YWN Coffee Room Nightly D’Var Torah

Noach:
Chasam Sofer says that if tzohar is a window or a precious stone is dependent whether we judge Noach for praise or shame. Only a truly pious person saved on his own zechusim can see the destruction of the wicked. Lot and his wife were not allowed to look back. If he judged for praise, it was a window, otherwise it was a precious stone, so he could not see through.

There is a Midrash peliah, אמרי נא אחותי את – מכאן ששוחטים לחולה בשבת, the Rav Chezkuni asks how do we know that Avraham Avinu will be killed. maybe they will commit adultary? Then they wil sin at every beila, but when they kill him will be one sin. Similarly, the Ran asks why do we slaughter for the sick on shabbos and don’t give him nevelah? Then he would sin with eating every kezayis. Therefore, it is better to do one sin then multiple and since Avraham Avinu was afraid they will kill him, we slaughter on shabbos rather than give nevalah.

Parashas Vayeshev

Rashi says that Yaakov Avinu wanted to live in peace. HKBH said. isn’t it enough for tzadikim to have the world to come, they also want this world, so the worry about Josef fell on him. The question is, why does Hashem not want tzadikim to have both worlds?
Explains the Ksav Sofer and the Chanukas Hatorah (Rebbe R’ Heshel) comparing a tzadk and a rasha. For the tzadik, his whole life is a worry that maybe he does not have olam habo, so he constantly improves himself to gain olam habo and the same time since his life is a worry, he loses his olam hazeh. The rasha either he is sure he has olam habo or doesn’r believe in it, so he does nothing improve and thereby he loses it, but he gains olam hazeh as he has no worries. Yaakov Avinu wanted to live now worry free by being sure that he has olam habo, so he had to worry about Josef thereby worrying about his olam habo as he can only have olam habo if all his children stay alive.

According to the Ohr Hachaim Hakadash in Paraahas Breishis any one is free to explain simething in the Torah as long it doesn’t affect halacha, so this certainly comes from gedolim and it doesn’t have to be muchruch.

Can you continue Dvar Torahs again?

i don’t understand the question.

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hey noo what haened to this thread where are the dvar torahs?

For the Siyum of Tanis.

The Jews are sitting in a circle and Hashem is the middle and they are pointing to Him recognizing that He is the only One who can redeem us.

Why a circle?
It says Hear o’ Israel Hashem our God is Hashem, One. It also says who is like your nation Yisrael one nation.

We will show that they are both the same one.
The kedusha through the center has a magnetic affect by pulling the circle towards the center making the circle smaller and smaller, uniting the points and eventually coinciding with the center. Also, the holy Zohar says that Yisrael and the Torah with Hashem kavayachel is one. Through the observance of the Torah we become united, making the circle smaller and coinciding with the center.

Vayechi

The difference between Yaakov and Yisrael the Rabbenu Bachaya explains that life of Yaakov refers to the physical and coming of death of Yisrael to the spiritual.

Vaera is gematria Yitzchak indicating that the time of the geula, redemption will be calculated from him and the difference between Yitzchak and Yischak is 210, the time actually spent in Mitzraim. Moshe Rabbenu was told, remember your name gematria, א-ל שד-י.

דצ’ך עד’ש באח’ב according to the Maasei Hashem the makos are broken down in each division by starting further away from the mitzrym and getting closer to them. Hashem gave them a chance to do teshuva. Kinim, shechin and chashech effected their body whereas dam, arov and borod effected their money. Dam if they paid to the Jews, they could buy water.

Thanks Reb E for all your contributions

As people don’t read other topics, I will repeat what I wrote on Parashas Pinchos:

Rashi says that he deserves his just rewards. The Dubner Magid gives a mashel to a wholesaler who hires a young man agreeing that he gets no salary but only room and board. In the middle of a Purim seuda a retail person arrives asking to be served. As the wholesaler refuses to serve him for being in the middle of the seuda, the young man volunteers to serve him. Later. the boss asks him what do I owe you? So he says, I don’t understand, didn’t we agree that I don’t get a salary? He says to the young man, until now I thought that the food I pay you means something to you but you are willing to sacrifice it for me showing that my business is more important to you, so you deserve a payment which is more valuable to you.
Similarly, one cannot be greatful enough with appreciation to Hashem for having a happy healthy life without any worries, but Pinchos sacrificed his life for His will, so he deserves to be paid something valuable to him.

Thank you

The Midrash Tanchuma says that we don’t seat in a sukkah on Shmini Atzeres because we will not daven with a full heart for rain.

Can it be a halachic sugya about anything? How do I sign up?