Tuesday, March 23, 2021

The buyer (whoever he was) got ripped off

 

לז"נ איש החסד והמעש הרב משה קלוורי - אלון זצ"ל
יום השנה ט' ניסן


חד גדיא דזבין אבא בתרי זוזי


TWO זוזים FOR A GOAT,
IS IT A FAIR PRICE OR​ OVERPRICED?


My nephew Harav Hagaon R. Yitzchok Meir Goldstein Shlita
(מחבר ספרי שפתי יצחק ועוד) writes in his Haggadah,  that the
Gemoro (Brachos 44b) says, א"ר חסדא אפילו גדיא בר זוזא  
Rashi explains שמן וטוב ששוה זוז     
   
From this Rashi, we see that a good & fat  goat is worth only one Zuz
The buyer paid double the amount for his goat, way overpriced.


WHO WAS THE BUYER & WHO WAS THE SELLER?



זבין (with a Yud) means sold, זבן (without the Yud) means bought.

Therefore חד גדיא דזבין אבא should be translated, my father sold, 
or if you change the spelling to דזבן then the translation is my father bought

Mori V'Rabi Harav Hagaon R. Shlomo Miller Shlita said, there is a 
third possibility to keep the spelling with a Yud but change the 
pronunciation to DEZVIN instead of DEZABIN.

The translation will change to " One kid, the "purchase of " my father. 






Monday, March 22, 2021

The Kalir Killer

 



One of the original Piyutim for שבת הגדול is the Piyut
"אדיר דר מתוחים" *. This Piyut was supposedly written by R. Yanai.

R. Yanai was one of the first Paytonim. He was the Rebbe of R. Elazar b. Hakalir. Some claim, him to be the Tanna mentioned in Bavli & Yerushalmi.

An old Ksav Yad (manuscript) of R. Efraim from Bonn (Ba’alei Tosfos) was found in the 18th century. R. Efraim writes,

“In the land (region) of Lombardia (Italy) this Piyut is not recited. It is said the reason for it is because R. Yanai was jealous of his Talmid R. Elazar b. Hakalir, whose Piyutim were much better than his. R.Yanai placed a scorpion in the shoe of R. E.b.Hakalir and it killed him. Hashem should forgive all who repeat this story if it isn’t true”

Shadal (Luzatto) claims this story to be unbelievable, absurd, and not true. He has 3 proofs that it can’t be true.

1) In all homes on the 1st. Seder night we say Yanai's Piyut “ובכן ויהי בחצי הלילה". 

2) The Shibolei Haleket quotes the R. Gershom Meor Hagolah who praises highly R. Yanai.

3) The 300 [500] year old Soncino Machzor has the Piyut in there. Today (200years ago) they do say it in Lombardia.

Perhaps one more proof
.אמבצי

4) Tosfos (Meseches Zevachim 95b) quotes this Piyut.

Had he have been a murderer, the above would not have been said or quoted.


    
            

 

 

תוספות ד"ה עירה לתוכו זבחים צ"ה ע:"ב

 

This Piyut is only found in the אוצר התפילות Siddur.to be said during Musaf. It is not found in other Siddurim.

Salonika recipe for חרוסת

 



      

         חרוסת recipe       


The שבלי הלקט writes to put into the חרוסת, some
ground up earth or ground up brick for זכר לטיט.


This is based on the  "גירסא ברשב"ם פסחים קט"ז ע"א
 "וחרס שכותשין בו הדק זכר לטיט


The Birkei Yosef (Chida) quotes the Maharam de Lunzano 
who ridicules this שגעון. He claims it came about

because of the wrong Girsa of חרס instead of  חרוסת.

The Birkei Yosef  also quotes the Bais David who claims
that the elders of Salonika testified on the Minhag in Salonika
of grinding up a certain stone based on the Girsa of חרס in the Rashbam

 


 



 

 

 

 

Friday, March 19, 2021

Muktzah & Not Muktzah (next Shabbos)

 

DID YOU KNOW? (229-230)

1) According to the (פרי מגדים (א"א תמ"ד:א
Shabbos Erev Pesach (next week) the
Matzohs Mitzvah are Muktzah.

2) According to Rav Y.S. Elyashiv Zt"l, 
Pesach dishes are Muktzah* during the entire year.
(Shabbosos & Yomim Tovim)

The only time Pesach dishes are  not Muktzah 
are the 8 days of Pesach or 9 days 
if Erev Pesach falls on Shabbos.


