A Delightful Experience

ב"ה למען ישמעו • אחרון של פסח תשע"ט • 511 EDITOR - RABBI SHIMON HELLINGER A DELIGHTFUL EXPERIENCE TO LIVE IT understand and also appreciate what is expected recite brachos, Shema, and Amen, Yehei shmei raba, of him. Kabbolas ol and servitude is the "beginning to heed his parents’ instructions, and to make Reb Aizik Homiler once came to Chernigov, and of avoda," but only the beginning. a bracha over his tzitzis. The parents would see the local chasidim prepared a festive meal in his to it that his peiyos remained intact. And how When a Yid realizes that his Torah study binds honor. During the meal, Reb Aizik repeated a great was their joy when their child became a him with HaShem, he should be so excited that maamar of Chassidus, and as soon as he was done, bar-mitzva, and how sweet was their nachas as he the students of Chassidus (the maskilim) left to even a passerby will notice. The same is true for flourished in a yeshiva. review his teachings. The baalei batim on the carrying out HaShem's will by fulfilling mitzvos. Today, however, a bitter frost has overtaken other hand continued with the meal. He should feel that with his every word of Torah and every mitzva he is taking over the world and the Yiddishe home. Even after a kosher korbon One of the balei batim then turned to Reb reducing its spiritual limitations. has been brought, the blood can still congeal Aizik and said, “We all heard your teachings and become invalidated. )לקו"ש ח"ג ע' 881, תו"מ חמ"ד ע' 250( of Chassidus, understood them and will review Today, too, a cheder is established – but whom them when we get home. Why do these maskilim rush out to review the maamar right away?” do they take as a teacher? They don’t look CONSIDER for an ehrlicher melamed: they want one with Suddenly, the bell of the post office next door special “methods.” Yiras Shomayim and the rang. The manager of the post office quickly got Why is kabbolas ol only the kedusha of the letters and nekudos are not up and ran out to see what was the matter. Reb "beginning of avoda"? Isn't action regarded as important; people have grown Aizik turned to the questioner and said, “You frigid. A widespread lack of chayus has caused see, we all heard the bell, but only the post office the main thing? chassidim not to learn Chassidus regularly, not manager cared about it because it’s his livelihood. How will the excitement of the to express a love for one another, and not to So too with these Chassidim, since Chassidus is farbreng – never mind toiling in avodas hatefilla their life, they care about it and hurry to review frum Yidden cause all Yidden to be like the chassidim of old. it immediately.” more observant? We excuse ourselves by saying that society in )שמועות וסיפורים ח"ב ע' 172( general has declined and become coarse. True, PHYSICAL PLEASURE the limbs of the Jewish people have become A VITALIZING FOUNDATION weak, and today we must address at farbrengens Reb Hillel Paritcher would say: "If the baalei such matters that once even a preacher of Mussar At a Yud-Tes Kislev farbrengen the Frierdiker tayve would only know the great geshmak of didn’t have to mention. But in fact, it is all the Rebbe once contrasted the warmth of the recognizing Elokus, they would leave all their fault of the “congealed blood.” Yiddishe home in earlier times with the way worldly desires and run after it." A few weeks ago I received a letter from a worldly things are today: young man asking for a bracha for his travels. I )שמועות וסיפורים ח"ג ע' 229( In the Yiddishe home of former days, the Torah don’t know him, but his letter was sincere, In response to someone who had complained to and kedusha were valued as supremely precious. so I wrote to him that wherever he went he the Rebbe about physical weakness, the Rebbe In the eyes of every man and woman, an ehrlicher should influence those around him toward the advised him amongst other things to learn Yid was precious, and the letters of the alef-beis observance of mitzvos. Today I received a letter regularly a subject in nigleh or Chassidus that and the nekudos were holy. from him: he followed my instructions and has would give him real pleasure. The Torah that he already influenced several young men to observe The happiest event in the home was the privilege studied would then heal him. kashrus. And there are many such instances. ,of leading a child to cheder for the first time. There )אג"ק חכ"א ע' קכ( he