מדינת ישראל

 

PARSHAS HASHAVUA  ויחי                                   השבעתי אתכם בנות ירושלים                                              שלש שבועות  The Gemoro (כתובות קי"א) says on this Pasuk in שיר השירים                  Hashem made 3 שבועות, two with the בני ישראל and one with the גויים.   1) They should not go up (to E. Yisroel) together by force. 2) They should not rebel against the גויים. 3) The גויים. should not oppress the Yidden, harshly.                                  The זהר in Parshas ויחי writes that “ בנות ירושלים” refers to the נשמה.   1) The אבני נזר holds that since the שלש שבועות was never made with the גוף (humans) The שבועה was made only with the נשמה, therefore it does not apply to us. The Gedolim supporting Agudas Yisroel, Shas and רוב מנין ורוב בנין of Gedolei Yisroel, even those who were against* the establishment of  The state held that we need not be concerned with the ג' שבועות. There is no such Halacha of ג' שבועות.** for many other reasons*** *They opposed the establishment of the State for Hashkafik reasons. **The Satmar Rebbe R Yoel Teitelbaum zt"l argues & holds that the ג' שבועות are applicable & הלכה למעשה ***1) The רי"ף ,רא"ש ,רמב"ם, טור,שו"ע  and scores of others, non of them mention the ג' שבועות as a הלכה למעשה ר' אריה ליב הכהן זצ"ל writes that his father the חפץ חיים (anti Zionist) never ever mentioned בעל פה או בכתב  the ג' שבועות. In all likelihood because the פוסק אחרון held it not to be הלכה למעשה. 2) We can't establish a הלכה from a  מדרש אגדה. The רמב"ם - איגרת תימן refers to the ג' שבועות. as a משל 3) The אבני נזר asks  Where and when did the Bnei Yisrael ever accept the שלש שבועות? The אבני נזר answers it never happened physically with the Bnei Yisrael but with their נשמה and there is no עונש for transgressing the שלש שבועות. 4) ר' חיים ויטל writes that the ג' שבועות.were only for the first thousand years. 5) The הפלא"ה claims that the ג' שבועות. is only applicable when coming from בבל and not from other countries. 6) Since the גויים didn't keep their part of the שבועה therefore we are not bound to our part.

חמשה עשר באב

Tu baav :

The Gemoro (Sotah 44a):

  ת"ר אשר בנה אשר נטע אשר ארש לימדה

תורה ד"א שיבנה אדם בית ויטע כרם ואח"כ ישא אשה                            

When going to fight in a war, the questions were asked in this order.The reason was  to teach us ones priority in life:

 A)is to build a house 
 B)plant a vineyard and then 
 C)to get married.

The Satmar Rebbe zt”l (Vayoel Moshe, Lashon Hakodesh 2) says that  this Chazal refers to a second marriage. For the first marriage  Marriage comes first, even before Parnasah and housing.

His proof is, The minimum age to serve in the army was 20 years. A person who at age 20, isn't married is a Choteh (sinner) and wasn't eligible to go to war.

For a 20 year old, who never got married, these questions would not be applicable, .

The Pasuk must be referring to someone who was once married already at age 18 and is up to his second marriage.