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PIRCHEI Agudas Yisroel of America Vol: 3 Issue: 19 - כ״ה אדר א', תשע בס״ד PIRCHEI Agudas Yisroel of America Vol: 3 Issue: 19 - כ״ה אדר א', תשע"ו - March 5, 2016 פרשה: ויקהל - מפטיר: שקלים - הפטרה: ויכרת יהוידע... )מלכים ב יא:יז-יב:יז( משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה! דף יומי: גיטין פ״ג מצות עשה: 0 מצות לא תעשה: 1 מברכים ראש חדש אדר ב' )מולד ליל רביעי בשעה: חלקים 15 + 21:31( TorahThoughts Many construction projects start with bold and splendid וַי ֺּא מֶ ר מ ֺּ שֶ ה…זֶה הַדָּ בָּר ראֲשֶ צִ וָּה ה׳ …)שְׁ מוֹת לה:ד( has commanded … plans. When finally completed, many years later, there are vast cost ד׳ said…This is the word מ ֺּ שֶ ה And and overruns and so many changes that the project bears very little כ״א אדר א׳ תשס״ה If you remember what happened on feel the same inspiration, there is no need to read further. If you don’t, resemblance to the architects’ original plans; one wonders: what ?וַ יַ עַ ש become וְ עָ שִׂ י תָ ָ then please continue reading. happened? Did the is only a repetition of Every 7½ years there is a tremendous sense of excitement in פָּ רָּ שַ ת י וַ ַ קְׁ הֵ ל It seems that the bulk of Another grand celebration upon the ! י סִׂ ּו ם ָ הַ שַ ״ ס .and its the Jewish world מִ שְׁ כ ָּ ן speaks about the command to build the ר תְׁ ו מָּ ה . ר תְׁ ו מָּ ה by Jews all over the תַ לְׁ מוד בַ בְׁ לִ י seem completion of the 2,711 folios in the י וַ ַ קְׁ הֵ ל of פְׁ ס ו קִ י ם etc. The 122 , מִ זְׁ בֵ חַ , נ מְׁ וֹ רָּ ה , שֻׁ לְׁ חָּ ן such as the ,כֵ לִ ים to repeat these details. Why was this repetition necessary? There is a world is coming! The huge gatherings attract thousands of new .daily גְׁ מָּ רָּ א of the דַ ף that every letter found devotees to the rigorous regimen of learning a ( רַ ״ שִ י בְׁ רֵ א שִ י ת כ ד : מ ב see) גְׁ מָּ רָּ א basic rule in the are formed, and the attendance during the first nine שִ ע ו רִ י ם has great meaning. Nothing is unnecessary or redundant. Many new ת וֹ רָּ ה in the is מַסֶ כֶ ת בְׁ רָּ כ וֹ ת which serve as the basis for weeks of the relatively easy and very interesting , גְׁ מָּ רָּ א of the מַ סֶ כְׁ ת וֹ ת Some of the largest .hundreds of commentaries, and impressive, indeed , שֻׁ לְׁ חָּ ן ר עָּ ו ְך dozens of chapters in the , מַ סֶ כֶ תשַ בָּ ת reaches the more difficult דַ ף are based on a few words found in Yet, when the ,תְׁ שובוֹת and שְׁ אֵ ל וֹ ת thousands of of רֺּא ש י ְׁ שִ י בָּ ה , זַ צַ ״ ל If so, what do we learn from much of the apparent repetition attendance begins to decline. As R' Gedalia Schorr ! ת וֹ רָּ ה the came, rest שַ בָ ת — בָּאַת שַ בָּת בָּאַת מְׁ נוחָּ ה ,would put it , מְׁתִ י בְׁ תָּ את וֹ הרָּ וָּ דַ עַ ת ? י וַ ַ קְׁ הֵ ל in ,progresses into intricate מַ סֶ כֶ ת As the long .( רַ ״ שִ י בְׁ רֵ א שִ י ת ב : ב) One can say there is a timeless lesson here that justifies came ?continues to shrink. Why שִ ע ו רִ י ם and complex topics, attendance at the ר תְׁ ו מָּ ה There is a basic difference between . פְׁ ס ו קִ י ם these extra was וְ עָ שִׂ י תָ ָ The ? שַ ״ ס you shall make, introduces the What became of the resolve by so many to finish , ע וְ ָ שִׂ י תָ ָ the word , ר תְׁ ו מָּ ה In . י וַ ַ קְׁ הֵ ל repeats תוֹרָּ ה This is what the ?וַ יַ עַ ש and he notable, but what happened to the ,וַ יַ עַ ש the word , י וַ ַ קְׁ הֵ ל etc. In ,כֵ לִ ים , מִ שְׁ כ ָּ ן commands to build the did come to fruition, exactly as מִ שְׁ כ ָּ ן The great plans to build a . י וַ ַ קְׁ הֵ ל its in , מִ שְׁ כ ָּ ן did, in fact, make the מ ֺּ שֶ ה made, describes the fact that . מ ֺ שֶׁ ה had commanded הקב״ה here: the planning became חִ ד ו ש This is the . בִגְׁ דֵ י ה כְׁ ו נ ָּ ה utensils and the (Based is part on: The Pleasant Way (with kind permission from R' Sholom Smith .