  *חסרון כיס

 

GOY EL GOY

 The Goy needs to sell his חמץ to another Goy (otherwise it will be חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח)


                                    
   GOY EL GOY 

1) The Halacha of, a wife's assets belonging to her husband,
is not applicable if the husband is a Goy.
 
A Goy who is ch"v married to a Jewess we apply the rule of
דינא דמלכותא (Law of the land) and 50% of the assets
belong to the (Jewish) wife, (Harav Y.S. Elyashiv zt"l)

Therefore their Chametz needs to be sold to another Goy, 
for it not to become חמץ שעבר עליו הפסח
(ie: A Goy who is a partner with a Yid, their חמץ must be sold) 

2) A Goy who will be becoming a Ger on Pesach 
.

Thursday, March 18, 2021

PESACH RIDDLE

 


When do you have a  Goy that needs to sell his חמץ to another Goy     


FOR ANSWER CLICK HERE

Wednesday, March 17, 2021

The Times

 

        

 

       דף יומי פסחים קי"ז ע"ב

 

                       ביומא טבא- מקדש ישראל והזמנים


 R. Baruch Epstein Zt"l (תורה תמימה) writes that he
thinks the word והזמנים is not part of the Bracha 
but Chazal meant for us to fill in the blanks, the name
of the specific Yom Tov we are celebrating.
eg:  מקדש ישראל וחג המצות - וחג הסוכות etc.
the same way we do on Rosh Hashana & Yom Kippur.
(מקדש ישראל ויום הזכרון - ויום הכיפורים)

Harav Y.B. Soloveitchik Zt"l (Boston) argues vehemently
and claims, R.Hashana & Y.Kippur, since they have
their own independent קדושה, therefore, they have their
individual חתימה. Whereas the שלש רגלים all three of them
emanate from one single קדושה, therefore, the חתימה
of והזמנים is in order.

The משנה ברורה in ביאור הלכה קל"ז:ג holds if
the בעל קריאה skipped the פסוק of that specific
Yom Tov (On Sukkos he didn't mention the
Pasuk of Sukkos) he must repeat the קריאה again.

The מ"ב seems to say If the בעל קריאה skipped the פסוק
of a different Yom Tov (On Sukkos he didn't mention
Shavuos) then there is no need to repeat the קריאה.

Harav Y.B. Soloveitchik argues on the משנה ברורה
and holds since all the three רגלים emanate from one
single קדושה, therefore, regardless of which one of the
three רגלים was omitted, he needs to repeat the קריאה.

 

 

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

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DO YOU KNOW THE מה נשתנה ?


DO YOU KNOW THE מה נשתנה ?
incorrect translation: 
מה נשתנה - why is it different.

correct translation:
 מה נשתנה -how different it is. 

 
 
מה = what - how  
למה - מדוע = why 

(Heard from Mori V'Rabi Harav Hagaon R.Shlomo Miller Shlita)
 

Monday, March 15, 2021

A dog for every Jew

 

        

 

         DID YOU KNOW?       

According to The מדרש תהילים כ"ב,
During קריעת ים סוף, every single Yid owned a dog.

 


No masks for Yidden

 


       

                        No masks for Yidden

     

The רלב"ג על התורה writes on מכת חשך that the air was so thick with pollutants that the מצרים had to cover their mouths & noses but for the בני ישראל there was need to do so

 


Thursday, March 11, 2021

Mistakes Of Gedolim

 

        

 

 

Mori V'Rabi Harav Hagaon Reb Shlomo Miller Shlita 

said,
 "The Velt (people of the world) has two misconceptions
on Gedolim.

1) A גדול can't make mistakes.

2) If they make a mistake they are not a גדול anymore.

Both statements are untrue." 



In this week’s  Parsha  (ויקהל) one of the
גדולי המפרשים made a mistake with the
translation of the word ועשה.
ועשה בצלאל- כל מלאכת עבודת הקדש 
He mistakenly translated 
And  בצלאל made (past tense) 

The תרגום אונקלס  has also been mistakenly
changed  from ויעביד V’yabeid (He shall do)
to ועבד Vavad (He did).

The Ibn Ezrah (36 -1) and Rashi in מכות י"ב ע"א 
both say, ועשה is a command
( future)  And בצלאל shall make etc. 

The ו (Vav) of ועשה changes the word from past tense
to future tense 

it is said in the name of the מהרי"ל דיסקין
“When being מעביר סדרה you should say in the
Targum  ויעביד V’yabeid and not the way it is
printed in the Chumashim* ועבד “ Vavad” otherwise
you are not יוצא שניים מקרא


*The new עוז והדר חומש corrected
the Targum to ויעביד.

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