The Pshat I Shared With Rav Dov Landau Shlita 20 Years Ago

Parshas Hashavua

כי תצא

וְיָתֵד תִּהְיֶה לְךָ עַל אֲזֵנֶךָ
(דברים כ"ג: י"ד)

During the time of the second Bais Hamikdash, various sects and cults existed. Among them was the ”Issi’im”  חז"ל called them “טובלי שחרית”.(went to the Mikveh every morning). 

The טובלי שחרית considered טהרה and hygiene as one and were very strict about it. They frequented the Mikveh numerous times throughout the day. They started the day by going to the Mikveh. They also went to the Mikveh before the meals, after relieving themselves and if they touched someone who was from a lower cast.

They also had their חומרות in Hilchos Shabbos. 

They  wouldn't relieve themselves  the entire Shabbos

because they wouldn’t use a shovel on Shabbos.

Now that you know this piece of history you will
understand Pshat* in the Gaon on the last תוספתא in
מסכת ידיים

(שהוא מלא צואה ולזה לא מהני טבילה)

A Personal Encounter

About twenty years ago in Bnei Brak, I met with

רשכבה"ג הרב הגאון ר' דב לנדוי שליט"א

and asked him Pshat in this גאון. After he told me מלא צואה refers to עבודה זרה I explained to him my Pshat.

He immediately admitted & agreed with my פשט that it means צואה ממש

אוצר ישראל- איסיים

Riddle For Parshas Ki Seitzi

🍷 THE GREAT WINE QUESTION 🍷

Berel has a very serious decision to make...

🍾

Bartenura

ITALY 🇮🇹

🤔

WHICH ONE?!

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Baron Herzog

U.S.A. 🇺🇸

Berel, the alcoholic has two bottles of wine

1) Bartenura (Italy)   2) Baron Herzog (U.S.A.)

He plans to drink one of them.

Which one of the two would you recommend, for him to drink

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🍷 🇮🇹   VS.   🇺🇸 🍷

The Mitzvah of accumulating wealth

Parshas Hashavua --- כי יקח איש אשה חדשה לא יצא בצבא Devarim 24:5     The Mitzvah of accumulating wealth There is a מחלוקת ראשונים if the איסור of  leaving the wife during the first year after marriage is applicable only when leaving her to join the army or even for other reasons one may not leave her alone for the first year. The Shu"t Chasam Sofer (EH 2 155) writes that even according to the חינוך who holds that one may not leave his wife  even for other reasons than joining the army will admit that if he leaves her for a Mitzvah then he may do so. Therefore one may leave his wife behind even the first year after marriage to go out and earn a living being it's a Mitzvah. The Chasam Sofer concludes that בזמן הזה not only earning a living is a Mitzvah but  accumulating wealth is also a Mitzvah as mentioned in Shulchan Aruch (Rema O.Ch.248:4)  יהי רצון we should all be זוכה to be מקיים this Mitzvah among all other Mitzvos with all the הידורים and amass lots & lots of wealth אכיה"ר

Understanding the Gedolim

 

Harav Hagaon Reb.
Avrohom Ganichovsky Zt"l

I once read in a Sefer about  Harav Hagaon Reb Avrohom Ganichovsky Zt"l. When he would speak in learning with friend להבדיל בין חיים לחיים, Harav Hagaon Reb Dov Landau Shlita (R.Y. Slabodka) they would speak to each other in code language. One of them mentioned a few words or a מראה מקום and the other responded the same way. They both understood what the other meant to say. Even Talmidei Chachamim listening in would find it difficult to follow this type of conversation. The ספר gives an example and writes, They met each other on Sunday פ' כי תבא and R. D. Landau told him that during קריאת התורה of the past Shabbos he was thinking, "האם לא יוכל לשלחה חל על לא יוכל שלחה" To this Reb Avrohom Ganichovsky responded "בשלא כדרכה" There is no explanation in the ספר the meaning of this conversation, what it's all about. Most likely, we can assume, אמבצי R Dov Landau Shlita was thinking during קריאת התורה פרשת כי תצא  if one is מוציא שם רע on his אנוסה, being there is an existing לאו of לא יוכל שלחה Is there an additional לאו of לא יוכל לשלחה of מוציא שם רע? To this R. A, Ganichovsky zt"l responded, this שאלה is only possible if he was מאנס her שלא כדרכה.

Riddle

Parshas Hashavua  כי תצא    RIDDLE  a) Because the meat he ate was טריפה, he won't      get killed b) Because the meat he ate was at a party with      music he won't get killed. ? The רמב"ם (ממרים 7:2) rules that a בן סורר ומורה is exempt from the death penalty if the meat he consumes is either: אכילת עבירה →eg: eating non-kosher meat. אכילת מצוה →eg:  eating at a סעודת מצוה. The רמ"א (O.C. 670:2) writes that זמירות ותשבחות (songs of praise) transform a Chanukah party from a mere סעודת רשות into a סעודת מצוה. The Mishnah Verurah (ס"ק ח) adds that even a wedding of an עם הארץ to a בת תלמיד חכם is considered only a סעודת רשות—unless they include זמירות ותשבחות, which elevate it to a סעודת מצוה. Hence: A בן סורר ומורה who ate the meat at a Chanukah party accompanied by singing (זמירות ותשבחות), or he ate טריפה meat, he would not be חייב מיתה.

TWO MORE RIDDLES FOR PARSHAS KI SEITZEI

2 more riddles 

Parshas Hashavua

a) Berl, the alcoholic has two bottles of wine 1) Bartenura (Italy)  2) Baron Herzog (U.S.A.)

