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Eruvin 54b

Why Moshe Taught Each Lesson Four Times

Part of Ein Yaakov · 25:02

Explores a verse warning against wealth gained through theft, the importance of reviewing one's learning, and why Torah relies on mnemonic devices (simanim) to prevent forgetting.

Audio Transcript
Mishlei verse on wealth from theft

halten mir, emtza of ื›\"ื•, ืกื™ืžืŸ ื›\"ื•, which is really close to the end. ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื, ืจื‘ื ื”ืื˜ ื’ืขื–ืื’ื˜, ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ืฉืฉืช, in the name of ืจื‘ ืฉืฉืช, ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื”ื•ื ื, in the name of ืจื‘ ื”ื•ื ื, ืžืื™ ื“ื›ืชื™ื‘, what is the peshat in the ืคืกื•ืง, \"ื”ื•ืŸ ืžื”ื‘ืœ ื™ืžืขื˜ ื•ืงื‘ืฅ ืขืœ ื™ื“ ื™ืจื‘ื”\"? ืคืกื•ืง in Mishlei. The peshat, peshat in the ืคืกื•ืง is, if someone gets his ื”ื•ืŸ, which means... Yeah, yeah. Someone, if someone gets his ื”ื•ืŸ, gets his treasure, gets his money from ื”ื‘ืœ, ื”ื‘ืœ means not by working, but by ื’ื ื™ื‘ื”, ื’ื–ื™ืœื”, you know, gets it... lottery? Ah? Lottery, but that means it's in a such a way of in a way which is ื”ื‘ืœ, which is wrong. ื™ืžืขื˜, it ain't gonna last, it'll get minimized. ื•ืงื‘ืฅ ืขืœ ื™ื“, if you collect the money by the hand, you pashut you work, ื™ื’ื™ืข ื›ืคื™ืš ื›ื™ ืชืื›ืœ, you eat, then ื™ืจื‘ื”, it'll get more and more. That's the pashuter peshat, but we darshenen everything on Torah. So we darshenen the Torah like this: ืื ืžืฉื™ื ืื“ื ืืช ืชื•ืจืชื• ื—ื‘ื™ืœื•ืช ื—ื‘ื™ืœื•ืช, the word \"ื”ื‘ืœ\", ื”' and a ื—' always interchange. So ื”ื‘ืœ could be can become a ื—ื‘ืœ. ื—ื‘ืœ is a is a package, ื—ื‘ื™ืœื”, a bundle. A bundle, a package. So if you make your ืชื•ืจื” ื—ื‘ื™ืœื•ืช ื—ื‘ื™ืœื•ืช, bundles bundles, ืžืชืžืขื˜ืช, then it's going to, in other words, if you listen to a thing in Torah and you continue to get more, you want to make tons of bundles, and you don't review the first thing that you learned, what's going to happen then? You lose everything, you won't know. But ืื ืงื•ื‘ืฅ ืขืœ ื™ื“ ืขืœ ื™ื“, if you go hand by hand, like piece by piece, first you make sure that the one that you have you know, you chazar over, and you ask again, you know, and then you go to the next one, then ื™ืจื‘ื”, then it'll go more.

Ravaโ€™s warning about neglecting review

ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื, so Rava said: ื’ืžื™ืจื™ ืœื” ืจื‘ื ืŸ ืœื”ื ืžื™ืœืชื, the Rabbanan all know this ื›ืœืœ, ื•ืขื‘ืจื™ ืขืœื™ื”, and they don't keep it. They want to chap more and more and more and more and they they don't keep the fact that you have to chazar. ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื ื—ืžืŸ ื‘ืจ ื™ืฆื—ืง, Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said: Ah? Rav Nachman bar Yitzchak said ืื ื ืขื‘ื™ื“ืชื, I did it, and boy! There are two pshatim. ืคืฉื•ื˜'ืขืจ ืคืฉื˜ is I did the way the klal is, that I learned and chazart it, ื•ืืชืงื™ื™ื ื‘ื™, and I kept it. Some learn farkert, that he wanted to show the klal is not that a 100% klal. And he said: I did the other way, and it was mitkayem by me! You're telling me that if you do it the other way it's not mitkayem, by me it was. Whichever. Ah? Ah? So they say on the Maharam on the Maharam Shik, they say that a talmid of the Chatam Sofer, and he had a such a bad memory, he didn't remember a thing. He

