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PARSHA INSIGHTS death was the automatic result of hurting another person’s feelings, not a punishment. And then Hashem said to Avrom, “Know with certainty that With this premise, we can understand why the Egyptians were your offspring shall be sojourners in a land not their own, punished for enslaving the Jews. Even though Hashem they will enslave them and will oppress them four hundred commanded that Bnai Yisroel be enslaved, the one who years. Also, the nation that will enslave them I shall follows through on that command and hurts another person is punish… (Lech L’cha 15, 13 - 14) subject to the outcome of his own act of lighting a fire and If Hashem commanded Bnai Yisroel that they would be inserting his own hand in it. slaves, why were the Egyptians punished for implementing

His Will? One recites a ‘brocha acharona’ only after the fourth cup. The Ramban (Teshuva ?) answers that Hashem did not (Orach Chaim 474, 1) command the Egyptians to enslave the Jews. Hashem only One does not say a ‘brocho acharona’ on the first two cups of said that a nation would enslave the Jews without appointing wine because he may rely on the ‘brocho acharona’ which is any one of them be it to implement His command the recited after drinking the fourth cup. (Mishne Berurah 473, 3) Egyptians willingly chose to be His messenger and carry out that mandate. The time limit of the recitation of a ‘brocho acharona’ is the amount of time for food to be digested (Orach Chaim 184). If The Raavad answers that Hashem did not command that the so, how can one fulfill the obligation of reciting a ‘brocho Jews be enslaved as harshly as the Egyptians worked them. acharona’ if that time has elapsed? The above question can be answered in another manner. The halocho that one can recite a ‘brocho acharona’ only Chazal (Kesubos 62b) relate that Rav Rachumi studied within a certain time can be understood in two ways. 1) The away from his hometown and would return home every Erev amount of time for food to be digested is an issue of time. 2) . One year, his heavy involvement in learning The amount of time for food to be digested is the time we delayed his return home. His wife anxiously awaited his assume that a person has disassociated his mind from the meal arrival, while thinking every minute that he would arrive he just ate. This would lead to his recitation of a brocho after momentarily. As the day drew to a close, a thought entered this time to not be connected to the meal he just consumed. her mind that perhaps he was not returning for Yom Kippur and a tear fell from her eye. At that same moment in the town The Aishel Avrohom (Orach Chaim 474, 1) is of the opinion where Rav Rachumi was learning in an attic, the floor on him that the time frame of ‘food being digested’ shows that the collapsed and he was killed. person has removed his mind from the meal he just ate. If Hashem was punishing Rav Rachumi for causing pain to his With this reasoning, even when the first cup of wine has wife, why did Hashem choose a punishment that would cause already been digested, a person still focuses on the three her even more pain, as her husband had now passed away? remaining cups, due to his obligation to drink four cups. Therefore, one can recite the ‘brocho acharona’ for the first Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz zt’l explained that Rav Rachumi’s cup even after drinking the fourth cup. death was not a punishment for distressing his wife. When a person hurts another person, it is as if he has ignited a fire and stuck his own hand into it. The result of being burned is not a punishment, it is the outcome of his own act. Rav Rachumi’s

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TABLE TALK A GLIMPSE OF GREATNESS

PARSHA DILEMMA A few years after the passing of Avrohom Zelig Krohn

In early times, our ancestors were idol-worshippers, but now z’l, Rav Sholom Schwadron zt’l spent Pesach with the Krohn Hashem has brought us near to worship Him. (Hagada Shel family. That year, the first Seder was on Motzoei Shabbos. Pesach) Since Rav Sholom was from Eretz Yisroel, the Seder would be the only opportunity for him to perform the mitzvos of Why do we begin the story of our Exodus from Mitzrayim Pesach. with the history of our forefathers’ idolatrous ways? Rav Sholom, who was scrupulous about fulfilling mitzvos In addition, why do we interject into the story of our ancestors properly, was always careful to eat the afikoman before serving other gods that Hashem brought us close to Him and chatzos. Since the Seder began after Motzoei Shabbos, it His Service? began quite late. With many children and grandchildren telling over what they had been taught about the Hagodo, it appeared that they would not eat the afikoman before chatzos. WHO AM I ? Concerned that Rav Sholom would not be able to eat the 1. My name is my number afikoman in its proper time, a member of the family tried to 2. I have two letters 3. I require zereizus rush the proceedings a bit. However, Rav Sholom said, “Don’t 4. I contain the last week’s law rush!” Even after trying to explain his intentions, Rav Sholom remained adamant, “Don’t rush”. Last week’s clues: I am not half taken, I am not for royalty, I made a fiery appearance, Equality. They finally ate the afikoman after chatzos. After the Seder, Rabbi approached Rav Sholom to apologize Answer: Machatzis HaShekel for causing him to eat the afikoman after the preferred time. Rav Sholom responded, “Your mother waits all year for her WHO AM I? children and grandchildren to gather at the Seder. Her biggest nachas is to hear them exchange divrei Torah and participate 1. We got the extension in the Seder. Rushing the Seder would result in not giving a 2. Triple is our luck 3. Sukkos, Pesach and I are alike widow her nachas. Causing sorrow to a widow is an issur 4. I got you surrounded d’Oraisa, a Torah violation, while eating the afikoman before chatzos is only a mitzva d’Rabbonon, a Rabbinic command. Last week’s clues: I was stoned, I was an answering machine, The course of action we chose was definitely the correct one. Lighted, Chained. KOLLEL BULLETIN BOARD Answer: The Choshen M A Z E L T O V

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