Wow, I did not realize that I was volunteering for Wednesday. I was just checking to ensure that we were not going to go a day without a dvar torah. Oh well, I'll give it a go.
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YWN Coffee Room Nightly D'Var Torah
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Jay ur gonna be stealing my spot light?! Lol I'm joking!!! Kol hacavod!
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devar torah on parshas shemos!!! (it's got some r' moshe so i chose this one!!!)
by Rabbi Yaakov Menken
"And Moshe grew larger, and he went out to his brothers..." [2:11]Because the Torah already told us that "the boy grew" just one verse earlier, we need to understand why the Torah apparently repeats itself. Rebbe Yehuda explains in the Medrash that the first "growth" referred to physical growth, while the second referred to greatness -- Paro appointed Moshe master of his household. Moshe not only grew taller, he was elevated to a high position.
The Yalkut HaDrush directs us to another Medrash, which tells us that Moshe's growth was unusual. All too frequently, when a person reaches a high office, he forgets -- or pretends to forget -- his brothers, his friends and relatives. He no longer cares about their troubles and problems. But Moshe rose to greatness, becoming master of Paro's household, and did not forget his brothers. On the contrary, "he went out to his brothers" -- he became more and more concerned about their fate, and searched for ways to help them. This is the Jewish way to rise to greatness.
Moshe did not try to be great. He did not aim to be superior. On the contrary, he tried to help everyone -- he humbled himself. And this is why he was given greatness. "All who hunt after greatness, greatness flees from them; all who flee from greatness, greatness pursues them." [Eruvin 13b]
We find the same trait in Eldad and Medad, who (according to the Medrash) denied themselves the opportunity to become part of the Council of 70 elders. "Eldad and Medad said, 'we are not fitting for this greatness.' Said the Holy One, Blessed be He, 'Since you reduced yourselves, I will add to your greatness.'" [Sanhedrin 17a]
We can still find people like this from the previous generation. Rabbi Moshe Feinstein A''H, was one example. Once, a reporter for the New York Times wanted to understand how someone became such a widely-respected figure. After all, no one held elections and no one ran for the office -- so who made Reb Moshe the leader?
"Someone comes with a question," explained Reb Moshe, "and you give him an answer which he appreciates, and which is completely in accordance with Jewish tradition. So he suggests that others should call you as well." In other words, his position evolved naturally, over a period of several decades. Had he been trying to glorify himself, he would have given up on studying and dealing with the constant inquiries long before. But Reb Moshe's entire motivation was to help others, to try to give them clear answers to their questions. He was not looking for greatness, so it pursued him instead!
True leadership is achieved when we devote ourselves to caring about others, helping others, putting their needs ahead of our own. May we all learn to be like Moshe!i hope ya enjoyed it!!! i want feedback please!!!
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asdfg; Thanx that was great! :)
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Adfghjkl: I'm shepping :) ! ! !
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beacon: your welcome beacon!!!
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syriansephardi: thanx so much!!!
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Ha ur welcome asdfghjkl :)
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Quote: "no fair, i thought i would get to be called Reb Asdfghjkl after my devar torah!!! "
We would but we cannot pronounce it! I never thought I'd say this, but it would be much easier to pronounce the name of the tyrant running Iran than your screenname ;-)
Anyways, since somehow I was told I have volunteered to give a d'var torah, here goes.
Parshas Vaera
After the 3rd plague, the wizards tell Paroh that "It is the finger of G-d".
The Ibn Ezra has an interesting way of interpreting this assessment of the wizards.
The Ibn Ezra writes that the wizards told Paroh that this plague was not brought for the benefit of the Jews (i.e. that they be freed), rather the stars are showing that it is purely a punishment for the Egyptians.
The Ibn Ezra learned the Paroh did not recognize Hashem at this point, and the proof of this (as well as the previous p'shat) is the fact that they say Etzba Elokim He (It is the finger of G-d) without mentioning that Hashem is Elokei Yisroel
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asdfghjkl: great pshat.
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JayMatt19: ha that's 2 funny!!! great vort there!!!
nossond; thank you!!!