Maharam Shikโ€™s memory crisis and solution

would learn and learn and learn and get up and come back and he forgot everything. He didn't know what to do. So one day he went over to nobody was in the shul, he went over, opened the ืืจื•ืŸ ืงื•ื“ืฉ, pashut he cried and asked the Eibershter, \"Why am I this?\" So he said, from then on, whatever he learned he never forgot. And he said, \"un fun der vegen I used to chazar.\" Why? So the talmidim should see that you have to chazar, because if I don't chazar, they're going to say, \"Well, obviously you don't have, not everyone has to chazar.\" So he even though he remembered, he was the one that wrote the Mesorat Hashas! He wrote every time the Gemara brings something, where else is it mentioned in Shas. And he didn't have Google, he didn't have the computer, I mean, so he just so his memory was a, not much photographic memory since then, but he chazart. Maharam Shik. So he says the ืคืชื™ื—ืช ื”ืืจื•ืŸ, yeah, ืคืชื™ื—ืช ื”ืืจื•ืŸ, you want to try it? You try it. Ah? In the aron. So try it, okay? Stand, no, you went over to the ืืจื•ืŸ ืงื•ื“ืฉ, opened it up and cried to the Eibershter, and he really was a great person, but his memory, \"Eibershter, please help me! Why should I be like this?\" And from then on, memory, that's a segulah of ืคืชื™ื—ืช ื”ืืจื•ืŸ. Yeah, yeah, yeah. ืคืชื™ื—ืช ื”ืืจื•ืŸ, ืคืชื— ื›ื•ื•ื ืช... How did you know he was a great person if he forgot everything he had learned? A great person is not only in learning. He had yirat shamayim, he really, you know, because he was a... Maybe he understood very well, but he forgot. Pashut, might be. He could have understood, he forgot. But they saw that he was a is not a stam a person. You have two things, you have two things: you have a gaon and you have a tzadik, and many, many were both, some were a gaon and tzadik. It says in a maaseh on a somebody brought it up. Anyway, the vort is, I forgot earlier who said this vort, it says the Eibershter said to Miriam and Aharon, \"Why did you start up with ืžืฉื” ืขื‘ื“ื™?\" So the Midrash says, \"ื‘ืžืฉื” ืืฃ ืขืœ ืคื™ ืฉืœื ืขื‘ื“ื™, ืขื‘ื“ื™ ืืฃ ืขืœ ืคื™ ืฉืœื ืžืฉื”.\" Moshe, even if he wouldn't be avdi, wouldn't be my servant. If he's my servant, even if he's not Moshe, you can't start up. So pshat is, what do you mean Moshe is not my servant? Well, so they say Moshe represents Torah, pashut the learning. ืžืฉื” ืงื™ื‘ืœ ืชื•ืจื” ืžืกื™ื ื™. Avdi, an eved, Hashem is one that does does avodat Hashem a lot. So you can have some people who are moradik in learning, but in avodat Hashem they're not so. You have some people who are great in avodat Hashem, and the learning is not so. That's what the Oibershter said, you can't stand up not if the person was ืžืฉื” ืืฃ ืขืœ ืคื™ ืฉืื™ื ื• ืขื‘ื“ื™ or ืขื‘ื“ื™ ืืฃ ืขืœ ืคื™ ืฉืื™ื ื• ืžืฉื”. So you have these two inyanim. The Gemara weiter, ืชื ื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ the Rabbanan have learned, ื›ื™ืฆื“ ืกื“ืจ ืžืฉื ื”? What was the seder of learning? Moshe Rabbeinu, how did they learn by Moshe Rabbeinu? This is the seder. Rashi brings it actually in Parashat Ki Tisa. ืžืฉื” ืœืžื“ ืžืคื™ ื”ื’ื‘ื•ืจื”, first thing Moshe learned Torah from the Oibershter. Then he came down, ื ื›ื ืก ืื”ืจืŸ, now Moshe was going to repeat it. Aharon came in to ืžืฉื”, ื•ืฉื ื” ืœื• ืžืฉื” ืคื™ืจืงื•, so Moshe taught him. ื ืกืชืœืง ืื”ืจืŸ, ืื”ืจืŸ got up. Like this, Aharon was sitting in front of Moshe, Moshe was teaching. When he finished teaching him, Aharon got up, ื™ืฉื‘ ืœืฉืžืืœ ืžืฉื”, he sat down on Moshe's left side. ื ื›ื ืกื• ื‘ื ื™ื•, now his children, Aharon's children came in, ื•ืฉื ื” ืœื”ื ืžืฉื” ืคื™ืจืงืŸ, now Moshe taught them. ื ืกืชืœืงื• ื‘ื ื™ื•, when they finished, ืืœืขื–ืจ ื™ืฉื‘ ืœื™ืžื™ื ื•, ืืœืขื–ืจ sat on Moshe's right side, ื•ืื™ืชืžืจ ื™ืฉื‘ ืœืฉืžืืœ ืื”ืจืŸ, and Itamar sat on the other side, left side, which Aharon sat, it was the left side of Aharon. ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื” ืื•ืžืจ, Rabbi Yehuda says, no, ืœืขื•ืœื ืื”ืจืŸ ืœื™ืžื™ืŸ ืžืฉื”. Aharon was always on Moshe's right side, ื—ื•ื–ืจ, always would come back to the right. Okay. Weiter. What was when when Nadav vaAvihu were alive? Well, no Torah yet, I mean he didn't teach him yet. It was all after this. This was all, I mean it was after Matan Torah, but he could teach him, probably it was after ื”ืงืžืช ื”ืžืฉื›ืŸ. This was more than half a year. Three quarters of a year. That's for three quarters, from Matan Torah, from Sivan until next year Nissan, because they died Rosh Chodesh Nissan. I don't know, takeh? Mistama whatever he taught them there, they were part of the ื‘ื ื™ื•. Later it's only Elazar veItamar, yeah. Then after that, the children got up and they sat down on the side. ื ื›ื ืกื• ื–ืงื ื™ื, the ื–ืงื ื™ื came in, ื•ืฉื ื” ืœื”ื ืžืฉื” ืคื™ืจืงืŸ,

