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Jmatt: my vort for next week is also about the womens greater song, but it involves other diyukim.
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Happy to know I didn't use it
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Here is something so that we have a Wednesday d'var torah (do I have a chazaka for Wednesdays yet?) Please continue to give and encourage others to sign up!!
The Importance of T'fillas Mincha (As Seen in the Sifsei Chaim (Rinas Chaim on Shmoneh Esrei)
During a Ta'anis, the Kehilla only says Aneinu (in their silent Shmoneh Esrei) by mincha. Why?
The Gemarra in Brachos says: "A person shall always be cautious with t'fillas mincha, for Eliyahi HaNavi was only answered during Mincha". We see from here that their is a special segulah for mincha prayers to be accepted
The Tur adds to question of why is Mincha a special advantage? He says that Shachris has a set time when one wakes up, prior to going to work. Ma'ariv also has a set time, after one has come home, done with a day's work. Mincha however, being in the middle of the day is during one's working hours. One needs to stop working in order to daven. And one who is able to put their work aside in order to daven a proper mincha (with proper Kavana, not thinking about work or other things) one receives great reward. As it says in pirchei avos "לפום צערא אגרא" in accordance with the struggle is the reward.
There is also another reason. During Shachris, one has Birchas HaShachar, pezukei d'zimra, Birchas Krias Shema and Krias Shema all prior to the Shmoneh Esrei of Shachris. It is therefore easier for one to have the proper mindset during Shmoneh Esrei. Ma'ariv also has Krias Shema and brachos before its Shmoneh Esrei. Mincha, however, only has Ashrei, and then immediately into Shmoneh Esrei. Therefore, if one is able to strengthen oneself to have the proper kavana during mincha, their reward will be great.
Since Mincha has the ability to be heard (accepted) greater than other t'fillos, it was therefore established that Aneinu be added only during Mincha on a ta'anis.
May we all be zoche to using the message, to strengthen our Mincha prayers, to say them with proper kavana and focus.
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jaymatt19: thanx.$
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JayMatt19: wow great devar torah!!! thanx!!
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Wow, ghost town. (Yashrus, hope you are feeling better, but it is after midnight here in Yerushalayim, and I have yet to see Torah on the board today) Besides, I like challenging myself to find something new to post, so thanks everyone for helping me! (Trying to judge לכף זכות, which is the topic)
Here is something from the Gevuras Yitzchak on Pirchei Avos:
והוי דן את כל האדם לכף זכות. (One should judge every man with the benefit of the doubt).
Does this apply towards non-Jews?
Tosfos in Bava Kama says that אדם only refers to Yidden. However, it doesn't say אדם here, it says האדם, and that CAN incorporate non-Jews as well. Therefore, it appears that here, in Pirchei Avos, we are told that we must judge EVERYONE with the benefit of the doubt.
The Rambam in the Sefer HaMitzvos states that the obligation of judging someone with the benefit of the doubt is derived from the passuk בצדק, תשפט עמיתך (with righteousness you shall judge your fellow). Non-Jews, are not included in the word עמיתך, therefore, it would seem obvious that they are not included in the obligation to judge with the benefit of the doubt.
However, the Chafetz Chaim quotes the Rambam's Peirush HaMishnayos on this Mishna, where he states that our mishna in Pirchei Avos is not Halacha, just "Darchei HaChassidus". Therefore, the mishna is saying even in cases where one need not judge with the benefit of the doubt (according to the letter of the law), nevertheless, Darchei HaChassidus says to judge favorably. Therefore we can say that even though one is not obligated according to the letter of the law to give the benefit of the doubt to non-Jews, Darchei HaChassidus, as taught here in Pirchei Avos, says one should give them the benefit of the doubt.
The Gevuras Yitzchak concludes with the famous words "וצריך עיון בזה" (and this requires further investigation!)
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Why does this topic get updated so infrequently? I post here, and on other topics, and the others get updated, and it is hours before my post appears on this topic. Mod, Why is this the case? (No, I don't think it is just me)
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thank you for posting jaymatt. nice dvar torah.
