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PARSHAS HASHAVUA

עקב

מַמְרִים הֱיִיתֶם עִם ה׳

דברים ט׳:ז׳–כ״ד

You were rebellious with Hashem.

It should have said:

מַמְרִים הֱיִיתֶם נֶגֶד ה׳

You were rebellious against Hashem.

The Satmar Rebbe’s Answer

The Satmar Rebbe, Rav Yoelish Teitelbaum Zt”l, answered that those who drag Hashem into their rebellion by claiming that it is done לשם שמים are worse than all other עוברי עבירה.

The rebellion is made even worse when Hashem’s name is used to justify it.

Riddle Of The Day. When Are You Mechuyav To Bench On A Glass Of Water

Parshas Hashavua

עקב

ואכלת ושבעת וברכת

BENTCHING ברכת המזון
FOR DRINKING WATER

All he did was drink one glass of plain water
& therefore he needs to Bentch ברכת המזון.?

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According to Harav Hagaon R. Chaim Kanievsky Zt"l,

If someone was thirsty at the end of his meal, and waited to drink water till after ברכת המזון, he must Bentch again ברכת המזון * (דאורייתא)

He must Bentch again
ברכת המזון

Based on the מרדכי who holds if you are thirsty at the end of the meal and Bentch then your Benching was only מדרבנן.

Therefore, Reb Chaim holds, after you Bentched if you drink a glass of water you are now מחויב מן התורה to Bentch (again).

The first Bentching doesn't count since it was only a דרבנן Bentching.

Mori V'Rabi Harav Hagaon
Reb Shlomo Miller Shlita

argues on Reb Chaim

and holds there is no need to repeat the ברכת המזון after drinking the water.

*see Rema O.Ch. 197:4

Parshas Eikev Answers appreciated

Parshas Hashavua

עקב - ט"ו באב

הכל בידי שמים חוץ מיראת שמים

רש"י י' י"ב

The Rambam argues on the Gemoro.

How can he do so?

The Rambam (איגרות הרמב"ם) argues on the Chazal of

ארבעים יום קודם יצירת הולד

בת קול יוצאת ואומרת בת פלוני לפלוני*

The Rambam's argument is that this cannot be true, because getting married is a Mitzvah and one of the fundamental principles we believe in is בחירה.

If it is predestined to get married

then he has no בחירה

in performing the Mitzvah.

How can the Rambam argue on Chazal

just because he has a Kushya on them?

סוטה ב' ע"א*

It's not Bashert

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Parshas Hashavua עקב  הכל בידי שמים חוץ מיראת שמים רש"י י' י"ב   The Rambam (איגרות הרמב"ם) rejects the חז"ל of ארבעים יום קודם יצירת הולד בת קול יוצאת ואומרת בת פלוני לפלוני. The גמרא קידושין מ says that if a person can't control himself from committing a עבירה, he should go to a place where he is unknown and dress in black. Some Rishonim (רי"ף, רא"ש ועוד) claim that we don't Pasken like ר' אליעאי, who believes there are times when a man can't control himself and has no בחירה. We hold that הכל בידי שמים חוץ מיראת שמים, meaning every sane person has control and the בחירה of not committing a עבירה. R. Elchonon Wasserman הי"ד writes that the רמב"ם agrees with the רי"ף, stating that we Pasken הכל בידי שמים חוץ מיראת שמים, and not like ר' אליעאי. The רמב"ם holds that the גמרא of ארבעים יום קודם יצירת הולד is only according to ר' אליעאי, who believes there are times of not having בחירה. Therefore, the רמב"ם rejects the גמרא of ארבעים יום קודם יצירת הולד.

Watch It !

 

Parshas Hashavua עקב --- וקשרתם אתם לאות על ידכם In   שו"ע הל' תפילין כ"ז:ד  it says not to have a חציצה between the תפילין and the גוף. The רמ"א adds that this Halacha applies only to the actual תפילין but for the רצועות there is no need to be concerned with חציצה.  The משנה ברורה ס"ק ט"ז quotes from the אחרונים to be מחמיר even on the רצועות במקום ששייך לקשירה Wearing hand watches became popular in the past 100 years or so. Most watches before that were pocket watches. The first one to deal with the שאלה of wearing a watch under  the רצועות was the Tchehbiner Rav Zt"l who is more מחמיר than the מ"ב and holds to refrain from wearing a watch under the  רצועות even though it is not near the קשר. Harav Ovadya Yosef zt"l writes that he personally spoke to the Tchehbiner Rav  who told him that if the watch is placed past the 7 כריכות there is no problem of wearing it under the רצועות.

