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18 Tammuz 5780 Bringing Moshiach Values July 10 2020 Into Our Homes Price: $4.95 no. 1220 יחי אדוננו מורנו ורבינו מלך המשיח לעולם ועד ֵכּוֹלל ִוּב ְמ ֻי ָחד ַה ִה ְשׁ ַתּ ְתּפוּת ְבּ ִב ְנָין ְו ַהְר ָח ַבת ָבּ ֵתּי- -Th irdly, this instruction of “Make me a sanc ְכּ ֵנ ִסיוֹת ָוּב ֵתּי- ִמ ְדָּרשׁוֹת tuary” includes — especially — participating in constructing and expanding synagogues Besuras and Houses of Study, being the nearest inter- HaGeulah pretation of this mitzva in its original form. ְבּ ֹא ֶפן ִדּ"ְו ְיִקחוּ ִלי ְתּ ָרוּמה גוֹ' ָז ָהב ְו ֶכ ֶסף ְוּנחֹ ֶשׁת"Th is is to be done in a generous manner 34 ( ָכּל י"ג (ט"ו)35 ְדּ ָבִרים ַה ְמּנוּיִים ַבּ ָכּתוּב), ... reminiscent of “Take for Me a contribution The Rebbe on the imminence of the Redemption of gold and silver and copper” and so on — reaching all thirteen (or fi ft een) kinds of con- tributions recorded in the Torah as the items that were requested from the Jews for the build- ing of the Mishkan, the Tabernacle). Start Building! Th e Torah lists fi ft een items the Jews were requested to donate, but two of them are the oil for the Menora and incense for the Ketores and the Shemen Hamishchah (the anointing oil), leaving the count at thirteen items needed for the Mishkan-structure and for the priestly garments (according .(to some commentaries — see Likkutei Sichos vol. 21 p. 153, fn 70-71 for a discussion on this סו. חלקים משיחות ש"פ משפטים, ז"ך שבט, מבה"ח אדר א' תשנ"ב (15) 66. Shevat 27, 5752 – February 1, 1992 (15) ֶשׁ ַﬠל- ְי ֵדי- ֶזה ְמ ַמ ֲהִרים ְוּמ ַזְר ִזים ֲוּפוֹﬠ ִלים ֵתּ ֶכף -Th us we accelerate, hasten, and immedi ִבּ ְנָין ֵבּית- ַה ִמּ ְק ָדּשׁ ַה ְשּׁ ִל ִישׁי ִכּ ְפשׁוּטוֹ ַמ ָמּשׁ. Referring to a recent UN summit at which a resolution on arms reduction was made, ately accomplish the building of the third Beis the Rebbe said that it served as the beginning of the fulfi llment of Yeshayahu’s prophetic Hamikdash in its literal and simple sense. promise. “Looking at all this” the Rebbe continued, “leads to painful wonder: how is that . ִו ִיהי ָרצוֹן ְוהוּא ָה ִﬠ ָקּר – ֶשׁ ַה ְג ָאוּלה ָה ֲא ִמ ִתּית we’re still in exile and we have not yet received the instruction to build the third Beis May it be His Hashem’s will — this being ְו ַה ְשׁ ֵל ָימה ַﬠל- ְי ֵדי ָמ ִשׁ ַיח ִצ ְד ֵקנוּ ָתּבוֹא ְבּ ֹפ ַﬠל ַמ ָמּשׁ HaMikdash?” the main thing — that the true and complete ֵתּ ֶכף ִוּמ ָיּד ַמ ָמּשׁ -Redemption through our righteous Moshi We therefore must do all we can to bring Moshiach, including a task alluded to in the ach should come in actual reality, teikef umi- Torah reading to be read at Minchah: yad mamash — imminently and immediately, Teikef umiyad mamash is a frequently-used phrase of the Rebbe to describe how urgently we ְוּב ֶה ְמ ֵשׁ ְל ֶזה – ַגּם ַה ָהוֹר ָאה ֵמ ַה ְת ָח ַלת ָפָּר ַשׁת In continuation to these lessons, there is .need Moshiach and how fast we hope for him to come ְתּ ָרוּמה ( ֶשׁ ִקּוֹרין ְבּ ִמ ְנ ַחת ַשׁ ָבּת): "ְו ָﬠשׂוּ ִלי ִמ ְק ָדּשׁ another lesson we can learn from the opening verse of Parashas Terumah (which we read at Th e fi rst two words (teikef umiyad) describe levels of immediacy. Mamash, a derivative of the ְו ָשׁ ַכ ְנ ִתּי ְבּ ָתוֹכם", Minchah of this Shabbos): “Make me a Sanc- Hebrew word mishush — touching, means the we want the Redemption literally and tangibly, so tuary and I will dwell among them.” much so that we can actually “touch” it with our physical fi ngers and not grasp it only as a concep- This verse speaks of creating a sanctuary for Hashem on various levels: tual idea. :Here, the Rebbe reveals a deeper dimension of the phrases miyad and mamash ֵה ֵחל ֵמ ַה ִמּ ְק ָדּשׁ ַה ְפָּר ִטי ֶשׁ ְבּ ָכל- ֶא ָחד-ְו ֶא ָחד ִמ ִיּ ְשָׂר ֵאל -First, starting with construction of the pri vate sanctuary within each and every Jew, { ֵכּן ִתּ ְה ֶיה ָלנוּ ְבּ ֹפ ַﬠל ַמ ָמּשׁ, ְו ֵתּ ֶיכף ִוּמ ָיּד ַמ ָמּשׁ} ִﬠם May this all happen to us in actuality, and — as the wording of the verse “I will dwell in ָכּל ַה ֵפּ ִרוּשׁים ֶשׁ ְבּ" ִמ ָיּד" immediately so, with all the explanations of them” — and not the more expected term “in “miyad,” it” — implies. [ ֵכּוֹלל ַגּם ַהָר ֵאשׁי- ֵתּבוֹת ִדּ ְכ ָללוּת ַהדּוֹרוֹת also including the way the word miyad] contains an acronym that encompasses — in a (" ְבּתוֹכוֹ לֹא ֶנ ֱא ַמר ֶא ָלּא ְבּ ָתוֹכם, ְבּתוֹ ָכּל ֶא ָחד -Our Sages deduce from the fact that “‘with 33 -general way — all the generations of the