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THE ALTER on THE PARSHA
Shmuessen of Rav Nosson Tzvi Finkel, Zt”l, the Alter of Slabodka
Adapted from Sefer Ohr HaTzafun by Rabbi Eliezer GrunbergPARSHAS Beshalach 5769
מדת החסד
In Parshas Va’eirah, Rashi quotes the Midrash which explains that Hashem commanded Moshe
and Aharon to properly respect the wicked Pharaoh even while warning him about his impending punishment. Despite Pharaoh’s evil ways and refusal to let the Jewish people go, the dignity he deserved as a King still remained. We can come to logical terms for the requirement of such conduct being that Pharaoh was alive and still had the ability to repent. Would Hashem’s kindness and compassion extend to the wicked even after their death?The Egyptians had not repented and chased the Jewish people out of Egypt. Their final punishment came - they were drowning in the Yam Suf. At that moment, the ministering angels wanted to sing their daily praise to Hashem but Hashem did not allow them. Hashem rebuked them, "מעשי ידי טובעים בים ואתם אומרים שירה" – “My handiwork are drowning in the sea and you are going to sing?” ('מגילה י)
The Egyptians had oppressed the Jewish people for many years. They clearly saw the Hand of
Hashem in ways that we could never imagine and they still did not repent. Although Hashem was punishing them for their evil behavior, He took no pleasure in their downfall - the Egyptians were also His creations and though He punished them with death they were still His children. Consequently he would not permit the daily praise to be sung. Hashem even questioned the angels for considering singing while they were drowning.After the Egyptians drowned in the sea, the posuk ( שמות ט"ו:י"ב ) says, "You stretched out Your right hand – the earth swallowed them up.” We tend to think of ‘the earth
swallowed them up’ as an expression of Hashem’s punishment against the evil Egyptians. If we look at Chazal (Ramban) we see that it was actually an act of kindness and compassion towards the Egyptians. After the sea spit them onto dry land, a miracle occurred - the land opened up and swallowed them. After the plague of hail, the Egyptians said " ה' הצדיק " – “Hashem is the righteous
one” – because of that statement, they now merited a proper burial and their bodies were not left in a state of disgrace.“You send forth Your wrath it consumes them like straw.” (' שמות ט"ו:י ), Hashem sent a mighty and final blow to the Egyptians – drowning them in the raging waters of the
Yam Suf, punishing them with death for their evil actions against the Jewish people. Yet, in the midst of His wrath, Hashem was still concerned for these wicked people. They were entitled to a proper burial and they received it.Every day we sing the praises of Hashem for the miracles He performed for our forefathers – taking them out of Egypt and through the Yam Suf. At the same time we praise Hashem for the miracles and the kindness that Hashem did for our oppressors, the Egyptians, by giving them a proper burial. We are supposed to recognize and appreciate that act of kindness, and strive to follow in His ways – giving every person the honor and dignity that they deserve.
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JayMatt19: wow i really enjoy your shiurim!!! your like my virtual rebbe!!!thanx, it was great!!!
chofetzchaim: great vort!!!Posted 6 years ago # -
this thread is going great... I really appreciate all of those who have submitted a D'var Torah (in some cases many). I also appreciate those that read and post back words of chizuk and praise to those that post.
KEEP UP THE OUTSTANDING JOB!
FYI - we are now accepting volunteers for next week, don't be shy... remember we do accept multiple submissions per day.
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I'll do sunday again
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Another for Beshalach:
Mussar HaTorah - Torah Insights into Human Nature – Dedicated in memory of Rabbi A. Henach Leibowitz zt"l
Based on the talks of Rabbi A. Henach Leibowitz zt”l, Rosh HaYeshiva of Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim – RSA
13 Shevat, 5769 Vol. 10, No. 16 Parashas Beshalach
“For it was close…” (Shmos 13:17)
After Hashem took B’nei Yisrael out of Egypt, He did not want to take them to the Land of Israel using the most direct route because, “it was too close.” The Yalkut Shimoni (Beshalach 227) explains this cryptic phrase: It was too close to an earlier war that took place between some descendants of Ephraim and the Egyptians. Thirty years before the Exodus, a member of the tribe of Ephraim claimed that he had received a prophecy that the time to leave Egypt had arrived.
