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Torah Studies — Yisro 5783

Выпуск: Torah Studies — Yisro 5783. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע.  ‫ולעילוי נשמת‬ ‫ר' זלמן מאיר‬ ‫בן ר' חיים יוסף ע"ה‬ ‫נפטר כ''ה שבט ה'תשנ''ט‬ .‫ה‬.‫ב‬.‫צ‬.‫נ‬.‫ת‬  ‫נדפס ע"י בנו‬ ‫ר' חיים‬ ‫ומשפחתו שיחיו‬ ‫סילקאוו‬  Reprinted and redistributed by: ‫ועד להפצת המעיינות‬ VAAD LAHAFOTZAS HAMAYONOS VaadMelbourne@gmail.com Schneerson YISRO 5783 Yisro YISRO A M A T T E R O F "P R I N C I P L E " In the Torah portion of Yisro, G-d tells Moshe:1 "So shall you say to the House of Jacob, and relate to the Children of Israel." The Mechilta comments:2 " 'The House of Jacob' refers to women, while 'the Children of Israel' refers to men ... This being so, we understand that the Jewish woman relates to and is connected with all the commandments of the Torah, even to those time-bound positive commandments which they are not obligated to perform.5 This will be better understood in light of the explanation of R. 4 Yisro hidden meaning of the saying of our Sages7 that 'One's wife is considered as the person's very own body.' And as the Zohar states:8 'man and woman as they exist alone are each but half a body.' " This is also so with unmarried women.9 For since husband and wife constitute one soul10 and alone are but "half a person," even before these two halves come together, that which is done by the male half affects the female half as well. Now I know that G-d is greater than all deities...,' he caused G-d's glory to descend, after which G-d gave the Torah to the Jewish people." How is it possible that the combined sanctity of Moshe, Aharon and over 600,000 Jews was insufficient, so that only after Yisro also praised G-d could the Torah be given? The Torah portion begins by stating:14 "Yisro, Moshe's father-in-law, kohen of Midian, heard about all that G-d did...." Yisro's position as kohen of Midian was twofold; he was both the secular and religious leader of Midian,15 knowledgeable in and having served all the idolatrous cults of the world.16 12 Vol. In light of the above, we can understand the Zohar's statement that it was specifically through Yisro's praise of G-d that we received the Torah: The verse states:20 "I have beheld the superiority of wisdom over [literally, "from"] foolishness." The Zohar21 explains that the superiority of "wisdom," i.e., a superior aspect of holy wisdom, is achieved throu

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Torah Studies

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9 февраля 2023 г.

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Темы: parsha_commentary