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Divrei Shaagasi — [01.01c] Bereishis - When It’s Good To Be Wild 5784

Выпуск: Divrei Shaagasi — [01.01c] Bereishis - When It’s Good To Be Wild 5784. Темы: не определены автоматически. Statement: The first pasuk states: ‫ֹלהִים‬-ֱ‫וַיּ ֹאמֶר א‬ And G-d said, ‫תֹּוצֵא הָָארֶ ץ‬ Let the earth bring forth ‫נֶפֶשׁ חַ יּ ָה לְ מִינָהּ‬ living creatures according to their kind ‫בְּ הֵ מָה‬ tame animals ‫וָ רֶ מֶשׂ‬ and creeping things ‫וְ חַ יְתֹו־אֶ רֶ ץ‬ and wild land-animals ‫לְ מִינָהּ‬ to their kind. ‫ וְחַ ֽי ְתֹו־אֶרֶ ץ‬- Wild land-animals The next pasuk says: ‫ֹלהִים‬-ֱ‫וַ יַּעַשׂ א‬ And G-d made ‫אֶת־חַ יּ ַת הָָארֶ ץ לְ מִינָהּ‬ the wild animals of the earth according to their kind ‫וְ אֶת־הַ בְּ הֵ מָה לְ מִינָהּ‬ and the tame animals to their own kind ‫וְ אֵת כָּל־רֶ מֶשׂ הָ אֲדָ מָה‬ and all the creeping things of the ground ‫לְ מִינֵהוּ‬ according to their kind. The verse in Mishlei3 says “‫ וְרָ ב ְּת בּואֹות ְּבכֹחַ ׁשֹור‬- an abundance comes by the strength of an ox.” This means that one should use their intelligence to channel their inner desires and guide them towards purposeful and meaningful ends - whether they are physical needs or G-dly. Next, I asked them, “Is it good to be tame?” (After learning the first two verses of Vayikra a few weeks prior, they were well aware of what the concept of being tame meant), so they naturally replied, “Yes.” I then explained that the Hebrew word for a tame animal is “‫ ”בְּ הֵ מָה‬and that a person who is called a “‫ ”בְּ הֵ מָה‬is not always such a nice thing. After explaining all this to my students, I challenged them to think carefully by saying, “Now that you know a little more of what these words can mean, I’m going to give you some time to think of what we can learn from the different order of the first pasuk and the one that follows.” I put on a timer for 5 minutes on my watch and stood off to the side to watch their little minds think a bit. “According to the Shulchan Aruch HaRav: One who does not innovate their Torah learning and merely reviews, even 101 times, has not fulfilled his obligation to study Torah.” (Hilchos Talmud Torah 1:1; 2:2, based on Sicha of the Lubavitcher Rebbe - Eve of the 12th Day of Sivan, 5743; cf Chagigah 3a) “Supernal beings come to hear the novellae of Torah from those who dwell in this lower world . So as we came across the pesukim in our Chumash period, where we had begun to learn about HaShem’s creation of the land animals, I had thought spontaneously that

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Divrei Shaagasi

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