The Yalkut Shimoni continues to tell us that the descendants of Ephraim had excessive pride because of their royal lineage (Yosef, the royal viceroy, was their ancestor) and because they were great warriors. This hubris caused them to take their families and attempt to leave Egypt. The Egyptians gathered their troops, went to battle and killed the warriors of Ephraim and their families.The Yalkut Shimoni tells us that there was a claim of prophecy by one of their tribesman. The rationale of this prophecy: Hashem had promised Avraham that his children would suffer four hundred years of exile before being redeemed. According to the claimed prophecy, the four hundred years start started when Hashem made the pact with Avraham. (In truth, however, it actually started 30 years later with the birth of Yitzchak.) If the Ephraimites erred by following the false prophecy and therefore miscalculated the end of the exile, what did their tribe’s arrogance have to do with it? Either they believed the prophecy or they did not. It was a logical decision, not an emotional choice. Pride in their tribe’s lineage or strength would not have any bearing on this issue.
We must answer that the arrogance worked on a subconscious level. Had they been clear minded, they would have scrutinized the validity of this “prophet.”
Under strong critical examination, he would have been exposed as a fraud. However they were subconsciously blinded by a false sense of security. “We are royalty – the Egyptians wouldn’t dare to try and stop us; and even if they do, we’re strong enough to defeat them!” Their arrogance created a subliminal feeling
of invincibility which caused them to accept the illusion of false prophecy. But how could they feel secure? It should have been obvious to them that the Egyptians would not give them any special treatment. They were enslaved, and tortured along with the rest of the tribes. Their sons had been killed along with all the other Jewish boys. Why hadn’t the Ephraimites walked out years earlier? Obviously, they were powerless to do so. Why did they think they would be allowed
to escape? How could they endanger their families in such folly?Pride has the ability to twist and distort the human mind. It can mislead even intelligent and great people into accepting completely baseless ideas. Even as the Ephraimites were being enslaved in total subjugation, their arrogance created the delusion that it was safe to escape. Lulled by this sense of invincibility,
they fooled themselves into believing a false prophet they normally would have rejected, who led them and their families on a path to total destruction.Let us realize the dangers of arrogance, and protect ourselves against its insidious and pervasive influence, through the powerful and essential tool of daily mussar study. If we constantly work on our humility, we will not merely become better spouses, parents, neighbors or friends; we will also gain the clarity
of vision and judgement to know that our decisions will based on reality, sound reasoning and the eternal values of our Torah.© 2009 by Rabbi Aryeh Striks & Rabbi Shimon Zehnwirth. For more information visit http://www.torahstation.com
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JayMatt19:
Why does this topic get updated so infrequently? I post here, and on other topics, and the others get updated, and it is hours before my post appears on this topic. Mod, Why is this the case? (No, I don't think it is just me)
We really should update this more frequently. We usually try to moderate all posts in order but we make exceptions for the sticky threads. Sometimes we will approve posts from this thread before others and sometimes after. For long Divrei Torah it can take awhile to read through so we might do the shorter posts from other threads first before the Dvar Torah. We don't automatically delete long posts in this thread like we do in others but we still have to read through before approving. Have a good Shabbos.
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great divrei torah everybody.
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chofetzchaim: great vort!!! i really liked it!!! keep it up!!!
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R' Aryeh Finkel (As seen in the Lekach Tov on Shabbos) says that Shabbos is a time for Teshuva.
The Midrash Rabba on Bereishis says that after Kayin killed Hevel, He had the following encounter with his father Adam HaRishon:
Adam HaRishon: "How did your case turn out?"
