בס״ד October 4, 2013 - Volume 1 Issue 1 - ל' תשרי, תשע"ד PIRCHEI Agudas Yisroel of America פרשת נח - הפטרה: כה אמר ה׳ השמים כסאי … )ישעיהו סו:א-כד( - דף יומי: פסחים ק״ז - מפטיר )שבת ראש חודש(: במדבר כח:ט-טו ב׳ דר״ח מרחשון - מברכים בה״ב - משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם )מתחילין ותן טל ומטר בא״י בליל ו׳( TorahThoughts paid the money for his merchandise but he has not yet taken כִּ י ۬אתְ רָאִיתִי צַ ִ ּדיק לְפָ נַ י ַ ּבד וֹור הַ ֶ ּזה... … for it is you that I have seen to be righteous before Me in this possession of it, the seller may, by the exact letter of the law, still deplore חַ זַ ״ ל ,generation.” (B’reishis 7:1) change his mind and cancel the sale. Nevertheless such business practice and add the words, “The One who punished righteous before , צַ ִ ּדי ק לְ פָ ַ נ יWhat is the significance of the phrase generation of the Tower of Babel ,ד…ור הַ פְ לָ ָ ּגה and the ד…ור הַ ּ ַמ ּב ו ּ ל Me? Is there anything in this world that is not before Me? The word the will also punish those who do not keep their word in business!” .appears to be redundant לְ פָ ַ נ י What is the particular connection between a seller who goes the generation of ,ד…ור הַ ּ ַמ ּב ו ּ ל explains that although the ְכּ לִ י ָ י קָ ר The ?ד…ור הַ פְ לָ ָ ּגה and ד…ור הַ ּ ַמ ּב ו ּ ל the Flood, would incessantly rob each other, they always made sure back on his word and the were punished ד…ור הַ פְ לָ ָ ּגה and the ד…ור הַ ּ ַמ ּב ו ּ ל to that it was less than the minimum amount for which a legal suit The people of the ד…ור understood what was really in their hearts. The ה׳ can be brought. Thus, if they were ever taken to court, they were because were careful to stay within the letter of the law. They took הַ ּ ַמ ּב ו ּ ל able to walk out of the earthly court of law innocent and feeling s Heavenly standards, they were only small amounts and would have been found innocent by the’ה׳ self-righteous. However, by considered guilty for intentionally taking even the most minuscule courts. Technically, they were not liable for what they had done. knew what was in their evil hearts, and He punished them ה׳ item that did not belong to them. By their friends, they may have But saw ה׳ were also punished because ד…ור הַ פְ לָ ָ ּגה they were evil. accordingly. The ה׳ been considered fine people, but in the Eyes of .was different from the rest of his generation, he was extremely what they really intended to do with their big tower ۬נ חַ take anything that did not belong to him. A business transaction is considered completed by a buyer when חַ ס ְ ו שָׁ ל … ו ם careful never to s righteousness was praiseworthy even before Me. the seller takes the money from him. A seller, who goes back on his’ ۬נ חַ word after receiving his payment, has misled the buyer, and, like the זַ צַ ״ ל In a similar vein, Rabbi Eliezer Menachem Mann Shach .is taking advantage of a legal technicality ,ד…ור הַ ּ ַמ ּב ו ּ ל If the buyer already :( ָ ּבבָ א מְ צִ י עָ א מ״ד) מִ שְׁ ָ נ ה explains a passage in the Adapted from: Talelei Oros (Feldheim) of Yahrtzeits our Gedolim Gedolim Glimpses the Bluzhover Rebbe, served , זַ צַ ״ ל R' Yisroel Spira Spira, the Bluzhover Rebbe , was born in Reischa, Galicia, in the city of Prochnik. In 5692 (1932) he רָ ב as a זַ צַ ״ ל ר׳ ִ י ְ ׂ שרָ אֵ ל to (the previous Bluzhover Rebbe) and ּ . From a very early became the Rebbe of that city. Upon his arrival צְ פ … ו רָ ה ר׳ ְ י ה … ו שׁ ֻ ַע age, it was obvious that he was destined for greatness. At the age of in America, he kept the title 'Rebbe of Prochnik'. of Brezhan, who testified רָ ב the , מַ ַ הרְ שַׁ ״ ם by the סְ מִ י כָ ה he received ,13 A local Rebbe, who arrived earlier, had taken understanding. After his marriage, he ּת … ו רָ ה to the magnitude of his the same title. The 'Prochniker Rebbe' asked R' of Istrik, near Sanok. This soon became a place to which רָ ב became After Yisroel to change his title because he needed . הַ לָ כָ ה many turned to seek his advice and ask him questions in R' Yisroel, who had . מִ ְ נ ָ י ן in 1931, he was crowned as Rebbe in his place, the name just to keep his ּ ְ פטִ ירָ ה his father's ,on lost his family and all earthly possessions to the Nazis דִ בְ רֵ י ּת … ו רָ ה continuing the glorious Dynow-Bluzhev dynasty. His !couldn't take away his kind heart רְשָׁ ִ ע י ם gladly changed his title. The סֵ פֶ ר in the ּ ַ תלְ מִ י דִ י ם were published by his ָ י מִ י ם ט…ובִ ים and ּ ָ פרָ שׁ ִ י ּ … ו ת the .in 2007 , שׁ ו ּ ְ פרָ א דְ ִ י ְ ׂ שרָ אֵ ל לע״נ הב׳ מתתי׳ ע״ה בן יבלחט״א משולם זישא הלוי נ״י, לע״נ הב׳ ישעיהו דוב ע״ה בן יבלחט״א יצחק צבי נ״י, לע״נ אסתר בת יהושע ע״ה Please do not read this לע״נ ר׳ אברהם אליעזר בן ר׳ נתן בנימין ז״ל, לע״נ ר׳ דוד שמעלקא בן אברהם אביגדור ז״ל, לע״נ לאה בילא בת אלכסנדר משה ז״ל קריאת התורה, publication during לזכות לשידוך בקרוב לר׳ יעקב שמעון בן אסתר שליט״א ור׳ מנחם צבי בן איטקה שליט״א ור׳ יעקב בן חנה הינדל שליט״א ור׳ אברהם בן זיסל בתי׳ שליט״א .חזרת הש״ץ ,or קדיש לע״נ מרת חיה שרה מינע בת ר׳ זיסל גדליה ז״ל )יארצייט א׳ מרחשון( - This week’s issue and Learning Program are sponsored by: The Gelbman Family ל לללללללללללללל FocusonMiddos UnderstandingDavening ּמַשִׁ יב הָ רוּחַ וּמ וֹורִ יד הַ ּגֶשֶׁ ם Who makes the wind blow and makes ear Talmid, appealed to them to help him fulfill the rain descend… the writer's wish. Those fortunate R’ Moshe Schwab , ָ ּבחוּר While interned in one As a young to have been present, responded was once going through a difficult זַ צַ ״ ל Dof various concentration with an open heart, although few came over one ָ ּבחוּר camps during World War II, period. An older were well-to-do. Ultimately a the late morning and told him that he had a , זַ צַ ״ ל ,R' Yisroel Spira was written and placed in reoccurring dream about him that he סֵ פֶ ר ּת … ו רָ ה Bluzhover Rebbe, was called . had to repeat. An old man had asked ְ י שִׁ י ָ ב ה ּת … ו רָ ה ְ ו דַ עַ ת out by a kapo who handed him a מַ ּשׁ ִ י ב הָ ר ו ּ חַ -“ ,s to tell the young Moshe' סֵ פֶ ר ּת … ו רָ ה crumpled envelope. The Kapo left A few days prior to the he should lift up his — שֶׁ מ … ו ּ שׁ ִ י ב הָ ר ו ּ חָ ִנ י ּ ו ּ ת and the Rebbe looked inside the dedication, the Rebbe held the ו ּ מ … ו רִ י ד ַ ה ֶ ּגשֶׁ ם - שֶׁ מ … ו רִ י ד ַ ה ַ ּגשׁ ְ מִ י ּ ו ּ ת ,envelope. It contained a 50 zloty bill letter in his hand and, with tears spirituality and a piece of paper on which was streaming down his cheeks, he said: — he should lower his physical written a hurriedly scribbled note. "Take note of the spiritual strength requirements!” R’ Moshe was deeply gives His people. Here is a man moved by this dream and asked the ד׳ The anonymous writer explained to look at a family picture and check ָ ּבחוּר that he would soon be killed, as whose wife was already killed and was his wife. He asked the Rebbe who himself was about to die. Yet if it was a family member. The man he found in his heart the strength to recognized him to be his grandfather. he , אֶ רֶ ץ ִ י ְ ׂ שרָ אֵ ל that if he settles in He wrote the dream to his parents and , ַ א שְׁ רֵ י נ ו ּ מַ ה ט…וב חֶ לְ קֵ נ ו ּ … think of others on that holy מַ ֵ ּצבָ ה should put a my … ְ ו אָ בִ י ו שָׁ מַ ר אֶ ת הַ ָ ּדבָ ר“ ,soil as a remembrance of them; How good is our lot, how beautiful his father replied is our heritage! father has agreed to you! Stay and learn!” סֵ פֶ ר perhaps he could even have a לע״נ ר׳ משה צבי בן הר׳ טוביה הלוי זצ״ל there is no holier person , ּ ַ תלְ מִ י ד written in their memory.