืืืืืชื. ืืืื ืืฉืขื ืฉ’ืืจืง’ ื’ืงืืืคืื’ ืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืืืื, ืืื ืื ืื ืืืฉืืื ืืืืชื ืืขืื. ืื ืืืื ืืื ืื ืืืชืจืืช, ืืื ืืืื ืื ืฉืืืจื ืื”ื “ืืฉืืืื ื ืืจื ืืขืืื”.
ืจ”ืฉ ืื ืืืคืชื ืืชืคืื ืืืชืขื ื ืืฉืืช ืฉืื ืืืืืง
ืืจืืฉ ืืฉืืื ืจ’ ืืืื ืืืื ืืืจืฉ[2] [ืฉืื”ืจ ืคืจืฉื ื ื] ‘ืืขืฉื ืืจ”ืฉ ืื ืืืคืชื ืฉืื ืขืจื ืฉืืช ืืื ืืื ืื ืืื ืืืชืคืจื ืก. ืืฆื ืื ืืืฅ ืื ืืขืืจ ืืืชืคืื ืืคื ื ืืืืงืื ืื ืืชื ืื ืืื ืืืื ืื ืืฉืืื, ื ืชื ื ืืฉืืืื ื ืืคืจื ืก ืืืชื ืฉืืช, ืืืจื ืืฉืชื, ืืืืื ืืื, ืืืจ ืื ืืื ืฉืคืจื ืก ืืงืืืฉ ืืจืื ืืื. ืืืจื, ืื ืืื ืืชื ืืืืจ ืื ืืืืื ืื ืืื ื ืืืขืืช ืืืื, ืืชืืื ืืกืคืจ ืื, ืืืจ ืื ืื ื ืชืคืืืชื ืืคื ื ืืืืงืื ืื ืืชื ืื ืื ืืฉืืื, ืืืจื ืื ืืื ื ืืืขืืช ืืืื ืขื ืฉืชืืืจ ืื ืฉืชืืืืจื ืืืฆืื ืฉืืช, ืืืจ ืื, ืืื, ืืืจื ืื, ืืชื ืจืืฆื ืฉืืื ืฉืืืื ื ืืกืจ ืืฉืืืื ืืืืจื ืืื’ ืืื’ ืขืื”ืฉ. ืืืจืืฉ ืืฉืืื ืืืืจ ืฉืืืืช ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืื ืืฆืืจื ืฉืืช, ืืขื ืื ืืื ืืื”ื ืืื ืืื ืื ืืืืื ืฆืจืื ืืฉืืช ืขื ืืฉืืื ืฉืืจ ืืขืื”ื.
ืืงืฉื ืขื ืื, ืื ืื ืืื ืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืฉืืช, ืืื ืืืงืฉื ืืืฉื ืืื ืืข ืืืชื ืืืืฉืชืืฉ ืืืื ืืืงืจื, ืืื ืืฉ ืขืืืื ืืืื ืืกืืจ ืืช ืฆืืจืื ืืฉืืช ืืฉืื ืืืื ืืฉืืช, ืืืื ืืื ืืงืื ืืืฉืืื ืื ืืืื ืืขืื”ื ืื ืฉืืืื ืืืืจื ืืืื ืืื ืืื’. ืืืื ื ืื ืขื ืืืฉื ืืืืฉืชืืฉ ืืืื. ืืื ืขื ืืจืื ืฆ”ื, ืฉืืื ืืคืฉื ืฉืื ืืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืฉืืช ืืืื, ืืื ืืื ืืืืืื ืืงืืื ืืช ืืฉืืช ืืืืงืืช, ืืื ืืื ืื ืฉืืืื ืืืืื ืืืคืืืจ ื”ื. ืืขื ืื ืืื ืจ’ ืฉืืขืื ืื ืืืคืชื ืืืืงืฉ ืืืงื”ื, ืืืื ื ืฉืจืฆื ืืืฉืื ืืืชืจ ืืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืืืืง, ืื ืฉืืืืืจื ืืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืจืืืช ืืืืชืจืืช, ืขื ืื ืืืคื ืืืงืฉ ืืืชืคืื ืื ืก, ืืืงื”ื ืฉืื ืื ืืื ืืงืจื ืืืฉืืื. ืืืืื ื ืฉืืืงืื ืฉืฆืจืื ืืืชืขื ื ืืืืจืืืช ืืืขืืื, ืืจื ืฉืฆืืจื ืื ื ืืฉื ืืขืืงืจ ืืืื ืืื ืฉืืื ื’ืืืชืจืืช’ ืืื. ืืขื ืื ืืืคื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืจืื ืขื ืืฉืชื, ืื ืฆืืจื ืื ืฉืืื ืืืชืจ ืืื ืฉืืฉ ืืื ืขื ืืื ืืืืง, ืจืืื ืืืื ืขื ืืฉืืื ืืฉืืจ ืฉืืขืื”ื.