Mosheโ€™s stepโ€‘byโ€‘step teaching sequence

Moshe taught them. ื ืกืชืœืงื• ื–ืงื ื™ื, when the ื–ืงื ื™ื finished, ื ื›ื ืกื• ื›ืœ ื”ืขื, now everybody came in, ื•ืฉื ื” ืœื”ื ืคื™ืจืงืŸ, he taught them. ื ืžืฆื, so it comes out, ื‘ื™ื“ ืื”ืจืŸ ืืจื‘ืขื”, Aharon heard it four times, because every time he stayed, he heard that Moshe taught him, Moshe taught his children, Moshe taught the ื–ืงื ื™ื, and Moshe taught the Bnei Yisrael. ื•ื‘ื™ื“ ื‘ื ื™ื• ืฉืœืฉื”, his children heard it three times from Moshe. What did he teach him, and how long did it take, just the whole thing? It depends. Could be four pesukim or whatever, I don't know. The whole Torah, right? No, every time. This wasn't a one-time thing, this was the seder. Whenever Moshe got something from the Eibershter, he came down and told it over. But he went up four times, no? No, not only he went up four times, three times, this is not going up. By the ืื•ื”ืœ ืžื•ืขื“ the Eibershter would speak to Moshe by... Oh, by ืื•ื”ืœ ืžื•ืขื“, he was learning by ืื•ื”ืœ ืžื•ืขื“, yeah. So, Aharon heard four times from ืžืฉื”, ื•ื‘ื™ื“ ื‘ื ื™ื• ืฉืœืฉื”, the children of Aharon heard three times from ืžืฉื”, ื‘ื™ื“ ื–ืงื ื™ื ืฉื ื™ื, the zekanim heard twice from ืžืฉื”, ื•ื‘ื™ื“ ื›ืœ ื”ืขื ืื—ื“, and everyone heard once from Moshe. But ื ืกืชืœืง ืžืฉื”, after Moshe finished these four times, Moshe left. ืฉื ื” ืœื”ื ืื”ืจืŸ ืคื™ืจืงืŸ, so Aharon got up and started teaching everybody. ื ืกืชืœืง ืื”ืจืŸ, ื ืกืชืœืง ืื”ืจืŸ, ืื”ืจืŸ left, ืฉื ื” ืœื”ื ื‘ื ื™ื• ืคื™ืจืงืŸ, now the children of Aharon taught the Yidden. ื ืกืชืœืงื• ื‘ื ื™ื•, when the children left, ืฉื ื” ืœื”ื ื–ืงื ื™ื ืคื™ืจืงืŸ, the zekanim taught the Yidden. Nimtza, it comes out at the end, the result, ื‘ื™ื“ ื›ืœ ืื—ื“ ื•ืื—ื“ ืืจื‘ืขื”, everyone heard four times. They heard each one... Aharon heard from Moshe four times. Aharon's children heard from Moshe three plus one from Aharon. And the other ones heard from Moshe two, and that's how it went.