וַ יַ עַ ש became a וְ עָ שִׂ י תָ ָ a reality, the of Yahrtzeits our Gedolim Gedolim Glimpses תַל ְ מִּ י דִּ י ם taught his זַ צַ ״ ל Scheinberg ר׳ חַ ִּיים פִּ נְחָ ס and the timeless lesson of the value of time and ר ׳ י עַ קֲ בֹ יִּ צְ חָ ק was born in Ostrov, Poland, to ר' חַ ִּיים פִּ נְחָ ס כ"ז אדר by his personal סְ דָ רִּ י ם Yospa Scheinberg. In 1919 his family immigrated to the USA. He creating special 5772 - 5670 in example. On every transatlantic flight he יְ שִּ י בָ ה RJJ), and in R' Levenberg's) יְשִּ יבַת ר׳ יַעֲקֹב יוֹסֵ ף learned in 2012 - 1910 He would finish the . מַ סֶּ תכֶּ נִּ דָ ה New Haven, CT. After his marriage to Basha Herman at 19, he learned in learned twice - once on the way there and מַ סֶּ כֶּ ת מַ שְ גִּ י חַ in Poland. In 1934 they returned to NY. He became the שִּיְ י תבַ מִּ י ר — עֲ לִּ יוֹת in again on the return trip. Between יְשִּ יבָה תּוֹרָ ה אוֹר After 25 years he opened .יְשִּ יבַת חָ פֵץ חַ ִּיים of רוּ חָ נִּ י he קְרִּ יאַת הַתוֹרָ ה during — בֵּ י ן ַג בְ רָ א ְל ַג בְ רָ א A . אֶ רֶ ץ י ִּ שְ רָ אֵ ל to יְ שִּ י בָ ה Bensonhurst, NY. In 1965 he moved along with the On car trips within .עָרוְּך הַ שֻׁלְחָ ן would learn נְתִּ יבוֹת ,מִּשְמֶרֶ ת חַ ִּיים , מִּ י ל וּ אֵ י אֶ בֶ ן , טַ בַ עַ ת הַ ח וֹ שֶ ן prolific writer, he authored On Friday night . קְ הִּ י ַ ל ת ַי ֲע ֺק ב he learned יְרוּשָ לַ יִּ ם , פ וֹ סֵ ק הַ ד וֹ ר and leading מוֹעֶצֶ ת גְ דוֹלֵי הַ תּוֹרָ ה and others. A member of the חַ ִּיים . מִּ קְ שדַ דָ וִּ ד he learned ע מַ ֲ רִּ י ב and קַ בָ לַ ת שַ בָ ת all day and wearing between תְּ ל פִּ ִּ י ן wearing , ָל מְ ד וּ ת ,he was known for his piety !Every moment of life is so precious . צִּ י צִּ י ת several layers of לע״נ ר׳ ישראל בן אברהם ז"ל Dedication opportunities are available. If you would like to sponsor or receive this publication לע״נ הב׳ ישעיהו דוב ע״ה בן יבלחט״א יצחק צבי נ״י via email, please send an email to [email protected] This week's Pirchei Weekly is sponsored kg"b nurhbu rw jhho hartk ci rw sc zm"k sc rw ci hartk jhho rw nurhbu kg"b with Living the Torah Shabbos Saved Her words. She was prepared to dress the part of an American, but she וּבַיּוֹם יהַשְׁבִיעִ יִהְׁ יֶה לָכֶם קֺדֶ ש … )שְׁ מוֹת לה:ב( . שַ בָ ת But the 7th day shall be holy for you… would never give up ,it is a foundation of Each week she gave her employer a different excuse. Once ; תּ וֹ רָ ה in the מִ צְׁ ָו ה is more than a שַ בָ ת ,that was given up during it was a stomachache; another time, a toothache. After a few weeks מִ צְׁ וֹ ת our religion. Yet, it is one of the first is the foreman, an assimilated Jew, grew wise. He called her over and שַ בָ ת" .the waves of the European immigration to America שַ בָ ת important," the immigrants agreed, "but if you cannot make a living, said, "Miriam, you are a nice girl and I like your work, but this is a European שַ בָ ת .business has got to stop. You are in America שְׁ מִ י רַ ת ,its significance takes second place to survival." Consequently .or they do not eat , שַ בָ ת Shabbos observance, was identified with the European shtetl. holiday. In America, everybody works on , שַ בָ ת ".or you can look for a new job , שַ בָ ת However, they Either you come to work this . שַ בָ ת Much of Orthodoxy was discarded along with Miriam's relatives applied pressure, but in the back of her שַ בָ ת were wrong then as they are wrong today. A Jew identifies with identifies with the Jew. It sustains him physically and mind her father's words kept echoing in her head. Should she listen שַ בָ ת as spiritually. to her father? After all, what did he know about America? On the ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ other hand, how could she give up the beauty that her father had morning, she had decided.
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