would be taught by an ehrlicher melamed, who The ‘limbs’ are weak, but as long as the ‘blood’ is Even when kabbolas ol was called for, the Rebbe dedicated himself wholeheartedly to instilling healthy and pumps with vitality, the ‘limbs’ will emphasized that this should not be the ultimate yiras Shomayim in the child, encouraging him to eventually become healthy as well. )סה"ש תרצ"א ע' 771 ואילך( destination: one must eventually come to wash negel-vasser, to sleep with a yarmulke, to In merit of this publication's founder ב"ה מתיבתא דקינגסטאן twentY tHree PRESS to hear It Wellspring ר' אהרן בן חנה from the rebbe hImself A small out-of-town mesivta Reb Yoel Kahan TWENTY THREE May the zechus of the thousands GET YOURin Kingston, BOOK P UBLISHEDPA TeplaCh and KeplaCh: ChaSSiduS iS MeanT The BaTTle for The Soul Keeping a KoSher head To Be underSTood of The ruSSian Cheder Rabbi Uriel Tzimmer Rabbi Menachem Brod Rabbi Boruch Werdiger – Part Two FREE DOWNLOAD of readers bring him a total and Email [email protected] www.SELLMILESNOW.com Price: $6 / $5 NY CHASSIDICDIGEST.COM immediate recovery [email protected] call (570) 212-9408 732-987-7765 RABBI CHAIM HILLEL RASKIN ROV OF ANASH - PETACH TIKVA REB YOINA OSTRER PREPARING KNEIDELACH Reb Yoina was from the great whole heart. If you will ask me, if so talmidim of the Mezritcher Magid. where will my livelihood come from: May I cook matza balls on Friday for Acharon shel Pesach He lived in the city of Brod and Ribono Shel Olam do You need my which is on Shabbos? spent his days in the beis medrash. advice? You are all powerful and can His day would start before dawn find other ways”. Since Acharon shel Pesach this year falls on Shabbos, all cooking with tikun chatzos, followed by )גאון וחסיד עמוד must be done beforehand. Preparing the Shabbos food on Friday- )245 learning Chassidus until day break, yom tov is only allowed if one set an eruv tavshilin (see issues 428-429). when he would immerse in the Even with an eruv tavshilin, the food must be ready early enough river, sometimes breaking the ice. Reb Yoina was once asked to join a on Friday that one could potentially eat it or serve it to guest who Shachris would last many hours, certain beis medrash of poor people, might show up that day, though realistically one plans to eat it on after which he would eat some and refused by saying “there, the Shabbos. This way, the Torah prohibition of cooking on yom tov for bread, occasionally with some rich do not have mercy on the poor”. Shabbos doesn’t apply, and the rabbinic injunction is resolved by onion, and then he would rest for Being that there were no rich people the eruv.1 a short while. Next came mincha there, he was asked to explain, and mairiv, followed by a shiur in Many, including Chabad, avoid eating gebrokts (soaked matza) on which he did: learning, and krias shma she’al hamita Pesach until the last day. Some therefore hold it is problematic cook at great length. “Every person has the rich part of gebrokts on Friday which is yom tov, since it isn't fit for consumption him and the poor part of him. The on that day.2 They suggest that one must actually feed some of the head is rich, he has no needs and is cooked gebrokts on shviyi shel Pesach to people who eat gebrokts on Reb Yoina was understandably free to think what he desires, like a Pesach.3 Some also compare it to the halacha that one who is fasting terribly poor. At one point, when he rich man. The stomach on the other on Friday-yom tov (due to a vow or taanis chalom) may not cook on did not even have enough money to hand is poor, with so many demands Friday for Shabbos since he cannot eat the food on the day it was put bread on the table, he poured and needs. In that beis medrash”, cooked, even though he could feed it to others.4 out his heart to Hashem saying, “You Reb Yoina explained, “in order to Others, however, draw a distinction between this case and the case are the provider for everyone, I also be a good Jew, the people fast a of fasting (where we don’t rely on others being able to eat from it): need a livelihood, but with three lot, putting all the demands on the one who is fasting may not cook anything, thus the eruv tavshilin conditions: Not to earn it through stomach but leaving the head free doesn’t take effect for him at all; here, once the eruv allows him to work – for where can I find time in to think what it wants.

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