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The question is, why were all these miracles necessary? With … זֶה קֵ לִי וְ אַנְוֵהוּ אֱֹלקֵ י אָבִ י וַאֲ רֹמְמֶ נְהוּ )שְ מוֹת טו:ב(. A few years later at the wedding of this talmid’s child… would have כְ לַ ל יִשְ רָ אֵ ל ,Rebbe, I knew how This is my G-d and I will glorify Him; the G-d of my fathers the Egyptians on their tails and nowhere to go My beloved talmid, I difficult this walk would and I will exalt Him. been perfectly satisfied with the "mere" splitting of the sea! Noone came because I am forever derives from here the idea of "beautifying would have complained if there was not a tent of protective water גְ מָ רָ א be. Yesterday I came to The grateful for the new shiur It’s not possible… beg Rebbe not to come! Tatte, the Rebbe, ourselves before Him though our aesthetically pleasing performance of over their heads or if the ground was still a little muddy. Nine of the a ten miracles were most likely superfluous. All they really needed was ,סוּכָ ה make before Me a beautiful , אֶ תְ ר וֹ ג Acquire a beautiful : מִ צְ וֹ ת that you started over 20 R’ Refael is asking it’s someone else. I add all these ד׳ This is the "split the Sea and let's get out of here." Why did .(שַ בָת קלג:) "and so forth , תְּ פִ ִ ל י ן beautiful , סֵ ֶפ ר תּ וֹ רָ ה years ago! you to come know how sick Rebbe beautiful הִ דּ וּ ר flourishes to the basic miracle? They were basically a form of . הִ דּ וּ ר מִ צְ ָו ה outside! is. He can’t walk source for the general concept of When I do something for My Nation, I want it to be first class! I" . מִ צְ ָו ה there is , מִ צְ וֹ ת expect us to fulfill the תּ וֹ רָ ה anymore… Not only does the -do not want to just 'get by.' I want it to be as nice as possible." There מִ צְ ָו ה an additional aspect of fulfillment that involves carrying out the in the most beautiful way possible. Even though one can buy a pair of fore, it makes a great deal of sense that this is the source from which you do it right; you make it , מִ צְ ָו ה buying an exceptionally nice pair of we learn that when you do a , כָ שֵ ר for $300-$400 that are תְּ פִ ִ ל י ן .treated us ד׳ housings] and exquisite writing on beautiful beautiful. It is because that is how] ַ ב תִּ י ם with exquisite תְּ פִ ִ ל י ן parchment can cost upward of $1,000. There is an obligation to spend When we buy someone a present, it is a sign that we appre- in a more beautiful way than fulfilling those ciate him. We put it in a beautiful box. We want the presentation to be מִ צְ וֹ ת up to 1/3 more to do with the bare minimum. All this is derived from the words as nice as possible. We do not just take the gift out of our pocket and מִ צְ וֹ ת same say, "Here is a present!" We get a nice box and have it wrapped very .זֶה קֵ לִי וְ אַנְוֵהוּ אֱ ֹלקֵי אָבִ י וַאֲ רֹמְמֶ נְהוּ One may ask: Why here? Why is specifically this the time and nicely – with a ribbon and a bow – which costs a few more dollars. decides to inform us of this concept of beautifying Who cares? The recipient of the gift! These extra flourishes beyond the תּ וֹ רָ ה place that the It does not seem basic gift are done to demonstrate how much we love and appreciate ? מִ צְ וֹ ת ourselves before Him with our performance of .the recipient . שִ י רַ ת הַ ָי ם that it really fits into the context of הִ דּ וּ ר .loves us ד׳ showed us how much יַם סוּף The splitting of ִנ סִ י ם says 10 (אָבוֹת ה:ה) מִ שְ ָנ ה A few minutes later… R' Tzvi Cheshin tells us that the תּוֹסָ פוֹת יוֹם טוֹב and ַ ב רְ טְ נ וּ רָ א The .יַם סוּף Mazel Tov!! I were done for our fathers at etc. – is intended to , אֶ תְ ר וֹ ג the beautiful , תְּ פִ ִ ל י ן the beautiful – מִ צְ ָו ה My Rebbe’s apologize but I’m too proceed to list them: The Sea became like a tent (with protection from !how much we love Him ד׳ amazing hakoras show Tatte, the Rebbe said, weak to come out…I above) and the Jews entered into the midst of it; the sea bed was dry what!?! Rebbe’s hatov will never be “Please come to the just came to bench really here… I must forgotten! and firm without being muddy; and so on... Adapted from: Rabbi Frand on the Parashah (with kind permission from ArtScroll) car! He cannot stay out rush out now…. you and show you my for too long…Please… gratitude… Please…”

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with Living the Torah Still Time Left Contest שובבי"ם The 5th Annual Pirchei í"í .קִ דּוּשׁ ד׳ contest. It is not too late to become a part of this amazing שׁוֹבְבִ י״ם ת״ת on the This is the fourth week of the eight weeks of the 5th International אַ רְ ַ ב ע מִ י ִנ י ם therefore, everyone was exempt from using the …וַיַאֲמִ ינוּ בַד׳ וּבְ המֺשֶׁ עַבְ דּוֹ. אָז יָשִ יר מֺשֶׁ ה… )שְ מוֹת יד: לא, טו: א(. s requirement regarding the use of the Simply send a weekly fax to 718 506 9633 or email to [email protected] signed by a parent – include your grade, name, school, city, state, contact’ תּ וֹ רָ ה The .