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OHRNET — Matos-Massei 5784

Выпуск: OHRNET — Matos-Massei 5784. Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: воспитание, дети, семья, chinuch, family, חינוך, ילדים, משפחה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. THE OHR SOMAYACH TORAH MAGAZINE  WWW.OHR.EDU OHRNET SHABBAT PARSHAT MATOT-MASEI 28 TAMMUZ 5783 – 3 AUGUST 2024  VOL 31 NO.35 PARSHA INSIGHTS by Rabbi Yaakov Asher Sinclair A Generational Perspective “They approached him (Moshe) and said, ‘Pens for the flock shall we build here for our livestock, and cities for our small children.” (32:16) How often is it that we might reveal our shortcomings to others, while we ourselves stay blissfully ignorant of our true selves? TALMUD TIPS by Rabbi Moshe Newman Bava Batra 25-31 Facing North or South Rabbi Yitzchak said, “One who wants to have wisdom should turn to the south; and if he wants wealth he should turn to the north.” In addition to this statement on our daf, our gemara also teaches a siman – a memory device – in order not to mix up which direction is advised for wisdom and which direction for wealth. Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi claims that when one has the wisdom of the Torah, he also has great wealth, as the verse teaches: “Long life is on its (the Torah’s) right, while wealth and honor are on its left.” (Proverbs 3:16) As beautiful as this teaching is, this opinion is not codified in the Shulchan Aruch and it is also not our minhag (custom). In Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim 94:2, the Rema states: “And one who wants to fulfill the words of our Sages to turn to the south for wisdom and to the north for wealth, should do so – however, he should turn his face towards the east.” The Mishneh Berurah (ibid 94:2:12) writes that this implies that one should stand with his body towards the south or north, and angle only his head toward the east (such as in the Askenazic countries of Eastern Europe, which require prayer towards the east in order to be praying in the direction of the Land of Israel).  Bava Batra 25b www.ohr.edu 4 TAAMEI HAMITZVOS Reasons behind the Mitzvos by Rabbi Shmuel Kraines “Study improves the quality of the act and completes it, and a mitzvah is more beautiful when performed by someone who understands its significance” (Meiri, Bava Kamma 17a). Having clarified that the offerings are essentially vehicles that express the feelings of our hearts, we may suggest a new interpretation of Hashem’s wor

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OHRNET

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1 августа 2024 г.

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Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary