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Parsha Partner — Masei

Выпуск: Parsha Partner — Masei. Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. (Bamidbar 35:28) PartnerTalk by Rabbi Yitzchok Oratz Some teach a variant reading of the Mishna: “Therefore, the mothers This directive easily leads of High Priests would pro- to the situation where the Power of Prayer and Love vide those exiled to cities inadvertent killer and his of refuge with suste- family hope for the Kohen nance and garments so Gadol’s death so that the guilty party can return home. (Mishna, Makkot 11a) A certain elder said to him: I heard in the lecture by Seemingly, the idea was that either it was harder for Rava that the High Priests share the blame, as they them to pray against and bear ill will toward the family should have pleaded for mercy for their generation of someone who was taking care of them, or the more and did not. Likewise, they said: “There was a case of a prayer of a poor man” who pours out his heart to G-d man who was eaten by a lion some three parasangs (102:1) and the “prayer of Moshe, the man of G-d (Tehil- from the town where Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi lived, ©PARTNERS IN TORAH 2024 • PARSHA PARTNER: PARSHIOT MATOT/MASEI PAGE 3 and Eliyahu would not appear to the Rabbi for three Bottom Line: days on that account” (Makkot 11a). King David – who was no stranger to suffering – 36:6) the daughters of Tzelofchad to marry men from expressed this idea explicitly (Psalms‫ יסר יסרני‬:)118:18 their father’s tribe (Menashe), the Talmud (Bava Basra ‫“ – ק—ה ולמות לא נתני‬G-d afflicted me greatly, but at 120a) states this wasn’t a commandment but rather least He didn’t give me over to death.” a piece of good advice that G-d told Moses to give to them. I drivers who wish you “Shabbat Shalom,” major malls long to reunite with my wonderful family back in NJ, and highways that close in honor of the holy Shabbat, can’t wait to get back to my comfortable suburban all bring joy to the soul. the lecture delivered by Rava that it is not a baseless curse, as the High Priests share the blame for the unin- The Torah teaches that the unintentional murderer is tentional murders performed by these people; they required to go to one of the many “cities of refuge” that s

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Parsha Partner

Темы: family_education, health_mind, parsha_commentary