Jew ְו ֶא ָחד" ), ְבּ ִלבּוֹ ְפּ ִנ ָימה, in it’ is not written, rather ‘within them,’” that Hashem seeks to dwell “within each and every ish people, one” of the Jewish people, in the innermost re- מֹ ֶשׁה יִ ְשָׂר ֵאל ( ַה ַבּ ַﬠל- ֵשׁם-טוֹב) ָדִוד ( ַמ ְל ָכּא -Moshe Rabbeinu, con— משה cesses of his heart. starting with ְמ ִשׁ ָיחא)] Yisroel (the name of the — ישראל tinuing with Secondly, one must construct a sanctuary -Baal Shem Tov, founder of Chassidus) and end ְוּב ֵביתוֹ ְוּב ַח ְדרוֹ, ֶשׁ ַנּ ֲﬠ ֶשׂה ֵבּית ָתּוֹרה ְתּ ִפ ָלּה for Hashem in his home and in his room, by Dovid, referring here to the King — דוד ing with ְוּג ִמילוּת- ֲח ָס ִדים, making it a place of Torah, prayer and acts of Moshiach, the first letter of each of these three loving-kindness. .[(מיד names making up the word 4 BEIS MOSHIACH 18 TAMMUZ 5780 5 preparing this dough was le’chaleik, to be di- before separating Challah!” vided among many, the sum of the individual portions is not considered the requisite shiur. The procedure ofhafrashas challah* is to ASK make the bracha, separate a piece of dough The Rav Halacha2go.com #231 and to declare aloud the separated portion as When Challah is Separated from Afar challah: “Harei zu challah” (this is challah). Poskim mention that verbally confirming ha- Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun When one separates challah in Eretz Yisrael, frashas challah is an offshoot of the practice of all the individual parts of the dough from krias shem (calling by name, i.e., verbal identi- which challah is to be taken have to be min fication) when separating teruma — “harei zu hamukaf (nearby); according to one opinion, teruma.” [See AskTheRav.com #9414]. this means that all the pieces of dough must If a person forgot to make the bracha before touch each other, and according to another— separating the challah, can they still recite it Can a Man Do Hafrashas Challah? they must all be in the same bowl. afterwards? The answer is: If their intention Outside Eretz Yisrael, it is midas chassidus was to then declare the dough “challah” (or this A second installment of Halachos on the mitzvah of Hafrashas Challah, (pious behavior) to separate challah min ha- is the individual’s practice on a regular basis), from Halacha2Go.com and AskTheRav.com mukaf, but bedieved if there are no other op- they may still say the bracha post-separation. Since they will proceed to make a verbal state- by Horav Yosef Yeshaya Braun, Mara D’asra and member of the Crown Heights Beis Din tions, it’s acceptable to do so shelo min hamukaf ment concerning the separation, the hafrasha (even if the different parts of dough are not in has not yet been actualized. However, for those proximity to each other and even if they are May girls under bas mitzva mitzva. Halacha2go.com #495 who do not plan to perform a krias shem the in different locations), as long as they were all mitzva was completed with the physical sepa- separate challah? Separating Challah at a “Challah originally part of the same batch of dough. ration of dough, and a bracha post-facto consti- In Halacha #231 we discussed the halachic Bake” In a case where challah had not been sepa- tutes a bracha levatala. Halacha2go.com #825 issues involved in challah-baking events, not- There is a halacha in Shulchan Aruch that rated beforehand, e.g., if a kindergarten teacher Men Separating Challah ing that challah may not be separated with a when dough for baking challah is prepared discovers that baked challah was sent home bracha if the dough is then divided into small kedei le’chaleik, in order to divide and distribute with the children without challah having been Separating challah from dough is the mitz- portions to be taken home by the participants. it, “taking” challah is not required unless each taken from the dough, one may separate chal- va of the woman. It is specifically her mitzva, portion is of the requisite shiur. lah shelo min hamukaf, even in Eretz Yisrael. and she has priority to do it over her husband. A related question which is often asked In fact, there is a discussion among poskim concerns bas mitzva celebrations where the There are many opinions regarding how to The above halacha applies if there is a similar whether she is considered her husband’s bas mitzva girl and her friends want to bake interpret the words kedei le’chalek; there is a concern regarding matzos baked by a chabura shaliach, emissary, or if it is her mitzva inde- challah together.