Kayin: "I did Teshuva and was spared"Adam HaRishon then proclaims: "This is the power of Teshuva, and I had not known (until now)! He then said "מזמור שיר, ליום השבת.". We need to understand the connection between this psalm, and teshuva. When looking at this psalm, it does not appear to have any mention of teshuva. Additionally, other than the 1st line, what does it have to do with Shabbos?
We can answer this from a story with R' Sa'adia Gaon. R' Sa'adia Gaon says he learned the Inyan of teshuva from a simple individual. R' Sa'adia Gaon was once due to arrive in a specific town, and that town held a lottery as to who would meet and escort the Rav during his stay in this town. The lottery was won by a simple man, who did not know the gadlus of R' Sa'adia Gaon. Nevertheless, he was respectful to the Rav and fulfilled every request the Rav had. When he discovered the true gadlus of R' Sa'adia Gaon, he apologized and requested mechila, for had he known the gadlus of the Rav, he would have honored him much more.
R' Sa'adia Gaon says that we learn teshuva from this person. A person does teshuva for recognizing that he did not honor, respect or serve HaKadosh Baruch Hu properly. Behold, now he better realizes the Gadlus of Hashem, and thus he acknowledges that he should have served Hashem better than he has until now. Everyday a tzaddik has a greater realization of the Gadlus of Hashem, and thus he realizes that his servitude until now has been lacking. Even more so when one recognizes that Aveiros have been committed, this shows a lacking in one's acceptance of the Gadlus Hashem, and when one is able to recognize this Gadlus, ultimately a teshuva needs to be done to repair the previous flawed servitude.
So, what is the connection to Shabbos? On Shabbos we have a Nishama Yiseira and (as the Ibn Ezra says) we have a greater ability of recognition. Therefore, through Shabbos, one can reach a higher level of Emuna (and this is inbuilt within the Shabbos, from Ma'aseh Breishis). Then one is awakened to do teshuva, since he realizes that his service of Hashem until now wasn't 100%.
Now we can see how this psalm works (even without explicitly talking about Shabbos, or Teshuva). Adam HaRishon saw the power of teshuva, and said מזמור שיר, ליום השבת. Shabbos completes the creation (of a person), and with this power that Shabbos adds, one has a greater lever of understanding the Koach and Gadlus of Hashem, and this brings him to the aforementioned teshuva.
This also explains why the psalm only discusses praise of Hashem. For when Shabbos enters a person (and completes him) he then sees the greatness of Hashem and he says: כי שמחתני ה' בפעלך; במעשי ידיך ארנן (For you make me glad by your deeds, Hashem;
I sing for joy at the works of your hands.) Through this happiness we are able to do teshuva.This is how we see that the psalm מזמור שיר, ליום השבת discusses both Shabbos and Teshuva without ever mentioning Teshuva!
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JayMatt19: wow!!! great peice!!! i liked it!!!
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Please remove me from Wednesday on the list. I'll decide later on if I am doing one then.
Any news on Yashrus? Perhaps we should remove him from the list
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***Dvar Torah for Sunday***
For Parshas Bashalach (by me)
Chaza”l say that the yidden were taken out of Mitzrayim in the merit of righteous women. We can see from various places that the women had more bitachon (faith) and were more enthusiastic about the geula, and that their shira was with more bitachon and enthusiasm and therefore on a higher level.
Jmatt gave us a great vort last week from R’ Shwab about how the men's song was predicated on the proof that the mitzrim were shown dead, while the women's song was not. Similarly, Rashi says that the women brought tupim (tambourines) with them out of mitzrayim because they were sure HaShem would do miracles for them. Moreover, the women’s shira with tupim and mecholos (ring dances)shows their greater enthusiasm, whereas the men’s song was without tupim and mecholos.
We can also see that that the woman’s shira was on a higher level. The pasuk says vata’an lahem Miriam. The meforshim explain why it says lahem in masculine form, being that Miriam led the women in song. One pshat, based on the Midrash, is that Miriam also led the angels in song. Moreover, vata’an may be from the word עינוי (anguish), and vata’an lahem means that Miriams greater song anguished the men.
