בס״ד In loving memory of MRS. SARAH ISSUE 333 (CHARLOTTE) ROHR ַּפרְ ַׁשת ַקֹרח • ב’ תמוז ה’תשע״ח Parshas Naso 2 Tammuz 5778 ַּפ רְ ַׁש ת ַקֹרח COMMANDER’S RESOURCES COMMANDER’S GUIDE • ENGLISH SICHA • YIDDISH SICHA • PARSHAFIER • WORKSHEET Commander’s Guide “A COMMANDER’S GUIDE IN TRAINING TODAY’S CHAYOLIM” Waking up early and spending the day in school every day can sometimes feel difficult. Have you ever left school after a long day feeling like you didn’t accomplish a lot that day? Did this thought ever cross your mind: “When I’m older, I will actually make a difference in the world, because now I’m not really Intr ion oduct accomplishing anything while in school all day.”? A chayol knows that this is his Yetzer Hora’s fantasies. This week’s parsha teaches us how to respond to the Yetzer Hora when he comes up with these ideas. פרשת קרח פרק י״ח פסוק ב׳ “ וגם את אחיך מטה לוי שבט אביך הקרב אתך וילוו עליך וישרתוך ואתה ובניך אתך לפני אהל העדת" “Also, your brothers, Shevet Levi, bring close to you, and they will serve you and your children in the Mishkon” Torah In the parsha of Korach, the Torah tells us about the avoda of the Leviim and the Kohanim. The Leviim would help the Chumash Kohanim in the Mishkon and Bais Hamikdosh by ensuring that only those who were allowed in would enter, by singing shiros to Hashem and other various responsibilities. The Kohanim and Leviim were both doing a holy avoda. They did it on behalf of the rest of the Yidden who were unable to serve in the Bais Hamikdosh because they were busy with making a parnoso and dealing with the gashmiyus of the world. 2 Now, in Golus, we also have Kohanim and Leviim who are doing the holy and special service of Hashem while the rest of the Yidden take care of more material but necessary things. The Rebbe chayolim in Tzivos Hashem, the boys and girls who spend their days in yeshiva learning Torah and davening with kavana are our Kohanim and Leviim. Going to yeshiva is not just something that we have to do and be done with. It is a special privilege and achrayus of every chayol in Tzivos Hashem. You are our Kohanim and Leviim. Lesson You are entrusted with the holy service of serving Hashem in a special way every day. This is why Hashem fashioned our world in a way that parents take care of all the needs of their children. Parents provide food, clothing, and a loving and warm environment for children to blossom in. Children shouldn’t be worried about taking care of themselves like adults must, because their focus must be on learning Torah. Children have something very important to accomplish and our parents help us, just as the Yidden gave gifts to the Kohanim and Leviim so they could serve Hashem in the Bais Hamikdosh. The next time you feel tired or lazy in class or uninterested to get out of bed and go to school, remember that our years in school B’chein aren’t just practice for the “real world.” It is a special avoda to be focused in learning all day. Be enthusiastic and feel privileged about the stage that you’re in! Through your serving Hashem, we will merit to see the Kohanim and Leviim serving Hashem in the third Bais Hamikdosh. Go for it! You can make it happen! 3 English Sicha Parshas Korach describes how Hashem chose shevet Levi to represent the Jewish people in the Bais Hamikdosh. The Leviyim brought karbanos on behalf of all the Yidden. By serving Hashem in the Bais Hamikdosh, they brought down Hashem’s blessings upon the entire nation. This is why Hashem appointed the Kohanim from the shevet of Levi to bentch the Jewish people. Even though the Bais Hamikdosh is no longer standing in a physical sense, everything is still true in a spiritual sense. As the Rambam teaches, every Jew is able to serve Hashem as did the Leviyim in the Bais Hamikdosh. He must only choose to dedicate his life to serving Hashem. He must devote himself to learning Torah and doing mitzvos, not just for his own sake but on behalf of all the Jewish people. Then, when a Jew has chosen the path of shevet Levi, he will receive all he needs from Hashem. What is more, he will bring down many more brochos upon all the Jewish people. Jewish girls and boys who go to yeshiva can be like the Leviyim and the Kohanim in the Bais Hamikdosh. All they must do is learn