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What's in a Name? בס"ד הריני בא ללמוד תורה לשמה לעשות נחת רוח לאבינו שבשמים פרשת ויגש A Torah publication that enables local Rabbonim and Avreichim to share their insights and Divrei Torah on a variety of different levels, to provide NORTH WEST LONDON’S WEEKLY TORAH & OPINION SHEETS something for everyone Yerushalayim, Amsterdam, Antwerp, Baltimore, Beit- Shemesh, Birmingham, Borehamwood, Budapest, Cancun, Detroit, Edgware, Elstree, Gateshead, Gibraltar, NOW IN THE Glasgow, Hale, Henderson, Hong Kong, Ilford, Johannesburg, Lakewood, Larnaca, Las Vegas, Leeds, London, Los Angeles, Manchester, Melbourne, Miami, Milan, FOLLOWING PLACES New York, Oslo, Paris, Petach Tikva, Philadelphia, Pressburg, Radlett, Ruislip, Santiago, Sao Paulo, Southend, Tallinn, Tarzana, Toronto, Uman, Vienna, Zurich ה' טבת תשע"ח קריאת התורה: בראשית מד:יח-מד:כז 23RD DECEMBER 2017 LONDON MANCHESTER GATESHEAD KINDLY SPONSORED In Memory of הדלקת נרות 3:38PM 3:36 PM 3:25 PM Times Leslie and Freda Aronson Shabbos 4:53 PM 4:55 PM 4:47 PM מוצש’’ק Time4Mishna is an international program which involves learning 4 new Mishnayos each day from Sunday to Thursday, reviewing that week's 20 Mishnayos on Friday, and going over the previous Masechtos on Shabbos. A time committment of just 15 mins a day, and finish Shas Mishnayos in 4 years - having reviewed it multiple times! To Sign Up for a 15 min daily Shiur visit the website time4torah.org Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday פרשת מקץ Friday Shabbos י' טבת - 28th Dec ט' טבת - 27th Dec ח' טבת - 26th Dec ז' טבת - 25th Dec ו' טבת - 24th Dec ה' טבת - 23rd Dec ד' טבת - 22nd Dec עירובין ז:ג - ז:ו עירובין ו:ט - ז:ב עירובין ו:ה - ו:ח עירובין ו:א - ו:ד עירובין ה:ו - ה:ט שבת ה' - ח' עירובין ג:ו - ה:ה Just a few minutes a day and finish Nach in just a year and a half!Sign Up at dailynach.com Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday פרשת מקץ Friday Shabbos י' טבת - 28th Dec ט' טבת - 27th Dec ח' טבת - 26th Dec ז' טבת - 25th Dec ו' טבת - 24th Dec ה' טבת - 23rd Dec ד' טבת - 22nd Dec איוב ל' איוב כ"ט איוב כ"ח איוב כ"ז איוב כ"ו איוב כ"ה איוב כ"ד Rabbi Shraga Kallus Rosh Kollel, Kollel Hora’ah L’rabanim Parshah not with an Aleph, albeit that in Shas it is spelled young, possibly because of ayin hara. It is clear with an Aleph, because of the unpleasant end however from the Chasam Sofer and many of What’s in a that Rabbi Akiva faced. He takes somewhat of a the poskim that an additional name removes the middle approach that the use of the exact name stigma (even a change in spelling was enough of one who died tragically i.e. accident, murder for the Chasam Sofer). The Munkatcher added Name? etc. should be avoided; however if a change that the new name should be first. Some have is made in the name the problem is rectified. the name of adding a mazeldike name such as In this week’s parsha we find the names Hence Akiva, Gedalya, and Yeshaya would be Baruch. of the children and grandchildren of Yaakov acceptable variations. Avinu. The Medrash is quick to point out the Many Gedolim considered over the age of 60 peculiar names of Binyamin’s children. Becher, We find however a contradiction to this to not be considered “young” as we find in the Achi, Rosh, Mupim, Chuppim etc. The Medrash approach from Rashi in Divrei Hayamim 1 Perek Mishna in Avos that 60 is the start of “old age”. 3 where Rashi explains that Dovid Hamelech attributes all the names to his brother Yosef In regard to one’s parents it seems that had two children Elishama and Elifelet, both Hatzadik. Binyamin, as a tribute to his “lost” minhag is to name after them, even if they were of whom died young, and he named two other brother, named every child with a reference niftar young. The poskim explain that since children with the same names. We also find the to Yosef. For example: Becher because Yosef the letter of the law permits it, and by naming Gemora in Moed Katan 25B telling the tragic was Binyamin’s bechor. Chuppim, because he after a parent one is fulfilling the mitzvah of missed my chuppah and I missed his. Muppim, story of Rav Chanin who was niftar before the kibud av v’eim, the mitzvah will protect the child. because of his beauty (yofi). It is interesting bris of his son, who was called Chanin after his Especially a mitzvah that the Torah says has a