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Parsha Halacha — Va'etchanan 5784

Выпуск: Parsha Halacha — Va'etchanan 5784. Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Sponsored by Israel and Gaby Kopel and their children, Yosef Chaim, Yitzhak Yehoshua, Shmuel David, and Clara Shaindel, in loving memory of their grandfather and great-grandfather, Reb Shmuel ben Reb Yehoshuah Eliyahu, whose Yahrtzeit is 17 Menachem Av Parsha Halacha is underwritten by a grant from Dr. Morton Borg in loving memory of Stephen's father, Shmuel Tzvi ben Pinchas, and Bella's and Morton's parents, Avraham ben Yitzchak and Leah bas HaRav Sholom Zev HaCohen To sponsor or subscribe, please email rabbicitron@hotmail.com The Torah portion of Va’et’chanan always coincides with Shabbat Nachamu when we read about the consolation of the Jewish people after the destruction of the two Batei Mikdash which we recently commemorated on Tisha Be’Av. The Haftorah begins with the words,1 ‫“ – נַחֲ מּו נַחֲ מּו עַ ּמִ י‬Be comforted, be comforted, My nation…” There are many interpretations as to the repetition of the word ‫“ – נַחֲ מּו‬be comforted.” Rabbi Yonatan Eibeshitz explains2 that in the Messianic era, despite the great joy of the redemption, the Jewish people will need to be comforted for the tragic deaths of two of their great leaders: King Saul, son of Kish, and Moshiach ben Yosef. It is for the loss of these two leaders that the verse says twice ‫– נַחֲ מּו נַחֲ מּו עַ ּמִ י‬ “Be comforted, be comforted, My nation.” This article will focus on Moshiach ben Yosef, who, according to our sages, will lead the Jewish people in the war against Gog and Magog and will be killed in that battle. Source in Tanach – the Great Eulogy There is no explicit verse in the Tanach about Moshiach ben Yosef, but the Talmud4 interprets a verse in the Book of Zachariah5 to be referring to Moshiach ben Yosef.6 The verse describes the death of a leader who will die in the battle of Gog and Magog, as it says, ● “They will look to the one who was stabbed, and they will mourn for him as one mourns over an only child and as one mourns over a firstborn.” According to one opinion in the Talmud, “the one who was stabbed” is referring to the leader of the Jewish people known as Moshiach ben Yosef who will fall in the battle against Gog and Magog. ● The verse continues, “On

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Parsha Halacha

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16 августа 2024 г.

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6

Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary