Showing posts with label Bechukosai. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bechukosai. Show all posts

Saturday, October 13, 2012

Rogatchover on Ameilus


שו"ת צפנת פענח – סימן ו' (רב יוסף רוזין זצ"ל, אב"ד דווינסק)
קבלתי מכתבו ומה אוכל לכתוב לו. ילמד סדר נשים כסדר גמרא עם תוס' ואח"כ יחזור, והנה מבואר בתו"כ פ' בחקותי כל קרא דאם בחקותי תלכו דהקב"ה רוצה שיהי' עמלים בתורה ור"ל כך דהנה מבואר ב"ב פ"ח דכמו דא"י מוחזקת ה"נ תורה ירושה ומוחזקת רק מ"מ צריך הליכה דמבואר בפיה"מ להרמב"ם ז"ל ריש פרק א' דב"ב דאף דקיי"ל כמ"ד ב"ב ק' דאין הליכה קונה זה רק בדבר חדש אבל לברר איזו חלק לזה קנה בהליכה כיון שהתורה ירושה רק דצריך לברר החלק צריך עמל ויגיעה בגדר הליכה והארכתי בזה בחיבורי ח"ד בהל' תרומות ועי' סנהדרין צ"ט ע"ב הוא עמל במקום זה והתורה עומלת במקום אחר ע"ש ברש"י אך ר"ל דע"י שעמל במקום אחד קנה לכל התורה אף במקום שלא עמל כלל וכן הוא בירושלמי ב"ב משכח כולה ר"ל מוצא הכל כיון דירושה לנו רק צריך יגיעה וכן מבואר בירושלמי חלה פרק א' ואכמ"ל לכן לדעתי יעשו כך...


That reminded me of this Yerushalmi quoted in Or Gedalyahu on Simchas Torah
תלמוד ירושלמי מסכת בבא בתרא פרק ח'
א"ר הושעיה כל מקום שנאמר מורשה לשון דיהא (כהה – חלש).

The Gemara is talking about when Hashem promised EY to BY. It says in Va’eirah, ונתתי אותה לכם מורשה, Hashem promised the land to those that left Mitzraim, but l’maaseh it was the next generation that inherited the land. So if something is a “morashah” to you, it is really a safek it will you will be a “yoresh” or just a “morish” (the Dor Midbar were morish bakever). The Gemara asks, what about when it says “תורה צוה לנו משה מורשה קהילה יעקב”. The Gemara answers, granted, just because you are part of the Jewish people, that doesn’t guarantee that you will inherit the Torah. If you work for it you will be a “yoresh,” but if not you will only be a “morish” and the opportunity will be passed to the next generation 


Friday, May 23, 2008

Hashem and Bnei Yisrael- Together Forever

"V'natati mishkani b'tochichem, v'lo tigal Nafshi etchem."
(Bechukotai 26:11)
The 2nd half of the pasuk reads: "...and My Soul will not purge Itself of you." Rashi explains this as: "My Spirit will not be disgusted by you." Rabbeinu Ovadiah MiBratenura asks, what is Rashi coming to teach us? Of course Hashem won't be disgusted by us; He promised elsewhere that even when He is angry he will not leave us. Rather the pasuk is speaking to us in human terms. A person might have a friend which he likes and with whom he is on good terms with. However, it can happen that over time he will grow to dislike this friend becasue he is with him so much (I guess they weren't such good friends after all.). Hashem is telling this will never be the case with Him and us. He will never grow tired of us and leave. Rav Henoch Leibowitz tz"l, in his sefer Chiddushei HaLev, further asks; what is this coming to teach us?! Of course Hashem wouldn't do this! As R"O MiBartenura pointed out, this is something wich is part of human nature. This behavior is not shayach at all to G-d! So really he explains, it all has to do with us. People tend to apply their own nature (and faults) to others, or at least fear that others may have them. It is possible he writes, for a person to think that because he or another person might do this act of being disgusted by a friend and leaving them, that perhaps Hashem will do this as well. Of course this is imppossible. G-d is not man. Rather it is in our own human nature that we think these things. Therefore, this pasuk is coming to teach us that Hashem will never do this. No matter what we think, Hashem doesn't want us to forget this. He wants us to know straight out that the ahavah between us will last forever.