יוֹם טוֹב and first day of] מ ֺ שֶׁ ה His servant. Then , מ ֺ שֶׁ ה and ד׳ they had faith in … :Below are the current contestants . מִ קְ רָ א וֹ ת גְּ ד וֹ ל וֹ ת ח וּ מָ שִׁ י םParticipants will be entered in a raffle for a beautiful set of . פָּ רָּ שָּ ה applies only to the first day; after that, the obligation is and fax #, and which אַ רְ ַ ב ע מִ י ִנ י ם …the Children of Israel] sang was valid only Grade 1 – Avraham Baraka, Yitzchok Baraka, Avraham Tebele; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Moshe A Gelfand; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Eliyahu Levi Allakhverdov; Ashi אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג Meir was satisfied that although his . מִ דְ רַ בָ ָ נ ן is in the future tense only ָי שִ י ר points out that the word רַ שִ ״ י it would suffice in a year such as this one. Bistricer, Shlomo Botknecht, Menachem Danziger, Nosson Zvi Daimond, Aryeh Davis, Baruch Deutsch, Avromi Drillick, Binyomin Elkon, Simcha Feder, Reuven , מִ דְ רַ בָ ָ נ ן תְּ חִ ַ י ת for תּ וֹ רָ ה will sing]. This futuristic wording is an allusion in the] the revival of the dead, when we will sing once again. Meir was relieved; he felt it unnecessary to aspire to the Ferziger, Yosef Shalom Fireworker, Yosef Finkelstein, Yona Fischer, Shalom Friedman, Yitzchok Friedman, Dovid Yechiel Ghershenzon, Meir Ghershenzon, Moshe , הַ מֵּ תִ י ם ,Upon seeing and Herbstman, Avi Idler, Zvu Aaron Koff, Avi Korinsky, Aryeh Leib Landsberg, Uriel Lasry, Shai Ledereich, Tzvi Yehuda Lederer, Moshe Leshem, Boruch Leshkowitz . תּ וֹ רָ ה of Kuzmir, explains higher level of requirement determined by the ר׳ י ְ חֶׁ זְ קֵּ א ל ,The first Modzitzer Rebbe hearing Meir’s reaction, Rav Zalman burst into tears. Meir Eliyahu Levy, Dovi Lewin, Binyomin Milstein, Yaakov Yosef Moradi, Shlomo Ridiker, Yehuda Rosenzweig, Dovi Shain, Yehuda Silberberg, Eliyahu Warman, Yaakov כְ לַ ל יִשְ רָ אֵּ ל there was such clarity that קְרִ יעַת יַם סוּף that at the time of ;faith. The fact that the immediately realized that Rav Zalman was clearly disappointed in the Weiss, Noam Weisel, Izzy Weissman, Shimon Yukhanov; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Mishael Mordechai Gantz; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY , אֱ מ וּ נָ ה there was no need for — ד׳ actually saw and the fact that he Chaim Yitzchok Levy; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Yaakov Zakheim; Yeshiva Ohr Yehuda; Chaim Yeshaya Peker; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Pinchos Pinter; Yeshiva Damesek מִ צְ ָו ה must be a lack of importance Meir had placed on the מ ֺ שֶׁ ה and in ד׳ in אֱ מ וּ נָ ה had כְלַ ל יִשְ רָ אֵּ ל mentions that תּ וֹ רָ ה Not Eliezer; Lakewood, NJ; Yaakov Eliyahu Neiman, Amrom Novice; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok, Baltimore, MD; Meir Nockenofsky, Menachem Mendel Smith; Yeshiva . מִ דְ רַ בָ ָ נ ן that was permissible אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג That is the was “fine” with using an . אֱ מ וּ נָ ה reference to another time of redemption requiring .he apologized for his reaction and tried M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Avi Scherer; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH , רֶׁ בִ י wanting to disappoint his . תְּ י חִ תַ הַ מֵּ תִ י ם and מָ שִ י חַ with ,גְאוּלָה time of the final ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ to explain that this was a difficult year to find exceptionally beautiful Grade 2 – Moshe Amshalem, Shmuel Amshalem, Aviel Bazargan, Noam Brown, Matis Burstein, Yitzchak Gelb, Menachem Shalom Gottesman, Daniel Leichuk, Kalmy Obermeister, Chaim Yaakov Stern, Shmuel Weiss; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Avraham Haber, Moshe Lagnado, Yoshiyahu Mograby, Moshe Weiss; Yeshivat .אֶׁתְ רוֹגִ ים one more time, Meir decided that it kosher אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג Looking over the ,But Meir had read Rav Zalman completely wrong. In fact, Ateret Torah; Emanuel Babazadeh, Menachem Breuer, Yoel Boruch Czeisler, Efraim Fireworker, Avi Goldburd, Yissochor Berish Gross, Orie Joudai, Asher Katz , רֶׁ בִ י looked good, but he still wanted to take it to be checked by his Shlomo Dov Kelman, Efraim Khaimov, Moshe Klein, Tzvi Landau, Azriel Laufer, Shmuel Lebovits, Moshe Mandelman, Binyamin Minzer, Yehuda Ridiker, Ahron Meir Rav Zalman had when he heard what was bothering Rav Zalman, he realized not only .מֵּ אָה שְ עָרִ ים the well-known Rav Zalman Baharan in Safier, Eliyahu Meir Schilit, Yoseph Shafer, Shmuel Weingarten, Hillel Werzberger, Daniel Shlomo Yifat; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Pinchas Becker; Yeshiva ,what an exalted level Rav Zalman was on, but also how much he מֵּ אָ ה שְ ָ ע רִ י ם helped to establish and was a renowned expert on Darchei Torah, Far Rockaway, NY; Amrom Weinstein; Fallsburg Cheder School, Fallsburg, NY; Shneur Aronovitch; Yeshiva Ketana of Queens; Flushing, NY; Shmuel .עֲבוֹדַ ת ד׳ Meir, had to grow in his Khaver; Talmudical Academy; Baltimore, MD; Shmuel Uziel Feifer, Yisroel Moshe Weinberg; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Pinny Adlerstein, Yehudah .אֶׁתְ רוֹגִ ים .Ceder, Shlomo Nosson Fishleder, Naftali Geldman, Aharon Jaspan, Yehoshua Mann, Avi Segal; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX ?סוּכוֹת and there was a lot of work to “Do you realize that there are three days left until יוֹם כִ פּוּר It was the day after that is only kosher Grade 3 – Mordecahi Nass, Chaim Yishaya Sussman, Naftali Wrotzlovsky; The Cheder; Yehoshua Berger, Adam Davydov, Eitan Ganchrow, Boruch Goldfein, Tzvi אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג Rav Zalman was a busy man, so This means that since you are happy with an .יוֹם טוֹב be done for the upcoming ;in Simcha Harmen, Yehoshuah Katz, Dani Kertzner, Azriel Meir Malek, Yonah Moster, Rafi Mostofsky, Eliyahu Meir Simon, Moishe Zimmerman; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah ֲע ב וֹ דָ ה and the מָ שִ י חַ you are not truly awaiting the coming of מִ דְ רַ בָ ָ נ ן Meir had to stop by several times before he found him at Eliyahu Nakash; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Yisroel Kaplan; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Avrohom Chaim Toplan; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; Binyomin Greenberg; Yeshiva רַ מְ ַ ב ״ ם happening within the next three days! The בֵּ י ת הַ מִ קְ דָּ ש and showed it to Rav Zalman, the אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג home. Finally, he took out his ,one needs to wait for Torah Temimah; Chaim Aschendorf, Chaim Bash, Efrayim Cohn, Moshe Cywiak, Simcha Fireworker, Binyomin Zev Florans, Avi Grossberger, Aharon Horowitz , מְ חַ כֶׁ ה בְ לכָ י וֹ ם שֶׁ ָי ב וֹ א waiting in eager anticipation for the final word on his purchase. Meir writes that one must be ,he can arrive at any moment! Shalom Kelman, Chaim Lederer, Yechiel Yehuda Minzer, Yonatan Dovid Moradi, Effie Neuman, Avrohom Aharon Perl, Aryeh Pollak, Chagai Saadon, Yitzchak Schlaff — מָ שִ י חַ thought that Rav Zalman would probably find it perfectly acceptable ,Avrohom Silbert, Mordechai Slomovics, Dovid Tessler, Aaron Avrohom Vaiselberg, Nesanel Chaim Vaiselberg, Avi Weiss, Moshe Werzberger, Dovi Worenklein אַ רְ ַ ב ע of מִ צְ ָו ה is rebuilt, then the בֵּ י ת הַ מִ קְ דָּ ש was almost entirely clean of any dots, black or “When the אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג since the ;Nosson Meir Yaiche; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Pinchas Becker; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Levi Berkowitz; Fallsburg Cheder School ”. מִ דְ רַ בָ ָנ ן and will no longer be סוּכוֹת will apply all seven days of מִ י ִנ י ם otherwise, with beautiful, almost symmetric furrows that ran up the Fallsburg, NY; Avi Abramson, Yitzchok Attar, Yakov Belsky, Avrohom Shmuel Edelman, Mordechai Esrig, Yehuda Garfunkel, Yaakov Chaim Goldman, Yaakov !מײַן קִ ינד … It seemed perfect. Finally Rav Zalman burst into tears again. “Oy . אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג entire ;Morgenstern, Zev Portnoy; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Yaakov Zev Greenfield; Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim; Baltimore, MD; Avraham Rupp; Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion ”?יוֹם טוֹב is not coming before מָ שִ י חַ Upon close inspection, however, Rav Zalman found that How can you think that back from Rav Zalman and watched as Edison, NJ; Avraham Rupp; Yeshiva Even Yisroel; Chaim Yeshaya Peker; Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Dovid Barkin, Tzvi Yehuda Eisen, Binyomin Zev Friedman, Shmuel אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג ran Meir took his אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג something was wrong. One of the tiny scratches on the ;s Metzger; Yeshiva Toras Aron; Binyomin Zorach Feder; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Refoel Smith; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Yehuda Zev Markowitz’ מָ שִ י חַ longed for רֶׁ בִ י wept. There was no question that his רֶׁ בִ י deeper than just a natural crevice. Looking a bit more closely, he his .s scratches were a problem. Finally he told coming every day and wanted everyone to feel the same. Torah Day School; Dallas, TX’ אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג concluded that the ,one would Perhaps if we did, then it would happen! Grade 4 – Moshe Dahan, Yehuda Obermeister, Zev Yankovich; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Aharon Taibi; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Moshe Ariel, Shmuel Eliezer Baumann , מִ דְ א וֹ רַ ְי תָ א but , מִ דְ רַ בָ ָ נ ן would be valid אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג Meir that the not be able to fulfill his obligation with it. Moshe Bentzion Blum, Moshe Brachfeld, Yudi Breuer, Yechezkel Drillick, Yisrael Drillick, Mayer Farkas, Shimi Fireworker, Aaron Fried, Shmuel Hirsch, Aharon Horowitz, Isser Zalmen Itzkowitz, Nosson Tzvi Kamins, Dovi Katz, Zisha Katzenstein, Yechiel Ledereich, Zevi Leshkowitz, Avrohom Zev Levitin, Dovy Levy, Akiva (Adapted from: Touched by a Story 4 (with kind permission from ArtScroll ; שַ בָ ת came out on סוּכוֹת That year, the first day of Lieberman, Mordechai Neuman, Ahron Oberlander, Avrohom Mordechai Paneth, Yaakov Paneth, Dovid Rubenstein, Yisroel Silberberg, Moshe Yehoshua Stern, Yaacov Weiss, Sruli Yifat; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Motti Berkowitz, Mordechai Edelson, Avrohom Felder, Elimelech G. Hendler, Yehuda Leib Kalatsky, Yossi Weinstein; Fallsburg Cheder School, Fallsburg, NY; Moshe Dovid Berger; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Shauli Brandman, Eli Cohen, Feivel Cohen, Binyomin Dafner, Shmuel Hollander, Noam Nudell, Avi Lubowsky, Aron Tzvi Papoff, Simcha Perlman, Zevy Pinkus, Moshe Reiss, Moshe Wolf, Meir Zucker; Yeshiva Tiferes Tzvi; Chicago, IL; Elimelech Friedman, Yehuda Grunwald, Gavriel Mirkin, Simcha Neuberger; Yeshivas Chofeitz Chaim; Avrohom Alter, Dovi Feldman, FocusonMiddos Binyamin Kroll, Moishe Rosen; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Tzvi Aryeh Altschuller, Shmuel Dovid Friedman, Mordechai Shlomo Smith; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Yosef Yitzchok Baras, Shragi Mann, Dovid Simcha Pfeffer, Aaron Pressman, Yossi Scherer, Azriel Singer, Chaim Weinrib; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Dear Talmid, minutes he carried on an intense conversation We can’t send!” Sweating profusely, he finally Cincinnati, OH; Yossi Dessler, Azaria Feldman, Mayer Gancz, Dovid Goldman, Shlomo Goldstein, Yishai Wolf; Hebrew Academy of Cleveland; Chaim Feifer, Meir .ended the call. Klugmann; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Lev Shalom Sagal, Naftali Skaist; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX; Shimon Ehrentrau; Kesser Torah; Gateshead, UK .גָדוֹל was the with the זַ צַ ״ ל R' Boruch Sorotzkin heard only one side of the call, As he was hanging up the phone, he Grade 5 – Meir Nass; The Cheder; Avi Getter, Dovi Lerner, Zevi Melcer, Yakov Asher Moster; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Boruch Kaplan; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Yehuda יַעֲקֹב -address for many communal, national and interna יַעֲנקל— בִׁיןאִׁיְך נִׁישט " .excitedly יַעֲקֹב learned with R' Boruch turned to יַעֲקֹב .tional organizations nd but he understood from the responses that it Goldstein, Eliyohu Helberg; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Shmuel Dovid Anflick, Menachem Mendel Berniker, Yehuda Geller, Moshe Shmuel Guttman, Ari Korsinsky, Yaacov Yehuda Kramer, Yerachmiel Lasker, Dov Levy, Dovi Mendelovitz, Yakov Perl, Yosef Menachem Smith, Moshe Yehoshua Stern, Dovi Werner, Shmuel ווּ אַנדעֶ רש קעֶ ן מעֶ ן ?Am I not right — געֶ רעֶ כט? in the Midwest. The כוֹלֵל He described their related to opening a . סֵ דֶ ר in his home for 2 s analogy for’ זַ צַ ״ ל sessions using R' Aharon Kotler How else can you Werzberger; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Yitzchok Tzvi Jurkansky, Yisroel Moskovitz; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Shmuel Alexander Eichenstein, Ahron – לעֶרנן ט פְּשַ אִׁ ין דעֶר רַשְּ בָ״א? and asked יוּנגעֶלײַט was sending 5 of his גָדוֹל ;was taken aback יַעֲקֹב ”? רַ שְּ ָ ב ״ א in the פְּ שַ ט from learn חָ שוּבעֶ יוּנגעֶלײַט send 5 ר ֹא ש י ְּ שִׁ י בָ ה that the — מַתַ ן תוֹרָה silenced all sounds at ד ׳ explaining why ;while one Hirsch, Avraham Katz, Azriel Musman, Zecharia Oratz, Meir Moshe Sinaei; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok, Baltimore, MD; Elazar Freedman; Cincinnati Hebrew Day , ת וֹ רָ ה to teach us that to be successful in ,was not talking about the phone Cincinnati, OH; Shimon Belsky, Yisroel Friedman, Aryeh Leib Hunger, Shmuel Dovid Katz, Yechiel Aryeh Klugmann, Yaakov Moshe Margulies, Aaron Paperman רֹאש יְּשִׁ יבָה R' the , ר ֹא ש י ְּ שִׁ י בָ ה Telz. The timing was difficult. The ! רַ שְּ ָ ב ״ א is learning he must shut off the outside world. call … he right back in the ;Eliyahu Meir Rappaport, Moshe Chaim Rechanik, Moshe Rokowsky, Mayer Zelig Simon, Yehuda Leib Solomon, Yosef Sommer, Menachem Wainbrand, Tzvi Wenger חָ שוּבעֶ had just gone with 20 , זַ צַ ״ ל Gifter realized that although יַעֲקֹב , תַ ל ְּ מִׁ י ד When they were learning, R' Boruch completely My .Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Chananel Abrams; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX אֶ רֶ ץ to open the Telz-Stone branch in תַל ְּ מִׁ י דִׁ י ם in front of him, his mind was רַ שְּ ָ ב ״ א he had the . יִׁ שְּ רָ אֵ ל issues and focused כְּ לַ ל forgot all his personal and was Grade 6 – Boruch Leib Leiser; The Cheder; Avraham Netanel; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Azaria Toplan; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; Eli Weichselbaum; Yeshivat ר ֹא ש י ְּ שִׁ י בָ ה solely on the learning. on the phone conversation; the Ateret Torah; Adiel Duchovny, Aryeh Fingerer, Shmuel Frank, Yitzchok Herskovich, Zev Katz, Ami Ledereich, Yitzy Merav, Refael Oberlander, Yoni Solomon; Yeshiva דִׁ י “ ,R' Boruch argued, explaining … רַ שְּ ָ ב ״ א The on the phone, but his mind was on the — יְּשִׁ יבָה אִׁ יז אַ דוּרְך אַ שװעֶרעֶ אָפעֶראַצִׁ יעֶ! Once, in the middle of a fiery exchange Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Nachie Berger; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Yehuda Schwartz; Yeshiva Beth Mikroh; Monsey, NY; Shloimy Weber; Yeshiva s focus’ רֶ בִׁ י has just undergone a major operation!” he still had much to learn from his יְּ שִׁ י בָ ה ר ֹא ש י ְּ שִׁ י בָ ה the , בֵ י צָ ה in רַ שְּ ָ ב ״ א in a פְּ שַ ט about a RJJ; Staten Island, NY; Elazar Moridian; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Eliezer Cohen, Ezra Kassin; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Shmuel Frank, Yechezkel . אַהֲ בַ ת הַ תוֹרָ ה The Not satisfied, the caller begged for at least 2 or on learning and .גָדוֹל received an urgent call from a ;Yehuda; Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Chesky Chomsky; Yeshiva Toras Aron; Binyomin Schustal; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Henoch Yakov Scherer, Yonason Singer ייְּהִׁ זִׁכְּ רוֹ בָרוְּך! Each time R' Boruch intensely .יוּנגעֶלײַט Rebbetzen understood that for this he would 3 .Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH; Simcha Levovitz, Moshe Rozen; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah, Cleveland, OH; Dov Gothelf; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX רֶ בִׁ י Your ,בְּ יְּדִׁ ידוּת !No! No — נײֵ ן!נײֵ ן!מִׁ ׳קעֶןנִׁישט שִׁ יקן!“ ,want her to interrupt his learning. R' Boruch answered Grade 7 – Mordechai Kaplan, Eliyahu Nass; The Cheder; Menachem Manis Lang; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Binyomin Zev Helberg; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Yeshiva שליט״א accepted the phone and for the next 20 Story heard directly from R’ Yaakov Torah Temimah; Brooklyn, NY; Shlomo Methal; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Yehoshua Garry; Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim; Baltimore, MD; Shlomo Goldstein, Shalom Karr, Dovid Aryeh Rappaport; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah, Cleveland, OH; Yaakov Berelowitz; Hillel Academy; Pittsburgh, PA; .Ahron Shlomo Davis, Yisroel Pearlman, Moishie Sinason, Eli Spitzer; Mechina; Gateshead, UK דְ ב ָּ רִׁ י ם ) פָּ סוּק in the אֶ רֶ ץ from the one closer to the word שִׁ בְ עַ ת When eating a variety of fruits, a fruit that is from the ;Grade 8 – Avrohom Eliezer Kaplan; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Moshe Levy; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; Yosef Greenberg; Yeshiva Torah Temimah; Brooklyn, NY אֶ ץרֶ חִׁ טָּ ה וּ… וְ גֶפֶן וּתְ אֵ נָּה וְרִׁ מּוֹן ץ אֶרֶ זֵית ן שֶמֶ וּדְ בָּש… (ח:ח .takes precedence over other fruits that are not הַמִׁ ינִׁים ,one should eat (olives, date [honey], grapes, figs, pomegranates). Yitzchok Meir Kassin; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Lakewood, NJ; Yehoshua Bodenstein, Nochum Tzvi Cohen, Aryeh Tzvi Dowek, Chaim Fleischer, Moshe Ahron Gruen , שִׁ בְ ת עַ הַ מִׁ י נ ִׁ י ם If one has 2 fruits from the Halacha Noach Kirzner, Zevy Klein, Yaakov Kohn, Yehuda Manevich, Yitzchok Zev Solomon, Meir Sonnenschein; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH.

.in the context of the bigger picture. Use them as a starting point for further in-depth study הֲ לָ כ וֹ ת it is important to consider these , הֲ לָ כ וֹ ת Corner *Since we only discuss 1-3 There's a new Pirchei hotline! Call now - 718-663-0212 הִ לְ כוֹות עִ נְיָנֵי דְ יוֹו מָ א : שֶׁ ֶ ה חֱ ָ י נוּ, טוּ ּבִשְׁבָט לע״נ ר׳ משה צבי בן הר׳ טוביה הלוי זצ״ל with Living the Torah Still Time Left Contest שובבי"ם The 5th Annual Pirchei í"í .קִ דּוּשׁ ד׳ contest. It is not too late to become a part of this amazing שׁוֹבְבִ י״ם ת״ת on the This is the fourth week of the eight weeks of the 5th International אַ רְ ַ ב ע מִ י ִנ י ם therefore, everyone was exempt from using the …וַיַאֲמִ ינוּ בַד׳ וּבְ המֺשֶׁ עַבְ דּוֹ. אָז יָשִ יר מֺשֶׁ ה… )שְ מוֹת יד: לא, טו: א(. s requirement regarding the use of the Simply send a weekly fax to 718 506 9633 or email to [email protected] signed by a parent – include your grade, name, school, city, state, contact’ תּ וֹ רָ ה The .יוֹם טוֹב and first day of] מ ֺ שֶׁ ה His servant. Then , מ ֺ שֶׁ ה and ד׳ they had faith in … :Below are the current contestants . מִ קְ רָ א וֹ ת גְּ ד וֹ ל וֹ ת ח וּ מָ שִׁ י םParticipants will be entered in a raffle for a beautiful set of . פָּ רָּ שָּ ה applies only to the first day; after that, the obligation is and fax #, and which אַ רְ ַ ב ע מִ י ִנ י ם …the Children of Israel] sang was valid only Grade 1 – Avraham Baraka, Yitzchok Baraka, Avraham Tebele; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Moshe A Gelfand; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Eliyahu Levi Allakhverdov; Ashi אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג Meir was satisfied that although his . מִ דְ רַ בָ ָ נ ן is in the future tense only ָי שִ י ר points out that the word רַ שִ ״ י it would suffice in a year such as this one. Bistricer, Shlomo Botknecht, Menachem Danziger, Nosson Zvi Daimond, Aryeh Davis, Baruch Deutsch, Avromi Drillick, Binyomin Elkon, Simcha Feder, Reuven , מִ דְ רַ בָ ָ נ ן תְּ חִ ַ י ת for תּ וֹ רָ ה will sing]. This futuristic wording is an allusion in the] the revival of the dead, when we will sing once again. Meir was relieved; he felt it unnecessary to aspire to the Ferziger, Yosef Shalom Fireworker, Yosef Finkelstein, Yona Fischer, Shalom Friedman, Yitzchok Friedman, Dovid Yechiel Ghershenzon, Meir Ghershenzon, Moshe , הַ מֵּ תִ י ם ,Upon seeing and Herbstman, Avi Idler, Zvu Aaron Koff, Avi Korinsky, Aryeh Leib Landsberg, Uriel Lasry, Shai Ledereich, Tzvi Yehuda Lederer, Moshe Leshem, Boruch Leshkowitz . תּ וֹ רָ ה of Kuzmir, explains higher level of requirement determined by the ר׳ י ְ חֶׁ זְ קֵּ א ל ,The first Modzitzer Rebbe hearing Meir’s reaction, Rav Zalman burst into tears. Meir Eliyahu Levy, Dovi Lewin, Binyomin Milstein, Yaakov Yosef Moradi, Shlomo Ridiker, Yehuda Rosenzweig, Dovi Shain, Yehuda Silberberg, Eliyahu Warman, Yaakov כְ לַ ל יִשְ רָ אֵּ ל there was such clarity that קְרִ יעַת יַם סוּף that at the time of ;faith. The fact that the immediately realized that Rav Zalman was clearly disappointed in the Weiss, Noam Weisel, Izzy Weissman, Shimon Yukhanov; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Mishael Mordechai