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Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes — Tazria 5784

Выпуск: Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes — Tazria 5784. Темы: shabbat_laws, parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: шаббат, законы шаббата, melacha, hilchot shabbat, שבת, הלכות שבת, מלאכה, недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. www.michalhorowitz.com 1 of 2 fl fl fi fl A Short Vort - Tazria 5784 (4.24) BS”D In regard to the creation of man, the pasuk tells us: ‫ים אֶת־הָֽאָָד֗ם עָפָר֙ מִן־הָ֣אֲָדמָ֔ה וַּיִּפַ֥ח‬-‫וַּיִ֩יצֶר֩ ה’ אֱֹל‬ ‫ ּבְאַּפָ֖יו נִׁשְמַ֣ת חַּיִ֑ים וַיְהִ֥י הָֽאָָד֖ם לְנֶ֥פֶׁש חַּיָֽה‬- and G-d Elokim fashioned man, dust from the earth, and He blew into his nostrils the soul of life, and man became a living being (Bereishis 2:7). Once the kohen - and only the kohen - declared the af iction to be a nega tzara’as, after a physical exam of the nega and subsequent determination of the nega as tzara’as, the af icted individual was sent into isolation outside of all three camps (machaneh Shechina, Leviyah and Yisrael), banished from G-d, keviyachol, and from the nation. The holy Chafetz Chaim zt’l, zy’a, in his introduction to his sefer Kuntres Chovas ha’Shemirah, writes: klal ha’devarim, bi’di’burov shel adam, yachol li’vro’ah olamos, u’le’ha’charivan - the summation of the matter is: with words man can create worlds, and with words, man can destroy worlds. In a pithy and very powerful comment, Rav Soloveitchik zt’l once noted, “If you want to know what lashon harah is, whatever you enjoy when you talk about someone else is lashon harah” (The Rav Thinking Aloud, Holzer, p.190). G-d did not need words to create the world, but He chose the word as the instrument of creation in order to teach us that we can create the world through the word - and can destroy the world through the word. The only diagnosis and treatment possible occurred under the auspices of the kohen, further proof that this was a spiritual illness, which had to be treated by the spiritual leader (and not a doctor). A Short Vort - Tazria 5784 (4.24) BS”D The Power of Words In this week’s parsha, Parshas Tazria, we are introduced to the Biblical illness known as Tzara’as. While all mammalian life forms undergo certain similar processes - respiratory, digestive, cardiac, excretory, reproductive - human beings are endowed with the Divine gift of speech. ‘And they all open their mouth in holiness and purity, in song and hymn, and bless, praise, glorify, revere, sanctify and

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Michal Horowitz - Shiurim & Classes

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9 апреля 2024 г.

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Темы: shabbat_laws, parsha_commentary