[DRASHOS] Ki savo

V'anisa v'amarta. Rashi saus bkol ram.

Strange sifri. Mikan amru that at first those that could would say and the others, someone read for them...
How is this mikan amru?

Chanukas hatorah connects this Rashi with the next - arami oived avi - by asking how can one raise his voice - isnt that a display of k'tanei amunah? He answers with the next rashi tgat lavan thought to destroy... Since we are mentioning Hashem's knowledge of a person's thoughts its obvious we're not raising our voices due to lack of emunah.

Id like to offer another answer. Only by tefilah is it an issue. But when we praise Hashem, like the ramban says the institution of batei knesios is to publicly announce 'briosecha anachnu'!

Based on this perhaps we can say that here the kol ram is me'akev. So the sifri says mikan amru - since it must be aloud, one who could say it
Aloud would but if he
Couldn't, someone who can say it loud had to read for him even if the person was able to read. The loud proclamation had to be.

May Hashem give us a lot to praise him for very loudly

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Posted By Dovi milstein to DRASHOS at 9/14/2014 03:13:00 PM

[DRASHOS] Ki savo

Tachas asher lo avadta...  Meirov kol.  Rashi b'od shehayah lachem kol tov.
What happened to the ROV?

The Meshech chochma splits the passuk to read tachas asher lo avadta es H'. The cause of which was b'simcha... Meirov kol. People got their joy from a lot of material pleasure. Truthfully Hashem wants us to be b'simcha but with the midah of hasameiach b'chelko as the beg.  of the parsha says v'samachta bchohatov asher nassan H' l'cha...

We must note the language here used is the same in the discussion of yakov and eisav.  Yesh li rov or kol. When one is focused on material they get caught into thinking how much. And usually it is how much of my goal did i reach. - at best, one would say alit of my dreams and wishes. But only someone who recognizes what he has as a gift from Hashem can say yesh li kol.

Perhaps thats pshatt in Rashi. Since people were getting their joy only meirov kol when Truthfully they had KOL TOV!

Now as we come to the year's close though there were great tzaros and we had to feel our brother's pain, we see that when we take stock we have to thank hashem for what He was nosein l'cha ul'beisecha.
Lets finish the year with avodas Hashem b'simcha miKOL Tov!

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Posted By Dovi milstein to DRASHOS at 9/13/2014 11:04:00 PM

[DRASHOS] Ki seitzei

Gra b'ish.  Death for Cheit -  shogeg?
When taken to gallows charatah from fear naseh shgagos. Now b'ish only chet shogeg is left...

Ki seitzei lamilchama balei drush say war on yetzer.  But this is peleh! War with yetzer is milchemes mitzvah and chiyuv!  Not milchemes r'shus!?

Answer based on pituchei chosam ohr hachaim & more...
Already passed did teshuvah. Vnusan Hbyadecha.  Renew the war as reshus renewed charata & regret for yhe sake of shavisa shivYo! That the sattan took captive from YOU!  all the ma'alos that you lost out besides for actual sin capture back with teshuvah b'ahavah
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Posted By Dovi milstein to DRASHOS at 9/07/2014 09:22:00 PM

[DRASHOS] Ki seitzei

21.22 gra

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Posted By Dovi milstein to DRASHOS at 9/06/2014 11:50:00 PM

[DRASHOS] Shoftim

As the beginning of the parsha starts b'lashon yachid, the chida explains that each individual must appoint shoftim and shotrim for all his body's 'gateways' to the world. Some say it is the senses others say the openings - eyes ears mouth and nose. I heard from Rabbi Zucker אלול is roshei teivos אחת למעלה ושבע למטה - the mind that is above the body must overcome the seven below.

Later - 20.1 - when you go to war and see the horses, chariots, and עם רב ממך dont fear them... The balei drush say this hints to the war of the yetzer hara.  Two psukim later the kohein warns 'don't be soft hearted, don't fear, don't tremble and dont feel broken' . These total seven warnings!

Id like to suggest the first three are actual enemies - the 3 cardinal midos and sins קנאה תאוה וכבוד the hose is gavah. Rechev is tavah (pituchei chisum says ut is the shaidah - lilis) and am rav mimcha is kinah - the many that the others have.

The latter four are not real. They are the psychological warfare. Dont be scared or broken hearted etc. The satan may excite us or bring us to despair.

Another hint of אלול is לולא האמנתי 'if only or hal'vai'. We have to use achas lmalah our 'hech'reh musagim' against the sheva l'mattah.
If the satan can appetize us with our imagination we must appetize our minds as well by reading some mussar that offers loftiness. One l'malah can overpower the lmatah even if its outnumbered 7 to 1. Perhaps just a little daily exposure to lofty mussar (2 minutes a day after mariv?) can overthrow all the lowly exposure weve had a whole day.

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Posted By Dovi milstein to DRASHOS at 8/30/2014 09:11:00 PM

[DRASHOS] Shoftim

Though we learn about appointing a king in this parshah which is somewhat optional, the mandatory appointment of shoftim and shotrim - law enforcement - raises a feeling of despair. How low are we? We're so shallow we can only be trusted to listen to the laws of the Creator out of fear from the shotrim?

On a similar note -
V'chol ha'am yishm'u v'yirau vlo yizidun od.

What is the necessity for the word v'yirau? It would suffice to say that everyone will hear about the death of the zaken mamreh and they wont follow suit. Of course they will fear! Why bother mentioning it?

Perhaps there something special even about the simple fear of punishment.

The Rambam hilchos yom tov 6.21 states a requirement for every community to appoint shotrim to oversee the parks and gardens on yom tov so men and women wont come mingle and sin. The same halacha is brought in shulchan aruch  O.C. 529.4. However the mechaber ends off by saying 'and they will all be holy'. - Holy? People who would have mingled and sinned if not for their Rabbi showing up at their simchah, are called HOLY???

YES.

Using external devices to keep ourselves in check is called being Holy! We are restraining ourselves instead of callously following our instinctive desires with no regard for the Law. Using tactics to nake ourselves too embarrassed to sin is HOLY! Whether its web-chaver, a rav who sees you often enough to notice a slip or even living in a community whose standards would keep you in check to avoid standing out, - the bottom line is that there is enough awareness and guilt that these things will help us. This is Holy.

There are others in the world who instead of using shame to restrain themselves they go so far to promote 'pride' in their wrong ways!

We ARE holy. Ashrei ha'am shekacha lo.

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Posted By Dovi milstein to DRASHOS at 8/30/2014 07:47:00 PM

[Tinsights.....Torah insights] 8/19/2014 01:10:00 AM

A good conscience is proof of a poor memory.

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Posted By Ploni to Tinsights.....Torah insights at 8/19/2014 01:10:00 AM

[DRASHOS] Tazriah draft

The Meshech Chochmah wonders about the need for a kohein to rule on Tzora'as. Similar to Parah Adumah, it is not avodah, & yet requires a kohein?

In the beginning of the Parshah the Torah tells us that upon noticing signs of tzora'as "v'huvah el Aharon...". "And it/ he shall be brought..." The word v'huvah is

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Posted By Dovi milstein to DRASHOS at 7/20/2014 09:04:00 AM

[DRASHOS] Avos 2.3 draft

Be careful with 'rishus' they only get close for their own needs


how to be careful?

Who is 'rishus' & why do we refer to them with thi title specifically here?

Mikarvin sounds like THEY are mekarev not 'she'ein nikravin' or 'krovim'.
Any considerable difference bet 'she'ein mikarvin ela l'tzorech atzman' & "nir'in k'ohavin b'sha'as hana'asan''? Could'nt the second statement include the first?

they don't 'stand' for a person in his time of 'dochko'. Why 'stand' & why 'dochak'?

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Posted By KH to DRASHOS at 7/20/2014 09:03:00 AM

[DRASHOS] Avos 3.3 draft

Three who sit by a table & don't speak Torah are as if they're eating from sacrificial offerings to an idol. But if there was Torah its like eating from a korbon l'Hashem.

is this Mishnah just another step above the last one - where 2 people sit & don't discuss Torah they're a moshav leitzim etc.?

Why specifically three - just a littler 'bigger & better' or something DIFFERENT?

Why must the mishnah talk about a table & food if it's just to bring home a similar point of impotance of Torah as above?

The mishnah sounds almost like a 'guzmah' - an exxagerated espression of importance of Torah - to say zivchei meisim or korban...

Korbanos need designation or consecration to create a new spiritual effect upon the item, which redefines its mundane existance. How or why does the Torah or its bitul create a physical change to the food on the table?

Rabeinu Yonah metions a new componant to this mishnah which I believe clarifies all of the above. He says that three people coming together for a common desire - in this case, food, is called a chaburah.

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Posted By KH to DRASHOS at 7/20/2014 09:03:00 AM