Rabbi Elazarโ€™s rule to teach four times

ืžื›ืืŸ ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ืืœืขื–ืจ, from here Rabbi Elazar said, ื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืื“ื ืœืฉื ื•ืช ืœืชืœืžื™ื“ื•, ืื•, ืืจื‘ืขื” ืคืขืžื™ื. Whenever you teach a talmid, teach him four times. Kal vachomer, So you have four lines or something? ืงืœ ื•ื—ื•ืžืจ, ืžื” ืื”ืจืŸ ืฉืœืžื“ ืžืคื™ ืžืฉื”, ื•ืžืฉื” ืžืคื™ ื”ื’ื‘ื•ืจื”, so Aharon was a pretty good student, he learned from Moshe. Moshe was a pretty good student, learned from the Eibershter, and they needed ืืจื‘ืขื”, ื”ื“ื™ื•ื˜ ืžืคื™ ื”ื“ื™ื•ื˜, ืขืœ ืื—ืช ื›ืžื” ื•ื›ืžื”. A simple person from a simple person, certainly you have to learn at least four times. ืจื‘ื™ ืขืงื™ื‘ื ืื•ืžืจ, ืจื‘ื™ ืขืงื™ื‘ื says, ืžื ื™ื™ืŸ ืฉื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืื“ื ืœืฉื ื•ืช ืœืชืœืžื™ื“ื• ืขื“ ืฉื™ืœืžื“ื ื”? How do you know that you have to teach your talmid till you actually teach him, he's able to repeat it, he's able to know it? ืฉื ืืžืจ, it says, ื•ืœืžื“ื” ืืช ื‘ื ื™ ื™ืฉืจืืœ, teach the Yidden, pashut teach them. Don't just say it to them, say it to them and make sure that they are able to repeat it. ื•ืžื ื™ื™ืŸ ืฉืชื”ื ืกื“ื•ืจื” ื‘ืคื™ื”ื? How do you know that so it should be clear in their mind, clear in their mouth? That they shouldn't need to look into the books and to write it down, they should really remember it. ืฉื ืืžืจ, it says, ืฉื™ืžื” ื‘ืคื™ื”ื, put it in their mouth, that their mouth itself could say it. ื•ืžื ื™ื™ืŸ ืฉื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืœื”ืจืื•ืช ืคื ื™ื? How do you know you have to show them a face? Show them a face means you've got to explain it. Not only teach them the din and they they should know it, and they should remember it, but pashut you have to explain it to them, you have to give them the reasons. ืฉื ืืžืจ, it says, this Rashi brings in Chumash, ื•ืืœื” ื”ืžืฉืคื˜ื™ื ืืฉืจ ืชืฉื™ื ืœืคื ื™ื”ื. ืชืฉื™ื ืœืคื ื™ื”ื, put it in front of them. Rashi adds the words ื›ืฉื•ืœื—ืŸ ืขืจื•ืš, like a table that's set, and you put all the food out for them, and they see exactly what's there, and they see, they have to know this. later. Okay, now the Gemara goes back to the seder of the way they learned. The Gemara asks, ื•ื ื™ืขื™ื™ืœื• ื›ื•ืœื”ื• ื•ื ื™ื’ืžืจื• ืžืžื™ืฉื”, why did they have to do this? First they went in and, why didn't they all come in at the same time and they all learn from Moshe? The Gemara asks because they lacked like kavod l'Aharon, kavod labanim, kavod lazkenim. So each one should have, Aharon should have a special kavod, and the children should have a special kavod, and the ื–ืงื ื™ื should have a special kavod. Then the Gemara asks, ื•ืœื™ืขื•ืœ ืื”ืจืŸ ื•ืœื™ืœื™ืฃ ืžืžื™ืฉื”, okay, so let Aharon takeh go in separate, learn from Moshe, ื•ืœื™ืขืœื• ื‘ื ื™ื• ื•ืœื™ืœืคื• ืžืื”ืจืŸ, let the children come, why make them special, they should be separate? Okay, let them be separate, but why did Moshe have to repeat to them? Now Aharon knows already, let them go and learn from Aharon. ื•ืœื™ืขืœื• ื–ืงื ื™ื ื•ืœื™ืœืคื• ืžื‘ื ื™ื•, let the ื–ืงื ื™ื come in and learn from Aharon's children. ื•ืœื™ืขืœื• ื›ืœ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื•ืœื™ืœืคื• ืžื–ืงื ื™ื, let the rest of the people learn from the ื–ืงื ื™ื. So the Gemara answered: ืžืฉื” ืžืคื™ ื›ื™ื•ืŸ ื“ืžืคื™ ื”ื’ื‘ื•ืจื” ื’ืžืจ, ื—ืฉื™ื‘ื ืžื™ืœืชื. Since Moshe was the one who learned from Hashem', it'd be better that way. And so at least everyone should at least once, some had three times, four- four times, two times, but at least once from Moshe, so they made it so that they should have from Moshe better. Huh? ื›ืœื™ ืจืืฉื•ืŸ? What does it say that he's... No, a maalah for a ื›ืœื™ ืฉื ื™ is also good. Another maaseh told from Hillel said, you're not supposed to say it, but something to ask hill of, so he answered, the guy answered, ืื‘ืขืจ ืขืจ ื”ืื˜ ื“ืืš ื’ืขื˜ืืŸ ื ื›ืœื™ ืฉื ื™, ืขืจ ื”ืื˜ ื’ืขื“ื™ื ื˜ ืคืืจ ื ื›ืœื™ ืจืืฉื•ืŸ. So he said yes, takeh a ื›ืœื™ ืฉื ื™ ืื‘ืขืจ ืก'ืื™ื– ืžื‘ืฉืœ. It's cooking, ื›ืœื™ ืฉื ื™ is cooking, in other words, ืื‘ืขืจ ืขืจ ืื™ื– ืžื‘ืฉืœ. ื›ืœื™ ืฉืœื™ืฉื™... Yeah, no... Where does it say, I don't know the details of Moshe learning four times by the, the Eibershter? Did he learn four times? From him? From the Eibershter four times? Yeah. Did he learn four times? It says it here, but not inside. No, it says that the Eibershter himself, before he said the ืขืฉืจืช ื”ื“ื‘ืจื•ืช, had to prepare. So, he had to practice. A special review. ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื, ื‘ื™ื ื™ ืœื‘ื™ืŸ ืขืฆืžื™ ื’' ื“' ื–ื™ืžื ื™. So the Midrash says... So the first time before you go to speak and you teach, you have to review it three or four times. And he said, the Eibershter himself, there's a pasuk, the Gemara darsh- the Midrash darash the ืคืกื•ืง, ื“ืจืืฉื”, ื—ืงืจื”, ื•ื’ื... It says three words there. He learned it, he this, ื•ื’ื, and there's a ื•ื’ื there which is four, that means that he taught, he practiced himself how to say the Matan Torah. Eibershter had stage fright, I don't know, just kidding. Anyway. But he did it to Moshe, It's in Rashi, it's a Midrash, and then... and Moshe always said Midrash. That he taught Moshe four times? Cuz here it's just like a in the kal vachomer, it seems like that. ืืžืจ ืžืจ. It said before that Rabbi Yehuda, Rabbi Yehuda says, ืœืขื•ืœื ืื”ืจืŸ ืœื™ืžื™ืŸ ืžืฉื” ื”ื•ื ื—ื•ื–ืจ. See, it was we said before that he'd sit on the left side, and stay that way, and he says, no, he'll always get- get up and go to Moshe's right. The Gemara says: ื›ืžืืŸ ืื–ืœื ื”ื ื“ืชื ื™ื, this who fits what it says here? It says in a ื‘ืจื™ื™ืชื, ืฉืœืฉื” ืฉื”ื™ื• ืžื”ืœื›ื™ืŸ ื‘ื“ืจืš, if you have three people walking in the road, ื”ืจื‘ ื‘ืืžืฆืข, the Rebbe, the Rav, the the the the ืชืœืžื™ื“ ื—ื›ื is in the middle, ื’ื“ื•ืœ, then you have two more people, one is greater than the other, so the ื’ื“ื•ืœ ื‘ื™ืžื™ื ื•, the great one of the two is on the right, ื•ืงื˜ืŸ, the smaller, ืžืฉืžืืœื•. ื ื™ืžื, ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื” ื”ื™ื ื•ืœื ืจื‘ื ืŸ. So it comes out according to Rabbi Yehuda, cuz the ืจื‘ื ืŸ said that he's, he sat on the left side, and one of his children of Aharon should sit on Moshe's right. Rabbi Yehuda said that Aharon always sat on the right. So it only fits with Rabbi Yehuda, cuz here it says, Rabbi Yehuda was a- said that he's always on the right, and this beraita says that the ื’ื“ื•ืœ has to be on the right. So lechora it doesn't fit the ืจื‘ื ืŸ, cuz the ืจื‘ื ืŸ say that Aharon sat on the left. The Gemara says, ืืคื™ืœื• ืชื™ืžื ืจื‘ื ืŸ, could be the ืจื‘ื ืŸ, ืžืฉื•ื ื˜ืจื—ื ื“ืื”ืจืŸ. In this case, for Aharon should get up and go, and this, a tircha. So we wanted to save the tircha of Aharon, that's why, but otherwise, he's takeh be on the right. I guess to get up and push himself through the crowd. In the end, no. Here. Well, initially did he? 'Cause whoever he was in front, he's got to get up and move and sit next to him. ื ืกืชืœืง ืื”ืจืŸ ื•ื™ืฉื‘ ืœืฉืžืืœ ืžืฉื”. So they ask now, why didn't he the first time get up, and he's getting up anyway? The other one says that always sat. No, the other one says, ืœืขื•ืœื ืื”ืจืŸ ืœื™ืžื™ืŸ ืžืฉื” ื”ื•ื ื—ื•ื–ืจ. No, here is no three people. It's only when there's three people, when there's two talmidim. Here when Moshe when Aharon was there, he sat in front, then he got up, and he sat in the ืฉืžืืœ of Moshe. Rashi says here. Rashi brings a Gemara in Chulin. But I'm saying there was nobody else sitting on the side. Why not sit on his right? One who walks on the right side of his... If he's going to sit there anyway, why not sit there first? He's someone sitting in his setup place. That's what he says. One who walks on the right side of his teacher is an empty person. Yeah, but here it says not like that. So, why did... And later on the good side when when Aharon came in. Why did he lechatchila go on the right? So Rashi is like this: ืžืชื—ื™ืœื” ื™ื—ื™ื“ื™ ื”ื•ื”. When he's ืœื›ืชื—ื™- I didn't even When he started off, he was alone, then he had to be on the left side. He says, ืœื™ืช ืกื’ื™ ื“ืœืื• ื‘ืฉืžืืœื™ื”. Yeah, the Rebbe has to sit on your right. The Rebbe has to sit on your right. Me'meila, he had to sit on the left of Moshe. Because, but then, when you have more than one and they you need the sides, then the right side is better. The ื’ื“ื•ืœ is on the right. That sounds right. That's what Rashi says. When he was a ื™ื—ื™ื“ื™... Why does the Rebbe have to be on your right? That's what it