Thursday, April 24, 2025

Key Veshaim Kodshoi Votochnu

 

Key Vesheim Kodshoi Votochnu


                    "Schlissel Challah".

This Chasidic Minhag. (אוהב ישראל- Apter Rav zt"l) has recently been adopted by all women regardless of family background.

The Minhag of
חלת עני is at least 500 years older than Schlissel Challah. It goes back to the times
of the
ראשונים (רא"ש), yet very few have ever heard of it.

The Minhag of the four-cornered Challah also
goes back to the times of the
ראשונים (כל בו).
Most women (& men) don't know when to bake it.

It would be interesting to know what's the key that makes
the Schlissel Challah so successful compared to other
special Challahs.
   

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Some claim that Schlissel Challah is rooted in Christian
and/or pagan practices.
Keys used to be manufactured in the form of a cross, and at Easter time, Christians would bake them into a rising loaf of bread to symbolize Yoshke rising from the dead.
(Hot cross buns.)

The
חיד"א מורה באצבע ז' -ק"צ writes, " This is a כלל גדול. You should not
follow any Minhag unless you know the root (source) of it from
חז"ל, or authentic כתבי אריז"ל, or you know the true reason behind the Minhag. "   
 

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הרה"ג ר ' אי"ל שטיינמן זצ"ל  said, "Only those סגולות
that the
סגולה is in itself a Mitzvah (eg, סנדק - paying
tuition for others). Those Segulos one should do."

Even if the
סגולה won't work, the זכות of doing the מצוה
might work.

Most of the other non-Mitzvah
סגולות are a waste of time
to do. (
סתם ג'האקט אין קאפ אריין) 

 


THE KEY TO FINANCIAL SUCCESS

The
גמרא נדה ע' ע"ב  says, "If one wants to become
wealthy, he should,

1) increase his
השתדלות* in business. (ירבה בסחורה)
2) Be honest in his business dealings.
3) Daven to Hashem to grant him riches.


*I'm not sure how the
בעלי מוסר would explain ירבה בסחורה

 

 



 

Are Long Payos Permitted ???


Parshas Hashavua-vort for parshas shemini

ראשיכם אל תפרעו - ולא תמתו (ויקרא י':ו')                         

Mori V’rabi Harav Hagaon R. Shlomo Miller Shlita, said:

 “A Kohen whose פיאות are longer than a few millimeters (more than 30 days growth)who enters the Bais Hamikdash  would be חייב מיתה. *.

פיאות are שערות הראש which require being cut once in 30 days”.

Kohen Gadol had to cut his hair once a week and a king every day.
Their פיאות must have been even shorter. 

*רמב"ם ביאת  המקדש א' הל' ח

Who was the happiest person in the world?-Parshas Shemini

The Giraffe זמר

 


            

The Giraffe is a kosher animal because it has split hoofs
and chews its cud.

Contrary to popular (childish) belief, the length of the neck does not
impede the shechting process. In fact, the longer neck provides
additional space, making shechting easier and more efficient.

The
גמרא
חולין מ"ה says "כל הצואר כולו כשר לשחיטה" The whole neck
is Kosher for Shechitah.

The
ריטב"א
קידושין מ"ט ד"ה תשעה (and other ראשוניםquote a חז"ל (which we
don't have today) 
The חזיר will be returned (להחזירו אלינו) to us and will
become a Kosher animal.


Shechting pigs can be tough because they don't have a clear neck
like other animals. This makes it harder to find the right spot for the cut.


 

 

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