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12 ENG TERUMAH Chevrutah24x7 #19

Выпуск: 12 ENG TERUMAH Chevrutah24x7 #19. Темы: family_education, parsha_commentary. When Moshe pleaded with Hashem to spare the Jewish people from Divine Retribution for their involvement in the Golden Calf, Moshe told Hashem (Shemos 32:32], "If you wipe them away, then erase me from Your book!" Moshe's "heroics" worked to save the Jewish people, 9 CHEVRUTAH24.7 X7 2 e Gi MS eGo non profit organization WEEKLY EDITION WEEK CHARTER TETZAVEH STAND UP FOR PUT DOWNS PARSHA PONDERINGS but it also led to the fulfillment of his “threat, as the rule goes (Gemara, Taanis 23a), "A Tzaddik (righteous man) decrees and Hashem fulfills.” Many questions can be raised from Moshe's ultimatum, but one lesson that jumps out is how Moshe "defended" the Jewish people, even when they were guilty of a crime and deserved to be destroyed. The man finally exploded at his passenger and blurted out, "can't you, just for once, keep your mouth closed?" The policeman, taken aback by the husband's rudeness, inquired, "Madam, does he often speak to you like this?" "Oh, no, officer, " she quipped, "only when he's drunk!" We all know people who are unable to keep a secret. In Torah law, some of the harshest titles are reserved for "snitches." A Moser, one who gives up another Jew to the authorities in order to be killed or hit - or even gives over his fellow's property to the Gentiles - doesn't receive a share in the World-to-Come, writes the Rambam (Hilchos Teshuvah 3:6). Moshe's approach is one that not only every leader, but every person needs to take heed of, as the (Gemara Shavuos 39a) instructs us, “All Jews are responsible for one another’ and the Mishna (Avos 1:14) adds, "If | am for me, what am |?" Even though the Jewish people sinned with building a Golden Calf, Moshe implored Hashem to allow them to do Teshuvah (repent) for their misdeeds. There is also the loftiest level for one not to respond to insults as delineated in the Gemara (Gittin 36b): he or she is practicing the motto of, "he who tolerates insults is like the sun in its strength.” Being insulted may not bother them, but standing by while someone gets shamed is a violation on us, as the Torah says (Vayikra 19:16), "Don't stand idly by while your friend's blood is being spilled." Furthermore, we know that oftentimes, "silence is a form of approval" (Gemara, Bava Metzia 37a). The Gemara (Bava Metzia 84a] relates the story

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25 октября 2023 г.

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Темы: parsha_commentary, family_education, relationships_shalom_bayit, stories_history, mussar_middot, torah_study, community