There is a Midrash that gives us an insight as to why the men’s song did not have the enthusiasm of tupim and mecholos, and to why Aharon is missing from being named by the men's song, but his name is mentioned by the women's song, as it states there that Miriam was his sister.
First, however, let us understand that there were two aspects of the geulah and the shira. One aspect is the side of the doer, and the other aspect is the side of the receiver. HaShem was the side of doer. Moshe, too, was on this side, as it states right before the men’s song that the yidden believed in HaShem and Moshe his servant. The side of the receiver, on the other hand, is represented by Aharon on the men’s side, and Miriam on the women’s side. Moreover, tupim and mecholos can only stem from the happiness of receiving side. If it came from the doer side, it would be like laughing at your own joke. Thus, the tupim and mecholos stemmed from Miriam on the women’s side, and may have stemmed from Aharon on the men’s side.
Now the Midrash will give us a great insight. The Midrash says that had Aharon known that the Torah would say about him that he would greet Moshe and be happy in his heart, he would have greeted Moshe with tupim and mecholos.
We thus see that Aharon did not reach the enthusiasm of tupim and mecholos in regard to the geulah (of Moshe). As such, the tupim and mecholos are also missing from the men’s song, and Aharon, too, is missing. It was Aharon who could have added this aspect of tupim and mecholos to the song. But since Aharon did not reach this level of enthusiasm in regard to the geulah, they and he are therefore missing from the song of the men.
By the women’s song, on the other hand, Miriam is mentioned as Aharon’s brother to show us that the two shared the same position—the happiness of the receiver of tupim and mecholos—and while this was missing from the men, it was not missing from the women.
We can now also understand why the men’s song says ashira (I shall sing), while the women’s song says shiru (you shall sing), but neither state we shall sing. “I” is the doer, and “you” is the receiver. Since Aharon and the tupim and mecholos are missing from the men’s song, it was only the song of Moshe, from the side of the doer. They all sang his song. The men’s song thus says “I (Moshe) shall sing.” The women’s song, on the other hand, was only from the side of the happiness of the receiver, so it states “you shall sing.”
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yasher koach nossond
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nossond: wow that was a great shiur!!! you & JayMatt19 are like my virtual rabbaim!!! shkoyach!!!
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******DEVAR TORAH FOR MONDAY-TU BI'SHVAT*****
Chizuk in Tu B'Shvat that Hashem's Geula happens in the blink of an eye:The Connection Between Tu B'Shvat and Parshas B'Shalach:
Parshas B'Shalach / Shabbos Shirah always comes out near Tu B'Shvat. What is the shmechos between tu bi'Shvat-the "New Year of Trees," and this week's parsha?
The book Ziv HaMinhagim gives a beautiful explanation of this linkage. Tu B'Shvat is the Rosh HaShanah of trees. Look outside today and gaze at the trees. They appear deader than door nails! Is this the time to celebrate "The New Year for Trees?" There is not a leaf to be seen. It would seem more appropriate to celebrate "Tu B'Shvat" in the springtime when the trees are in full bloom.
The answer is that the trees LOOK dead. They LOOK like they will never see another green leaf in their existence. But right now the sap is beginning to run within them. If one travels up to Vermont-the Maple syrup capital of the world-he will find Vermonters dressed up in earmuffs boring holes in trees to extract the sap from the maple trees. This is the time of the year when the sap is flowing within the trees. The leaves and the beauty of the fruits that the trees will produce in the spring and summer are all being prepared right now, in the dead of winter.
The trees represent the idea that even when something looks terribly bleak and looks like it has no future, one should not give up on it. One should not give up on the trees when they look like that, and one should not give up on oneself when things look like that for him.
There are periods in a person's life when the future looks bleak and things look miserable all around. "What will be?" But the salvation of the Hashem comes in the blink of an eye! Hashem is already "running the sap" so to speak so that salvation may come. For this reason Tu B'Shvat is celebrated in the dead of winter.
