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Parsha Plus — Devarim 5784

Выпуск: Parsha Plus — Devarim 5784. Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Eisikovits eisikovits1@gmail.com 2 Don’t Flaunt It Parshas Devarim Rabbi Yissocher Frand “You have enough, circle the mountain, and turn to the north (tzafonah).” (Devarim 2:3) The Kli Yakar lived during a time when the Jews enjoyed prosperity, and he did not approve of the way they dealt with it. Rashi, citing the Gemara (Berachos 32a), explains this to mean, “Too much gold!” zahav, of course, meaning gold, and di a derivation of dei, 4 meaning ‘more than enough.’ This, he explains, was a hidden rebuke about the incident of the Golden Calf—which, he writes, came about as a result of them having too much gold! Rashi implies that the fateful incident of the Golden Calf came about principally due to them having too much wealth (the Jews of the Desert were indeed wealthy, both through the spoils they received from their Egyptian taskmasters upon leaving, as well as the great wealth spit out by the Sea after the remaining Egyptians drowned). One might also surmise that the elderly sage would have enjoyed spending his ‘golden years’ studying the Torah with the undisturbed peace and serenity that is not the lot of the Rabbinate, who must constantly deal with arguments and monetary disagreements between one Jew and another. It was thus with great surprise that, just weeks before the scheduled date of retirement, the Rabbinical lay-committee, who’s job it had been to find a replacement for the irreplaceable R’ Moshe, now found themselves sitting across the table from him, listening to him say that he had changed his mind, and wished to remain Rabbi of Cracow— assuming they would still have him. Unbeknownst to me, R’ Efraim Mendel entered into a Yisasschar-Zevulun agreement with another gentleman, R’ Yitzchok, whereby R’ Yitzchok would support R’ Efraim Mendel in full, and R’ Efraim Mendel in turn would dedicate himself completely to Torah study, without having to worry about selling his bagels. Turning to R’ Efraim Mendel, I asked him how this agreement came about, especially since I knew R’ Efraim Mendel was exceptionally humble, and very few people 6 knew of his vast knowledge of Torah and amazing diligence, let alone an outsider.” “‘The Rav knows that ever

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Parsha Plus

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9 августа 2024 г.

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Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary