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Divrei Shaagasi — [01.08] Vayishlach - I've Become Small 5784

Выпуск: Divrei Shaagasi — [01.08] Vayishlach - I've Become Small 5784. Темы: health_mind, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: здоровье, психология, стресс, health, mental, בריאות, נפש, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. Nov 26, 2023 ) Statement: Among those who publicly read from a Torah scroll as a Ba’al Koreh, there is a long-standing disagreement on the following verse: ‫ קָטנֹ ְתִּ י‬I have become small ‫ מִכּ ֹל הַ חֲ סָדִ ים‬from all the kindnesses ‫ וּמִ כָּל־הָ אֱ מֶת‬and from all the truth ...‫ אֲ שֶׁר עָ שִׂיתָ אֶת־עַ בְדֶּ ָך‬that You have rendered Your servant…[1] The word ‫( קָטנֹ ְתִּ י‬I have become small) is commonly read with the musical trop of an ‫ַאזְלָא גֵ֜ רֵ שׁ‬. This matches the famous saying of the Vilna Gaon based on the Talmud where Rav Chiya bar Ashi said ‫ ּתַ לְ מִיד חָ כָם צָרִ יְך ׁשֶ ּיְהֵא ּבֹו אֶ חָד מִ ּׁשְמֹונָה ּבִ ׁשְ מִינִית‬- that a Talmud Chacham (Torah scholar) should have an eighth of an eighth of pride.[3] The Vilna Gaon comments on why the Talmud says (‫ שְׁ מִינִי שֶׁ בְּ שְׁ מִינִית (שֶׁל גַאֲ וָה‬- an ⅛ of ⅛ (1/64) of pride. A Torah scholar’s level of pride must be on the level that he is unworthy of anything, i.e., “I have become small by all the kindness and all the truth you have done for me.” Whatever Hashem does and will do for me, is not something I have earned, but rather it is a gift from Hashem, "‫ "קָטנֹ ְתִּ י‬- I am unworthy![4] However, since an ‫ ַאזְלָא גֵ֜ רֵ שׁ‬goes upward, the question is asked, why would others have it marked with an ‫ַאזְלָא גֵ֜ רֵ שׁ‬ which can symbolize the opposite of humility, which is arrogance? Therefore, whoever is more “before Him,” i.e., whoever is closer to G‑d through the kindness that G‑d bestows upon him, (as it is natural for one to feel a sense of closeness to their benefactor) automatically ought to feel exceedingly humbled, like nothing, and non-existent.[7] The above information can now help us answer why it is common for many to sing the word ‫( קָטנֹ ְתִּ י‬I am small) with the musical trop of an ‫ַאזְלָא גֵ֜ רֵ שׁ‬. Compared to ‫ רְ בִיעִי‬which phonetically sounds like the term, “‫ ”רְ וָ י ָה‬as in the verse, “‫ כּ ֹוסִי רְ וָ י ָה‬- my cup is filled to overflowing.”[8] The difference between the two is that the aspect of ‫ ַאזְלָא גֵרֵ שׁ‬focuses on being removed from the natural order of things, while ‫ רְ בִיעִי‬focuses on G-d's kindness present within

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Divrei Shaagasi

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1 декабря 2023 г.

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Темы: health_mind, parsha_commentary