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Parsha Halacha — halach — Ki Sisa 5784

Выпуск: Parsha Halacha — halach — Ki Sisa 5784. Темы: kashrut, family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. In the verse regarding the spices which were used to make the Anointing Oil, 2 ‫“ – וְאַ תָּ ה קַ ח לְ ָך בְ שָּ מִ ים ר ֹאׁש מׇ ר ְדרֹור חֲ מֵ ׁש מֵ אֹות‬And you shall take choice spices: five hundred weight of pure myrrh.” The translation of Oneklus renders ‫ מׇ ר ְדרֹור‬as ‫מֵ ירָּ א דַ כְ יָּא‬ which are nearly the same letters as ‫מרדכי‬. What’s the Connection Between Mordechai and myrhh/ ‫?מׇ ר ְדרֹור‬ The commentaries offer several reasons as to why the Torah alludes to Mordechai with this spice: ● Head of the Sanhedrin Rashi says that the verse introduces this spice with the words ‫ ׁבְ שָּ מִ ים ר ֹאש‬which can mean “the most important spices.” This alludes to Mordechai who was the head of the tzaddikim (righteous men) of his generation and of the Men of the Great Assembly. ● Pure from the Impure According to certain commentaries, ‫ מׇ ר ְדרֹור‬was the musk fragrance which is made from the secretion of a non-kosher animal.6 Also, the word ‫דְ רֹור‬, which means freedom, indicates that the scent must come an animal that is wild rather than domestic since, once it is domesticated, this animal barely produces a scent.7 The law is that the materials used in the building of the Mishkan and Beit HaMikdash needed to be kosher.8 As such, several explanations are offered as to why this scent was considered kosher:9 1. Others say that this product becomes inedible (“like dust”) during the processing and, as such, is no longer considered food and isn’t forbidden even if it is later turned into something edible.11 The Midrash says12 that the verse,13 “Who can make something pure from something impure?” refers to Mordechai who was a descendant of Shimi ben Gera14 who cursed David when he was escaping from Jerusalem.15 As such, Mordechai is similar to the spice ‫מׇ ר ְדרֹור‬, a kosher product derived from the non-kosher as explained above.16 ● Releasing the Sparks Mordechai also accomplished the transformation from impurity to purity by receiving (together with Esther) the house and wealth of the wicked Haman and using it for positive things.17 According to the Kabbalists, there is positive s

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Parsha Halacha

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1 марта 2024 г.

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Темы: kashrut, family_education, parsha_commentary