says. I mean, you're asking the sevara behind it. That's what Rashi says. Since he had to be on the left, ื›ื™ ื”ื“ืจ ืขืืœ, then when they're going to get up, ืื™ื›ื ื˜ื™ืจื—ื to get up to the ื™ืžื™ืŸ ืžืฉื”. Should be on the Rebbe's right. No, it says it says that a person shouldn't walk on the right of his Rebbe, shouldn't be on the right of his Rebbe. We're talking about one person, when there's two it's a different story. But when there's one person, he should not walk on the right of his Rebbe. Oh, so if you're two, the one on the right is more chashuv? That's what it is? That's right, when you're two. But when you're yachid, and the first time he was alone, no one- because the talmidim, even though the sons came in, but they didn't sit on the side at all, they sat in front! So there was only him, Moshe, and Aharon, so he had to sit on the left. Why did they sit bichlal? Why didn't they stand in the presence of the king? They were learning Torah. Torah you got to have ืžื™ื•ืฉื‘. The Rebbe, not... Yeah, it's ื“ืฉืžืขืชื ื‘ืขื™ื ืฆื™ืœื•ืชื. Didn't they until the times of the ืืžื•ืจืื™ื they stood? Yeah, but that's not not by Moshe. Now this is a different story. There that day, by ื‘ื ื™ืŸ they stood, yeah. But then by Moshe then it was they sat. And it's and ืžืกืชืžื if anything, it needs really ืฆื™ืœื•ืชื ื“ื“ืขืชื. This is the ืžืกื•ืจื”. This is how they got the Torah. And it's ืฉืžืขืชื ื‘ืขื™ื ืฆื™ืœื•ืชื. ืฉืžืขืชื, learning, needs needs ืฆื™ืœื•ืชื ื“ื“ืขืชื. ื—ืกื™ื“ื•ืช ื˜ื™ื™ื˜ืฉื˜ it different. ืฆื™ืœื•ืชื means ืœืฉื•ืŸ ื“ืื•ื•ืขื ืขืŸ. ืฆื™ืœื•ืชื- ืฉืžืขืชื, learning, needs ื“ืื•ื•ืขื ืขืŸ. You got to ื“ืื•ื•ืขืŸ good in order to learn good. Yeah, ื•ื•ื™ื™ื˜ืขืจ. ื–ืื’ื˜ ื“ื™ ื’ืžืจื: ืจื‘ ืคืจื™ื“ื ื”ื•ื” ืœื™ื” ื”ื”ื•ื ืชืœืžื™ื“ื. ืจื‘ ืคืจื™ื“ื had a ืชืœืžื™ื“ ื“ื”ื•ื” ืชื ื™ ืœื™ื” ืืจื‘ืข ืžืื” ื–ื™ืžื ื™. In order to understand, ื•ื’ืžืจ, and he learned, he had to tell him 400 times for him to grasp, to remember, to grasp. Yeah, that's He told him or he had to tell all students? He told him. Not this Yeah, he had a student, no, not all students, he had a student that needed 400 times. ื–ื™ืžื ื ื—ื“ื, one time, ื‘ืขื™ื• ืœื™ื” ืžื™ืœืชื ื“ืžืฆื•ื”. He was asked to go to do some ืžืฆื•ื”. So he said, I'll go. In the meantime, ืชื ื ืœื™ื”. So he was teaching him. That was it wasn't, he told him, be ready that we'll call you soon. ื•ืœื ื’ืžืจ. He taught him, and he taught him, and he taught him, and ืก'ืื™ื– ื ื™ืฉื˜ ืืจื™ื™ืŸ ื’ืขืงืจืื›ืŸ ืื™ืŸ ืงืืค. Didn't get in. ืืžืจ ืœื™ื”, so he said to him, so ืจื‘ ืคืจื™ื“ื said to his talmid, ืื™ ื”ื›ื™, ืžืื™ ืฉื ื? Why is it not, you always after 400 times you got it, today you're not even getting it after 400 times? ืืžืจ ืœื™ื”, he said, ืžื”ื”ื™ื ืฉืขืชื ื“ืืžืจื• ืœื™ื” ืœืžืจ, from the moment they said to you, ืจื‘ื™, ืื™ื›ื ืžื™ืœืชื ื“ืžืฆื•ื”, that there's some ืžืฆื•ื” that you're going to have to do, ืืกื—ืชื™ื” ืœื“ืขืชืื™. I was masiach da'at. My mind wasn't clear already. Why? Because ื›ืœ ืฉืขืชื, every moment, ืืžื™ื ื, I said, ื”ืฉืชื ืงืื™ ืžืจ, ื”ืฉืชื ืงืื™ ืžืจ. Maybe now they're going to call him, so you know, my mind didn't hear, because I thought oh, you're going to leave any minute, you're going to leave any minute, you're going to leave any minute. ืืžืจ ืœื™ื”, he said, ื”ื‘ ื“ืขืชืš, put your mind to it, ื•ืืชื ื™ ืœืš. I'm going to start teaching you now, and forget about all the things. ื”ื“ืจ ืชื ื ืœื™ื” ืืจื‘ืข ืžืื” ื–ื™ืžื ื™ ืื—ืจื™ืชื™. He told him another 400 times. ื•ื’ืžืจ, and he learned. Now this is patience! And he was zocheh. ื ืคืงื ื‘ืช ืงื•ืœ ื•ืืžืจื” ืœื™ื”, came in a Bat Kol and said and asked him a question, you need a schar, I'll give you a schar, I have a choice for you: ื ื™ื—ื ืœืš ื“ืœื™ืกืคื• ืขืœ ื—ื™ื™ืš ืืจื‘ืข ืžืื” ืฉื ื™, do you want to live another 400 years, ืื™ ื“ืชื™ื–ื›ื™ ืืช ื•ื“ืจืš ืœืขืœืžื ื“ืืชื™? Or you and your generation should be zocheh to Olam Haba? ืืžืจ ืœื™ื”, so he said, ื“ื ื™ื—ื ืœื™ ื“ืื™ื–ื›ื™ ืื ื ื•ื“ืจื ืœืขืœืžื ื“ืืชื™. I'm choosing the second thing. I want me and my generation to have Olam Haba. ืืžืจ ืœื• ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื, so Hashem said, ืชื ื• ืœื• ื–ื• ื•ื–ื•. Give him both. Give him both. So he lived 400 years. He lived more than 400 years. I think even the

