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Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh Newsletter Parshat Bamidbar 1 of 8 In This Issue Parshat Bamidbar May 22, 2014 Life Events,Visitors Sephardic Alumni Shabbaton Let Me Tell You A Story-The Story of Harav Ben Zion Freiman zt"l "HASHAVAT AVEDAH - A Dedications QUOTE FROM A RASHBA" Rav Korn's Shiur on 19 Iyar was sponsored by Judah Frommer (5760) HaRav Nebenzahl on l'ilui nishmat Aharon ben Mordechai Yehoshua Parshat Bamidbar "ACHIEVING CLOSENESS TO HASHEM" Rav Eisenstein's Shiur on 22 Iyar was sponsored by Meir and Helene Mishkoff l'ilui nishmat Miriam Mishkoff, Miriam bat Moshe, grandmother Tehillim List of Ezra Mishkoff (Current Student) Links yna.edu Pre-Shavuot Shiurim for Alumni in Israel YNA Kollel.com NEXT WEEK! Ask Rav Nebenzahl Suggestion Box Alumni Update Form Contact Us Prepare for Matan Torah like you did back in Yeshiva! Join the shiurim for RavBeinishGinsburg.com alumni at the Yeshiva Thursday night May 29 (Iyar 29) starting at 8:45 PM given by Rav Amos Luban and HaRav Aharon Bina. ~~~~ Rav Korn In Queens For Shabbat Parshat Nasso (May 31) Hillel Golberstein Rav Yitzchak Korn will be spending Shabbat Parshat Naso Needs a Kidney (May 31) in Queens. What a great opportunity to prepare for (son of Yosef Chaim Matan Torah! Golberstein 5760-61) He will be at Landers on Friday night. For a place to stay or to reserve a spot at the meal please contact Yosef Dauber at 1-224-612-1565 or [email protected]. Shabbat Day at Beis Medrash Zichron Shalom, 72-36 147 St, Flushing, NY. Join Our List Shachrit is at 8:45 AM followed by Kiddush and Chaburah at around 10:45 Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh Newsletter Parshat Bamidbar 2 of 8 Pic Of The Week AM. Mincha will be at 6:00 PM followed by a Shiur and Seudat Shllishit at 72-36 147 St Flushing, NY. Contact Danny Turkel at [email protected] for details. ~~~~ Shavuot At The Yeshiva Rafi Averick (Shana Alumni who are planning to spend Shavuot at the Yeshiva should please Alef, Skokie) with Jay inform Elisha as soon as possible so that we can make appropriate Leno at Jaffa Gate arrangements. Shabbat Davening Times With Rav Itai Shur and family Friday Night Candlelighting 6:59 PM Mincha 7:20 PM Shabbat Day Vatikin in the home of the Rosh HaYeshiva 5:00 AM Second Shacharit 8:30 AM Mincha 6:45 PM New Picture Gallery, Visitors, Life Events Chevron Shabbaton/Lag Ba'omer Gallery Visitors The following people visited/learned in the Yeshiva: Rabbi Barry Lerer Mazal Tov Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh would like to wish a mazal tov to: Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh Newsletter Parshat Bamidbar 3 of 8 Aryeh (5757,60) and Michal Leifert on the birth of a baby boy. Jimmy (5765) and Renee Mishan on the birth of a baby girl. Michael (Mikey, 5766) and his engagement to Alexandra Vaccaro. TWO GREAT EVENTS! Sephardic Alumni Melave Malka THIS MOTZEI SHABBAT RSVP NOW! Sephardic Alumni Shabbaton June 27-28 IN GREAT NECK! Early Bird discount (strictly enforced):$36 - Sign up by May 24th , 2014 Sephardic Melave Malka THIS MOTZEI SHABBAT - RSVP NOW! ALL alumni are invited to a night of great food and inspiring words of Torah from Rav Nir Shalom. WHEN: May 24th WHERE: Home of Jonathan Zar. 23 Genevieve Place. Great Neck, NY 11021 TIME: Dinner and Shmoozing at 9:45, Shiur at 10:15 prompt This spectacular event will surely be one you will not want to miss out on, and Rabbi Nir Shalom, with the encouragement of Rav Darmoni our hope is to make it a regular Rabbi of the event. Babylonian Jewish Center Full dairy dinner will be provided so please RSVP with Jonathan Zar at [email protected] or 1-516-637-3339 SEPHARDIC SHABBATON 5774 with HaRav Darmoni Shelit"a WHEN: June 27th - 28th (through Havdala) WHERE: Great Neck, NY Tefilot to be held in: Shaare Zion of Great Neck 225 Middle Neck Rd, Great Neck , NY 11021 All Minyanim and meals will be held in Shaare Zion of Great Neck, hosted by the Kamel family. Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh Newsletter Parshat Bamidbar 4 of 8 Price: $52 Early Bird discount (strictly enforced):$36 - Sign up by May 24th, 2014. We are looking forward to a Shabbat of learning, singing and reconnecting under the spiritual leadership of Rav Darmoni, Director of the Sephardic Program of Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh. We will join together for Shabbat Tefilot, and an especially festive Friday night dinner and oneg with drashot from the Rabbi and Alumni. There will be an optional Netz Minyan with Rav Darmoni, and Seudat Shabbat. This all followed by an afternoon of Shiurim chizuk with the Rabbi. Please make sure to RSVP immediately for this truly remarkable event! ALL alumni are invited (Sephardic and Ashkenazi), and all meals are open! Please make sure to reserve this date and contact us soon. We are making every effort to accommodate as many alumni as we can. Please keep in mind the this is the first Shabbaton in Great Neck, so early registration will allow us to plan appropriately. Married Alumni are very welcome. Please make sure to inform us if your wife and/or children will be coming and of any special needs. We look forward to seeing everyone in Great Neck and the best Shabbaton yet! For more information contact Jonathan Zar at [email protected] or 1-516-637-3339 Uri Dallal at [email protected] or 1-917-513-7000 Netiv Aryeh Sephardic Alumni Community Copyright (c) 2014 Let Me Tell You A Story The story of Harav Ben Zion Freiman zt"l Part XVII HASHAVAT AVEDAH - A QUOTE FROM A RASHBA Harav Uriel Genzel relates that Rav Freiman used to come to Yeshivat Maale Adumim on Fridays. One day I mentioned the opinion of the Rashba found in the Beit Yosef regarding separating terumah. That Shabbat Rav Freiman took part in a family affair in which one of the students of the Yeshiva was present, R' Zvi Stemper (married to his sister's granddaughter - Mrs. Esther Tarnofvsky). R' Zvi told me that during Shabbat the Rav asked him regarding that Rashba I related to him on Friday. Immediately after Shabbat he called me to ask about the Rashba I had discussed with him. When I reminded him he breathed a sigh of relief, 'thanks, you have returned my lost object'. The Rashba was his possession which went missing and someone returned it to him. Yeshivat Netiv Aryeh Newsletter Parshat Bamidbar 5 of 8 HaRav Nebenzahl on Parshat Bamidbar HaRav Nebenzahl asks that his Divrei Torah are not read during Tefillah or the Rabbi's sermon . ACHIEVING CLOSENESS TO HASHEM GUARDS OR GUARDIANS. This week's parsha describes the Kohen and Levi's roles as guardians of the Beit Hamikdash (Parshat Korach repeats and elaborates on this). The Rambam explains that these guards did not need to protect the Mikdash, they were guards of honor, whose presence added glory to the Mikdash. The Mikdash itself, which houses the Divine Presence, protects us - we do not need to guard it. There is an opinion that the guards were stationed there to safeguard the fortunes of gold and silver donated by the populace, however the Rambam does not discuss this. What is puzzling about the Rambam's view is that the Torah seems to explicitly state their function. The guards are stationed outside the Mikdash to insure entry only to those permitted by the Torah. Any non-Kohen, or even a Kohen who is ritually impure, cannot enter beyond a certain point. Our parsha alludes to this task of the guards, while Parshat Korach spells it out more clearly. After the incident in which the ground swallowed up Korach and his assembly, we read: "The Children of Israel said to Moshe, saying: 'Behold! we perish, we are lost we are all lost'" (Bamidbar 17:27). Observing what happened to Korach and his cohorts, they noted that "everyone who approaches closer to the Tabernacle of Hashem will die." Terrified for themselves, they asked: "Will we ever stop perishing?" (ibid. 28). YEARNING FOR A SPARK OF HOLINESS Hashem then said to Aharon: "'You, your sons, and your father's household with you shall bear the iniquity of the Sanctuary; and you and your sons with you shall bear the iniquity of your priesthood. Also your brethren the tribe of Levi, the tribe of your father, shall you draw near with you, and they shall be joined to you and minister to you. You and your sons with you shall be before the Tent of the Testimony. They shall safeguard your charge and the charge of the entire tent'" (Bamidbar 18:1-3). The Torah appears to be describing this function of the guards, insuring that only Aharon and his descendants enter the Mikdash. It is a severe prohibition to enter the Mikdash without permission. A non-kohen violates a lav in the Torah, while one who enters in a state of ritual impurity is punished with karet. Given the severity of this prohibition, why the need for safeguarding the area? Is the Torah speaking to children? Presumably any adult has the common sense to keep away from a dangerous area. Would one even approach an area known to be a minefield? We already read how the people feared they would die if they got too close - is someone forcing them to approach the forbidden zone that they require guards. Rashi explains that the people feared that they would be unable to refrain from crossing forbidden boundaries.