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Divrei Shaagasi — Shemini 5783

Выпуск: Divrei Shaagasi — Shemini 5783. Темы: kashrut, family_education, holidays. Поисковые термины: кашрут, кошер, kosher, kashrut, כשרות, כשר, воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, пурим, песах, ханука, суккот, yom tov, פורים. The biblical word for freedom is actually ‫ חֹפֶשׁ‬as it says: ‫ כִּי תִ קְ נֶה עֶ בֶד עִ בְרִ י‬Should you buy a Hebrew slave ‫ שֵׁשׁ שָׁ נִים יַעֲב ֹד‬he shall work [for] six years ‫ וּבַ שְּׁ בִ עִת‬and in the seventh ‫ יֵצֵא לַ חָ פְ שִׁי חִ נָּם‬he shall go out free without charge[2] Alternatively, another word that conveys the idea of freedom is ‫דְּ רוֹר‬. The Ramban explains that the word ‫ דְּ רוֹר‬is an abbreviation for “‫ דֹּור הֹלְֵך וְדֹור בָּא‬- One generation goes, another comes” [2] Question: If the biblical words for freedom are ‫ חֹפֶשׁ‬or ‫דְּ רוֹר‬, why did our Sages designate the word ‫ חֵרוּת‬for freedom? In Pirkei Avot, Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi encourages us to occupy ourselves with learning Torah, as he says: ‫ וְ הַ לֻּח ֹת מַ עֲ שֵׂה אֱֹלקִים הֵ מָּה‬And the Luchos (tablets) were the work of G-d ‫ וְ הַ מִּ כְתָּ ב מִ כְתַּ ב אֱֹלקִים הוּא‬and the writing was the writing of G-d ‫ חָרוּת עַל הַ לֻּח ֹת‬engraved upon the Luchos[3] ‫ ַאל תִּ קְרָ א חָרוּת‬Don’t read "engraved" (‫)חָרוּת‬ ‫ אֶ לָּא חֵרוּת‬but rather read it as "freedom" (‫)חֵרוּת‬ ‫ שֶׁ אֵין לְָך בֶּן חוֹרִ ין‬For there is no free individual, ‫ אֶ לָּא מִי שֶׁעוֹסֵק בְּתַ לְמוּד תּוֹרָ ה‬Except for one who works towards the study of Torah.[4] Three Levels of Freedom In his expansive 3 volume set on the Haggadah, entitled “Pathways to Pesach and the Haggadah”, R. Aquila answered: “A man can never fully understand the Torah if he remains uncircumcised, as it is said: ‫ מַ גִּיד דְּ בָרָ יו לְ יַעֲק ֹב חֻ קָּיו וּמִ שְׁ פָּ טָיו לְ יִשְׂרָ אֵל‬- He tells His words to Jacob, His statutes and His judgments to Israel.[6] That is, HaShem gives his words of Torah to one who is like Yaakov (the Jews), and is circumcised, but not to people who are uncircumcised.”[7] From this intriguing story, we can begin to understand that there is an intrinsic connection between the concept of removing something of the original matter, like engraving, and refining oneself in order to better understand Torah and become part of the Jewish people. We then can then see the fulfillment of “‫ ַׁשַּלח עִַּמי וְ יַעַ בְדֻ נִי‬- Let My people go, so they will serve Me.” It is this essential significance

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Divrei Shaagasi

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2 апреля 2023 г.

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Темы: kashrut, family_education, holidays