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

Parshas Chaya Sora -How Old Was Rivka

How old was Rivka when she married Yizchok?

The Answer is a Befeirush Tosfos . CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

HOW MUCH DID THE MEARAS HAMACHPEILA COST IN TODAYS SILVER - I ASKED CHATGPT

 MY QUESTION

how much did the mearas hamechpaila cost in todays silver?

 The Gemoro in Bechoros 50a says that the Shekelim Avraham gave to Efron were Kantarin. (400 Kantarin) The Sefer Midos Veshiurei Torah says

 1 Kantor = 42.5 Kg. 1 Kantor = 42,5 kg. =. X 400 = 17,000 kg. 1kg. = 35.273 oz

Here is the answer : 

Your starting assumptions

• You cite that according to the Sefer Midos Veshiurei Torah: 1 Kantor = 42.5 kg.

• And 400 Kantarin (plural of Kantor) were given.
  ⇒ So: 42.5 kg × 400 = 17,000 kg of metal.

• You note 1 kg = 35.273 oz (avoirdupois) — though for precious metals we normally use troy-ounces (1 kg ≈ 32.1507 troy-oz).
  But using your 35.273 oz per kg (which corresponds to avoirdupois ounces) gives:
  17,000 kg × 35.273 oz/kg ≈ 600,000 oz of silver-weight.

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Modern silver price

• The spot price of silver today is about US $52.60 per troy ounce. APMEX+1
  If one used the “600,000 oz” figure above, then:

• 
  600,000 oz × US$52.60/oz ≈ US$31.56 million.

Location Location Location

 

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Parshas Hashavua חיי שרה  ממשה עד משה לא קם עוד כמשה Since Moוshe Rabbeinu, there has never been a greater Rebbie  in Hilchos צדקה וחסד as R.Moishe Reichmann זצלה"ה.   He was the one who taught us, how to support Mosdos Hatorah and the needy. He was the one who taught us, to give away hundreds of millions to צדקה. He was the one who taught us, that donating צדקה may also be done without publicity & recognition.  He was the one who taught us, giving to the נצרכים with humility & בדרך כבוד. His צדקה benefited directly or indirectly almost every single Yid in the entire world.    הוא האיש שהיה משכמו ומעלה גבוה ועניו מכל העם                    יום השנה כ"א משה רייכמאן חשון - יהי זכרו ברוך                         Location Location Location יעקב bought land in שכם to house his entire family and all the animals he owned. He paid for it 100 קשיטה. רש:י says a קשיטה & a מעה are the same.  A שקל has 24 מעה. Therefore, יעקב paid 100 מעה  that was just slightly more than 4 שקל. אברהם bought the מערת המכפלה, which probably wasn't larger than the property in שכם, yet he paid  400 שקלים, one hundred times more than יעקב.

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Riddle for Parshas Chayei Sora

ממשה עד משה לא קם עוד כמשה Since Moוshe Rabbeinu, there has never been a greater Rebbie  in Hilchos צדקה וחסד as R.Moishe Reichmann זצלה"ה.   He was the one who taught us, how to support Mosdos Hatorah and the needy. He was the one who taught us, to give away hundreds of millions to צדקה. He was the one who taught us, donating צדקה may also be done without publicity & recognition.  He was the one who taught us, giving to the נצרכים with humility & בדרך כבוד. His צדקה benefited directly or indirectly almost every single Yid in the entire world.    הוא האיש שהיה משכמו ומעלה גבוה ועניו מכל העם                    יום השנה כ"א משהרייכמאן חשון - יהי זכרו ברוך                                     RIDDLE Parshas Hashavua חיי שרה The three צדיקים in this week's Parsha (חיי שרה) a) אברהם b) יצחק c)? WHO IS THE THIRD TZADIK  As far as I know אליעזר or נחור are not listed as צדיקים FOR ANSWER CLICK HERE

A Rose Among Thorns

 

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

PUNISHABLE BY TORAH LAW

 

PUNISHABLE BY TORAH LAW The  שו"ת חתם סופר (Shu”t Y.D. 2:155) writes in the name of the אחרונים “You can’t rely on the אגדה of בת כ' לא חטאה שהרי אינה בת עונשין . According to הלכה, once you become a גדול with years (13 -12) and סימנים, you are חייב & punishable on all the חיובי תורה of בי"ד של מעלה ושל מטה". The חתם סופר claims, that the שיעור of 20 years Is applicable only on עבירות of the דור המדבר קודם מתן תורה. This אגדה does not apply today after מתן תורה

 

 

Why ??? (7)

Why would Yitzchok marry Rivkah,whose 

brother Lavan had a dubious reputation?

Chazal tell us to check out the brother of 

the girl one wants to marry.

CLICK HERE FOR ANSWER

The Rambams White Hair

Parshas Hashavua חיי שרה Bava Basra -16b - 141a                                      SHIDDUCH CRISIS וה' ברך את אברהם בכל, ר"מ אומר שלא היה לו בת 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 -How Old Was She

How old was Rivka when she married Yitzchok?

a)   21/2  Yrs.

b)   3     Yrs.

c)   8     Yrs.

d) 12     Yrs.

e) 14     Yrs.

f)  18     Yrs.

g)  37    Yrs.

FOR ANSWER CLICK HERE 

How Much Did The Meoras Hamachpeila Cost ?

Based on silver @$17.00 per oz.

Avraham Avinu paid for the Mearas Hamachpeila

$263,842.00  or  $10,193,897.00

The Gemoro in Bechoros 50a says that the

Shekelim Avraham gave to Efron were Kantarin.

 (400 Kantarin)

The Sefer Midos Veshiurei Torah claims,

1 Kantor = 42.5 Kg.

1 Kantor = 42,5 kg. =. X 400 = 17,000 kg.

1kg. = 35.273 oz.

17,000 x 35.273 oz. = 599,641 oz.

599,641 x $17.00* =  $ 10,193,897.00

According to the Torah Temima a Kantor (Cent)

is   (multiply by a 100) x100

assuming a Shekel = 11grm. X100 = 1100 grm (1.1 kg.)

1.1 x400 = 440

440x 35.273 = 15,520.12 x  $17.00*

=$263,842 .00

*1oz. silver = $17.00