Why We Check for Chametz by Candlelight at Night
Why We Check for Chametz by Candlelight at Night
Part of Pesach · 24:24
Explores delivering difficult news gently, the halachic reasoning for searching for chametz specifically at night, and why Mashiach is called 'Menachem' (comforter).
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speaks nicely. You have to speak with lashon nekiyah. So the ืืืจื, ืจื ืืื ื ืืืฉ. Rav Kahana was weak, was uh sick. ืฉืืจื ืจืื ื ืืจืื ืืืืฉืข ืืจืื ืืจื ืืืื. So the Rabbanan, the Chachamim sent Rabbi Yehoshua beriah de-Rav Idi to see. ืืืจื ืืื, they said to him, ืืื ืืืืง ืืื ืืื ืื. Go look what's happening to him. ืืชื, he came. ืืฉืืืื, he found that ื ื ื ืคืฉืื. Found that he passed away already. ืงืจืขืื ืืืืืฉืื, so he took keriah on his garment. ืืืืืจืื ืืงืจืขืื ืืืืืจืื. He didn't want anyone to see it, cuz he was going to come back. He didn't want to be the one to tell him that he died. But had he walked in with his keriah, they would see. So he turned it around, no one should see. ืืืื, and he's crying. He wasn't telling them? Huh? He's supposed to But that's what you say, he didn't want him to see. ืืืชื, and he went and he came. ืืืจื ืืื, so they said the They Came weeping? Came weeping, because he came, so they realized even though he didn't say anything, he didn't show keriah, so they said to him, ื ื ื ืคืฉืื? Did he die? ืืืจ ืืื, so he said to them, ืืชืื ืงืืืจืืชื, you said it. ืื ื ืื ืงืืืื ื, I didn't say it. I didn't want to be the one to say it. And he quotes the ืคืกืืง, ืืืฆืื ืืื ืืื ืืกืื. The one that says dibah, it means lashon hara, but someone that says not so nice, he's a fool. So I didn't want to be the fool. So he hides the keriah, but he comes in crying. That he couldn't help himself. I mean, I'm sure he tried to cover it up, but uh it's a feeling, he couldn't help. We're back to that day.
Yohanan Hakoka Yohanan Hakoka, this this person, ื ืคืง ืืงืจืืืชื, he came out to the cities, not the cities, to the villages. Anyway, to see in the fields of what grew. Right, the best. Well, it's not good to be a bearer of bad news. The the village the the places where the ืชืืืื grew. ืื ืืชื, when he came, ืืืจื ืืื, they said to him, ืืืืื ื ืขืฉื ืืคืืช? Did the wheat do well? He and the wheat did not do well, but he didn't want to tell them the bad news. So, instead of saying the wheat didn't do well, ืืืจ ืืื, he said to them, ืฉืขืืจืื ื ืขืฉื ืืคืืช, the barley did well. They asked, did the wheat do well? He said the barley did well. ืืืจื ืืื, so they said to him, who cares? ืืฉืืจื ืืกืืกืื ืืืืืืจืื The barley did Well, go tell the the horses. Go tell the donkeys. It even says, ืืฉืขืืจืื ืืืชืื ืืกืืกืื ืืืจืืฉ. The barley and the and the straw, this it goes to the horses and the What about the mushroom barley soup? Okay. So, the Gemara says, ืืื ืืืื ืืื ืืืืืจ? So, the Gemara says So, they were tovea to him that you didn't say it right. Don't tell us that that it's barley. What What should he have done? He didn't want to say that the wheat harvest isn't good. So, what else should he have done? So, the Gemara says he should've said like this, ืืฉืชืงื ื ืขืฉื ืืคืืช. When they asked him did the wheat do good, he should've said, yeah, last year it was very good. ืื ื ืื ืขืืฉืื ื ืขืฉื ืืคืืช. He should've said that the the lentils are good, cuz it's also ืืืื ืืื, but to talk about a ืืืื ืืืื, that's not. Now the Gemara tells an interesting discussion. ืจื
