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Torah Studies — Vayeitzei 5785

Выпуск: Torah Studies — Vayeitzei 5785. Темы: kashrut, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע.  ‫לעילוי נשמת‬ '‫ר' שלום מנשה ע"ה בן ר' שלמה שי‬ ‫ישראל‬ ‫נפטר ה' כסלו ה'תשפ"א‬ .‫ה‬.‫ב‬.‫צ‬.‫נ‬.‫ת‬  ‫נדפס ע"י‬ ‫ר' שלמה‬ ‫ומשפחתו שיחיו‬ ‫ישראל‬  Reprinted and Redistributed by: Published by: VAAD LAHAFOTZAS HAMAYONOS ‫י ב ה ג ד ו ל ה‬Melbourne, ‫ י ש‬- ‫עי י נ ו ת‬ ‫ו ע ד ל ה פצ ת ה מ‬ Australia VaadMelbourne@gmail.com Vaad Lahafotzas Hamayonos 67 Alexandra Street Describing Jews as G-d’s children implies that they are looked upon as a distinct entity.3 Although every Jewish soul is inseparably bound to G-d4 - unlike a physical father-and-son relationship, which can be broken - the very fact that a Jew is called “son” implies that he is another entity - he is not the Father. 6 Vayeitzei S HABBOS - A N U NLIMITED H ERITAGE In the Torah portion Vayeitzei, G-d blesses Yaakov, declaring to him:7 “You shall spread out to the west, to the east, to the north and to the south.” The Gemara comments:8 “Whoever delights in the Shabbos receives an unlimited heritage, as is written:9 ‘Then you shall delight in G-d... and I will nourish you with the heritage of Yaakov,’ of whom it is written: ‘You shall spread out to the west, to the east....’ “ The reward for the performance of a mitzvah is, of course, measure for measure.10 What aspect of the mitzvah of Shabbos causes its reward to be “an unlimited heritage”? Although the cessation of labor of simple folk involves refraining from menial tasks while the cessation of labor of the lofty involves a pause in the spiritual refinement of the physical world, these people only differ with regard to the manner of labor they are resting from; with regard to the resultant cessation of labor, all Shabbos-observant Jews are equal.11 Superficially, it would seem that the same would be true regarding all prohibitive commandments; like Shabbos, they involve not doing something. This, too, is the meaning of the statement in the Minchah prayer of Shabbos: “May Your children recognize and know that from You is their rest, and by their rest they sanctify Your Name.” Shabbos rest derives from G-d’s very Essence - “from You.” This causes each Jew’s rest to be bound up with the essen

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Torah Studies

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5 декабря 2024 г.

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12

Темы: kashrut, health_mind, parsha_commentary