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e e e e s s s s A SERIES IN HALACHA t"yhka skparhv lurc r"vun ,tn n n n n e e ,nab hukhgk e e xyhhv sbkchke lurc ohhj ,ryg kkuf atr LIVING A “TORAH” DAY LIVING A “TORAH” DAY p p TO SUBSCRIBE p p x x ovrct wr x x e e e e are the same. In Igros Moshe (1) , he says that the issur is only if one AND RECEIVE THIS ktuna ;xuh "okuf sdbf vru, sunk,u" - The Greatest Mitzvah of All (149) O O TORAH SHEET WEEKLY. O O Teaching a Gentile Torah. In our society a number of modern intends to give the knowledge over to a gentile, but if one is R R wr ic rykt R R E E E E Z Z WWW.TORAHTAVLIN.ORG k"z whcuy Z Z day dilemmas have come up regarding teaching Torah to gentiles. targeting Yidden and gentiles happen to listen, it is not prohibited. t t t t a a OR SEND AN EMAIL TO tahr u,hgru a a l l l l Case One: College Campus Classes. 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Is the - Nidah 23a , , , , lhjd tku lhjhd hshk trhz wrk vhnrh hcr uthcv itf sg m m obhnzvk ovhkt ouek tk ,uchxu ohngy hbhn kf uk vhva ,urnk ovrct m m i i i i Rashi d d d d teacher allowed to teach Torah in such a case? explains that R’ Yirmiyah tried numerous times to make R’ Zeira m m wv tca vbhfav hbp ,kce gmntc vhv hrv hf 'o,ueavku okhftvk o,raku m m a a a a l l l l Case Three: At a Family Pesach Seder. A Baal Teshuva laugh but was unsuccessful. This is due to the halacha ostk ruxt" e e kf ogu 'vhryp tbnjrs wxubtw uvhrv vkuju 'u,khnk hahkav ouhc uhkjn ureck wv lrs urnau uhrjt u,hc ,tu uhbc ,t vumh rat ignk uh,gsh hf e e M M M M f f Yeshiva R’ Moshe Feinstein zt”l ,t kcek .tu vbhfav hbpn ucaun ouenn ,uzhrzc oe tkt kmg,b tk vz ,uzhrz lu,n wv ,sucg - (yh-jh) wypanu vesm ,uagk f f student once asked the "euja uhp tknha, and R’ Zeira was very stringent with this. o o o o s s s s following question: He is returning home for Pesach and will The ,uhj ."rvn writes, a few times in Shas we see R’ Yirmiyah trying e e aka hrvnw :vrak vum ohcu,fv lanvcu 'wudu o,trek .rhu trhuw a"nf 'uhjrut rat ignk 'uh,gsh vnku /urhfnu ugsuhu ukmt ucren ostv ,t ccjnvaw :h"art e e i i i i l l l l i i i i lead the Seder in his home, explaining things to his family and unsuccessfully to make R’ Zeira laugh. Once R’ Yirmiyah was m m /wovrct .r recv$ktuw o,rak unmgc rvhn cuau (z euxp) w,kx jne ohtx vfuz 'ubhct ovrct vnutv hct /f"g whfrs runak hkg uhbc ,t vumn tuva hpk vumh m m a a a a f f f f relatives. One non-religious relative will have a non-Jewish excessively cheerful in front of R’ Zeira (:k ,ufrc) and R’ Zeira quoted s s fh,a vshegc ot ,uumnk u,nsevu u,nfav kg ohtkn ,utren ubtmn if od tkt 'uh,uumn ,t runah rat sckc uz tka uhkg gsuh hf uhkg shgn v"cevu s s p p p p l l l l e e Seder k"r Haggada Torah recc ovrct ofahuw :lf rjt shnu whbbvw rntu vbg vshegv kg wv huuhm og 'ypanu vesm ,uagk wv lrs ,t runak uhrjt uh,urus ,tu uhbc ,t lbjhu shngh e e spouse at the , . Can he explain the and to him: "r,In vhvh cmg kfc" (df:sh hkan) - “in all sorrow, there is profit.” h h h h y y y y l l - vntv ic ,t ardha vra vrnta ,gc ifu (d cf erp) wurunj ,t acjhu hbhgc rahvu cuyv vagh ot ostu ost kf hshc vhumn vrhjcv hrv 'thauev ,ktab l l concepts to the Jews at the table, when the gentile will hear? Another time (:df c"c) R’ Yirmiyah asked such a farfetched question to p p p p m m m m i i v"cev uk rnt vbc ejmh og arh tk hf ejmn u,ut v,tra rjtk ktgnah tuc ory sug ubhct ovrct kg vru, vshgn lhtv if otu 'lphvv ouka xj ut 'oav i i Case Four: Publicizing Torah in Mass Media. Around 60 years elicit a smile, that he was actually asked to leave the Beis Medrash ! s s s s t t t t a a ojk jehu recc ovrct ofahuw shn wvkuec gna vra lhkt rnt, rat kfw lrs ,t urnah ignk uh,urus hrusu uh,urus ,tu uhbc ,t vumh ifta 'okugk ejmh ubc a a ago, a famous Talmid Chacham began saying a Daf Yomi shiur rbk lurg asks, if it is assur to fill one’s mouth with laughter, why wasn’t h h h h t t t t y y ratf hf /(sh tf erp) wvjkahu skhv ,tu vnfa kg oa rdv kt i,hu ohn ,nju lt ',uagvk sh,ga vn kf gsuh atrn ,urusv true wva yuap rcsva odv 'wv y y on the radio. His intention was for Yidden to listen and learn, but of R’ Yirmiyah shpen? He answers that the rvuz says (also brought in t t t t i i i i r r r r a a hn ,t cvuta vkdnu vtrn tuv vjnacu ,uzhrzc ,uumnv ,t vaug ostv /kfav rxun ubnn snkb ignk ,tz c,fbu ,hjmb thv vru,v a a course gentiles could and would listen. The question was asked v"p ,ufrc 'vbuh ubhcr) that euja is permitted in vru, hrcs. R’ Zeira h h h h c c vumnv ouhe inzk vpmnu ih,nn ,g kfcu shn uvaug if kgu u,uagk uvuuma 'ejmh ,shk kg ohftknv ,ruac osue ,tzv vbugcu ,gc vbvs 'vtrb ,tz cahk c c however was makpid even during this time. says similarly that e e t"cyhr e e whether this is permitted. There are two parts to the question - h h h h T T ostvaf if tk at hparcu ,ucvk,vc unhhen vumnv ,g tcafu vzg veua,c ohrfhb uhva hpk 'wv lrs ,t runak u,hc ,t ovrct vumh ratw ,t trucv gsh rcf T T Gemara - - we often see in the we open with "t,ujhscs t,khn" but R’ - - whether one has transgressed the issur of teaching a gentile Torah m m tuv kuga vnf vtrn sa utpfa hnf ,ukmgcu ,ushcfc uhkg chujnv ,t vaug rutc ubgnk uapb ,t rxn rat sckn 'ohdkpun oav ,cvt hbnhx ovrct kmt m m Zeira was trnujk dvub and that is what Rashi means when he said wru" o o o o and if this is also “Lifnei Iver” by causing a gentile to do what he c c c c . s s ubhct ovrctu /ann vhpfc o,ut vaug lfhpk vuuymb vhv tka htukvu ukhcac urcgc lkvu srpbu 'ohbu,j,c u,ueukt ,t oxrpa iuatrv vhv tuv ;tu 'ohsaf s s "hpy rhnjn trhz.