to note that none of them did he call Yosef. It father. reward of longevity. would seem that this would be the source for It would seem that there is a difference the well-known minhag not to name a child after between a person being murdered or dying in Many Gedolim allow naming children after someone who died tragically. an accident r”l or dying young r”l. Reb Moshe the kedoshim of the Holocaust -- due to the fact The Yam Shel Shlomo in Gittin P.4 (31), in Feinstein in Igros Moshe volume 2 (122) says we that so many were killed in such a short time reference to the spelling of the name Yeshayahu don’t find a problem naming after Shmuel Hanavi one certainly can’t say that the niftar had a bad in a Get, says that the minhag is to name Yeshaya or Shlomo Hamelech both of whom died at the mazal -- rather it was the mazal of the time. and not Yeshayahu, albeit that the Navi himself age of 52. He explains that if a person finished We should be zoche to the days of the had the latter spelling and pronunciation. He his lifelong mission early it isn’t considered to be Moshiach when all the above will be halacha explains that in fact since the Navi was murdered “bad mazal”. Many Tzadikim such as the Rema, v’lo l’maaseh! by his own grandson we do not name after him Arizal, and the Ramchal, to name but a few, died and rather our name is based on the name young after completing their mission. On the Please urgently Daven For Yeshaya a person who lived 400 years prior to other hand Yeshayahu, Gedalyahu, and Akiva שלמה טבלי בן שרה נ''י the Navi, mentioned in Divrei Hayamim. met a terrible ending. Therefore the letter of the שירה תמר בת שושנה דבורה תחי' The Beis Shmuel in Even Ha’Ezer 129 (10) law would allow for naming after one who died אריאל יהודה בן יהודית נ"י argues, and proves from the Rema that we use young as we find in the case of Dovid Hamelech חיה רוחמה בת אטא תחי' the name Gedalyahu with a vav at the end and Rav Chanin, but to name after one who had הרב יונתן יוסף בן טעמא שליט"א .although he too met a tragic end. a tragic end should be avoided The Chasam Sofer Even Ha’Ezer B (25) says The minhag has become generally to shy לרפואה שלימה בתוך שאר חולי ישראל that the minhag is to write Akiva with a Hey and away from naming after even one who was niftar Rabbi 2 Ilan Halberstadt Rov, Nefesh HaTorah, Edgware The author can be contacted at [email protected] Asara Beteves SEDRA The three days of darkness SUMMARY and the yahrzeit of Thank you to Chabad.org Rav Moshe Shapira zt”l he tenth of Teves, marks the first yahrzeit we just couldn’t understand. The three days of ehuda approaches of Rav Moshe Shapira zt”l. darkness are truly dark. Yosef to plead for the release of Binyamin, Rav Moshe could speak about So what can we do? Y anything however obscure; he would offering himself as a slave to Perhaps we can gain some guidance with a Tunlock the most difficult. Where one could not find the Egyptian ruler in Binyamin’s beautiful idea he would say over on Parshas Vayechi. an explanation in something Rav Moshe always stead. Upon witnessing his The sons of Yaakov are all gathered around the had a approach to understand the topic. deathbed of Yaakov Avinu. These last moments brothers’ loyalty to one another, Every year Rav Moshe spoke about the three of Yaakov’s life were clearly very powerful and Yosef reveals his identity to days of darkness that descended to the world on the significant. The Gemara (Pesachim50a) explains them. “I am Yosef,” he declares. 8th, 9th and 10th of Teves. On the 8th the Torah was he felt this was the time when he would be able “Is my father still alive?” translated into Greek on the 9th Ezra Hasofer died to reveal the end of days to his children. What The brothers are overcome by and on the 10th Jerusalem came under siege. Rav moment could be more appropriate than Yaakov at shame and remorse, but Yosef Moshe explained how these three were all one. The the end of his life surrounded by all his sons each comforts them. “It was not you Torah being translated into Greek was the tragedy one on the highest level? As he is about to reveal the end of days the prophecy is taken away from who sent me here,” he says to of taking the infinite depth of the Torah and limiting him. Convinced that this must be due to one of his them, “but Hashem.
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