Gantz; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY , אֱ מ וּ נָ ה there was no need for — ד׳ actually saw and the fact that he Chaim Yitzchok Levy; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Yaakov Zakheim; Yeshiva Ohr Yehuda; Chaim Yeshaya Peker; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Pinchos Pinter; Yeshiva Damesek מִ צְ ָו ה must be a lack of importance Meir had placed on the מ ֺ שֶׁ ה and in ד׳ in אֱ מ וּ נָ ה had כְלַ ל יִשְ רָ אֵּ ל mentions that תּ וֹ רָ ה Not Eliezer; Lakewood, NJ; Yaakov Eliyahu Neiman, Amrom Novice; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok, Baltimore, MD; Meir Nockenofsky, Menachem Mendel Smith; Yeshiva . מִ דְ רַ בָ ָ נ ן that was permissible אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג That is the was “fine” with using an . אֱ מ וּ נָ ה reference to another time of redemption requiring .he apologized for his reaction and tried M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Avi Scherer; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH , רֶׁ בִ י wanting to disappoint his . תְּ י חִ תַ הַ מֵּ תִ י ם and מָ שִ י חַ with ,גְאוּלָה time of the final ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ ∞ to explain that this was a difficult year to find exceptionally beautiful Grade 2 – Moshe Amshalem, Shmuel Amshalem, Aviel Bazargan, Noam Brown, Matis Burstein, Yitzchak Gelb, Menachem Shalom Gottesman, Daniel Leichuk, Kalmy Obermeister, Chaim Yaakov Stern, Shmuel Weiss; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Avraham Haber, Moshe Lagnado, Yoshiyahu Mograby, Moshe Weiss; Yeshivat .אֶׁתְ רוֹגִ ים one more time, Meir decided that it kosher אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג Looking over the ,But Meir had read Rav Zalman completely wrong. In fact, Ateret Torah; Emanuel Babazadeh, Menachem Breuer, Yoel Boruch Czeisler, Efraim Fireworker, Avi Goldburd, Yissochor Berish Gross, Orie Joudai, Asher Katz , רֶׁ בִ י looked good, but he still wanted to take it to be checked by his Shlomo Dov Kelman, Efraim Khaimov, Moshe Klein, Tzvi Landau, Azriel Laufer, Shmuel Lebovits, Moshe Mandelman, Binyamin Minzer, Yehuda Ridiker, Ahron Meir Rav Zalman had when he heard what was bothering Rav Zalman, he realized not only .מֵּ אָה שְ עָרִ ים the well-known Rav Zalman Baharan in Safier, Eliyahu Meir Schilit, Yoseph Shafer, Shmuel Weingarten, Hillel Werzberger, Daniel Shlomo Yifat; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Pinchas Becker; Yeshiva ,what an exalted level Rav Zalman was on, but also how much he מֵּ אָ ה שְ ָ ע רִ י ם helped to establish and was a renowned expert on Darchei Torah, Far Rockaway, NY; Amrom Weinstein; Fallsburg Cheder School, Fallsburg, NY; Shneur Aronovitch; Yeshiva Ketana of Queens; Flushing, NY; Shmuel .עֲבוֹדַ ת ד׳ Meir, had to grow in his Khaver; Talmudical Academy; Baltimore, MD; Shmuel Uziel Feifer, Yisroel Moshe Weinberg; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Pinny Adlerstein, Yehudah .אֶׁתְ רוֹגִ ים .Ceder, Shlomo Nosson Fishleder, Naftali Geldman, Aharon Jaspan, Yehoshua Mann, Avi Segal; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX ?סוּכוֹת and there was a lot of work to “Do you realize that there are three days left until יוֹם כִ פּוּר It was the day after that is only kosher Grade 3 – Mordecahi Nass, Chaim Yishaya Sussman, Naftali Wrotzlovsky; The Cheder; Yehoshua Berger, Adam Davydov, Eitan Ganchrow, Boruch Goldfein, Tzvi אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג Rav Zalman was a busy man, so This means that since you are happy with an .יוֹם טוֹב be done for the upcoming ;in Simcha Harmen, Yehoshuah Katz, Dani Kertzner, Azriel Meir Malek, Yonah Moster, Rafi Mostofsky, Eliyahu Meir Simon, Moishe Zimmerman; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah ֲע ב וֹ דָ ה and the מָ שִ י חַ you are not truly awaiting the coming of מִ דְ רַ בָ ָ נ ן Meir had to stop by several times before he found him at Eliyahu Nakash; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Yisroel Kaplan; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Avrohom Chaim Toplan; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; Binyomin Greenberg; Yeshiva רַ מְ ַ ב ״ ם happening within the next three days! The בֵּ י ת הַ מִ קְ דָּ ש and showed it to Rav Zalman, the אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג home. Finally, he took out his ,one needs to wait for Torah Temimah; Chaim Aschendorf, Chaim Bash, Efrayim Cohn, Moshe Cywiak, Simcha Fireworker, Binyomin Zev Florans, Avi Grossberger, Aharon Horowitz , מְ חַ כֶׁ ה בְ לכָ י וֹ ם שֶׁ ָי ב וֹ א waiting in eager anticipation for the final word on his purchase. Meir writes that one must be ,he can arrive at any moment! Shalom Kelman, Chaim Lederer, Yechiel Yehuda Minzer, Yonatan Dovid Moradi, Effie Neuman, Avrohom Aharon Perl, Aryeh Pollak, Chagai Saadon, Yitzchak Schlaff — מָ שִ י חַ thought that Rav Zalman would probably find it perfectly acceptable ,Avrohom Silbert, Mordechai Slomovics, Dovid Tessler, Aaron Avrohom Vaiselberg, Nesanel Chaim Vaiselberg, Avi Weiss, Moshe Werzberger, Dovi Worenklein אַ רְ ַ ב ע of מִ צְ ָו ה is rebuilt, then the בֵּ י ת הַ מִ קְ דָּ ש was almost entirely clean of any dots, black or “When the אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג since the ;Nosson Meir Yaiche; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Pinchas Becker; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Levi Berkowitz; Fallsburg Cheder School ”. מִ דְ רַ בָ ָנ ן and will no longer be סוּכוֹת will apply all seven days of מִ י ִנ י ם otherwise, with beautiful, almost symmetric furrows that ran up the Fallsburg, NY; Avi Abramson, Yitzchok Attar, Yakov Belsky, Avrohom Shmuel Edelman, Mordechai Esrig, Yehuda Garfunkel, Yaakov Chaim Goldman, Yaakov !