ืืืขืืงืจ ืืขืืื ืืื ืื ืืืขืฉื, ืฉืชืืืืช ืืชืขื ืื ืืืืชืืงืืช ืืขืืื ืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืื ืืชืื ืืขืื ืืืืฉืื ืืชืืจื. ืืื ืฉื ืื ื ืืื ืขืฆืืืชืื ืืกืืจื ืืืื, ืืชืืจืืฅ ืืื, ื”ื ืื ืืื ืืืช ืืืืจืืช ืื ืชืืคืกืืช ืืฆืื ืืงืื ืืืื ื ืืืื ืืชืืืืช ืขืืืจื. ืืื ืขื ืืื ื ืืขืื”ื ืืื ื ืืฉืืฉืื ืื ืืื ืืชืืจืช ืืืื ืืกืืืข ืืืืฉื ืขืืืืช ื’ ืืขืกืง ืืชืืจื ืืชืืืื. ืืืจืืื ืืช ืขืฆืื ืืืจืืืฉ ืื ืืืื ืฉืื ืื ืืืฆื ืืืื ืืืชืจ ืงืฉื, ืืื ืื ืื ืืืื ืืืฉืชืืฉ ืืื ืืืืขืืื ืฉืืฉ ืื ืขืชื, ื”ื ืื ืืืืจื ืื ืื ืืกืจืื ืืขืกืง ืืชืืจื ืืืืกืืจ ืืช ืื ืืืื ืืืืฉืื ืืืืชืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืคืจืขื ืืื. ืืื ื ืืื ืืืื ืืจืืฉื, ื ืฉื ืขื ืฉื ื ืฉืืืื ืืช, ืื ืืขืื”ื ืืื ืืื ืืฉืืืื ืืขืื”ื.
ื ืืืจ ืืขืฉ”ืง ืืืฉื ื”ื ืืกืื ืชืฉืก”ื
[1] ืคืจืฉืช ืืืฉื, ืชืฉื”ื. [ืืืืจ ืื, ืืืืืจืช ืชืฉืก”ื]
[2] ืืืืืจ ืื ”ื.
ืืฉืืืื ืืืื
Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shpitzer Shlita
ืกืืืืช
ืืขืฉื ืืกืืืจ ืฉืืฉ ืื ืืจืื ืืชืจืืืื, ืืืจืื ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืคืืื (ืฉื ืคื ืืชืืืืช ืืืืืื ืืขืฅ) ืืื ืืฉืจืื. ืืฆืขืจื ื’ ืืืชืจืืืื ืขื ืคืืื ื ืคื ืื ืคื ืืื ื ืืคืืื, ืื ืคืกื, ืื ืชืขืจื ืขื ืืื ืืชืจืืืื ืืฉืจืื ืฉืืื ืืื ืคืืื, ืืืื ื ืืืจ ืืืืื. ืื ืคืฉื ืืฉืืืชื ืื ื”ื ืืฆืืช ืืืฆืื ืืืืื, ืื ื ืืื ืืืชืจืื ืืคืกืื ืืื ืืจืื.
ืืข’ ืืืื ืืืจืื ืงื”ื ืื ืจ’ ืืืื ืฉืืืื ืืฉื ืชืืจืช ืืกื ืื”ื ื”ื ืืขื ืื ืืืืื ืืืฉืืื ืืฉืืขืืจ, ืืข”ืฉ ืืชืืก’ ืืืืื ืข”ื ืข”ื ื”ื ืชื ื. ืืืืืข ืื ืฉืืืจืื ืืื ืืฉืขืจ”ื ืฉ”ื ืคื”ื. ืืข’ ืขืื ื ืื”ื ืกื’ ื’ ืืืืืื ืจืง ืืกืืง ืืื ื ืืืกืืจ ืืืื ืขืืฉื ืืื ืื ืืืฉืื ืืืื ืืฉืื.
ืืข’ ืจืข”ื ืืืืืื ืื”ื ื”ื ืืืื ื ืืืืื ืืืื ืฆืืฆืืช ืฉืื ื ืขืฉื ืืฉืื. ืืืขืืจื ืืื ืฉืืชื ืจืข”ื ื”ื ืื”ื ืก”ื ืืืื ืขืืฉื ืืื ืื ืืขื ืื ืืฆื. ืืข’ ืฉืขืจ”ื ืืืืจื ื”ืก ืื”ื ืงืก”ื ืืขื ืื ืก”ืช ืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืืื”ื ืจืข”ื ืืื ืฉืืื ืืืืื).
