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Meshech Chochma — Bechukotai 5784

Выпуск: Meshech Chochma — Bechukotai 5784. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein 2024 / 5784 MESHECH CHOCHMAH Bechukosai Exile and Destiny ‫ְוְ ַאף ַּגּם ֹזֹאת ִּבְּהְ יֹוָֹתָ ם ְּבּ ֶאֶ ֶרץ ֹאֹ ְיְֵבֵ יֶהֶ ם ֹלא ְמְ ַאְסְ ִּתּ ים ְוְ ֹלא ְגְ ַעַ ְלְ ִּתּ ים ְלְ ַכַֹּלָתָ ם ְלְ ָהָ ֵפֵ ר ְּבּ ִריִתִ י‬ ‫ִאִ ָּתּ ם ִּכּ י ֲאֲ ִנִי ה' ֱאֱֹלֵקֵ יֶהֶ ם‬ But despite all this, while they will be in the land of their enemies, I will not have despised them or rejected them to annihilate them, to annul My covenant with them, for I am Hashem their God. If we look closely at this pasuk we will notice that of the four terms of retribution contained therein, the first two negate things that Hashem states He will not do: “‫ – ֹלא ְמְ ַאְסְ ִּתּ ים ְוְ ֹלא ְגְ ַעַ ְלְ ִּתּ ים‬I will not have despised them or rejected them,” while the second two terms serve to negate specific outcomes or purposes, “‫ְלְ ַכַ ֹּלָתָ ם‬ ‫ – ְלְ ָהָ ֵפֵ ר ְּבּ ִרִ יִתִ י ִאִָּתּ ם‬to annihilate them, to annul My covenant with them.” The implication is that these two things may indeed happen, but they will not happen for the reasons stated at the end of the pasuk. The upheaval of exile brings about a decline in terms of their physical, financial and political stability, as well as in spiritual stature, so that when they arrive at their new location they need to start from the beginning in all of these areas – whereupon the cycle begins anew. A New Road to a Familiar Place The tragedy of these events repeating themselves is that the younger generation, in is infatuation with the prevailing host culture – which is “new” to them – lose sight of the fact that such an attitude precipitated earlier exiles. He forsakes the study of his own religion in order to study foreign languages… he thinks that Berlin is Jerusalem,1 learning [moreover] from the corrupt among his neighbors, not even from the upright among them… Then, a stormy and tempestuous wind will blow, uprooting him and placing him among a distant nation whose language he has not learned. He will know that his roots are those of the People of Israel, his consolation lies in the comforting words of the prophets of Hashem, who prophesied concerning the scion of Yishai [the Mashiach] in the End of Days… There [in his new land] he will find some respite, he will be ar

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Meshech Chochma

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30 мая 2024 г.

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Темы: parsha_commentary