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Parsha Halacha — halacha — Vayigash 5784

Выпуск: Parsha Halacha — halacha — Vayigash 5784. Темы: parsha_commentary. Поисковые термины: недельная глава, парша, parsha, פרשה, פרשת השבוע. It is appropriate to learn about him now as the 10th of Tevet (which always falls out around the time of this parsha) is when the Babylonians laid siege to Jerusalem leading up to its destruction.4 Tzidkiyahu Tzidkiyahu was the third son of king Yoshiyahu.5 He was appointed king by the Babylonian king Nevuchadnetzar who had taken the previous king, his nephew Yehoyachin, into Babylonian captivity. Stephen and Bella Brenner in loving memory of Stephen's father, Shmuel Tzvi ben Pinchas, and Bella's parents, Avraham ben Yitzchak and Leah bas HaRav Sholom Zev HaCohen To sponsor or subscribe, please email rabbicitron@hotmail.com In the Torah portion of Vayigash we read that, after Yosef revealed his identity to his brothers, he and his (full) brother Binyamin embraced each other as they cried, as it says,1 “And he embraced his brother Binyamin around the neck and wept, and Binyamin wept on his neck.” Rashi explains that Yosef was crying about the destruction of the two Batei Mikdash (Holy Temples) both of which stood in the portion of Binyamin, while Binyamin was crying over the destruction of Mishkan Shilo which stood in the portion of Yosef. 45:14 2 Bartenura on ibid 3 See Song of Song 4:4 as explained in Brachot 30a 4 II Kings 25:1 5 I Chronicles 3:15 1 means “a gift from G-d”, but Nevuchadnetzar changed it to Tzidkiyahu, which means that Tzidkiyahu would accept G-d’s judgment upon himself if he rebelled. Firstly, he disobeyed the words of the prophet Yirmiyahu who advised him to surrender to the Babylonians and thus spare the Beit HaMikdash and the remnant of the Jews in Jerusalem.10 Secondly, Tzidkiyahu broke his promise by leading the rebellion against Nevuchadnetzar after swearing he would not do so.11 Another text says12 that he followed the evil ways of his brother Yehoyakim. This seems to indicate that Tzidkiyahu was very far from perfect since Yehoyakim was an egregious 6 II Kings 24:15-17 with Rashi based on Horayot 11b 7 I Chronicles 3:15 8 Horayot 11b 9 II Chronicles 36:12 10 Jeremiah 38:17 11 Maharsha on Horayot ibid see II Chronicles 36:13 and Ezekiel 17:13 According to the Talmud (Nedarim 65av) he broke the oath he had made to Nevuchadnetzar not to reveal that he had seen him eating a live rabbit. (As an

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Parsha Halacha

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22 декабря 2023 г.

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