Longโ€‘lived sages in Rambamโ€™s introduction

Rambam in ื”ืงื“ืžื”, when he gives to the list of all the mesorah and everything, he mentions Rav Dosa and he says ืืจืš ื™ืžื™ื ื”ืจื‘ื”. I think Rav Freida? Rav Freida. What? I said Rav Dosa, I mean Rav Freida. But Rav Freida, I think he says Rav Freida and he had ืืจืš ื™ืžื™ื ื”ืจื‘ื”, I think so. Quite unusual though, no? Unusual, but there were people like there were people like that. And I know, but there were people. In Gemara we find, Tosafot asks in certain places a kashya, this and like this, how did this guy hear when he lived so it's ืืจืš ื™ืžื™ื, they lived longer, so they lived so yeah, he lived very long. He didn't care about his own learning. Because if he has to teach the guy 400 times, he didn't have time to learn himself. I, I think peshat is. It says in the Gemara, ืžืื™ืจ ืขื™ื ื™ ืฉื ื™ื”ื ื”ืณ, that if you're teaching a talmid, the Aibershter shines on you. And if you're ืžืชืขืกืง to help others, like it says a pasuk by tzedakah, ืฆื“ืงื” ืชืจื•ืžื ื’ื•ื™. Tzedakah elevates you. So the Tzemach Tzedek, so the Alter Rebbe writes that if a person is ืžืชืขืกืง with others, ื ืขืฉื™ืŸ ืžื•ื—ื• ื•ืœื‘ื• ื–ื›ื™ื ืืœืฃ ืคืขืžื™ื ื›ื›ื”. Your mind and your heart become clear a thousand times as much. And there's a maamar from the Tzemach... Huh? ื–ื›ื™ื means clear. No, you said if a person is ืžืชืขืกืง with others. ืžืชืขืกืง, you're involved, you're helping others. And the Tzemach Tzedek in a maamar writes that when it says here a thousand times as much, ืื™ืŸ ื–ื” ื’ื•ื–ืžื. It's not an exaggeration. It's ืคืฉื•ื˜ ื›ืคืฉื•ื˜ื•. So, so, one person that told the Rebbe in yechidus, the Rebbe wanted him to do some things and he said to the Rebbe that it takes time from learning, so the Rebbe told him this Tzemach Tzedek and he says, I want to explain to you what it means. That something that would take you a thousand hours to learn, now with one hour you'll make it. Is it just for tzedakah? It wasn't just tzedakah. Tzedakah means giving yourself for others. Whether it's tzedakah of money or tzedakah of of helping or learning with others, but learning with others the Gemara says, ื ืืžืจ, ืžืื™ืจ, on the pasuk, Gemara quotes a pasuk, ืžืื™ืจ ืขื™ื ื™ ืฉื ื™ื”ื ื”ืณ, that if you teach somebody... Now

Why Torah needs simanim (mnemonics)

