Kesubos 111a
The Gemoro says on the Pasuk in
Shir Hashirim
השבעתי אתכם בנות ירושלים
The 3 Shavuos Hashem made. 2 with
the Bnei Yisroel and 1 with the Goyim.
1) They should not go up (to E.
Yisroel) all together by force like a wall
2) They should not rebel against
the Goyim
3) The Goyim should not
oppress the Yidden, harshly.
The Satmarer Rebbe-R, Yoel
Teitelbaum zt"l writes in the Hakdamato his Sefer VaYoel
Moishe:
"The sin that brought the Holocaust to the Jewish nation, was for
transgressing the שלש שבועות. (Zionism).
Even though the Zionist State
wasn't established yet, but just for
the Machshava (thought) to
transgress the Shavuos, punishment is
in order."
He argues on The Avnei
Nezer (Y.D. 2: 454) who writes on the Agedeta of the שלש שבועות
“ It is a very
difficult Agada, and from Hashem I will
ask to guide me—“
One of the many questions he has on the Agada is:
You can be Mashbia others only if the Nishba
accepts
the Shevua.
The Ramban writes “When Moishe was
Mashbia the Bnei
Yisrael to accept the Torah , they accepted the
Shvua, as Rashi says on the Pasuk of אלה
דברי הברית - they
accepted the Torah
באלה
ובשבועה. Also, on Har Grizim & Har Aivol
they answered Amen on the Shvuah.
Where and when did the Bnei
Yisrael accept the 3 Shavuos?
We don’t find Shlomo Hamelech to have gathered the Bnei
Yisroel for them to be Mashbia them to accept the 3 Shavuos.
Furthermore, exactly whom, where,
when and how was he Mashbia the Goyim?
The Avnei Nezer answers:
“The Zohar asks when Hashem went
to the other nations to accept the Torah, to whom exactly was this
proposal presented, and which Navi of
theirs rejected the Torah?”
The Zohar answers “ Hashem went
to their שר (Angel in
charge of
the nation) in heaven.
Similarly,
the 3 Shavuos were not done with the physical Bnei Yisroel, but with the שורש נשמותיהן למעלה .(their
Neshama)
That’s why it says השבעתי
אתכם בנות ירושלים
The Zohar in Parshas ויחי writes
that “Bnos Yerushalayim” refers to the Neshama.
We find this concept in
Chazal of Mashbi’in Es Haneshama before it enters this world תהא צדיק ואל תהא רשע
This
Shvua is only for the Neshama and not for the Guf . The Bnei Yisrael were
required to physically accept the Shvua in the times of Moishe,
otherwise, they would not have
been punished for transgressing any of the Mitzvos.
The Avnei Nezer concludes that
since the 3 Shavuos were only with the Neshama and
not the Guf, there is no
punishment* for transgressing them.
*He has a
lengthy explanation on
אם לאו אני מתיר בשרכם