ืืืกืืจื ืืื ื ืจืื ืืชืืื ืืืกืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืื, ืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืคืฆื ืื ืืืื ืื. ืืืืืข ืืขืช ืืจ”ื ืืืืชืจ ืืืืชืจ ืื ืืื, ืืก”ื ืืื ืืื ืืืืื ืืื ืขื ืืืืกืืจ, ืื”ื ืืื”ื ืื ื ืชืืืฉ ืืื ืื ืข”ื ืืืืื. ืืื ืืคื ืชืืก’ ืืขืื ืืืืชืจ ืืืืชืจ ืืื ืื ืืืคืฆื ืืื, ืืืื ืืื”ื ืืื ืื ืขืฉื ืืฉืจ.
ืืืื ืืฉ ืืืื ืืื ืืืขื ืืืจ ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืคื ืืจ”ื ืืก”ื ืืืืชืจ ืืืืชืจ ืื ืืื. ืืืืืข ืืืื ืฆืืจ ืืื ื ืืื ืืืื ืืืืื ืฉื ืคืฉืชื, ืื’ ืชืืก’ ืข”ื ืก”ื ืืืขื ืืคื ืฉืืืฆืืืืช ืฉื ืฉืขืื ื ืืกืืจ. ืืื ืืจ”ื ื ืืจืื ื ”ื ืืฉืื ืืืชืจ ืืืืชืจ.
ืืข’ ืืืืื ืค”ื ืืฉืืื ืืืืื ืืฆืืจ ืืืืื ืขื ืฆืืจ ืจืืืื, ืืง’ ืืคื ืืจ”ื. ืืข’ ืฉื”ืช ืจืข”ื ื”ื ืืชื ืืืคื ืืจ”ื ืื ืืืืืื ืืื ืืืื ื ืฉืืืจ ืืฉ ืืืกืืจ ืืขืจืื ืืฆืืจื ืฉื ืืืืื ืื”ื ืืืจ”ื ืื”ื ื”ื. ืืืคื”ื ืืื’ ืืขื ืื ืืชืจืื ืืคื ืืจ”ื ืื”ื ืืืชืจ ืืืืชืจ ืืคื ื ืกืืืืช ืืื ืืื. (ืืข’ ืฉื”ืช ืืจ”ื ื ”ื ืืืื ืืืฅ ืืคื ื ืคืกื, ืืืื ืืจืืื”ื). ืืข’ ืืื ืื ืืงืื ’ ืขืืจืช ืืงื ืื ืืืงื ื ืืื”ื ืืืืืจื ืืฆืืง”ื ืกื’ ื”ื ืื ืฉืืฉืื ืืืืืจ”ืจ ืืืืื ืฉืืขืืื ืืจ ืืฆ”ื ืืื”ืฆ ืคืคื”ื.
ืืื ื ืืช”ื ืืฉืืื ืืื ืืืืื, ืืื ืืืชืจืืืื ืืฉืจืื, ืืื’ ืืฉ ืืืื ืืืคืื, ืืืื ืืืชืจ ืืงื ืืช ืืชืจืื ืคืกืื ืืื ืคืืื, ืืืขืจืื ืขื ืืชืจืืืื ืฉืืฉ ืืื ืคืืื ืืืชืืฉืจ. ืืืื’ ื”ื ืืฉืื ืืื ืืืืืื ืืืกืืจ. ืืข’ ืฉื”ื ื”ื ืคืื”ืฉ ื’ ื’ ื”ื ืืืฉืืชื ืืฉื ืืืงืื ืืืจืฉืื ื ืืืื”ืข ืืกืืจ ืื”ืช ืืงื ืืช ืืืกืืจ ืข”ื ืืืื. ืืืคืืื ืื ืืืจ ืืฉ ืื ืืืชืจืื ืื ืคืกื, ืขื”ืค ืืืจืื ื ืืื ืืืืืื.
ืืื ืืฉ ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืคื ืจืข”ื ืกื’ ื”ื ืืืืชืจ ืืืืชืจ ืืื ืื ืืืกืืจ ืืื ืืืืืื. ืืขืื ืืืฆืื ื ืืื’ ืืืชืืื ืืืืืื ืกืื ืคืกืื ืืกืื ืืฉืจ, ืืข’ ื”ื ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืืฉืื ืืื ืืืืืื ืืืชื ืื ืืื ืงืืื ืกืืืืช ืื ืื ืืื ืืื ืืืกืืจ ืืื ืคืกืื ืืฉืจืืช. ืืข’ ืคื”ื ืชืจื”ื ื”ื ื’ ืืื ืชืจื”ื ื”ื ื”ื ืืืชืจืื ืฉื ืืืกืืจ ืืื’ ืืื”ื ืืืชืจ ืืืื ืืื ืืฉืืื ืืืืจื ืืืื ืฉืืืชืจืื ืืกืืจ ืืืืืื, ืืฉ ืืืืฉ ืฉืืขืฉื ืืืื ืืืืกืืจ. ืืข’ ืคื”ื ืฆ”ื ื”ื.