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Here's mine for tonight...mods I would like another night plz. Thanx!
"And shmuel got old" why does it say shmuel got old if we know he was under 50 years old now? When shaul sinned by milchemet amalek (by not killing the women and animals) Hashem wanted to kill shaul. Shmuel told Hashem "You compared me to moshe but he never saw his talmid die in his life time so why are You going to make me see my talmid die?" So Hashem says "ok, but I can't put shmuel to death before his time because people will say oh he mustve sinned...but I can't leave him alive either because its time for David to be king and he can only be it when shmuel dies" so Hashem made shmuel look old early so people would say when he died, oh he was old anyway. They didn't really know how old he was.
Hope u guys enjoyed I really wanted to do something else but too busy tonightPosted 6 years ago # -
syriansephardi: i did enjoy it!!!
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Yay :)
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Isn't moish supposed to be giving a dvar torah tonight?
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According to the 1st page, Moishe and Yashrus give on Thursday
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No curious, I was
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I'm srry every1 I have strep, so I really couldent post a dvar Torah. Have a great shabbos every1!! I'll try to make it up to all of u.
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i assume this is where i'm supposed to post it.
When Hashem speaks to Moshe in Parshas Sh’mos, the pussuk says “ra’o ra’isi es oni ami asher bemitzrayim.”
In all the other places Hashem just says that He heard their cries. What did Hashem SEE this time?
In mitzrayim, each man had a quota that had to be met daily. By the end of the workday the men were exhausted and were more than ready to go home and take a shower and go to sleep but what did they do? They would look around and go help any men that did not yet complete their quotas. Only after all the men finished, did they all go home. THIS is what Hashem saw and that’s when He decided that it was time to take klal yisroel out of mitzrayim.
We learn from this that when klal yisroel behaves like a klal and does their best to help each other in time of need, whether in a physical way or through tfilla, Hashem has rachmanus and says “you care about each other? Ok, I’ll help you out.”
Dunno how you got this out of me. You deserve a gold medal, Moderator-72.
and i hope no one said this before. i wouldn't know because i never read this thread ;)
MODERATOR: can you now delete it from the shmiras halashon thread? thank you!
The gold medal goes to you and all those who post a D'var Torah. I enjoyed this and will tell it over at my table. YW Moderator-72
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Y'all are invited over to the Shmiras Halashon thread to see moish's dvar torah.
(Or mods you can move it over here)Posted 6 years ago # -
yashrus it's ok i did my homework (unlike someone else i know) and I was sick today TOO. so i think i should get extra credit for doing my homework on time.
ha ha i should email it to my rebbe, maybe he'll pass me in something this term. (i wonder if i'm even going to get a report card?!)
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moish - you're the only one who gets his dvar torah posted in TWO threads!
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i wish they would just delete the other one. ha i can't believe i'm actually posting on this thread
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syrian: maybe moderator-72 doesn't hate me so much after all
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Nice job, moish! I knew you could do it:} Something we, in the cr, can all learn. Go easy on others. Thanks!
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Great job Moish!!
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moish: great D'var Torah, i really enjoyed it.$
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Not stam Moish! Or shall we call you R' Moish?! Its really a great d'var torah...!! Are you on for every thursday? ;) (hehe, don't kill me for the suggestion) my name says it all- shkoyach to you and e/o else. maybe I should do a dvar torah for tomorrow... I havent done one yet... what a shame.
Your on call for tomorrow. Don't let us down! YW Moderator-72
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Since I don't have time to go on YWN on Erev Shabbos (I do try to keep the Sabbath thing... ya know and there ain't much time when I get home) I will post now and please put it up for me tomoro. (Ahhh I miss doing this stuff- Geshmak!)
Parashas Va'era -
By R' Pam Zt"l Sefer Darchei Noam
(shortened into my own words)Paroh told Moshe Rabbeinu and Aharon Hacohen that they can serve their G-d inside the land. The request was for B.Y. to be able to leave to the Midbar and bring karbanos there. Paroh nixes this and says you gotta stay here and do it in Mitzraim. So Moshe Rabeinu answers back- Sorry, we can't do it here b/c the Mitriyim will find it disgusting to see us slaughter their gods in front of them. (They served Sheep as gods).
