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Zichron Avinoam — Acharei Mos - Kedoshim 5783

Выпуск: Zichron Avinoam — Acharei Mos - Kedoshim 5783. Темы: не определены автоматически. Although so much needs to be true that the choices in these two parshios are about animals elaborated on in this regard; there is one specific aspect I wish alone, yet in Iyov (35:11) we learn, “ ‫מַ לְּ פֵ נוּ מִ בַּ הֲ מוֹת אָ ֶרץ‬ to focus on today: the special lottery held over the two goats ‫וּמֵ עוֹף הַ שָּׁ מַ יִם יְחַ כְּ מֵ נוּ‬, [Hashem] makes us more knowing — one to Hashem and one, R’l, to Azazel. than the beasts of the land, and makes us wiser than the At the beginning of Parashas Metzora, we learn of the birds of the sky.” We are meant to learn from the animals two birds that the metzora must take; one, is sent upon the and their particular middos, and also from what the Torah field, and one is killed. one’s Rebbe precedes the returning of one’s father’s lost And yet, from the very fact that the Torah tells us that only object — for although the father brought his son to this in our parashah there must be a goral, a lottery, reveals to us, world, the Rebbe takes him to the World to Come. from the “birds of the sky,” the two birds in last week’s pa- Yet, amazingly, in the very next parashah, when it rashah how to view and perceive what is most important in comes to the seirim, goats, no person chooses which one is this world. fect only the corridor, Olam Hazeh, while the choices of Last year, my esteemed cousin and yedid, Rav Avraham spirituality affect the eternal traklin, the palace of Olam Yaakov Klein, shared a remarkable answer from Rav Zalman Haba. There is an For even though both are among the gravest of matters, we vital difference between the choosing in Parashas Metzora still must recognize which of the two is held highest on the and that of Parashas Achrei Mos. parable for one who will be mekadesh shem Shamayim, or chas veshalom, the opposite; such a choice is the most fateful Available to order, and Yeshiva will benefit: choice possible — for it is the eternal choice. Rather, As important as issues of life and death are, and cer- the goats chosen through a lottery, through which only Ha- tainly they must not be minimized even slightly, they still shem can choose. 817   Fateful Choice Our parashah begins with a staggering avodah; the Rav Sorotzkin then adds a fascinating thought: It is avodas Yom HaKippurim. Divrei Torah

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Zichron Avinoam

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28 апреля 2023 г.

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