ืืืคื”ื ืืื’ ืืขื ืื ืืชืจืื ืืื ืคืืื ืื ืฉืืื ืืืืืจื ืืฉืจื ืืืชืืื ืืืืื. ืืข’ ืจืข”ื ืื ”ื ืืืืืื ืื”ื ื”ื ืืืืชืจ ืืืื ืืืื ืฆืืฆืืช ืืืื ืกืื.
ืืืจื ืจืืืชืื ื
Maran Hamashgiach Hagaon Harav Yechezkel Levinshtein, ztโl
ืืืขื ืืืขื ืืจืชืืื ืื ืืกืืืช ืืืฉืืชื ืืช ืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืืืฆืืื ืืืชื ืืืจืฅ ืืฆืจืื ืื ื ื’ ืืืงืืื (ืืืงืจื ืื,ืื)
ืืืฉืจ ืื ื ืฉื ื’ืกืื’ ืืฆืื ืืคื ืื ืชืฆืืื ืืคื ืฉื ืืกืขืืช ืื ”ื ืืืืืจ, ืืืจ ืืกืื ืฉืืคื ืื ืืื ืืืกืื ื’ ืฉืื ืืืืื ืืืืืืฉ, ืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืืืช ืืืจืืืช ืื ืืคืฉืจ ืืืชืงืืื ืืืงืืืืช ืืื. ืืืืกืืฃ: ืืชืื ืฉืื ืื ืฉื ืฉืืจื ืืืืื ืืืฆืจืืช ืืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืืืืฉ ืืื, ืื ืืืื ืื ืืื ืืงืื ืฉื ืงืจื ืืฆืจืื ืืื ืืืืืฉืื ืืช ืืื.
ืืขืื ืืืกืืฃ ืืกืื: ื ืืื ืฉืืขืืื ืฉืื ืืืื ืืชืืื ืืืืฉืืื, ืืื ืืืฆืืื ืืขื ืขืืื ืืจืืจ ืฉืชืืืืฉ ืืคืจืืกืื. ืื ืื ื, ืื ื ืืกืคืจืื ืชืืื ืืช ืขื ืืื ืืฆืืืช ืืฆืจืื ืืืืืืช ืฉืืชืขืืื ืืื ืืืื ืฉืื ืืืืฉื. ืขื ืื ืื ืืืืืฉ ืืช ืืืืชืืช ืืืืจ.
ืืฆ”ื: ืืืจื ืื ืืืืืืืช ืื ”ื ืื ืฉืืื ืืืืฉืช ืืฆืืืช ืืฆืจืื ืื”ื ืืืืข ืืืฆืจืื ืืชืืจื ืืฆืืืช ืืืชื ื ืืืฆืืืช ืืกืืืืช “ืืืขื ืืืขื ืืืจืืชืืื ืื ืืกืืืืช ืืืฉืืชื ืืช ืื ื ืืฉืจืื ืืืืฆืืื ืืืชื ืืืจืฅ ืืฆืจืื”, ืืจื ืืฆืืืช ืืฆืจืื ืืื ื ื ืืชื ืช ืืืืืฉื, ืืคื ืฉืืืืจื ื? ืืื ืฆ”ื ืืื ืืชืื ืืชืืจื ืืช ืื ืืืกืขืืช ืืขื ืืื ื ืืฆืืืช ืืฆืจืื ืืื ืฉืื ืืืืืฉืื, ืืืืืจื ืืจืื”ื ืฉืื ืืืื ืืืืจ ‘ืกืืคืืจ’?
ืืกืืืจ ืืจื ืืืฉืืื ืืื”ืฆ ืจืื ืืืืงืื ืืืืื ืฉืืื ืืฆืืง”ื: ืืขื ืืื ืืืืืืจ ืืืืื ื ืืช ืืืืืขื ืื ืืกื ืืฆืืืช ืืฆืจืืื ืืืืืืจืช ืื”ืช ืืืชื ื ืืื ืืขืืื ืืื, ืืื ืฉืขื”ื ื ืืื ืืืืืื ืืืฆืจ ืืจืข ืืื ืกื ืืืืฉืืื ื ืืืืืืช ืืืชื ื ืืื ืืืืืืช. ืืืืฉืจ ืืืฆืืื ืืืืืื ืื ืืกืคืืงื ืืืืืขื ืืืื, ืฆืจืื ืืช ืืืืจื ืืืืืฉืืช ืืืืจืืฉื ืฉืชืืงืืง ืืช ืืืืจ ืืืื ื. ืืืืืฉืืข ืืืืจื ืืจืื”ื ืืคืจืฉืช ืฉืืืช (ื,ื-ื) ืฉืืืืจ ืฉืื ื ืืจืฉืช ืืืืื ืฆืจืื ืืืืง ืืช ืืืืืขื ืฉืืื ืืืืจืื ืืืืฉืืื.
