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Parsha Plus — Yisro 5783

Выпуск: Parsha Plus — Yisro 5783. 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 Midah K’neged Midah Punishment is a Big Chesed Parshas Yisro Rabbi Yissocher Frand When Moshe told Yisro all that happened to Klal Yisrael, Yisro responded: “Blessed is Hashem, Who has rescued you from the hand of Egypt and from the hand of Pharoah; Who has rescued the people from under the hand of Egypt.” (Shemos 18:10). “He does not push away the wicked with two hands; on the contrary He purifies them in the furnace like a metallurgist takes away the impurities of metal.” That is what Yisro is saying: Now I realize that Gadol Hashem – it is a great kindness He did by executing ‘measure for measure’ judgment against the Egyptians for their sins. 6 “Lo Sachmod”: Two Approaches Parshas Yisro Rabbi Yissocher Frand The tenth of the Asserres HaDibros [“Ten Commandments”] is Lo Sachmod: “Do not covet your neighbor’s house; do not covet your neighbor’s wife, nor his slave, his donkey, his ox, or anything that belongs to your neighbor” [Shemos 20:13]. When the villager goes into the big city and sees the King’s palace and sees the King’s beautiful daughter, he does not even think “Oh, I wish I could marry her.” He knows that such an occurrence is strictly beyond the realm of possibility in terms of his lineage and background. Rav Simcha Zissel Brodie, the Rosh Yeshiva of the Chevron Yeshiva, suggests that the Ramba”n (in Parshas Kedoshim) has a different understanding of the “Lo Sachmod” command and a totally different approach to the age old dilemma “How do I avoid being jealous?” The Ramban quotes a Medrash that refers to the repetition of the Asserres HaDibros in Parshas Kedoshim. The parallel in Parshas Kedoshim to the tenth commandment (Lo Sachmod) is the pasuk “And you shall love your neighbor as yourself.” [19:18] Rav Simcha Zissel explains this Ramba”n as follows: When I see that someone has a better car than I do or a better house than I do and I want that car or house, the human emotion behind this desire is not driven strictly by desire for the car or house or wife but by the fact that I am better than him and why should he have something that I do not have. (19:6) How can Hashem call the Jewish People “a kingdom o

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Parsha Plus

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10 февраля 2023 г.

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Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary