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Why We Remain Buried in a Casket Outside Israel

Why We Remain Buried in a Casket Outside Israel

Part of Life Cycle · 15:29

Explores verses in Koheles on death, the halachic requirement of constant joy, and why a coffin (aron) is used for burial specifically in the diaspora.

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Parnasah and Maaser Organization

have this 爪诇祝, we invent the place of parnasah. Why was this parnasah? Because they have what to give shiurim on, so he made them for the shiurim! How to give maaser from that, the different things in the countries... Yeah, like on which part... different din of which part of the year we count as the beginning of the year. Yeah, okay. So he never fixed it. He never fixed this the break, because he was thinking of it on Shabbos, so that itself... So he punished himself. Yeah, ke'ilu, but you can, and that's happened to him, and it grew. Yeah. Why were different parts of the time of the year for the maaser the fruits and flowers? Well, it depends, it's not the 讻诇诇讬诐, vegetables and fruit and trees and, yeah, all kinds of different... Okay, now we're going back to... In Eretz Yisrael? Yeah, only maaser is only Eretz Yisrael. We quoted before the pasuk where it says that Shlomo Hamelech says earlier that you should always don't wait, you know, till you get old and that's when you're going to do teshuvah, that's what you'll find, 讘讬诪讬 讘讞讜专讜转讬讱, when you're young. So the pasuk says in Kohelet many different expressions when it comes to your death, that death is already too late, and don't wait till the last minute. So the

Kohelet Verses on Death and Their Interpretation

Gemara here is going to bring some of the pesukim, and it says 讘诇砖讜谉 诪砖诇, 拽讛诇转 is also 讘诇砖讜谉 讛诪砖诇, and they explain the mashal of what the mashal means. So it tells like this: First it says like this, 注讚 讗砖专 诇讗 讬专转拽 讞讘诇 讛讻住祝, so don't wait till your rope, the rope of silver is going to be torn. What is that? 讝讛 讞讜讟 讛砖讚专讛. That's when you get old, your spine starts, you know, and it's like a Why is it called like It's like a 讞讘诇, like a rope, and the color Rashi says it's white, looks like silver, mimela that's what it means: don't wait. 讜转专抓 讙诇转 讛讝讛讘, and don't wait, it says, here, the 讙诇讛, 讙诇讛 is What, 讙诇讛 comes really from from a 诪注讬讬谉, like a well, the golden well will be to krachen. What is that? 讝讛 讛讗诪讛, that's the 讗讘专. And the reason is because that's the well from where the zera comes, and that's when when you get older, this is what happens. 讜转砖讘专 讻讚 注诇 讛诪讘讜注, and don't wait you're going to break the 讻讚, 讻讚 is a jar, 注诇 讛诪讘讜注, now 诪讘讜注 also means water, which means after you're going to break the water that he said before, the one that flows the water, then you're going to break the jar. What is that that? 讝讛 讛讻专住, that's the stomach. 讜谞专抓 讛讙诇讙诇 讗诇 讛讘讜专, and the 讙诇讙诇 is going to come to the 讘讜专. And what's the 讙诇讙诇? 讝讛 驻专砖. 讙诇讙诇 is from 诇砖讜谉 讙诇诇, 讙诇诇讬诐 in Gemara it means the waste of the animals, that's 驻专砖. And what's going to happen, the 讘讜专 means the mouth, the hole in the mouth. That's what's going to happen when you're going to get old and you're going to die, that's when the 驻专砖 from you will come into your mouth. 讜讻注谞讬谉, like it says a pasuk, the Aibershter says, 讜讝专讬转讬 驻专砖 注诇 驻谞讬讻诐. When the Aibershter is upset with the Yidden, He says, I'm going to throw the 驻专砖, the waste into your face, onto your face. That means 驻专砖 讞讙讬讻诐, and the pasuk continues, the 驻专砖 of your 讬诪讬诐 讟讜讘讬诐. 讗诪专 专讘 讛讜谞讗 讜讗诪专讬 诇讛 讗诪专 专讘 讻讛谞讗, what does that mean? 讗诇讜 讘谞讬 讗讚诐 砖诪谞讬讞讬谉 讚讘专讬 转讜专讛 讜注讜砖讬谉 讻诇 讬诪讬讛诐 讻讞讙讬诐, all days like 讬诪讬诐 讟讜讘讬诐 by them. We're not talking about the real 讬诪讬诐 讟讜讘讬诐, like Sukkos and They make themselves 讬诪讬诐 讟讜讘讬诐, which means they celebrate, they keep partying, partying. So these people are people that the pasuk says, 讜讝专讬转讬 驻专砖, and what's going to happen? The 驻专砖 will come into your face. So they go on, they even I don't know what to do with themselves, some of them go to Africa on safari, and see the wild animals when they haven't got what to do, they mamash don't know what to do. Well, wealthy people always do, but we're talking about people they party all day, they they not in a kasher way. What's the peshat of 驻专砖? So he says, why did I say it? Because there's a pasuk, there's a 驻住讜拽, 讟讜讘 诇讘 诪砖转讛 转诪讬讚. A person who has a good heart is always partying. Like Chassidim, you should party! The

Happiness in Shulchan Aruch: Constant Joy

last word of the Shulchan Aruch, the last words in Orach Chaim, that means that you should constantly be happy, that means you should be happy and you should, yeah, and even say, 讟讜讘 诇讘 诪砖转讛 转诪讬讚. At the end it says that pasuk in the end of Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim. In the beginning of Shulchan Aruch it starts off with 砖讜讬转讬 讛壮 诇谞讙讚讬 转诪讬讚. 砖谞讬 转诪讬讚讬诐! It says there are 砖谞讬 转诪讬讚讬诐 and they go together. If a person is 讘砖诪讞讛, 注讘讚讜 讗转 讛壮 讘砖诪讞讛, 讟讜讘 诇讘 诪砖转讛 转诪讬讚, then you have 砖讜讬转讬 讛壮 诇谞讙讚讬 转诪讬讚. And when you have 砖讜讬转讬 讛壮 诇谞讙讚讬 转诪讬讚, you have 讟讜讘 诇讘 诪砖转讛 转诪讬讚. But that's a kosher way, that you're constantly happy, why? Because it says you should serve 讛砖诐 讘砖诪讞讛. When do you have to serve Hashem? Every second! There's no such thing that when you're davenen you're serving Hashem, when you're learning. Every second is made to serve Hashem. So every second you have to be b'simcha! But that's only... 砖讜讬转讬 讛' 诇谞讙讚讬 转诪讬讚, so that you have to be b'simcha. But that's a kosher way, that you're constantly happy. Why? Because it says you should serve Hashem' b'simcha. When do you have to serve Hashem'? Every second. There's no such thing that when you're davening, you're serving Hashem', when you're learning. Every second is meant to serve Hashem'. So every second you have to be b'simcha. But that's only if you remember 砖讜讬转讬 讛' 诇谞讙讚讬 转诪讬讚, if Hashem' is always with you. That's, that's a kosher way. But these guys don't, don't celebrate kosher way. But what do you ask, what happened with this 转专砖? Yeah? 讗诪专 专讘 诇讜讬 讗诪专 专讘 驻驻讗 讗诪专 专讘讬 讬讛讜砖注, 诇讗讞专 讙' 讬诪讬诐, after 3 days that a person dies and he is buried, 讻专讬住讜 谞讘拽注转, his stomach bustes, his stomach bursts, 讜谞驻诇讛 诇讜 注诇 驻谞讬讜, and what's inside comes out and falls onto his face. 讜讗讜诪专 诇讜, and it says to him, 讟讜诇 诪讛 砖谞转转 讘讬. Take back what you gave me. It's in the face and the mouth that you put into food, and that made us all waste. So it just throws it back into your face. Okay. So, that's what, tzaddikim don't have all these things. Takes 3 days till the body, I guess, rots, and the 讞讝\"诇 says that first 3 days, the neshama is still hovering over the guf. But after 3 days, that's why there's, there's 讙' 诇讘讻讬, 3 days you cry, that's it, 讝' 诇讗讘诇讜转, 诇' 诇诪住驻讚, so there are all kinds of levels. All these levels depend on how much the neshama is still connected to the guf. And on the 驻谞讬诐 too, yeah. That's, they're not buried. Yeah, the face gets you can't recognize after 3 days. The face changes, yeah. Yeah, tzadikim, obviously they don't go through all these things. These are there's no 驻讬专砖 by them. There's everything is is is is great, it's holy. Their body doesn't decay also. Tzadikim, the

Tzadikim鈥檚 Undecaying Bodies

body stays, stays the way it is. Like it says of 诪砖讛 专讘讬谞讜, 讜诇讗 谞住 诇讞讛. Rashi says 讗驻讬诇讜 诇讗讞专 砖诪转. The body stayed. By tzadikim, we know. By tzadikim, the body stayed. By the Rashab, they saw it. Even I'm not the Rav, I told a story my zeide told me. This is not the Rav, it's a big chassid, Rav Baruch, from Katerinoslav. He was the Rav in Katerinoslav before the Rebbe's father. But there was a gap in between. He was the Rav in the time of the Tzemach Tzedek. And he his problem was he used to stutter a lot. And the Tzemach Tzedek told him he should say a lot of chassidus. But he told him it's hard for him to talk. So he gave him a bracha. So whenever he used to say chassidus, he didn't stutter. So he used to call himself 讗讬诐 讚注诐 专讘'住 讙讜诇诐. Anyway, so my zeide told me that he was there, he was standing there when they wanted to make a a park under the cemetery. So they took out some things. Other Yidden they couldn't, but there were two rabbanim from town from before. There was one 讞住讬讚讬砖注 专讘 and one 诇讬讟讜讜讬砖注 专讘. So they took them out to re-bury them in the new cemetery. And the Rebbe's father was the one that was in charge of doing it, and my zeide was standing there. So he says he remembers when they took out the Rav Baruch, this is about 25 years after he passed away already. And they took him out and the 讗诇讟注 讗讬讚谉 who still you know remembered from 25 years before said it was exactly the way they put him in. And he says when when they did that he said he doesn't know why, but the Rebbe's father when he saw it, the lashon, I'm telling you my zeide's 诇砖讜谉, 讛讗指讟 讗址 讙讗指住 讙注讟讗指谉 诪讬讟 讟专注专谉, tears, like a gush, poured out tears when he saw this. And he said, but he saw that the guf with the tallit, everything was exactly the way they put him in. I guess, I guess, I don't know, I guess they had to open the aron to see. I don't know, they had to, for whatever reason. Yeah, they had to do it, so they Why Why did the Rashab have to be moved then? The same thing. Yeah, but it depends for what, if you need to. It's not like they take a guy from the 拽讘专, yeah. Sure, the Rashab, yeah. It was buried in in in Rostov, was after the, he moved there because the communists Who Who was the 驻专讬注专讚讬拽注专 专讘讬? The 驻专讬注专讚讬拽注专 专讘讬 is the Rashab's son. Yeah, so he was with the communists. No, but it started before. It started by the Rashab yet. It started near the Rashab, but the Rashab was in Rostov. It was 1917, and he passed away in 1920. So, but they but this was this was in 转砖\"谉, this was 20 years later that they took him out, because they were making a park. The Frierdiker Rebbe from America, or he still was in Riga, gave instructions to the Chasidim in Russia what to do exactly to chasidim. Some of them we knew, Rav Hillel Kapel was one of them, and he said that they followed, it was mesirat nefesh, very hard to do in the middle of the night, it was pouring pouring rain and they had to hide from the government, but they took him out and he was Yeah, I don't remember the person, yeah. But they were afraid that they were checked, to see what it is and they have to get, and it was hard, it was raining. But they saw that the face was, that his body was complete. By the Frierdiker Rebbe, they didn't see, but they're called in the 讗专讜谉 was complete, when they, by 讙' 转诪讜讝, so they have to dig the 拽讘专 for the Rebbe, so as they were digging, they happened to touch the 讗专讜谉, bang and and the 讗专讜谉 of the Frierdiker Rebbe, and that's, that's revealed, you could see it. But the 讗专讜谉, you know it's wood, but still, we're talking about 40, 44 years later and this 讗专讜谉 was exact. Where did they, where did they rebury him? Where did they put him? No, they didn't, no, that was not... What happened? No, why did they... Yes, yes, why did they... They didn't, no, but they had to make the 拽讘专 of the Rebbe next to him. When they dug the 拽讘专, so as they were digging, they happened to get too close to the other 拽讘专, so they saw that other 讗专讜谉 was revealed. So they saw that the 讗专讜谉 was exactly like it was when it was put in, but that's the 讗专讜谉, that's... No, no, they buried the 讗专讜谉. No, the bottom not. They take out the bottom. The bottom is... Yeah, but the 讗专讜谉, see, in

Burial Practices: Use of the Aron in Diaspora

Eretz Yisrael they bury without an 讗专讜谉 讘讻诇诇, but here we bury, but we take out, if possible. In fact, in Miami you can't do it, but they it's against the law. But in in New York they do it. They take out the the floor. They put it down and then they give a pick up and they schlep it out when the the agents from the cemetery don't look. The bottom of the 讗专讜谉. You pull it out. So the body is laying on the ground. They slide out the bottom. They put it in with the 讗专讜谉, a regular 讗专讜谉, and then when it's down, they go in and they... And not screw it, no, screwed the other, even with pegs, so the lechatchilah make it that they pegs are very weak and they schlep it out and they pull it. I think other people also try to do it. I mean not always do you succeed, but it's, again, it's against the law. It's against the law, this is illegal, but they they do it anyway. Only in New York? Yeah. I guess from, for health reasons, I don't know. Right, so it'll contaminate the water... If the 拽讘专 is very, the way it's made is that if you have to to set up the whole length of the 讗专讜谉, it's very difficult... No, they don't take it out this way, slide out this way. They slide it out from the side and they go like that. And they leave it there? And they leave it there, in the ground? Oh. No, no, they leave, this is the the 讗专讜谉, yeah, they pull it out and they leave it on the side. Leave it on the side? Yeah, they don't take it out, then everyone would see. We say somewhere that the earlier that the body goes into the ground, the better the neshamah goes up. The earlier it's put into the ground. The earlier the body is put into the ground... That's another thing. Yeah, but the, but tzadikim, their body doesn't disintegrate. Because the whole 讞讬讘讜讟 讛拽讘专 is just to purify, but the tzadikim are already purified. Yeah, that's why 爪讚讬拽讬诐 讘诪讬转转诐 拽专讜讬讬诐 讞讬讬诐, even if they're, after they're they've died they're still called alive. That's why that's why Yosef... Put him in cemented... 讛讜讗 讞谞讟, 讞谞讟 讗转 讗讘讗 砖诇讜. 讛讜讗 诇讗 讛讬讛 爪专讬讱 诇讞谞讜讟 讗讜转讜. 讗讘讗 砖诇讜 讛讬讛 谞砖讗专 讛讜讗... It says that? 讻谉. I never heard that, that he was punished for doing this. Yosef with did 讞谞讬讟讛 on his father, so the body stayed. So he says he saw someplace that he was punished for it. It says bimforash, it's in the Mesilat Yesharim. The what? Earlier in Mesilat Yesharim? Yeah, I don't remember. 诇讗 讛讬讛 爪专讬讱 诇... But he shouldn't have done it? For doing what? He, what's it call, embalmed him. Embalmed. He was forced to. Yeah, but it, but it says he was, I don't, I don't remember that. Well, it doesn't say anywhere in the pasuk, the pasuk doesn't say he was forced. I know, but... I think Baal Haturim mentions it. Baal Haturim? Okay. Okay, let's go further. Tanya, we