every Lubavitcher knows this Gemara because it's in the hakdamah of Tanya. So the Gemara goes weiter, ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื—ืกื“ื, ืจื‘ ื—ืกื“ื says, ืื™ืŸ ื”ืชื•ืจื” ื ืงื ื™ืช ืืœื ื‘ืกื™ืžื ื™ื. You can only acquire Torah if you make simanim. A lot of times in the Gemara we find simanim to remember. Simanim, there's reasons for simanim. How do you know how What are the ืฉื‘ืข ืžืฆื•ืช ื‘ื ื™ ื ื—? What are the ืฉื‘ืข ืžืฆื•ืช ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ? What are the ืฉื‘ืข ืžืฉืงื™ื? Everyone has a siman. It makes it much easier to remember. So the siman, can you remember every, all the details? There's also like Shemaiah Va'avilion, there's Abaye VaRava, which one is the one that has like a there's a acronym for the times where he was right? ื™ืขืดืœ ืงื’ืดื. ื™ืขืดืœ ืงื’ืดื. That's not really a siman, I mean it's ืจืืฉื™ ืชื™ื‘ื•ืช, normally usually the ืจืืฉื™ ืชื™ื‘ื•ืช ืกื™ืžื ื™ื are with some words that mean something. ื™ืขืดืœ ืงื’ืดื doesn't mean anything, it's just the ืจืืฉื™ ืชื™ื‘ื•ืช. But, but, there's the the ื–ืณ ืžืฉืงื™ื, the seven liquids which are ืžื›ืฉื™ืจ ืœืงื‘ืœ ื˜ื•ืžืื”, they are three words. They don't make sense, but they're three words: ื™ืดื“ ืฉื—ืดื˜ ื“ืดื. A hand shed the blood. Doesn't make sense, but they're words: ื™ื™ืŸ, ื“ื‘ืฉ, ืฉืžืŸ, ื—ืœื‘, ื˜ืœ, ื“ื, ืžื™ื. But that's the way to remember. The ืฉื‘ืข ืžืฆื•ืช ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ, how do you remember? ื ื•ืข ื‘ืฉืžื—ื”. ื ื•ืข means move ื‘ืฉืžื—ื”. ื ืณ, ืขืณ, ื‘ืณ, ืฉืณ, ืžืณ, ื—ืณ, ื”ืณ: ื ื˜ื™ืœืช ื™ื“ื™ื, ืขื™ืจื•ื‘ื™ืŸ, ื‘ืจื›ื•ืช, ืฉืณ is Shabbos, like ื ืจ ืฉื‘ืช, the ื—ืณ is Chanukah, the ืžืณ, the ืžืณ is Megillah, the ื—ืณ is Chanukah, and the ื”ืณ is Hallel. What is the ืจืืฉื™ ืชื™ื‘ื•ืช again? Say that again. ื ื•ืข ื‘ืฉืžื—ื”. ื ื•ืข ื‘ืฉืžื—ื”? ื ื•ืข means move, ื ื•ืดืŸ ืขื™ืดืŸ, like ื‘ืฉืžื—ื”, move with joy. What about the ones like the the ื™ื•ื ื˜ื•ื‘ื™ื that correspond with... ืืดืช ื‘ืดืฉ. ืืดืช ื‘ืดืฉ. Also, yeah. Want to know which day of the week Tisha B'Av is going to be? If you know the first day of Pesach, ืชืฉืขื” ื‘ืื‘, ืชืดื. Second day of Pesach will be Shavuot, so I mean that's how it goes. Yeah, yeah, there also to remember the ืžื›ื•ืช: ื“ืฆืดืš ืขื“ืดืฉ ื‘ืื—ืดื‘. But these, these simanim have a lot of meaning, too. There's some kind of ื“ืจืฉื•ืช that he ื“ืจืฉ'ื ื˜. Does ื“ืฆืดืš mean something? No, that ื“ืฆืดืš doesn't mean something, but first of all, what's the purpose? So one of the purposes is siman. The Rebbe in the Haggadah brings this Gemara. When he asks, ื•ื›ื™ ื ืฆืจืš ืœืกื™ืžื ื™ื, ื•ื•ืืก ื’ื™ื˜ ืขืจ ืกื™ืžื ื™ื ืคืืจ? ื•ื•ืืก ืื™ื– ื“ืขืจ ืคื™ืจื•ืฉ ืขืจ ื’ื™ื˜ ืกื™ืžื ื™ื? Who cares? He meant to say that it's a way to remember. But there's another pshat, because in in in the in Tehillim, the seder of the makot is different than in Chumash. So to make sure that it's like this. And then there's a maaseh with the Tzemach Tzedek with this apikorus, no? The

Tzemach Tzedek confronts an apikorus over roshei teivot

Tzemach Tzedek, when there was a big ืืกื™ืคื” in Petersburg, when they called the government, and the Tzemach Tzedek was very scared, and he was arrested 23 times together with Rabbi Itzele Volozhiner, he was there, and. So he met this apikorus in the street, and he comes to him, the apikorus was like, a meshummad, a ืฉืžื“. So he says to him, I have a re'iyah from the It was before Pesach, I have a re'iyah from the Haggadah that you guys take like blood from ื’ื•ื™ืื™ืฉืข kids. It's ื“ืฆืดืš ืขื“ืดืฉ ื‘ืื—ืดื‘ is the ืจืืฉื™ ืชื™ื‘ื•ืช: ื“ื ืฆืจื™ื›ื™ื ื›ื•ืœื. That's ื“ืฆืดืš. ืขื“ืดืฉ: ืขืœ ื“ื‘ืจ ืฉื”ืจื’ืชื. ื‘ืื—ืดื‘: ื‘ืŸ ืืœ ื—ื™ ื‘ืฉืžื™ื. So the Tzemach Tzedek on the spot says to him, you don't know what you're talking about, that's not the roshei teivot, it's a different one. The roshei teivot is like this: ื“ื‘ืจื™ ืฆื“ื•ืงื™ื ื›ื•ื–ื‘. ื‘ื ื™ ืื‘ืจื”ื ื—ืœื™ืœื” ื‘ื–ื”? ื“ืฆืดืš, ืขื“... no, ื“ื‘ืจื™ ืฆื“ื•ืงื™ื ื›ื•ื–ื‘, ืขืœื™ืœืช ื“ื ืฉืงืจ, ื‘ื ื™ ืื‘ืจื”ื ื—ืœื™ืœื” ื‘ื–ื”! On the spot he told him. What's that sheet?

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