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PARSHAS HASHAVUA - TOLDOS                        ריח בני כריח שדה (תוספות (תענית כ"ט ע"ב quotes the יש מפרשים that יעקב smelled like an אתרוג. The מהרש"א explains, that since the fruit of the עץ הדעת was an אתרוג, (according to one שיטה)  perhaps that was also the same smell of גן עדן that יצחק smelled on יעקב. Perhaps, this is the reason the  גמרא כתובות ס"א says  A mother who eats Esrog will have pleasant smelling children. The smell of גן עדן/אתרוג. אמבצי The אבן עזרא -רות ג:ג writes וסכת. שמן שיש לו ריח טוב כי כן מנהג גדולי ישראל אנשים ונשים. The Minhag of Gedolei Yisrael both male & female is to wear nice-smelling perfumes. Perhaps, they had Esrog perfume and wanted to smell like גן עדן אמבצי אבן עזרא ג:ג וסכת. שמן שיש לו ריח טוב כי כן מנהג גדולי ישראל אנשים ונשים.

Parshas Hashavua חיי שרה

SHIDDUCH CRISIS

Bava Basra -16b - 141a

וה' ברך את אברהם בכל, ר"מ אומר שלא היה לו בת

"And Hashem blessed Avraham with 'kol' (everything)... R' Meir says: He did not have a daughter."

The Ksav Sofer (Parshas Chaya Sarah) writes, that in a letter the Rambam wrote to his son, The Rambam blames his daughter for his white hair. It came about from the worries he had, finding a Shidduch for her, with someone befitting his family.

The Ramban writes, had Avraham have had a daughter he would have had worries whom to give her away to.

The Ksav Sofer explains, even with all of Avraham's riches etc. it was a blessing of not having a daughter so there won't be any worries of marrying her off.

Parshas Chayei Sora Who shall bless them?

Who shall bless them?

When the כלה walks around the חתן seven times, under the חופה, the Chazzan/singer sings the Piyut of "מי בן שיח שושן חוחים -- הוא יברך את החתן ואת הכלה"

"The one who understands the talk of the Rose Among the Thorns-- He shall bless the חתן & כלה"

Who is this person that the פייטן is referring to?

The 'מדרש רבה שה"ש ב, explains the words כשושנה בין החוחים using a variety of examples.

🌹 One example the מדרש uses is when there are 10 people at a wedding and only one knows the ברכת החתן he is the one who is the שושנה בין החוחים Rose among thorns.

The Piyut of מי בן שיח refers to the רב the מסדר קידושין who understands* the ברכת החתן. The one the מדרש refers to as the rose. He is asked to step forward and bless the חתן וכלה - to be מסדר קידושין with the ברכת חתנים.

*כל מי שאינו בקי בטיב גיטין וקידושין לא יהא לו עסק עמהם
'שו"ע אבן העזר מ"ט ג

Parshas Chaya Sora The Great Honor

כבוד גדול

The ספר צרור המור פרשת חיי שרה writes that it is a great honor for the wife to die before her husband.

Rebbetzin Batsheva Kanievski ע"ה asked her husband Reb Chaim Zt"l, If there is any significance or advantage of both spouses dying within a short period of each other. Reb Chaim took out the Sefer "מתורגמן" from the bookshelf, and showed his Rebbetzin the beautiful poetic tefillah Eliyahu Bachur wrote, where he asks Hashem that his wife should not become an אלמנה, and he should not become an אלמן.

A man, whose wife had passed away, visited the Steipler zt"l. He wept profusely, expressing his deep loneliness and the pain of missing his wife. In an attempt to comfort him, the Steipler shared that he, too, missed his Rebbetzin, despite her passing away a long time ago.

"Hashem created this world and, in His wisdom, decided that when a person's time comes, they should pass away alone without their spouse. Typically, both spouses don't pass away on the same day. One departs first, followed by the other. I'm grateful to Hashem, and this is also my נחמה, that she went first, and I am the one to remain alive."