ืืื ืขื ืืื ืืฆืืืช ืื ืืกืืืืช, ืฉื ืืืง ืืืื ื ืืช ืืืืืขื ืืืืืจื ืืืืฉ ืฉืื”ืช ืืืจ ืื ื ืืืืฆืืื ื ืืืฆืจืื. ืืกืืืืช ืืืืืฉืืช ืื ื ืฉืืืื ืืืืชืื ื ืืืืืจ ืขื ืืืื ืื ื ืืืฉืืื ืืกืืืืช ืืืจ ืืืจ ืืืจ. ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืื ืืื ืขืืื ืืจืืืืืช, ืืื ืืืืืง ืืืื ืชื ื ืืื”ืช ืฉืจืืืื ื ืืืืจ ืื ื ืืื ืืขืืื.
The Path to Simchah
Harav Hagaon Gedalia Finkel Shlita
Succos, Zman Simchaseinu, which is the peak of all simchos that Klal Yisrael have in their Yamim Tovim, is a reminder of our obligation of simchah all year long. This is such a vital element in avodas Hashem that the Torah warns us in the Tochachah in Parashas Ki Savo that the klalos that befall is are because we did not serve Hashem with joy:ืชึผึทืึทืช ืึฒืฉืึถืจ ืึนื ืขึธืึทืึฐืชึผึธ ืึถืช ื’ ืึฑืึนืงึถืืึธ ืึผึฐืฉืึดืึฐืึธื ืึผืึฐืืึผื ืึตืึธื.
Rav Chaim Vital writes that often our attitude is that we want to just be yotzei; we canโt wait till the mitzvah is over. Thatโs the opposite of simchah, and that brings on the Tochachah and the klalos, chas veshalom. A Yidโs obligation is to feel simchah with the opportunity to serve Hashem and perform the mitzvos.
Tanna Dvei Eliyahu relates that Eliyahu Hanavi was asked why Yeshayah Hanavi was chosen to transmit the prophecies of nechamah and good tidings to Klal Yisrael, more than any other navi. Eliyahu answered that it was because Yeshayah accepted ol malchus shamayim bโsimchah more than the other neviโim, and through the middah of simchah he was zocheh to give the most beautiful nevuos in the history of Klal Yisrael.
Indeed, the Gemara (Shabbos 30b; Pesachim 117a) says that one of the conditions for the shechinah to rest on a Navi is that he has to be bโsimchah, as the Rambam (Yesodei HaTorah 7:4) writes:ืื ืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืชื ืืืื ืืื ืขืช ืฉืืจืฆื ืืื ืืืืื ืื ืืขืชื ืืืืฉืืื ืฉืืืื ืืืืื ืื . Hashem did not give prophecy to a navi whenever he wanted, but through simchah, the navi was zocheh that Hashemโs Shechinah rested upon him.
The simchas beis hashoeivah we celebrate on Succos is referred to as such because we absorbed simchah from there, as the Gemara says:ืฉืืฉื ืฉืืืืื ืจืื ืืงืืืฉ ืฉืืฉืืื ื ืฉืืจื ืืชืื ืฉืืื . There, we experienced the epitome of simchah.
How incumbent is it upon us to carry out our avodas Hashem with simchah, not with an attitude of yotzei tzu zein but with a sense of being privileged to serve Hashem and a feeling that weโre here in this world to perform Hashemโs mitzvos. How much simchah that should bring each and every one of us!
Count Your Blessings
How does one achieve simchah? I would say: Count your blessings. Look how wonderful life is in spite of all the trials and tribulations that we sometimes go through. Even with these troubles, weโre still way ahead of the game.
The passuk says in Eichah: ืึทื ืึผึดืชึฐืืึนื ึตื ืึธืึธื ืึธื ืึผึถืึถืจ ืขึทื ืึฒืึธืึธืื โ what does a person have to complain about? Has he overcome his sins? Our whole existence is way beyond whatโs coming to us. We live with Middas Harachamim โ according to Middas Hadin, we donโt have a chance. But Hashem bestows rachamim upon us nonetheless. How can we not be filled with simchah for all the good we have?