Amazing! M"R risked angering Paroh (and possibly his life) because he didn't want to cause pain or anguish to the horrible and insensitive Mitzriyim! Al achas kama vekama we have to be careful not to cause tzaar to other Yidden!
--------------->>>>>>>>>> Lesson for us ------
How many times do we get so involved with our own personal wills that we forget to care about how the other guy feels?
--Younger chevra, ever been dancing and k-nocking at a chasuna so much that we don't realize we are knocking over and stepping on all the ppl older than us?
--Ever been so eager to get to the front of the line that you don't realize you are actually pushing ppl??
-- How abt this one... (oh my I've been on both ends) Ever met a person that hs so much to say and doesn't let the other person get a word in edgewise? (mamish just happened to me today! I wanted to say my point already but by the time I could say it, it wasnt shayach anymore!)
***** So many times a day we can stop what we're doing and think, "Am I REALLY doing a mitzvah now or am I not being sensitive and rubbing my mitzvah in someone else's face and not being sensitive to them and their pain. Let us learn from Moshe Rabeinu who was sensitive to Mitzriyim and chose one minute a day to be sensitive to any person we come in contact with that day. *****Good Shabbos Everybody :)
(BTW this is so changed from the text i dont know if its fair to even say it B'shem R'Pam Zt"l... sorry)
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Moish that was really nice and to the point! Really enjoyed it
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shkoyach: i liked it!!! have a great shobbos as well!!!
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Thank you shkoyach
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The dvar Torah is li'iluy nishmas Rebbetzin Feldberger. May we all take a moment today to be sensitive to at least one person (as the dvar torah requests) as a zechus for he neshama. I was happy today, now I am sad :( but I think its allowed for now.
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shkoyach: shkoyach on the D'var Torah.$
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וארא, אל-אברהם אל-יצחק ואל-יעקב--בא-ל שדי; ושמי ה', לא נודעתי להם
Rashi in Dibur HaMaschil וארא says "אל האבות"
The question here is What was bothering Rashi? (note: d'var torah not taken from Rabbi Bonchek's book with the same name) We can see from the rest of the passuk that it was to the האבות!
The Ramban says that this was in essence a printers error. That the entire dibbur hamaschil was supposed to be the whole passuk, but someone shortened אל-אברהם אל-יצחק ואל-יעקב to אל האבות.
This answer is difficult on a number of reasons (especially since we don't like to just take a difficulty and avoid it by saying it is a printers error)
So, how to all those other Rishonim and Achronim who don't say like the Ramban understand what Rashi is adding here?
I saw in the Tallilei Oros (from a source whom I have never heard of before) the following p'shat. אל האבות, and make the דיוק not אל הבנים. Meaning that Hashem spoke with each one, since each one was an אב. Hashem spoke to יצחק &יעקב not because they were the son and grandson of אברהם, rather, each one had their own zechusim and each one had a right on their own to be called an אב.
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Interesting Jay Matt... Thanks! I also heard a pshat on that Rashi today... but I didn't catch the answer cuz it wasn't clear.
Heard interesting vort today in shul (if you heard it you may have been at the same shul...) That we are in this world for tikkun Hamidos. A person that isn't mesaken their middos raos really ends up losing out and missing out in the world.
We see from the makkos, by tzefardeya there was just one frog. The mitzriim got angry and hit it and more came out. the more they got angry the more they hit and the more kept coming out yet they just made it worse!!! They did NOT get the pt and stop. When someone steps on your toe are you gonna make a whole big to do about it and scream and yell and just get hurt more back and fort fighting? or are you gonna realize it's not worth it and be mesaken thet middah of kaas and be the winner in the end??
Gut vach!(Wow... i feel so chashuv... I gave too vortlach in 2 days...:) )
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Mods can I do one tonight?