מתורגמן

הלל אל אל המלך נאמן אבינו האב הרחמן שהחייני עד הגעתי עתה אל זה היוםו זמן היה איתי עד נטעתי זה הנטע נטע נעמן בו נגלות כל המילות העבריות עם תרגומן גם הוא מורה בגיליון איה תחנותן ומקומן הוא כמליץ שהוא ממליץ ובטוב מילין הוא מטעימן ויי שוכן שמים וממנו דבר לא נטמן ידע כי לא עשיתי זאת להיות נקרא רב או אמן כי הנותן לכסיל כבוד כצרור אבן תוך ארגמן לאל בלבד נאה כבוד ולזולתו הא ליכא מאן הן לכבודו ולאהבתו בלבד רשמתי רישומן אנא אלי לי ולאשתי החסד גם האמת מן

שהיא לא תהיה אלמנה ואני לא אהיה אלמן יחד נמות

ובגן עדנות תוך חיקה אישן עד לזמן יבוא הקץ

Translation: "May she not become a widow and may I not become a widower; may we die together."

*Uncle of the בית יוסף

Price Of The Mearas Hamachpeila -Daf Hashovua / Parshas Hashovua

DAF HASHAVUA • PARSHAS HASHAVUA

How Much Did Avraham Avinu Pay for the Mearas Hamachpeila?

ארבע מאות שקל כסף

Parshas Chayei Sarah • Bechoros 50a

אמר רבי חנינא: כל כסף האמור בתורה סתם — סלע; דנביאים — ליטרין; דכתובין — קינטרין. חוץ מן כספו של עפרון, שאע״פ שכתוב בתורה סתם — קינטרין, דכתיב: ״ארבע מאות שקל כסף עובר לסוחר״, ואיכא דוכתא דקא קרו לקינטרא תיקלא.

SILVER PRICE USED FOR THIS POST

$51.83

per troy ounce

Four hundred shekelim… how much silver was that?

The Gemara tells us that the shekelim Avraham Avinu gave to Efron were kantarin. Using the two weight interpretations outlined below, what would that silver be worth at $51.83 per troy ounce?

TWO CALCULATIONS

$733,204.21

or

$28,328,344.31

Estimated silver values using the weights below—not a measure of the money’s purchasing power in Avraham Avinu’s time.

Before we do the math…

Silver is priced by the troy ounce. The original calculation used ordinary ounces (approximately 35.273 per kilogram). Here we use:

1 troy oz = 31.1034768 grams
1 kg ≈ 32.1507466 troy oz

CALCULATION 01

Midos Veshiurei Torah

Using the weight attributed to Midos Veshiurei Torah in the original calculation: 1 kantar = 42.5 kilograms.

42.5 kg × 400 = 17,000 kg
17,000 kg = 17,000,000 grams
17,000,000 ÷ 31.1034768
≈ 546,562.69 troy oz

Multiply the unrounded troy-ounce weight by $51.83:

$28,328,344.31

Approximately $28.33 million in silver.

CALCULATION 02

Torah Temima

Using the interpretation attributed to the Torah Temima in the original calculation, a kantar represents 100 shekelim. Assuming 1 shekel = 11 grams:

11 g × 100 = 1,100 grams
1 kantar = 1.1 kg
1.1 kg × 400 = 440 kg
440,000 ÷ 31.1034768
≈ 14,146.33 troy oz

Multiply the unrounded troy-ounce weight by $51.83:

$733,204.21

Approximately $733 thousand in silver.

One possuk. Two weight interpretations.
A remarkable amount of silver.

Calculation notes: These estimates retain the source attributions and weight assumptions of the original discussion. The silver price used is $51.83 per troy ounce. Full precision was retained until the final dollar amounts were rounded to the nearest cent. Displayed troy-ounce quantities are rounded.

Open the Gemara — Bechoros 50a

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