Overlook the things that bother you, the people that bother you, the situations that bother โ you still have much more than whatโs coming to you. If you just see the good then youโll naturally be filled with simchah.
There was a father who had two older unmarried daughters, 26 and 23. Day after day he davened, โRibbono Shel Olam, help me find them shidduchim!โ
Then, one day, an adam gadol told him, โYou have six children who are married. Did you ever say thank you to Hakadosh Baruch Hu for those shidduchim? First say thank you and then make your request.โ
The father tried that. He said โModimโ from the bottom of his heart for the six shidduchim he had made for his other children, and then he put in his request for his two daughters to get engaged. Lo and behold, a short while later both of his single daughters became kallahs.
After you express your hakaras hatov to Hakadosh Baruch Hu for all for all the good that He does for you, then you are worthy to ask for more.
Bitachon Begets Simchah
We have to appreciate what we have, as the Steipler writes in the first perek of his sefer Chayei Olam that we should take note of all the blessing we take for granted, such as our taste buds. Can you imagine having to eat without enjoying the food? Or our legs, which are thicker on the top and thinner at the bottom so that we can walk?
Everything is full of miracles that we just get used to, out of rote. But itโs all unimaginable chessed that comes to us from the shefa and brachah that Hashem upon bestowed every one of us. How can we not be filled with simchah for every little thing that we have?
This attitude of simchah is particularly appropriate for Zman Simchaseinu, Succos, which is the zman of bitachon. The temporary dwelling of the succah is a symbol of bitachon in Hakadosh Baruch Hu. And when we live with bitachon, weโre on top of the world; we rid ourselves of worries, because Hashem is taking care of us.
When you perform your avodas Hashem the way you should, learning Torah, doing the mitzvos, and carrying out our responsibilities in bein adam lโchaveiro, then you get bitachon, and Hashem will take care of you. And when you live with bitachon, itโs a worry-free life, because youโll believe that whatever Hashem does for you is for the best.
This is the message we take out of Succos, Zman Simchaseinu: to feel in our hearts the simchah of the mitzvos we do. The Arizal was zocheh to all his Divrei Kabbalah because he performed mitzvos with joy. We have to feel excited in the simchah of doing a mitzvah every morning, whether itโs the mitzvah of Daled Minim or the mitzvah of sitting in the succah, whether itโs the mitzvah of davening or the mitzvah of saying good morning to our friend. Take and cherish the simchah and the opportunity of doing the mitzvos of Hakadosh Baruch Hu.
We should all be zocheh to a simchah-filled Yom Tov, and that Zman Simchaseinu should bring nachas to our family, to Klal Yisrael and to Hakadosh Baruch Hu.
Gut Yom tov.
The Obedient Esrog
Harav Hagaon Meir Tzvi Shpitzer Shlita
In the mitzvah to take the arbaah minim โ ืึผืึฐืงึทืึฐืชึผึถื ืึธืึถื ืึผึทืึผืึนื ืึธืจึดืืฉืืึนื ืคึผึฐืจึดื ืขึตืฅ ืึธืึธืจ ืึผึทืคึผึนืช ืชึผึฐืึธืจึดืื ืึทืขึฒื ึทืฃ ืขึตืฅ ืขึธืึนืช ืึฐืขึทืจึฐืึตื ื ึธืึทื ย โ the Torah describes the esrog as a pri eitz hadar. The Gemara (Succah 35a) gives two explanations of how we know that pri eitz hadar is an esrog. One explanation is that the Torah specifies pri eitz, implying that the fruit should come from a tree whose bark tastes the same as the fruit: ืฉืืขื ืขืฆื ืืคืจืื ืฉืื. The other explanation is that the word hadar implies that the fruit is one that remains attached to the tree all year long: ืืืจ ืืืืื ื ืืฉื ื ืืฉื ื. These two descriptions apply only to the esrog fruit.
If the Torah meant an esrog, the meforshim wonder, why didnโt it simply write โesrogโ? Why describe the esrog in these ambiguous terms and leave it to us to derive the identity of the fruit in question?
The Ramban and Rabbeinu Bachaye both say that the mitzvah of esrog was given to us to atone for the transgression of Adam Harishon, as the Midrash teaches that the Eitz Hadaas was an esrog tree. The Midrash derives this from the fact that the tree they ate from is described as pri eitz, which means that ืืขื ืขืฆื ืืคืจืื ืฉืื. Because they ate from the esrog tree, we are instructed to take the same pri eitz and use it for the mitzvah of arbaah minim.
Why did it just so happen to be that the Eitz Hadaas โ from which Adam and Chava were forbidden to eat, yet ate anyway โ was the esrog tree? And what is the significance of the fact that its fruit and bark tasted the same?