He plans to drink one of them. Which one of the two would you recommend, for him to drink

CLICK HERE TO SEE WHICH WINE IS MORE ADDICTIVE 

b)

זכר זכר או זכר ולא זכר 

the flat tire

 

Parshas Hashavua כי תצא Parshas Hashavua    כי תצא     Did you know? (224)   לא תראה את חמור אחיך --- הקם תקים עמו Did you know? When traveling on the road and you see a Yid (even non-frum) stuck on the side of the road, you might be עובר on a לאו & עשה if you don't stop and go out to help him.  אילת השחר עה"ת

Drafting Yeshiva Bachurim

 

Parshas Hashavua  כי תצא          לא יצא בצבא דברים כ"ד :ה       Drafting Yeshiva Bachurim  In the times of the חתם סופר, Governments  imposed quotas on communities to supply young men for the military. The community was responsible for supplying a set amount of young men for the draft.  The selection of those to be drafted was in the hands of the community leaders. Officially they would enter all the names in a    גורל  (lottery) and pull out the fortunate ones who would be exempt. Historically the selection process was riddled with corruption. The poor and the defenseless suffered grave injustices. The חתם סופר (Shu"t 6:29) writes that many גדולי ישראל had no choice in the matter and had to turn a blind eye to this.  The חתם סופר rules  " Since the law of the land  is for the community to supply the army with young  men. we have the rule of דינא דמלכותא דינא  Halachically, everybody is equally responsible to serve. Favoritism should not be given to anyone. Even the low lives and non-Frum מחללי שבת etc. must be treated equally and their names entered in the גורל.   Those who exclude even secular Yidden  by not placing them in the lottery depriving them of a fair chance are גונבי נפש ומכרו (kidnappers) The only exception, are the Yeshiva Bachurim. who are exempt מדין תורה from serving in the army (based on the Gemoro Bava Basra 8a.) therefore even if there is no specific exemption from the government we exempt them automatically".  The חזון איש (Bava Basra 7b*) writes that the exemption of רבנן (Yeshiva Bachurim) is only applicable when there are others available to serve.  If however, all are רבנן then the rule of אין סומכין על הנס applies and even  Yeshiva Bachurim need to be drafted. אין סומכין על הנס I am just wondering, according to the חזון איש, a)  If we were to find ourselves in a situation where there aren't  enough non-Yeshivah Bachurim soldiers in the army would there then be a חיוב for Yeshivah Bachurim to join the army? b) A Yeshivah Bachur whose מדת הבטחון is weak and is not fully convinced that תורה מגנת עליהן would he also be exempt? * printed in Ch. Mishpat Siman 5

 

 

How Do We Know

 

How do we know that it's a Mitzvah for a  doctor to heal a patient?

Did you know? (224)

 

Parshas Hashavua כי תצא Parshas Hashavua    כי תצא     Did you know? (224)   לא תראה את חמור אחיך --- הקם תקים עמו Did you know? When traveling on the road and you see a Yid (even non-frum) stuck on the side of the road, you might be עובר on a לאו & עשה if you don't stop and go out to help him.  אילת השחר עה"ת

Accumulating wealth

 

Parshas Hashavua כי תצא --- כי יקח איש אשה חדשה לא יצא בצבא Devarim 24:5        The Mitzvah of accumulating wealth There is a מחלוקת ראשונים if the איסור of  leaving the wife, the first year after marriage is applicable only when joining the army or even for other reasons  one may not leave her alone for the first year. The Shu"t Chasam Sofer (EH 2 155) writes that everyone  will admit that leaving the wife for a Mitzvah is permissible even in the first year, Therefore one may leave his wife behind  to go out and earn a living being it's a Mitzvah. The Chasam Sofer concludes that בזמן הזה not only earning a living is a Mitzvah but  accumulating wealth is also a Mitzvah as mentioned in Shulchan Aruch Hilchos Shabbos (Rema O.Ch.248:4)  יהי רצון we should all be זוכה to be מקיים this Mitzvah among all other Mitzvos with all the הידורים and amass lots & lots of wealth אכיה"ר

The Mitzvah of becoming wealthy

 

Parshas Hashavua --- כי יקח איש אשה חדשה לא יצא בצבא Devarim 24:5   There is a מחלוקת ראשונים if the איסור of  leaving the wife during the first year after marriage is applicable only when leaving her to join the army or even for other reasons one may not leave her alone for the first year. The Shu"t Chasam Sofer (EH 2 155) writes that even according to the חינוך who holds that one may not leave his wife  even for other reasons than joining the army will admit that if he leaves her for a Mitzvah then he may do so. Therefore one may leave his wife behind even the first year after marriage to go out and earn a living being it's a Mitzvah. The Chasam Sofer concludes that בזמן הזה not only earning a living is a Mitzvah but  accumulating wealth is also a Mitzvah as mentioned in Shulchan Aruch  (Rema O.Ch.248:4)  יהי רצון we should all be זוכה to be מקיים this Mitzvah among all other Mitzvos with all the הידורים and amass lots & lots of wealth אכיה"ר

 

Riddle For Parshas Ki Seitzei

Parshas Hashavua

Berl went to a wedding and because the singer in the band sang a song Berl's life was saved and he wasn't killed.

?

click here for answer

What happened to the צדיק?

*Last week in Parshas Shoftim it says ומי האיש הירא ורך הלבב

Chazal Darshan he is fearful of the עבירות in his hand.

Even for minor עבירות, one gets sent home. The ones who

go to war don't have any עבירות. Only true צדיקים can

go out to the battlefield.

So how is it possible for this same צדיק to come home a 

week later (Parsha) with a  יפת תואר?

Reb Sholom Schwadron zt"l answered this question with a one

liner

 "כאן קודם צבא, כאן אחר צבא"

                      * Taken from

                  מעדני הפרשה מאת הרב ישראל אהרן קלצקין

   ה