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Meshech Chochma — shelmikra shoftim 2023 5783

Выпуск: Meshech Chochma — shelmikra shoftim 2023 5783. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Rabbi Immanuel Bernstein 2023 / 5783 Pshuto PSHUTOShel Mikra SHEL MIKRA From the Teachings of Rav Yehuda Copperman zt”l Parshat Shoftim “Right and Left” – Following the Rulings of the Sanhedrin ‫ֹלא תָ סּור מִ ן הַ ָדּבָ ר אֲשֶ ׁר יַגִ ּידּו לְ ָך יָמִ ין ּושְ ׂמֹ אל‬ You shall not deviate from the matter which they will tell you, right or left (Devarim 17:11) The beginning of Parshat Shoftim discusses the mitzvah of establishing a Sanhedrin, which has supreme authority in matters of halachah, and concerning whose words the Torah requires full adherence, as set forth in our pasuk. The Drashah of the Sifrei With regards to the concluding phrase, “‫ — ימין ושמאל‬right or left,” there is a well-known drashah of Chazal in the Sifrei (siman 154), quoted by Rashi, which states: ‫ וכל שכן כשהוא‬,‫אפילו הוא אומר לך על ימין שהוא שמאל ועל שמאל שהוא ימין‬ ‫אומר לך על ימין שהוא ימין ועל שמאל שהוא שמאל‬ Even if it (the Sanhedrin) tells you that right is left and left is right; and this is certainly the case if it tells you that right is right and left is left.1 1 It should be noted that Rashi’s concluding words, “and this is certainly the case etc.,” are not found in the Sifrei, but are rather Rashi’s own additional comment. Even if you may think in your heart that they are in error, and the matter is as clear to you as is the difference between right and left, nonetheless act in accordance with their ruling, and do not say, “How can I eat this fat which is completely forbidden or kill this person who is innocent?” Rather, you should say, “Thus have I been commanded by my Master who has commanded that I perform all His mitzvot in accordance with the rulings of those who stand before Him in the place that He has chosen;2 and it is based on their understanding He has given me the Torah, even if they should err.” This is similar to the episode with R’ Yehoshua and Raban Gamliel on the day which Yom Kippur fell according to the calculation of R’ Yehoshua.3 The necessity for this mitzvah is very great indeed, for the Torah was given to us in written form, and it is well-known that not all opinions will be in concurrence regarding new questions that arise, so that disputes will proliferate and the Torah will become like many Torah

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Meshech Chochma

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18 августа 2023 г.

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Темы: parsha_commentary