The Meshech Chochmah raises another question regarding the Eitz Hadaas. Originally, Hashem told Adam that he may eat all fruit:ืึฐืึถืช ืึผึธื ืึธืขึตืฅ ืึฒืฉืึถืจ ืึผืึน ืคึฐืจึดื ืขึตืฅ ืึนืจึตืขึท ืึธืจึทืข ืึธืึถื ืึดืึฐืึถื ืึฐืึธืึฐืึธื. Later, however, Hashem instructed him not to eat from the Eitz Hadaas. Why didnโt Hashem tell him right away that he could eat from all the fruit trees bar one?
The Meshech Chochmah explains that, in truth, the original instruction permitting Adam to eat from all the trees did exclude the Eitz Hadaas. The passuk says: ืึฐืึถืช ืึผึธื ืึธืขึตืฅ ืึฒืฉืึถืจ ืึผืึน ืคึฐืจึดื ืขึตืฅ ืึนืจึตืขึท ืึธืจึทืข ืึธืึถื ืึดืึฐืึถื ืึฐืึธืึฐืึธื, referring to trees whose fruit and bark taste different. Adam was never given permission to eat from the Eitz Hadaas, the esrog tree, which was the only tree whose fruit and bark taste the same.
Why wasnโt he allowed to eat from that one tree? And why was he tempted to eat from it?
Chazal tell us that Hakadosh Baruch Hu originally instructed all the trees are to produce fruit that tastes the same as the treeโs bark. With the sole exception of the esrog tree, all the trees decided to produce fruit that tasted different from the bark.
The Mistake of the Trees
Why didnโt the trees listen to Hashemโs instruction? The meforshim explain that the esrog is not a user-friendly fruit; it has a sharp, bitter taste similar to the bark of the tree. Unless it is cooked, coated with sugar, or otherwise readied for eating, it is not edible.
Any fruit tree that would have produced fruit that tasted like the bark would have had the same problem: the fruit wouldnโt have been edible in its natural state. The trees therefore decided that they would do a better job than Hakadosh Baruch Hu told them to; they would produce fruit that is completely edible in its natural state.
What was their mistake? The Beis Halevi explains that no one should ever try to be smarter than Hashem. You donโt understand His reasons; you shouldnโt think you can make a better briah than Hakadosh Baruch Hu. Of all the trees, the esrog tree was the only one that fulfilled ratzon Hashem whether or not it understood it, and did not attempt to do better.
Hakadosh Baruch Hu instructed Adam Harishon not to eat from the Eitz Hadaas, which represented complete adherence to His will with no cheshbonos. Adam Harishon decided, however, to eat from the Eitz Hadaas. Rav Dessler cites the Arizal, and the Yismach Moshe says similarly, that Adam knew that eating from the Eitz Hadaas would result in his receiving a yetzer hara, and his intention was very noble. Itโs no great mitzvah to follow ratzon Hashem when you donโt have a yetzer hara, he reasoned. Instead, he opted to eat from the Eitz Hadaas and introduce a yetzer hara into himself, after which he would withstand the temptation of the yetzer hara and be a more accomplished person than Hashem created him to be.
His reasoning was sound, in essence โ but he had instructions otherwise. And if Hashem gives you instructions, you may not disobey those instructions even if your seichel tells you that you can do better. When Adam Harishon ate from the Eitz Hadaas, he made the same mistake as the trees, which also ignored Hashemโs instructions, thinking they could do better.
When Adam ate from the Eitz Hadaas, he dragged down the entire Creation, including the esrog, the one thing left in the Creation that represented complete and utter obedience to Hashemโs instructions. Therefore, say the Ramban and Rabbeinu Bachaye, we have a mitzvah of ืึผืึฐืงึทืึฐืชึผึถื ืึธืึถื ืึผึทืึผืึนื ืึธืจึดืืฉืืึนื ืคึผึฐืจึดื ืขึตืฅ ืึธืึธืจ โ to take the esrog and put it back on the tree, so to speak. We admire the chashivus of the pri eitz hadar for having obeyed Hashemโs instruction implicitly, even if it preferred to do otherwise. When we take the esrog, and pay a lot of money for it, we are in essence righting the transgression of Adam Harishon, who did not follow Hashemโs instruction the way the esrog tree did.
When the Torah describes the esrog, it gives a description of its essence, hinting at the two qualities that give it chashivus: pri eitz โ itโs the fruit of a tree whose bark and fruit taste the same, and hadar โ itโs a fruit that remains attached at all times to the tree it grows from, symbolizing that the esrog clings to its Source, Hakadosh Baruch Hu. Thatโs what we admire about the esrog, and thatโs why the Torah calls it a pri eitz hadar instead of identifying it as an esrog. Hadar is also a lashon of beauty, specifically a beauty that emanates from within. The esrog possesses an intrinsic, internal beauty, because itโs the only fruit that followed the instruction of Hakadosh Baruch Hu.