Tanya on Giving Charity Before Mashiach

learned, 专讘讬 砖诪注讜谉 讘谉 讗诇注讝专, 专讘讬 砖诪注讜谉 讘谉 讗诇注讝专 says, 注砖讛, do, do the right thing, 注讚 砖讗转讛 诪讜爪讗, as long as you find poor people to give 爪讚拽讛, 讜诪爪讜讬 诇讱, and you have the money, 讜注讜讚讱 讘讬讚讱, and it's still by you, because sof kol sof what's going to happen? Or you won't be able to get old, Mashiach will come and there won't be any poor people anymore. 讜砖诇诪讛 讗诪专 讘讞讻诪转讜, Shlomo said with his 讞讻诪讛, 讝讻讜专 讗转 讘讜专讗讱 讘讬诪讬 讘讞讜专讜转讬讱, remember your Creator when you're still young. You might not have the money later, that's what he means by... Yes, both, three things it says here. Now you have the time to give it. 注讚 砖讗转讛 诪讜爪讗, you find 注谞讬讬诐, 诪爪讜讬 诇讱, you have money, 讜注讜讚讱 讘讬讚讱, it's still by you before Mashiach. These three things. And he says, 注讚 讗砖专 诇讗 讬讘讜讗讜 讬诪讬 讛专注讛, do it before the bad days come. What's the bad days? 讗诇讜 讬诪讬 讛讝拽谞讛, when they're old. 讜讛讙讬注讜, and they'll come, 砖谞讬诐 讗砖专 转讗诪专, years will come, 砖讗讬谉 讘讛诐 讞驻抓. Come years that the Eibershter says there's no need for it, I mean there's nothing I want. Either you make the 诪砖讬讞, 砖讗讬谉 讘讛诐 诇讗 讝讻讜转 讜诇讗 讞讜讘讛, then already whatever you did now is done done, then it's not... We'll still have mitzvot on a higher... No, no. No, no, that's, this is, this is not the peshat that he's saying here. We'll still have mitzvot. Uh, no, but... I mean, yeah, but it won't be... At a higher, so it's a different... Yeah, a different level, so it's not the peshat that you get sechar for it or not.

Shmuel vs Mashiach: Light in Darkness

讜驻诇讬讙讗 讚砖诪讜讗诇... We have such a darkness here that we every little light that we put is mamash... Is a great thing. Yeah. ...like you're fighting, later on you'll be fighting a... You won't be fighting. You'll... Now you're a soldier, later on you'll be... 讜驻诇讬讙讗 讚砖诪讜讗诇, what he said is against Shmuel because 讚讗诪专 砖诪讜讗诇, Shmuel said, 讗讬谉 讘讬谉 注讜诇诐 讛讝讛 诇讬诪讜转 讛诪砖讬讞 讗诇讗 砖注讘讜讚 诪诇讻讬讜转 讘诇讘讚, that the difference between now and time Mashiach is nothing. The only thing, now we're under control of the goyim, then we won't be. 砖谞讗诪专, it says, 诇讗 讬讞讚诇 讗讘讬讜谉 诪拽专讘 讛讗专抓, there'll always be poor people. But when he said before there'll come a time there won't be poor people, that's argued, against Shmuel. There's plenty of... Uh? So, there's plenty of... Food all over the place. What, to reconcile it? That they're talking about two different, two different times. 讗讬讝 讚讗 讗 讚专讜拽 讟注讜转? 讗, 讬诪讜转 讛诪砖讬讞. They reconcile two different times. 40 years. How do you reconcile? He had a whole year. What's going on with the with the Rivash? 转砖讜讘讛? And they and they helped him to the Rivash? He didn't even write him after that 转砖讜讘讛.

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