When did they start?

 

פרשת השבוע עקב   When did they start wearing תפילין? The מבי"ט writes* "Even though it seems that the Yidden  were commanded in מצרים to wear תפילין, they could not have done so until after they arrived in ערבות מואב when they received the two פרשיות of שמע- והיה אם שמוע." The רשב"א writes** that since they were commanded in מצרים to wear תפילין we must assume that the פרשיות of שמע- והיה אם שמוע were handed over to them in מצרים but only appeared in the Torah in משנה תורה בית אלקים שער היסודות פ' ל"ז* חידושי הרשב"א מנחות ל"ד ע"א**

Parshas Hashovua-Parshas Eikev

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       לז"נ צארטל בת ר' אליעזר הלוי הי"ד ח"י מנחם

Vort On Parshas Hashavua

                                                                                                                                                             ואכלת ושבעת וברכת

The Yerushalmi in Meseches Challah (Perek 1 Hl.6) says, a person is Mekayam 10 Mitzvohs before he can eat bread. The Yerushalmi enumerates them as follows:

לא תחרוש שור וחמור (1

בל תזרע (כלאים) (2

בל תחסום (שור בדישו) (3

לקט (4

שכחה (5

פיאה (6

תרומה (7

מעשר ראשון (8

מעשר שני (9

חלה (10

The Tur (O.Ch. 167) writes, a person when making Hamotzie

should place his two hands,10 fingers on the bread , for

the 10 Mitzvohs that is done with the bread.

The Tur* enumerates the 10 Mitzvohs of the Yerushalmi

with one exception. Instead of בל תחסום he replaces

it with   ביכורים

There actually is one** more Mitzvah,  תרומת מעשר.

If we add , תרומת מעשרand    ביכוריםwe end up with

12 Mitzvos.

It is possible, this to be the reason why, the Yerushalmi

and the Tur, both, mention placing the two hands and the ten

fingers. (adds up to 12).

We still need to understand why they only count 10

Mitzvos when there are 12 Mitzvos. (I have no answer)

*The Pirush HaTur Al HaTorah enumerates like the

Yerushalmi (בל תחסום and not ביכורים)

**  we don’t count מעשר עני,  because it is either a year

of  מעשר שני or a year of מעשר עני and not both 

The middle finger

 

פרשת עקב -- וקשרתם אתם לאות על ידכם    על מזוזות ביתך ובשעריך---                     The middle finger a) The רצועות התפילין are wrapped around the middle finger  שו"ע או"ח כ"ז: ח b) One who enters or leaves the house should place* his hand on the מזוזה  and say, ה' ישמור צאתי ובואי מעתה ועד עולם שו"ע יו"ד רפ"ה: ב  The חיד"א - ביכורי יוסף quotes from the אריז"ל to place the middle finger on the מזוזה *As far as I know, the first מקור in the פוסקים of kissing   the מזוזה or ציצית.is from the קיצור שו"ע

Riddle Of The Day. When Would You Be Required To Bench On A Cup Of Water ????

 

Parshas Hashavua עקב ואכלת ושבעת וברכת     BENTCHING ברכת המזון FOR DRINKING WATER All he did was drink one glass of plain water & therefore he needs to Bentch ברכת המזון.?

Riddle OF The Day

 

Parshas Hashavua עקב ואכלת ושבעת וברכת     BENTCHING ברכת המזון FOR DRINKING WATER All he did was drink one glass of plain water & therefore he needs to Bentch ברכת המזון.?

God is on my side

 

Parshas Hashavua עקב  ממרים הייתם עם ה' דברים ט' : ז- כ"ד You were rebellious WITH Hashem  It should have said 'ממרים הייתם  נגד ה You were rebellious AGAINST Hashem  The Satmar Rebbe R Yoilish Teitelbaum Zt"l. answered, that those who drag in Hashem in their rebellion by claiming that it's done לשם שמים are worse than all other עוברי עבירה. Destroying  tractors while screaming Givaald or beating up Yidden who are no longer interested to belong to your Chassidus and it is done לשם שמים are the worst type of  עוברי עבירה according to the Satmar Rebbe.