With this idea, we can better understand the Gemara (Succah 26b) about the Tzeduki who performed nisuch hamayim incorrectly, defying the tradition of Chazal and their interpretation of the Torah, and was then pelted with esrogim by the onlookers. Why, asks the Ritva, did the people used esrogim, which are mitzvah objects, to pelt the Tzeduki? He answers that it was an honor for the esrogim to be used for this purpose.
The deeper meaning in the Ritvaโs words is that the Tzeduki believed that his own intellect could do better than the instructions of Hakadosh Baruch Hu, and the esrog symbolizes those who follow in the way of Hashem implicitly, without thinking that they know better. Pelting the Tzeduki with the esrogim was therefore highly appropriate.
The Nesivos revealed that the roots of the esrog tree grow in the form of the letters of Hashemโs Name ื-ื-ื-ื, and other meforshim tell us that while every other fruit tree has an angel that encourages its growth, the esrog tree is under the direct supervision of the Ribbono Shel Olam Himself. Thatโs because the esrog tree followed the instruction of Hakadosh Baruch Hu implicitly and produced fruit and bark that taste the same.
May we be zocheh that our mitzvah of arbaah minim should protect us, and may we be zocheh to all the segulos contained in this mitzvah.
Not Only Walls; Hashgachas Hashem
Hagaon Harav Refoel Katz Shlita
The Gemara in Succah teaches that a succah taller than 20 amos is passul, for three reasons. Rav Zeiraโs reason is that a person must sit in the shade of the sโchach, as the passuk in Yeshayah says:ืึฐืกึปืึผึธื ืชึผึดืึฐืึถื ืึฐืฆึตื ืืึนืึธื ืึตืึนืจึถื . In a succah whose height is under 20 amos, a person is sitting in the shade of the sโchach. If the succah is taller than twenty amos, however, the person is not sitting in the shade of the sโchach, but rather in the shade of the walls.
The sโchach is an integral part of the succah โ in fact, the name โsuccahโ comes from the word โsโchachโ โ and therefore, a person needs to be sitting in the shade of the sโchach, and not of the walls.
The Aruch Laner at the end of Maseches Succah explains that the succahโs walls represent Olam Hazeh and the materialism that surrounds a person in this world, while the sโchach represents the continuous Hashgachah of Hakadosh Baruch Hu. When a person lifts his eyes and sees the sโchach, he remembers that the world heโs living in is the world of Hashem, and he feels and remembers that Hashem is watching over him. But when the succah is higher than 20 amos, all he sees is walls. He doesnโt see the sโchach, and so he misses the point of the succah, which is to remind ourselves of Hashgachas Hashem and to put our faith in Him, not in human beings.
When a person feels that the world heโs in is a world of Hashgachas Hashem, then no matter what the situation, he will sense Hashemโs love and recognize that whatever happens in the world โ whether itโs seemingly good or seemingly bad โ is all Hashgachas Hashem. Itโs all good. Knowing that heโs in the world of Hashem causes a person to be sameiach bโchelko, happy with his lot.
Many years ago, my good friend and rebbi Rav Simcha Ellis shlita brought a bachur to visit Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel ztโl on Chol Hamoed Succos. When they knocked on the door, the rebbetzin, she should be gezunt un shtark, answered the door and said apologetically that the rosh yeshiva was not receiving visitors that day, but offered that they could go into the succah just to wish him Ah Gutten Moed. When Rav Ellis and his talmid entered the succah, they found Rav Nosson Tzvi lying on his bed not feeling well, his body ravaged by Parkinsonโs. They went over to wish him Ah Gutten Moed, and he began mumbling some words in response.
When Rav Ellis leaned over to hear what Rav Nosson Tzvi was saying, the words he heard were: โIsnโt it wonderful? A person can just lie in the succah and be yotzei the mitzvah of succah.โ
Here was a man who was suffering, yet he was happy with his lot, and while lying in the succah he was reminding himself that whatever happens is always good.
The Yaaros Devash explains that the concept of succah is not just for Succos โ itโs for the whole year. All year round, a person has to remind himself what the succah represents: constant Hashgachas Hashem, and constant sameiach bโchelko.
Succos is a time to reflect and remind ourselves of the good things that Hashem gives us, such as nachas from our children, and the Torah and the mitzvos, and that brings us to happiness. This is the message of succah, and this is what we take with us for the rest of the year.
May we be zocheh to constantly be happy and remember the good things Hashem gives us, and through that may we be zocheh to sit in the succah of the Oro shel Livyasan, ืืืืจื ืืืืื ื ืืื.