מײַן קִ ינד … It seemed perfect. Finally Rav Zalman burst into tears again. “Oy . אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג entire ;Morgenstern, Zev Portnoy; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Yaakov Zev Greenfield; Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim; Baltimore, MD; Avraham Rupp; Yeshiva Shaarei Tzion ”?יוֹם טוֹב is not coming before מָ שִ י חַ Upon close inspection, however, Rav Zalman found that How can you think that back from Rav Zalman and watched as Edison, NJ; Avraham Rupp; Yeshiva Even Yisroel; Chaim Yeshaya Peker; Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Dovid Barkin, Tzvi Yehuda Eisen, Binyomin Zev Friedman, Shmuel אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג ran Meir took his אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג something was wrong. One of the tiny scratches on the ;s Metzger; Yeshiva Toras Aron; Binyomin Zorach Feder; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Refoel Smith; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Yehuda Zev Markowitz’ מָ שִ י חַ longed for רֶׁ בִ י wept. There was no question that his רֶׁ בִ י deeper than just a natural crevice. Looking a bit more closely, he his .s scratches were a problem. Finally he told coming every day and wanted everyone to feel the same. Torah Day School; Dallas, TX’ אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג concluded that the ,one would Perhaps if we did, then it would happen! Grade 4 – Moshe Dahan, Yehuda Obermeister, Zev Yankovich; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Aharon Taibi; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Moshe Ariel, Shmuel Eliezer Baumann , מִ דְ א וֹ רַ ְי תָ א but , מִ דְ רַ בָ ָ נ ן would be valid אֶׁ תְ ר וֹ ג Meir that the not be able to fulfill his obligation with it. Moshe Bentzion Blum, Moshe Brachfeld, Yudi Breuer, Yechezkel Drillick, Yisrael Drillick, Mayer Farkas, Shimi Fireworker, Aaron Fried, Shmuel Hirsch, Aharon Horowitz, Isser Zalmen Itzkowitz, Nosson Tzvi Kamins, Dovi Katz, Zisha Katzenstein, Yechiel Ledereich, Zevi Leshkowitz, Avrohom Zev Levitin, Dovy Levy, Akiva (Adapted from: Touched by a Story 4 (with kind permission from ArtScroll ; שַ בָ ת came out on סוּכוֹת That year, the first day of Lieberman, Mordechai Neuman, Ahron Oberlander, Avrohom Mordechai Paneth, Yaakov Paneth, Dovid Rubenstein, Yisroel Silberberg, Moshe Yehoshua Stern, Yaacov Weiss, Sruli Yifat; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Motti Berkowitz, Mordechai Edelson, Avrohom Felder, Elimelech G. Hendler, Yehuda Leib Kalatsky, Yossi Weinstein; Fallsburg Cheder School, Fallsburg, NY; Moshe Dovid Berger; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Shauli Brandman, Eli Cohen, Feivel Cohen, Binyomin Dafner, Shmuel Hollander, Noam Nudell, Avi Lubowsky, Aron Tzvi Papoff, Simcha Perlman, Zevy Pinkus, Moshe Reiss, Moshe Wolf, Meir Zucker; Yeshiva Tiferes Tzvi; Chicago, IL; Elimelech Friedman, Yehuda Grunwald, Gavriel Mirkin, Simcha Neuberger; Yeshivas Chofeitz Chaim; Avrohom Alter, Dovi Feldman, FocusonMiddos Binyamin Kroll, Moishe Rosen; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Tzvi Aryeh Altschuller, Shmuel Dovid Friedman, Mordechai Shlomo Smith; Yeshiva M’kor Boruch; Passaic, NJ; Yosef Yitzchok Baras, Shragi Mann, Dovid Simcha Pfeffer, Aaron Pressman, Yossi Scherer, Azriel Singer, Chaim Weinrib; Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Dear Talmid, minutes he carried on an intense conversation We can’t send!” Sweating profusely, he finally Cincinnati, OH; Yossi Dessler, Azaria Feldman, Mayer Gancz, Dovid Goldman, Shlomo Goldstein, Yishai Wolf; Hebrew Academy of Cleveland; Chaim Feifer, Meir .ended the call. Klugmann; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Lev Shalom Sagal, Naftali Skaist; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX; Shimon Ehrentrau; Kesser Torah; Gateshead, UK .גָדוֹל was the with the זַ צַ ״ ל R' Boruch Sorotzkin heard only one side of the call, As he was hanging up the phone, he Grade 5 – Meir Nass; The Cheder; Avi Getter, Dovi Lerner, Zevi Melcer, Yakov Asher Moster; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Boruch Kaplan; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Yehuda יַעֲקֹב -address for many communal, national and interna יַעֲנקל— בִׁיןאִׁיְך נִׁישט " .excitedly יַעֲקֹב learned with R' Boruch turned to יַעֲקֹב .tional organizations nd but he understood from the responses that it Goldstein, Eliyohu Helberg; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Shmuel Dovid Anflick, Menachem Mendel Berniker, Yehuda Geller, Moshe Shmuel Guttman, Ari Korsinsky, Yaacov Yehuda Kramer, Yerachmiel Lasker, Dov Levy, Dovi Mendelovitz, Yakov Perl, Yosef Menachem Smith, Moshe Yehoshua Stern, Dovi Werner, Shmuel ווּ אַנדעֶ רש קעֶ ן מעֶ ן ?Am I not right — געֶ רעֶ כט? in the Midwest. The כוֹלֵל He