It states in Parshas B'Shalach "They came to Marah and they could not drink the water, for it was bitter." Hashem then showed Moshe a tree and told him to throw it into the water. Why a tree? Why not a rock or a piece of dirt?
At that point, Hashem showed him a tree. The tree is the symbol that when all looks futile and bleak, desolate and destroyed, we see that the situation can turn around. Rebirth happens! There can be renaissance and renewal. Throwing the tree into the water was meant as a message to the people: "Don't give up. Don't worry about the desert. Things look bleak now but the salvation of the L-rd comes in the blink of an eye."!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Posted 6 years ago # -
Reb Asdfghjkl, nicely done
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asdfghjkl: Great vort.
We can add that this message is great for bashalach also because the yidden were worried about the Egyptians chasing them into the sea, but their salvation came in the blink of an eye.
Moreover, Moshe basicly told them to shut up. The gemarah ta'anis compares people to trees. Imagine if trees would complain like people. They would go on and on. On every leaf they would wail,"Oy vey my leaf fell off." The lesson is that we need to shut up like trees and let things work themselves out.
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Whyd you take me off? It takes three times to make me a shor hamuad! And even if i become a shor hamuad when reb yehuda ( i think) says shmira eina ela b'sakin-zugt tosfos: You dont kill it it just means en hachi nami no shmira but dont kill it. A kitzur put me back on. (please).
Question-Can a katan be mashlim a minyan?...Stay tuned.....Posted 6 years ago # -
"Whyd you take me off? It takes three times to make me a shor hamuad! "
Have you done Thursday enough to achieve chazaka status?
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Yo jay i dont know if u know this BUT i dont think a shor has to prove himself when its born. Why b/c theres something called a chezkas kashrus and we are born with it. So until you have a chazaka otherwise, i think im deserving of being put back on. (dont make me go to my rosh lol).
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Need Help: Please if anyone can help me out i cant find an answer to a stira! In bava metzia daf 43 amud aleph of sugya of shlichus yad, rava says in the gem. that if one who steals and then breaks it he pays the din of when he breaks it only in case where the price went up. But if the price goes down he pays like the price of b4 b/c of kol hamishlmim kshas hagzeila. Why then if it goes up does he pay higher? The rosh explains b/c of knas but if it werent for knas by default you would pay like the beg. In bava kama it has this case and the rosh explains that if when you stole it it was 4 and now when you break it its 1 you pay for just like in our gemara. The problem is his reason for this is shelo yehai choteh niskar! Which means he holds by default you should pay later not shas gezaila and the only reason u pay b4 is b/c of shelo yehai chotei niscar. But in our gemara the rosh says you pay 4 b/c pashut kol mishalmim k'shas gizaila. Two dif default in two roshis! Anyone got any answers??
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Why are we using tam/moo'ad as the basis? Why not use the model of Chezkas Karka?
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when can i post a d'var Torah?
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torahtziva, whenever you want. there are actually a couple of vacant days so you might wanna fill one in. check out the first page on this thread.
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jayMatt19: thanx so much!!!
nossond: thanx so much!!!!
yashrus20: glad your back in!!!
torahtziva: we have tuesday & wednesday night open on the schedule!!! you can post a devar torah any night though!!! all devar torahs are welcomed!!!
mods: we need more volenteers or your ganna need to pick a devar torah karban!!!Posted 6 years ago # -
please post here to let us know if you read the nightly devar torahs!!! i'm just curious!!!!
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asdfghjkl, why are you asking? of course i read them. do you?
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moish01: i'm asking cause i felt like it was just a few guys who did, the ones who post the devrei torahs!!! yes i do read all the devar torahs!!!
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I have a kaballa from my Rosh Yeshiva, who heard from R' Shalom Shvardron, that when something comes into your head (when speaking), sometime you have no idea why, say it, for Hashem likely put it there since it will effect someone listening (even though you have no clue who/what/where). After reading the other topics this week, the following d'var torah is bursting to come out.
