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Meshech Chochma — Mishpatim 5784

Выпуск: Meshech Chochma — Mishpatim 5784. Темы: kashrut, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein 2024 / 5784 MESHECH CHOCHMAH Parshas Mishpatim Lashon Hara, the Treifah and the Ba’al Mum ‫ ֹלא ִתִ ָּׂשׂ א ֵׁשׁ ַמַ ע ָׁשׁ ְוְ א‬.ֹ‫ּוָבָ ָׂשׂר ַּבּ ָּׂשׂ ֶדה ְטְ ֵרָפָ ה ֹלא ֹתֹ אֵכֵלּו ַלַ ֶּכֶּלֶב ַּתְּׁשׁ ִלִ כּון ֹאֹ תֹו‬ You shall not eat the flesh of an animal that was torn in the field, to the dog you shall throw it. Direct and Indirect Sanctification He prefaces his explanation by referring to the halachah that there are two animals which cannot be sanctified as a korban: 1) a treifah and 2) a ba’al mum (blemished animal).2 However, while neither of these can be directly sanctified as a korban, there are three ways in which the ba’al mum can receive the sanctity of a korban in an indirect manner: 1 Pesachim 118a. Temurah: If one tries to transfer the sanctity from one animal to another, both become sanctified, even if the second animal is a ba’al mum.5 By contrast, in all the above instances, if the animal was a treifah, it would not receive the sanctity of a korban even indirectly.6 Hilchos Korbanos with Human Experience Paralleling the above three situations, we find that there can be times when even if an individual is not deserving of merit in his own right – rendering him analogous to the ba’al mum – he can nonetheless indirectly partake of the merits of others: Z Merit of the community: Even if people are not deserving of Divine favor as individuals, they can still receive it via being part of the community.7 This corresponds to the maaser animal whose sanctity comes by being part of a group of animals. As one who has disrupted his relationship with others – both individuals and the community – he thus cannot benefit from their merit, and therefore cannot partake of their sanctity even indirectly This, then, is the full message from the juxtaposition of these two verses. Z Merits of one’s teacher: The Gemara states that a student can receive atonement in the merit of a righteous teacher from whom he learned Torah.9 This corresponds to the temurah case, where the Torah knowledge is transferred from the teacher to the student. The first verse states that a treifah animal should be thrown to the dog, while the second proceeds to discus

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Meshech Chochma

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9 февраля 2024 г.

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Темы: kashrut, parsha_commentary