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בס״ד בס״ד Learning from our Leaders Pirchei Agudas Yisroel of America While traveling to collect money. R’ During the night: Yaakov would keep his precious chidushei ...He’s quite Torah together with his money bags... naive... He even paid me to carry those PIRCHEI heavy bags with money This looks like sticking out, up to his Agudas Yisroel of America Vol: 6 Issue: 16 - כ"ז שבט, תשע"ט - a good place to room... February 2, 2019 stay overnight. פרשה: משפטים הפטרה: הדבר אשר היה אל ירמיהו... )ירמיהו לד:ח-כב, לג:כה-כו( מברכים ר״ח אדר א׳ )מולד אור ליום שלישי בשעה: חלקים 15 + 23:57( ר״ח אדר א: יום שלישי ורביעי דף יומי: חולין ס״ז ותן טל ומטר לברכה משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם ברכי נפשי )שבת מנחה( מצות עשה: 23 מצות לא תעשה: 30 TorahThoughts עֶ בֶ ד עִ בְ רִ י The question is, why is the piercing done after the וְאִ ם אָ מֹר יֹאמַ ר הָ עֶבֶד אָהַבְתִ י אֶ ת אֲדֹנִי … וְ רָ צַ ע אֲ דֹ נָ י ו אֶ ת אָ זְ נ וֹ בַ מַ רְ צֵ עַ … ...In the morning... The thieves opened the money bags Money is If the servant will say, ‘I love my master’ … and the master has finished his term of service? Why are we piercing his ear to remind ?him about why he was originally sold .(שְ מוֹת כ״א:ה׳-ו׳) replaceable, but Oh no! Just look shall pierce his ear lobe said that ד׳ to explain why מְ כִ י ְל תָ א quotes a well-known רַ שִ ״ י My bags were my writings are at these holy writings. we must the money is Both cases involve a poor man. One man sold himself to get money; the other simply could not resist the temptation and, in a very אָמַר רַבָן יוֹחָנָן בֶן זַכַאי אֹזֶן זֹאת שֶשָמְעָה עַל הַר :taken… Gam zu irreplaceable. If This must be a holy man! confess the ear should be pierced cursed... and return said: This ear that heard desperate moment, stole in order to obtain what he needed. We can ר׳ יוֹחָ נָן בֶן זַכַאי — סִ י ַ נ י ” ל ֹ א תִ ְ ג ֹנ ב“ וְ הָ לַ ְך וְ גָ נַ ב תֵ רָ צַ ע l’tova! Hashem doesn’t In his anger he may want me to print everything... You shall not steal,’ and he went and stole, let it be pierced; understand such a person’s pain and what he must have been going‘ , הַ ר סִ י ַ נ י curse us... at וְאִ ם מוֹכֵר עַצְ מוֹ אֹזֶן שֶשָמְ עָה עַל הַ ר סִ ינַי ”כִ י לִי בְ נֵי יִשְרָאֵ ל עֲבָדִ ים“ וְ הָ לַ ְך וְ קָ נָ ה — my writings, so be it! through. a person has a lower spiritual status than any ,עֶ בֶ ד עִ בְ רִ י As an ,הַר סִ ינַי and if he sold himself, the ear that heard at — אָדוֹן לְעַצְ מוֹ תֵרָ צַ ע reminds him עֶ בֶ ד For the Children of Israel are slaves unto Me,’ and he went and Jew. Everything around him during the period he is an‘ When such individuals . תְ ש וּ ָ ב ה acquired a master for himself, let it be pierced.” that he must change his ways and do does not want them to ד׳ ,There are only two possible reasons for a Jew to become an leave after their term of service has ended .a Jewish manservant: if a person was extremely poor and suffer anymore and have an everlasting memory of the event ,עֶ בֶ ד עִ בְ רִ י needed money, he would sell himself to get some cash, or if the However, if after six years of service, an individual shows no regret person stole an item and was penniless and could not return the about his unfortunate situation and he is happy with his would sell him as a slave to raise the circumstances, if he can say, “I love my master, I love my maidservant בֵ י ת דִ י ן ,original stolen object money to pay back the person from whom he stole. wife and her children”, then he clearly is showing that he does not In the case of the poor person who sold himself, we pierce have regret for his misdeed. He does not understand the lesson and has obviously missed the message of the last six years. In this case, we כִ י The ear heard . הַ ר סִ י ַ נ י the ear to remind him about what he heard at ד׳ .are servants to Me ִ י שְ רָ אֵ ל Because the children of , ִל י בְ ֵנ י ִי שְ רָ אֵ ל ֲע בָ דִ י ם The thieves returned with the bags... have to pierce his ear to remind him of what he heard with his ear at are servants to יִ שְׂ רָ אֵ ל You shall not steal or For the children of , הַ ר סִ י ַ נ י to be His servants and not servants of others. We בְ ֵנ י ִ י שְ רָ אֵ ל wants Of course! But Thank you Hashem for pierce the ear of the poor man who stole an item and was unable to Me, and that being a servant is a lower spiritual level. ל ֹא The ear heard . הַ ר סִ י ַ נ י K’vod Horav! promise me you will all the kindness you have repay, to remind him of what he heard on change your ways! shown to Your servant, (You shall not steal, and this man stole. Adapted from: Peninim on the Torah (with kind permission from Rabbi Scheinbaum , תִ ְ ג ֹנ ב Please forgive us! We beg your and for allowing me to forgiveness! keep my writings! of Yahrtzeits our Gedolim Gedolim Glimpses זַ צַ ״ ל In his later years, R' Nosson Tzvi Finkel born in Rasei, suffered from pain in his legs. To one of , זַ צַ ״ ל Finkel, the Alter of Slabodka ר ׳ ָ נ תָ ן צְ בִ י כ״ט שבט 5609 — 5687 he revealed that the תַ ְל מִ י דִ י ם of his close תַ ְל מִ י ד at an early age. He was a יָתוֹם Lithuania, became a ְ י שִ י בָ ה and כּוֹלֵל In 1877, he opened a . זַ צַ ״ ל the Alter of Kelm 1927 — 1849 leg pain was the direct result of his זַ צַ ״ ל appointing R' Eliezer Gordon , ְי שִ י בָ ה in Slabodka. He started Telz קְ טַ ָנ ה תְ ל פִ ָּ ה standing so long in for his ְי שִ י בָ ה In 1897, the . ְי שִ י בָ ה In 1884, he founded the Slabodka . ר ֺא ש ְי שִ י בָ ה as The reason I am“ . תַ ְ ל מִ י דִ י ם special יְשִ יבַת כְּ נֶסֶ ת He formed . מ וּ סָ ר split in a dispute over the emphasis on learning , ר ׳ נָּ תָּ ן צְ בִ י telling you this,” explained זַ צַ ״ ל Meltzer ר׳ אִיסָ ר זַלְמָ ן appointing , ְי שִ י בָ ה and also launched Slutsk , ִ י שְ רָ אֵ ל is that I see that one day you will serve“ אֶ רֶ ץ ִ י שְ רָ אֵ ל in ְי שִ י בָ ה In the '20s, he opened a branch of his . ר ֺא ש ְי שִ י בָ ה as and you must know how to , מַ שְ גִ י חַ and sent numerous hand-picked as a , זַ צַ ״ל Epstein ר׳ מֺשֶ ה מָרְ דְ כָי He was born in Tafillalt, Morocco, together with .אַבִּ יר יַעֲקֹב was also known as the , זַ צַ ״ ל Hacham Yaakob Abuchatzera are conduct yourself and be aware of how much שִ ע וּ רִ י ם His . חֶ בְ ר וֹ ן in ְי שִ י בָ ה there. In 1925, he moved to his תַ ְל מִ י דִ י ם who was his main teacher in his youth. His father groomed R' Yaakob to serve as , זַ צַ ״ ל to R' Messod .אוֹר הַצָ פוּן who collected in) ר׳ יְ שוּעָּ הדָּ נִּ ינוֹ and ,ר׳ מָּרְדְ כַיבֶּן שָּ אוּל of Tafillalt. His main teachers were קְ הִּ ל ָּ ה the next leader of the ”!on a variety of topics, dedication this requires סְ פ ָּ רִּ י ם and authored many תַלְמִּ יד חָּ כָּ ם He was very prolific .( סְ מִּ י כ ָּ ה gave him פִּ ת וּ חֵ י , מַ עְ גְ לֵ יצֶּ דֶּ ק , גִּנְזֵ יהַ מֶּ לֶּ ְך , בִּגְ דֵ יהַ שְ רָּ ד ,יוֹרוּ מִּ שְ פָּטֶּ יָך לְ יַעֲקֹב :His writings include . קַ בָּ לָּ ה and הֲלָּ כָּ ה , ת וֹ רָּ ה including among others; but he did not allow any of them to be printed or published during his ,יָּגֵל יַעֲקֹב , ח ֹ תָּ ם Dedication opportunities are available. If you would like to sponsor or receive this publication לע״נ ר׳ ישראל בן אברהם ז"ל In 1879, he tried to . תַ לְמִּ ידֵ יחֲ כָּמִּ ים to the poor and to צְ דָּ קָּ ה lifetime. He was very involved in distributing לע״נ הב׳ ישעיהו דוב ע״ה בן יבלחט״א יצחק צבי נ״י via email, please send an email to [email protected] in Damanhur, Egypt. He wrote נִּ פְ טָּ ר but on his journey took ill suddenly, and was אֶּ רֶּ ץי ִּ שְ רָּ אֵ ל go up to These songs .