Yes. No need to ask, just post. :o) Thanks. YW Moderator-72
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Open for signing up for this week. Remember: multiple people posting per night is encouraged!
charlie brown, which night do you want? how about you asdfghjkl? moishe01 - do you want a night again?
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JayMatt19 & shkoyach: i enjoyed both your vorts!!! thanx!!!
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i'll take monday night with qwertyuiop!!!!!!!!!!
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I will do Sunday.
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Dvar Torah for Sunday.
After the plague of darkness, Pharaoh offered to let the men, women, and children go, as long as they left their livestock as collateral. After Moshe did not accept this, Shemos (10:28) states, “And Pharaoh said to him, go away from me. Beware, do not see my face any more, for on the day that you see my face you shall die.”
Pharaoh had been told that they would leave on a three day journey. After darkness, he was willing to send them, if they left collateral. Since they would not do so, he was convinced that they were planning to flee. As such, Pharaoh gave his final offer and would do no more under any circumstances. This is why Pharaoh said that Moshe could no longer see him, and that if he did, he would die. Pharaoh was clearly ready to fight to the death and not let them go as they pleased.
The question then is: why did he let them go after the next plague?
First let’s ask another question and then answer both.
Shemos (11:7) states, “And against all the Children of Israel a dog will not sharpen its tongue, from man unto beast, so that you shall know that HaShem will separate between Egypt and Israel.”
Why was this lesson different than the lesson by arov, where HaShem said that He would separate between the Yidden and Egypt?
The answer is that before the point was about HaShem, that he chose the Yidden from among the nations. In this regard, Pharaoh only had to heed the will of HaShem (in regard to the Yidden). By makas bechoros, on the other hand, the point was about the Yidden, that Pharaoh had to listen (not only to HaShem’s will but) to their will as well.
This was the lesson of makas bechoros. The pasuk states that it was a result of the fact that the Yidden are HaShem’s bechor. Makas bechoros thus proved that the Yidden are HaShem’s bechor. The halacha is that kibbud applies not only to the parents, but to the bechor as well. Pharaoh had been seeking to fulfill what HaShem required of him, if only Moshe would not take advantage of it. In this regard, Pharaoh would budge no more. But makas bechoros made it clear that Pharaoh could no longer blame Moshe for taking advantage of HaShem’s will, because he had to listen to Moshe as well.
I hope you enjoyed this.
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Perkie avot, perek daled, mishna yud alef:
"One who does a mitzvah, a malach will defend him" a sanegor echad- defending angel. "And one who does an aveira will get a malach against him" a kategor echad- prosecuting angel. Q: what's the mishna trying to tell us? Are we here to find ourselves only one mitzvah? A: even ONE mitzvah is worthwhile.
"If there is one defending angel against one thousand prosecuting angels, the defending angel will speak about the good of a person and he will find favor in the eyes of Hashem and that person will be redeemed from gehenam" that's the power of one mitzvah.
In order to get rid of the prosecuting angel a person has to do 1.Sincere teshuva 2. Ma'asim tovim.Hope this made sense lol and hope everyone enjoyed!
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syriansephardi:great dvar torah!!! i did enjoy it!!!!
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looking forward to monday night of qwertyuiop and asdfghjkl. Any chance we can get zxcvbnm to give then as well?
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Asdfghjkl: thanx!
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JayMatt19: thanx!!! there actually is someone with a sn zxcvbnm, but he/she went mi!!!
nossond: nice vort!!! very enjoyable!!!!Posted 6 years ago # -
Mods ill do tues night!
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asdfghjkl: thanx for reminding me i don't think i'm gonna google one this week, i'll put a regular one again.$
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nossond... very interesting... I like that. Where did you get it from?
Syrian, I like your devar torah too! I had a few situations where i remember thinking that Hashem should protect me please because I was on my way to a mitzvah and was close to getting harmed or stopped etc... and I just kept thinking this. It occurred to me that maybe my zechusim dont equal enough to the other "stuff" and who says I deserve protection etc... but BH without details, even in close calls, BH I was spared and able to carry out the mitzva. The power of a malach for a zechus is unbeleivably powerful! Thanks for the reminder!Posted 6 years ago #
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