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• NITZACHONניצחון Adas Torah Journal of Torah Ideas לעילוי נשמת אברהם בן יוסף דוד לעילוי נשמת אברהם בן יוסף דוד VOLUMEVOLUME 8:1 8:1 • SPRING-SUMMER• SPRING-SUMMER 5781 5781 • •LOS LOS ANGELES ANGELES Nitzachon Adas Torah Journal of Torah Ideas Volume 8:1 Spring-Summer 5781 Adas Torah 9040 West Pico Boulevard Los Angeles, CA 90035 www.adastorah.org [email protected] (310) 228-0963 Rabbi Dovid Revah, Rav and Mara D’Asra Alan Rich, President Nitzachon Editorial Team Michael Kleinman, General Editor Yaakov Siegel, General Editor Yaakov Rich, General Editor Rob Shur, Design and Layout www.rbscreative.com VOLUME 8:1 • SPRING-SUMMER 5781 ROSH V’RISHON Rabbi Dovid Revah: By the Light of the Moon: Perspectives on Rosh Chodesh ..................................................................................... p. 17 Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman: Guest Contributor Maintaining the Meaning in Matza ..................................................................................... p. 21 Rabbi Dovid Fendel: Guest Contributor Matanos L’Evyonim on Purim ..................................................................................... p. 27 SIFSEI YESHEINIM Rabbi Moses J. Feldman zt”l: Kegavna: A Mystic Glimpse of the Sabbath ..................................................................................... p. 35 PURIM Evan Silver: Which is the Opposite? ..................................................................................... p. 41 Michael W. Felsenthal: Trials and Tribulations of Reading Megillas Esther: A Baal Korei’s Perspective ..................................................................................... p. 47 PESACH Robert Millman: Canine Kedusha ..................................................................................... p. 53 Ariella Azizi: Pesach: Not Just a Glass of Wine ..................................................................................... p. 65 David Winter: Freedom: Identifying Good and Its Opposition ..................................................................................... p. 71 Dr. Michael Kleinman: Avraham’s Seder ..................................................................................... p. 79 SHAVUOS Rabbi David Mahler: Eilu V’Eilu Divrei Elokim Chaim: Multiple Truths and Today’s Society ..................................................................................... p. 87 Dr. Izzy Korobkin: The Steipler’s Birchas Hatorah ..................................................................................... p. 93 Dr. Roy Braid: Sleepless in Shavuos: A Study of Krias Shema Al HaMita ..................................................................................... p. 97 3 ניצחון • NITZACHON VOLUME 8:1 • SPRING-SUMMER 5781 MACHLOKES L’SHEM SHAMAYIM Rabbi Yaakov Siegel: “Dina D’malchusa Dina” Does Not Mean What You Think It Does ..................................................................................... p. 103 Yaakov Rich: The Obligation to Abide by the Law ..................................................................................... p. 119 HALACHA AND MACHSHAVA Rabbi Pinchas Gelb: This Verse Says Nothing But “Dorsheini” ..................................................................................... p. 141 Adiv Pachter: Torah Gems from Rabbi Elimelech Biderman shlit”a: Lessons in Tefilla ..................................................................................... p. 147 Stephen Kirschenbaum: Important Contemporary Shailos Inviting a Non-Observant Jew for a Shabbos or Yom Tov Meal ............................... p. 151 Rav Hershel Schachter on Ventilator Triage and COVID-19................................... p. 157 Triggering Outdoor Motion Sensors on Shabbos ..................................................... p. 163 Do Walk-In Closets and Porches Require a Mezuza? .............................................. p. 167 Electricity and Positive Mitzvos ............................................................................ p. 173 Donny Feldman: Examining a Link Between Birchas Hamitzva and Zilzul Mitzva ..................................................................................... p. 181 Eli Snyder: Discretion During Chaos ..................................................................................... p. 189 Dr. Jonathan Nissanoff: Airline, Hotel, Amazon, and Other Internet Price Mistakes: Can We Take Advantage of Those Amazing Opportunities? ..................................................................................... p. 197 David R. Schwarcz: The Big Reveal: Today’s Epic Battle Of Gog And Magog ..................................................................................... p. 207 TIFERES BANIM Elisha Feldman: Stable Connection: Zooming In On Tefila