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Parsha Halacha — Shemos 5786

Выпуск: Parsha Halacha — Shemos 5786. Темы: kashrut, family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. The Future Redemption – in the Merit of Purity It has been suggested that, just as their moral purity gave the Jewish people the merit that brought about the Exodus, so too, will we merit the final redemption because of our maintaining the integrity and fidelity of the Jewish family.29 May We Fulfill the Above Lessons and Merit to See the Immediate Redemption! According to our sages,1 the Jewish people merited the redemption because they maintained their purity and didn’t intermarry (or have relationships) with the Egyptians.2 The women were inspired by our matriarch Sarah who maintained her purity and rebuffed Pharaoh’s (and Elimelech’s) advances while the men were inspired by Joseph who did not succumb to the seduction of his master’s wife.3 The fact that the Torah publicizes one rare case where a child was born from an Egyptian man and a Jewish woman4 is evidence that this was the exception rather than a normal occurrence.5 According to the Midrash6 the sea split when it “saw” the coffin of Yoseph. 7 Before the Time Although the Exodus from Egypt was already promised by G-d to Abraham, the moral behavior of the Jewish people hastened the redemption and enabled them to leave after only 210 years 1 Vayikra Rabbah 32:5 2 This Midrash cites another opinion that maintaining purity was one of the good behaviors for which the Jewish people merited redemption. This is why Moshe was so particular to take the bones of Yosef with him 9 because he knew that he needed Yosef’s merit for the nation to be able to cross the sea.10 The Main Battle Is to Avoid the Battle The Ohr HaChaim writes11 that, when a person is faced with a temptation, the desire for forbidden relationships can be so strong that a man may be powerless to overcome them (without Divine assistance). There were great tzadikim who, despite their righteousness, had great difficulty in overcoming temptation once their desire was kindled by seeing a particular woman.12 Yosef Ran Out When the wife of Potiphar attempted to seduce Yosef, the verse says that Yosef left his garment in her hand and ran out. (ibid.) ● “His hands that did not grope in tra

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Parsha Halacha

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9 января 2026 г.

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4

Темы: kashrut, family_education, parsha_commentary