Hashem’s Torah, do His mitzvos and behave in a way that will be an example to the entire Jewish people. Then, Hashem will bless them with all they need. And because of them, Hashem will also bless their parents, their teachers, their leaders, and all the Jewish people. Jewish children must realize that their time in yeshiva is the greatest opportunity a Jew can have. They must make use of this special time by learning Torah conscientiously, and behaving in the proper way. During these precious years, they are the Kohanim and the Leviyim. They bring down Hashem’s blessings for all of their own needs, and for the needs of their parents and all of Klal Yisrael. 4 5 thi sgr pRxhegr tuhpphrubd' tui zhhbgi nehho nmu, thi Ri hahcv' zhh kgrbgi sgo tuhcgraybwx ,urv tui phri zhl tuh; euny tuhx' Rz uugi thbdkgl tui nhhskgl dhhgi thi R thshai pTke/ zhl' uugry mudgdgci thi sh crfu, pRri dRbmi dguugi ehho sgo uuTx gr cReuny Rk. uuTx gr buhyhdy ch, vnesa thz thhbgo pui thshai pTke' thz sgnTky' R ju. sgr mhhy uugi sgr vnmu,' tui bhay bTr pRr zhl bTr pRr hgsi zhhbgi dguugi thi thcgrdgci zhl muo khnus v,urv tui ehuo tui sh fvbho uuTx zhhi thi sgr d-ykgfgr gcusv' tuh; mu Rzuh uuh acy kuh ngi ekhhcy tuhx mu dhhi thi sgo uugd mu guxe R hahcv' zhhbgi zhh pui thshai pTke/ tui sTx thz surl sgo uuTx nhhskgl dhhgi thi acy kuh thz pRrRi tuhl thmy chh hgsi thhbgo uugi thbdkgl tui ' Rz sh gcusv pui uuh sgr rnc"o grekgry 2 thmy/ thbvRky sgr thi rujbhu,' thi banv kgci _ pRrRi tuhl thmy' uugi xwthz bhyT sh zRl cdanhu, )"phzhekh"(' thz Tcgr sTx thz dguugi uugi sgr ch, vnesa thz dguugi ehho/ tuhl sgo thshai pTke/ ngi pui sh kuhho tuhxdgekhci sh fvbho Rz zhh zTki cgbyai tuhcgrayi pRr sgo dRbmi thshai pTke' uuTx sgrpRr vTy ercbu,' tui surl sgo crgbdgi zhh RrTP sh crfu, pui sgo sgo tuhcgrayi thi nafi tui thi nesa' tuh; mu nerhc zhhi pTrayhhgr pui sgo thshai pTke tuh; mu yTi sh gcusv pui t sgr tuhcgraygr vTy zhh tuhxdgekhci zhh zTki zhhi sh hi vhhbyhegr xsrv uugry sgrmhhky uugdi acy kuh' uuh 1 Sicha acy kuh Yiddish sgr rch rgsy mu ehbsgr jre jre 6 1( erj hj' c uthkl/ 2( xu; vkfu, anhyv uhuck/ )f"s xhui ,a"f( hartk/ uuTx sh gkygri buhyhei zhl' tui surl sgo mu sgo dRbmi fkk sgo thz ngi neck sh crfu, thi Rk. uuTx ngi buhyhey zhl' uuTx eTi zhhi chh thsiQ nwthz sh fvbho tui sh kuhho' uuTx surl drgxyg cRsRr;-mu-zhhi _ sRr; ngi phki Rz sTx thz sTx mu kgrbgi sTryi cv,nsv' tui mu tuhpphri zhl uuh gx sgrpRr' thz sh hTri uugi nwthz zufv mu dhhi thi hahcv' tui dRbmi fkk hartk/ thsi mu sh uuTx phri Ti nhy zhhQ tui surl zhh mu sgo uuTx eTi zhhi chh zhhgrg gkygri' mu sh uuTx kgrbgi nhy zhh tui thz sTx drgxyg cRsRrpi/ tui surl zhh euny sTx Ti tuhl mu ngi phki Rz sTx tuhcgraybwx crfu, thi Rk. uuTx zhh cv,nsv _ sRr; ehho' tui gx uugri zhh dgdgci sgo kgrbgi sTryi sgr mhhy uugi sgr ch, vnesa thz dguugi hahcv' tui mu acy kuh tui sh fvbho uuTx zhhbgi dguugi thi zufv mu dhhi thi uuh ngi sRr; zhl tuhpphri _ zhhbgi zhh Rzuh uuh sh hTri uugi nwthz tupi uuTx sTx dhy R chhaphk pRr Rkg thsi sgr rch rgsy mu ehbsgr jre Parshafier the קַהִתְ ׁשְ ר ּו ת I shared a sicha of the Rebbe Yitzy: Sruly, can you help me understand this mishna? ...Sruly? at my ֹתַּׁׁ שְרַּפ Shabbos table Rivky: Sruly, are you okay? ORDERS FROM Sruly: What? OUR GENERAL Vol. 5, pg. 40 Rivky: You’ve seemed upset since we got home from school. You didn’t even notice Yitzy talking to you! What’s up? STARRING Sruly: Oh, it’s nothing, just…I wish I were from Shevet Levi! The Weiss Family Chany: Shevet Levi? Why? Sruly: Well, this week’s parsha discusses how Hashem chose them. The men of Shevet Levi were the ones who carried the Mishkon, brought korbanos, served in the Beis Hamikdosh… And through them, all of the Yidden received their brachos! Chany Rivky Imagine the zechus! Rivky: Now that you put it that way, I totally hear you! Yitzy, are any of the Parshafier guides Levi’im? Yitzy: Let’s see… Here’s an Avrohom Cohen. Let’s go, we might see the Beis Hamikdosh! Sruly Yitzy blipblipblipblipshhhhh.......... boink! GUEST STARRING Chany: Wait. This is not the Beis Hamikdosh! This looks like… an awfully strange tea shop! Unfortunately, being that we’re in golus, you are Avrohom Avrohom: correct. Welcome to TeaLand, Thailand’s only kosher tea shop! HaKohen Sruly: Avrohom, I really wish we were from Shevet Levi.