B’tzibur ..................................................................................... p. 221 Elie Glazer: The Halachos of Kedusha Learned from the Story of Korach ..................................................................................... p. 225 Elchanan Horowitz: Count Your Blessings ..................................................................................... p. 229 Tzvi Kauffman: The Two Types of Megillas Esther ..................................................................................... p. 233 ניצחון • NITZACHON 4 VOLUME 8:1 • SPRING-SUMMER 5781 Yehuda Laitin: Blessings and Beauty - Brachos on Hidur Mitzva ..................................................................................... p. 237 Aharon Marton: Wearing Tzitzis Without Techeiles ..................................................................................... p. 241 Shmuel Shemtov: Saying a Bracha on a Minhag ..................................................................................... p. 245 Zev Wiesel: No Intention And No Addition ..................................................................................... p. 249 5 ניצחון • NITZACHON VOLUME 8:1 • SPRING-SUMMER 5781 ניצחון • NITZACHON 6 VOLUME 8:1 • SPRING-SUMMER 5781 Editors’ Preface In the year that has passed us by we have been m’fuzar um’forad, but only physically. Emotionally and spiritually, our kehilla is steadfastly yeshno am echad. Our bonds of friendship, chesed, and community are stronger than ever. How? How is it that we have remained so united as a kehilla when we are so rarely in the same room (or courtyard or zoom meeting) together? We believe three answers rise to the top. First is siyata d’shmaya. Hashem’s extraordinary kindness – afilu b’hastara shebesoch hahastara – has been with us every step of the way. Second is that our community’s common goals of ahavas Torah and yiras Shamayim have been a powerful glue that holds us so closely together. Third is the unflinching commitment of our beloved Rav and Rebbetzin. Rabbi and Mrs. Revah have toiled heroically to uplift our spirits, support us, and encourage us to grow even at the most difficult times. For this our kehilla is forever grateful. One of the most amazing examples of Rabbi Revah’s devotion to our families is the time he spends learning with each of our sons as they approach their Bar Mitzvahs. For each boy, the Rav takes a complicated sugya, and over many sessions, learns it together with them, giving each boy a taste of the high level Torah learning that awaits them in adulthood. He then works with them to be able to deliver a dazzling pshetel in which they can give over their Torah, which becomes a building block for their growth into B’nai Torah and Talmidei Chachamim, B’ezras Hashem. This year, while the pshetlach were as dazzling as ever, the crowds were sparse. So in this issue of Nitzachon, we would like to share with you these beautiful fruits of the Rav’s ameilus batorah with our boys, in a special section titled Tiferes Banim. May we continue to see the growth in Torah of our banim u’banos, together with our Rav and Rebbetzin, and together with each other. On another note, in the Sifsei Yesheinim section of this issue, we are highlighting the Torah of Rabbi Moses J. Feldman, one of the pioneering Talmidei Chachamim of early 20th century Los Angeles. We would like to express our hakaras hatov to his grandson, Rabbi Daniel Z. Feldman, a prominent Rosh Yeshiva at Yeshivas Rabbeinu Yitzchok Elchonon, for writing a beautiful biographical sketch of his grandfather, and for sharing with the Nitzachon readership – in his grandfather’s honor – a valuable essay on the meaning of not eating on erev Pesach. We are also honored that another of Rabbi Moses Feldman’s illustrious grandsons, Rav Dovid Fendel, the Rosh Yeshiva in Sderot, has contributed divrei halacha about matanos l’evyonim, in his grandfather’s honor. Michael Kleinman Yaakov Siegel Yaakov Rich 7 ניצחון • NITZACHON VOLUME 8:1 • SPRING-SUMMER 5781 ניצחון • NITZACHON 8 לעילוי נשמת אברהם בן יוסף דוד In honor of Adas Torah, Nitzachon and the Torah it spreads. With special thanks to Rabbi and Mrs. Revah. Wishing everyone a healthy and safe Purim Sameach • Joey and Tracey Goldstein and Family In Memory of Our Dear Parents Sydney Kleinman שמואל בן יצחק ע"ה On his 25th yahrtzeit, 6 Nissan Ilse Kleinman חנה בת באנדאט ע"ה On her 9th yahrtzeit, 3 Iyar Effie Gross אפרים בן אליהו ליב ע"ה On his 20th yahrtzeit, 3 Nissan In Memory of our beloved Dr. Ronald Kleinman ראובן ליב בן יצחק ע"ה On his 22nd yahrtzeit, 16 Tammuz Evie Kleinman חוה בת אברהם ע"ה On her 6th yahrtzeit, 28 Nissan May the inspiration from this journal be a zechus for their neshamos • Lesley and Brian Kleinman Dedicated in Loving Memory of Jacob Siegel יעקב בן צבי
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