The following d'var torah, I heard directly from HaRav Moshe Sternbuch, at a shiur given in his home to Avreichem.
In Pirkei Avos it says "חמישה תלמידים היו לו, לרבן יוחנן בן זכאי; ואלו הן--רבי אליעזר בן הורקנוס, ורבי יהושוע בן חנניה, ורבי יוסי הכוהן, ורבי שמעון בן נתנאל, ורבי אלעזר בן ערך"
R' Yochanan ben Zackei had 5 talmidim...
Don't say he only had 5 people in his yeshiva. He had hundreds, perhaps thousands in his yeshiva. It was just that he only had 5 worthy of being called his talmid.
A Rebbe is the one who gives smicha that someone is his talmid. Just because someone attended a shiur given by a Rov, does not mean that he is a talmid of that Rov!
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strong vort, jaymatt.
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Jaymatt- B/c all yidden are born with a chezkas kashrus! You sound like you know a little, if so answer my stira. It shouldent be to hard just google it...it seems to work for all the other divrie torah. (not to knock those divrie torah just trying to prove a point)
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>>B/c all yidden are born with a chezkas kashrus! You sound like you know a little, if so answer my stira. It shouldent be to hard just google it...it seems to work for all the other divrie torah.<<
Not saying you do not have a chezkas kashrus, just thought that chezkas karka would be a better model. Afterall, you want to be known as "permanent" but you have not given 3 weeks in a row, thus no chazaka!! WHERE IS YOUR SHTAR? (btw, looking forward to you earning said chazaka). FYI - Makom Kavua also works like this.
As for the google comment, I have yet to post a googled dvar torah. Everything has been found in sefarim (or heard from the source). However, were you to provide the source of the Rosh in Bava Kama, an answer would be easier to obtain
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Yashrus, btw, I mean no harm and I hope you are enjoying this playful discussion (why you are calling yourself an ox is beyond me though
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my divrei torah are generally my own. Regretfully, then, I may have to stop when they run out.
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JayMatt19: great vort today!!!
nossond: i hope you never run out of them!!!Posted 6 years ago # -
Jay-Well if everyone else whos perm hasnt given for 3 weeks straight yet why are the perm, b/c were not trying to prove that this belongs to me. Rather its its a question if im trustworthy enough that ill give every thursday. And dw im also enjoying this, its yeshivish humor.
Posted 6 years ago # -
ok - I need a volunteer for tonight and tomorrow night. Whose up? Charlie brown, we haven't heard from you in a whie... joseph, how about you... come on, let's not lose our streak.
Posted 6 years ago # -
i gave already today!
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JayMatt19 - thanks - I am thinking of changing the title of the thread to:
YWN Coffee Room Nightly D'Var Torah (featuring: JayMatt19 )
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sorry its from a few parshiyos back but then again i havent been here since a few parshios back! here goes.
"Behold--the people, the children of Israel are more numerous and stronger than we" (1:9). This passuk teaches us that when Jews act as one people, free of discord and strife, then the nations of the world see them as "more numerous and stronger" than themselves and realize that they cannot dominate the Yidden.
This can be compared to a father who invited all of his children to his home. When they arrived, he gathered them around him. The father had several thin identical twigs in his hand, and he gave one to each of his children and asked each child to break them, which they did easily.
The father then passed around a bundle of twigs tied together and asked them to break it, but none of them were able to. "You see," the father said, "as long as you remain united in the same way that these branches are united, nobody will ever be able to harm you! But if you act divisively and there is disharmony among you, then be aware that a lone individual is as easily broken as a single thin twig."Bais Yaakov maydel - Thank you and welcome back! :o) YW Moderator-72
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mod72: hey what abt the rest of us???!!! what are we, chopped liver???!!!
We appreciate all who contribute, however, JayMatt19 fills in whenever we are missing a night.:o) YW Moderator-72
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