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Dimensions in Chumash — Bechukotai 5782

Выпуск: Dimensions in Chumash — Bechukotai 5782. Темы: не определены автоматически. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein 2022 / 5782 DIMENSIONS IN CHUMASH BECHUKOSAI Rains in their Time ‫וְ נָתַ תִ ּי גִ שְ ׁמֵ יכֶם בְ ּעִ תָ ּם‬ I will provide your rains in their time.1 Rashi, citing the Toras Kohanim, explains that “in their time” means in a time which is convenient for the rain to fall since people are not outdoors, such as Friday nights. A Eulogy for Bar Kochba ‫וְ שָ ׁבַ ְרתִ ּי אֶ ת גְ ּאוֹן עֻזְ ּכֶם‬ I will break the pride of your might.5 The Toras Kohanim on our verse records a dispute among the sages as to what this curse is referring to: Z The first opinion explains that the reference is to the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash, citing a verse from Yechezkel which explicitly refers to the Beis Hamikdash as “‫– גאון עוזכם‬ the pride of your strength.” Z R’ Akiva states that the reference is to the mighty among Israel, such as Yoav, son of Zeruiah, and his colleagues. with a vav, Rashi writes: In five places [the name Yaakov] is written full, and [correspondingly], Eliyahu is written [with the vav] missing in five places.9 Yaakov took a letter from Eliyahu’s name as a pledge, so that [Eiyahu] will come and herald the redemption of [Yaakov’s] children. Bechukosai | 2 Yaakov and Eliyahu: A Cross-Tanach Handshake ‫וְ זָ כ ְַרתִ ּי אֶ ת בְ ִּריתִ י יַעֲקוֹב‬ I will remember My covenant with Yaakov.8 Commenting on the unusual “full” spelling of the name ‫יַעֲ קו ֹב‬, i.e. With this in mind, the Rama2 gives a most elegant and straightforward explanation of a phenomenon mentioned in the Midrash,3 namely, that there were certain righteous generations during whose days a rainbow was never seen. The significance of this is that the rainbow is a sign that Hashem will never again bring a flood,4 but its appearance is also something of a criticism, for it implies that the people need to be reminded of this fact. In this way, he was able to give full expression to the grief and disappointment that had occurred in his time, naming a figure from Israel’s past, but with all those present fully aware of whom he was referring to. This marked the beginning of the downfall of the Bar Kochba revolt, which ultimately ended in crushing defeat, the death of Bar Kochba himself and further persecution of the Jewish people under Roman rule. Tragically, however, he subsequently soured to t

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Dimensions in Chumash

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