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Выпуск: The Yeshiva.net — hiva.net — Shoftim 5781. Темы: kashrut, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. A Tale of Two Torah's: The Timeless and the Timely Rabbi YY Jacobson 5 Elul 5779 The King’s Torah’s In this week’s Torah portion, Shoftim, the Torah teaches us a fascinating mitzvah concerning every Jewish King: 18 And it will be, when he sits upon his royal throne, ‫יח ְוָה ָ֣יה ְכ ִׁש ְב ּ֔ת ֹו ַ֖ע ל ִּכ ֵּ֣ס א ַמ ְמ ַל ְכ ּ֑ת ֹו ְוָ֨כ ַת ב ֜ל ֹו‬ that he shall write for himself a copy of this Torah on a ‫ֶא ת־ִמ ְׁש ֵ֨נ ה ַה ּתֹוָ֤ר ה ַה ֹּזא֙ת ַע ל־ֵ֔ס ֶפ ר ִמ ִּל ְפ ֵ֖ני ַה ֹּֽכ ֲה ִ֥נים‬ scroll from [that Torah which is] before the Levitic :‫ַֽה ְל ִוִּֽי ם‬ kohanim. 19 And it shall be with him, and he shall read it all the ‫יט ְוָֽה ְיָ֣ת ה ִע ּ֔מ ֹו ְוָ֥ק ָר א ֖ב ֹו ָּכל־ְיֵ֣מ י ַח ָּ֑ייו ְל ַ֣מ ַע ן ִיְל ַ֗מ ד‬ days of his life, so that he may learn to fear the Lord, ‫ְל ִיְר ָא ֙ה ֶא ת־ְיֹה ָ֣וה ֱא ֹלָ֔ה יו ִ֠ל ְׁש ֹ֠מ ר ֶא ת־ָּכל־ִּד ְב ֵ֞ר י ַה ּתֹוָ֥ר ה‬ his G-d, to keep all the words of this Torah and these :‫ַה ֹּ֛ז את ְוֶא ת־ַֽה ֻח ִּ֥ק ים ָה ֵ֖א ֶּל ה ַֽל ֲעׂשָֽת ם‬ statutes, to perform them. The prophet Isaiah says: ...‫ָיֵע ף ָּד ָב ר‬-‫ ָל ַד ַע ת ָל עּות ֶא ת‬,‫ ָנַת ן ִל י ְל ׁשֹון ִל ּמּוִד ים‬,‫ ֲא ֹדָני ְי הִוה‬:‫ ד‬,‫ישעיה נ‬ My Lord has granted me a tongue for teaching, to understand the need of the times, to give knowledge to those who thirst for knowledge. Place it into their mouths, in order that this song will be for Me as a witness for the children of Israel." The Talmud5[3] understands it as an obligation to write the entire Torah).[4] If so, why does the Torah give a separate mitzvah for the king to do this? What’s the point of the king having two Sifrei Torah?[5] Timeless and Timely https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/7130/print-view 1/4 8/14/23, 3:30 PM TheYeshiva.net There is, perhaps, a profound message here.[6] The Leader must hold on to two Torah’s, as it were. https://www.theyeshiva.net/jewish/7130/print-view 2/4 8/14/23, 3:30 PM TheYeshiva.net To Find Your Bio in Torah This is also the deeper meaning of the Torah’s words: "And it shall be with him and he should read it all the days of his life in order that he learn to fear G-d, to observe all the words of this Torah..." The Torah is telling us more than just the fact that t

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