described their related to opening a . סֵ דֶ ר in his home for 2 s analogy for’ זַ צַ ״ ל sessions using R' Aharon Kotler How else can you Werzberger; Yeshiva Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Yitzchok Tzvi Jurkansky, Yisroel Moskovitz; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Shmuel Alexander Eichenstein, Ahron – לעֶרנן ט פְּשַ אִׁ ין דעֶר רַשְּ בָ״א? and asked יוּנגעֶלײַט was sending 5 of his גָדוֹל ;was taken aback יַעֲקֹב ”? רַ שְּ ָ ב ״ א in the פְּ שַ ט from learn חָ שוּבעֶ יוּנגעֶלײַט send 5 ר ֹא ש י ְּ שִׁ י בָ ה that the — מַתַ ן תוֹרָה silenced all sounds at ד ׳ explaining why ;while one Hirsch, Avraham Katz, Azriel Musman, Zecharia Oratz, Meir Moshe Sinaei; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok, Baltimore, MD; Elazar Freedman; Cincinnati Hebrew Day , ת וֹ רָ ה to teach us that to be successful in ,was not talking about the phone Cincinnati, OH; Shimon Belsky, Yisroel Friedman, Aryeh Leib Hunger, Shmuel Dovid Katz, Yechiel Aryeh Klugmann, Yaakov Moshe Margulies, Aaron Paperman רֹאש יְּשִׁ יבָה R' the , ר ֹא ש י ְּ שִׁ י בָ ה Telz. The timing was difficult. The ! רַ שְּ ָ ב ״ א is learning he must shut off the outside world. call … he right back in the ;Eliyahu Meir Rappaport, Moshe Chaim Rechanik, Moshe Rokowsky, Mayer Zelig Simon, Yehuda Leib Solomon, Yosef Sommer, Menachem Wainbrand, Tzvi Wenger חָ שוּבעֶ had just gone with 20 , זַ צַ ״ ל Gifter realized that although יַעֲקֹב , תַ ל ְּ מִׁ י ד When they were learning, R' Boruch completely My .Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH; Chananel Abrams; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX אֶ רֶ ץ to open the Telz-Stone branch in תַל ְּ מִׁ י דִׁ י ם in front of him, his mind was רַ שְּ ָ ב ״ א he had the . יִׁ שְּ רָ אֵ ל issues and focused כְּ לַ ל forgot all his personal and was Grade 6 – Boruch Leib Leiser; The Cheder; Avraham Netanel; Yeshivat Ateret Torah; Azaria Toplan; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; Eli Weichselbaum; Yeshivat ר ֹא ש י ְּ שִׁ י בָ ה solely on the learning. on the phone conversation; the Ateret Torah; Adiel Duchovny, Aryeh Fingerer, Shmuel Frank, Yitzchok Herskovich, Zev Katz, Ami Ledereich, Yitzy Merav, Refael Oberlander, Yoni Solomon; Yeshiva דִׁ י “ ,R' Boruch argued, explaining … רַ שְּ ָ ב ״ א The on the phone, but his mind was on the — יְּשִׁ יבָה אִׁ יז אַ דוּרְך אַ שװעֶרעֶ אָפעֶראַצִׁ יעֶ! Once, in the middle of a fiery exchange Torah Vodaas; Brooklyn, NY; Nachie Berger; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Yehuda Schwartz; Yeshiva Beth Mikroh; Monsey, NY; Shloimy Weber; Yeshiva s focus’ רֶ בִׁ י has just undergone a major operation!” he still had much to learn from his יְּ שִׁ י בָ ה ר ֹא ש י ְּ שִׁ י בָ ה the , בֵ י צָ ה in רַ שְּ ָ ב ״ א in a פְּ שַ ט about a RJJ; Staten Island, NY; Elazar Moridian; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Baltimore, MD; Eliezer Cohen, Ezra Kassin; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Shmuel Frank, Yechezkel . אַהֲ בַ ת הַ תוֹרָ ה The Not satisfied, the caller begged for at least 2 or on learning and .גָדוֹל received an urgent call from a ;Yehuda; Yeshiva Orchos Chaim; Chesky Chomsky; Yeshiva Toras Aron; Binyomin Schustal; Yeshiva Toras Zev; Lakewood, NJ; Henoch Yakov Scherer, Yonason Singer ייְּהִׁ זִׁכְּ רוֹ בָרוְּך! Each time R' Boruch intensely .יוּנגעֶלײַט Rebbetzen understood that for this he would 3 .Cincinnati Hebrew Day; Cincinnati, OH; Simcha Levovitz, Moshe Rozen; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah, Cleveland, OH; Dov Gothelf; Torah Day School; Dallas, TX רֶ בִׁ י Your ,בְּ יְּדִׁ ידוּת !No! No — נײֵ ן!נײֵ ן!מִׁ ׳קעֶןנִׁישט שִׁ יקן!“ ,want her to interrupt his learning. R' Boruch answered Grade 7 – Mordechai Kaplan, Eliyahu Nass; The Cheder; Menachem Manis Lang; Yeshiva Ahavas Torah; Binyomin Zev Helberg; Yeshiva Tiferes Elimelech; Yeshiva שליט״א accepted the phone and for the next 20 Story heard directly from R’ Yaakov Torah Temimah; Brooklyn, NY; Shlomo Methal; Yeshiva Darchei Torah; Far Rockaway, NY; Yeshivas Kochav Yitzchok; Yehoshua Garry; Yeshivas Chofetz Chaim; Baltimore, MD; Shlomo Goldstein, Shalom Karr, Dovid Aryeh Rappaport; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah, Cleveland, OH; Yaakov Berelowitz; Hillel Academy; Pittsburgh, PA; .Ahron Shlomo Davis, Yisroel Pearlman, Moishie Sinason, Eli Spitzer; Mechina; Gateshead, UK דְ ב ָּ רִׁ י ם ) פָּ סוּק in the אֶ רֶ ץ from the one closer to the word שִׁ בְ עַ ת When eating a variety of fruits, a fruit that is from the ;Grade 8 – Avrohom Eliezer Kaplan; Yeshiva Karlin Stolin; Moshe Levy; Yeshiva Ketana of Bensonhurst; Yosef Greenberg; Yeshiva Torah Temimah; Brooklyn, NY אֶ ץרֶ חִׁ טָּ ה וּ… וְ גֶפֶן וּתְ אֵ נָּה וְרִׁ מּוֹן ץ אֶרֶ זֵית ן שֶמֶ וּדְ בָּש… (ח:ח .takes precedence over other fruits that are not הַמִׁ ינִׁים ,one should eat (olives, date [honey], grapes, figs, pomegranates). Yitzchok Meir Kassin; Yeshiva Bais HaTorah; Lakewood, NJ; Yehoshua Bodenstein, Nochum Tzvi Cohen, Aryeh Tzvi Dowek, Chaim Fleischer, Moshe Ahron Gruen , שִׁ בְ ת עַ הַ מִׁ י נ ִׁ י ם If one has 2 fruits from the Halacha Noach Kirzner, Zevy Klein, Yaakov Kohn, Yehuda Manevich, Yitzchok Zev Solomon, Meir Sonnenschein; Yeshiva Derech Hatorah; Cleveland, OH.

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