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Chayus — Mishpotim 5783

Выпуск: Chayus — Mishpotim 5783. Темы: relationships_shalom_bayit, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: шалом байт, брак, отношения, shalom bayit, marriage, שלום בית, זוגיות, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. He writes, “The Scripture established it with the sole intention of strengthening the true religion (das ha’emes).” This unusual expression is not intended to praise Judaism for being the only legitimate religion as much as it provides deeper meaning into Hakhel’s function. Published By SIE $%$&'()*+$& By Yanki Tauber Once Upon a Chasid Published by Kehot Publication Society Whipping Into Shape When you will see the donkey of your enemy collapsed under its load, you may wish to refrain from assisting him; nevertheless, you should help him (Mishpotim 23:5) O nce, Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (later to found the Chabad Chassidic movement) was preparing to leave Mezeritch after a prolonged stay with his Rebbe, Rabbi DovBer of Mezeritch. As the coach was about to set off, Rabbi Schneur Zalman heard Rabbi Avraham say to the coachman: “Whip the horses, so that they should cease to be horses!” (Another version goes: “Whip the horses, so that they should know that they are horses!”) For Rabbi Schneur Zalman, this remark opened a new vista in man’s service of G-d. He decided to remain in Mezeritch a while longer… Explained the Lubavitcher Rebbe: The inner meaning of Rabbi Avraham’s remark can be best understood in light of Rabbi Yisroel Baal Shem Tov’s famous interpretation of the verse: “When you will see the donkey [‘chamor’] of your enemy collapsed under its load, you may wish to refrain from assisting him; nevertheless, you should help him.” ‘Chamor,’ Hebrew for ‘donkey’is related to the word Chomer, which means ‘the material’—a reference to the physical body and its mundane drives and needs. a rhetorical question, “If you see your enemy’s The Questions: The Mechilta, which is the source donkey lying under its burden would you refrain of Rashi’s second interpretation, offers an addi- from helping him?” and answers, “You shall surely tional scenario where one can refrain from helping help.” But why does the verse need to address the the animal—if the animal is in a cemetery, a Ko- reader’s reluctance to perform the mitzvah? reluctant to return his enemy’s lost objects, still, the That scenario is mentioned by the Talmud in the verse does not

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Chayus

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16 февраля 2023 г.

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Темы: relationships_shalom_bayit, parsha_commentary