ืืจ ืืืื ืืจืื ืืืื ืืืจ ืืืชืื. Rav's father was a was a a brother of Rabbi Chiya, and Rav's mother was a sister of Rabbi Chiya. It's not So Rav is the son of Rabbi Chiya's mother. Rav is the son of Rabbi Chiya's sister and Rabbi Chiya's brother. In other words, his father and his brother were like that were that were stepped um Yeah. Is it It's, like they say, mine, yours, and ours, no? Yeah. So if you have mine, yours, and ours the the the mine the one side to the other, the middle one is a brother and a sister to both sides, but the two ends are no sister no brother. That's a news narrative. Huh? It happened just now in the news that from that whole In Eretz Yisroel, where they all the children and everybody was killed. That uh Exactly what happened. One girl that she was not home when it happened, and the one from the other side. I don't know they got But this was the case. In other words, someone has someone has a child, a man has a child and marries a woman, and the woman has her own child from before. These two are no relatives. Now they together have a child. So the middle child is a brother to this one and a brother to this one. But they themselves can get married. It's exactly what happened here. So Rav's father was a brother of Rabbi Chiya. Rav's mother was a sister of Rabbi Chiya, okay. ืื ืกืืืง ืืืชื, when he came to Eretz Yisrael, when Rav came to Eretz Yisrael from ืืื, ืืืจ ืืื, so Rabbi Chiya said to ืจื, ืืืืื ืงืืื? Aivo was the father of Rav, who was Rabbi Chiya's brother. So he said to him basically, is your father alive? And he wasn't. But he didn't want to say it. So he says, so ืืืจ ืืื, he says, ืืืื ืงืืืืช? No. Why aren't you asking about my mother? ืืืจ ืืื, so he said, okay, ืืืื ืงืืืืช? Is your mother alive? ืืืจ ืืื, say, ืืื ืงืืื? Is my father alive? So from that, he got the message they're both not alive. ืืืจ ืืื ืืฉืืขืื, so Rabbi Chiya told his ืฉืืฉ, ืืืืฅ ืื ืื ืขืื, take me off my shoes. In other words, now that he found out his brother and sister are dead and it's a ืฉืืืขื ืจืืืงื, he didn't hear it right after it happened within 30 days. So he said, take off my shoes, and then ืืืื ืืืจื ืืื ืืืืช ืืืจืืฅ. And now soon, right away, I plan to go to the ืืืช ืืืจืืฅ plan to go to the bathhouse. So, you're my shamash, carry my clothes.\" What did he mean to say? But Rav said Rav started out in Eretz Yisrael, then he went to Bavel, now he was going back to Eretz Yisrael? Yep, yep. Or something, eh? How Rav came to No, Rav didn't move to Eretz Yisrael. When he came to Eretz Yisrael, they asked him, aber there's a whole story in Gemara. But he was in Bavel, first Eretz Yisrael, then Bavel, then he came back. But he said that he became an avel now? Where did he start out? He started out, he started in shivah. He started out in Eretz Yisrael, or Bavel? He started out in Eretz Yisrael. Oh, yeah, cuz he was a talmid of Rabbeinu Hakadosh. Yeah. But second, that's what the Gemara is going to say. Shema mina, from this story we see ื, we see three dinim. ืฉืืข ืืื ื ืืื ืืกืืจ ืื ืขืืืช ืืกื ืื. We see an avel can't wear shoes, so when he heard now, he became an avel. You know, it was 30 days after. So, that's the difference. It's an avel right away.
ืฉืืข ืืื ื ืฉืืืขื ืจืืืงื ืืื ื ื ืืืืช ืืื ืืื ืืื. It shows that a ืฉืืืขื ืจืืืงื, when you hear it after 30 days, the aveilut is only one day. ืืฉืืข ืืื ื ืืงืฆืช ืืืื ืืืืื. And that one day is not even a full day, just a little bit. That's what he meant to show when he said, \"I want to go to the merchatz.\" How is he able to go to the merchatz? But even though he became an avel now, but it's only for an hour or whatever short while. And then afterwards, right away, I'm going to the ืืืช ืืืจืืฅ because I'm allowed. So, he did it specially to show the din. But lefoal, what the Gemara brings it for is to tell us how he answered. He didn't want to answer he had instead of, did he die? So, could've said, \"Yes, your your mother died, my sister, yes.\" So, he did it in such a way, but he understood. He didn't have to tell us about the He didn't have to tell us that he tore keriah? That's an automatic. Huh? Right, the chidush is at the shoe, cuz the Gemara right so didn't know then when shema mina that you can't wear shoes, but they knew it. Maybe that's what happened with Shaul when he had the thing, that Chazal say that he was the he was the palit who came to the milchamah by the Plishtim. He came to Eli, and he told him He said, \"What happened in the war?\" So, he said, \"Am Yisrael fell fell, they had a big a fall in the field.\" So, he said, \"What else happened?\" He left the worst for last. He said, \"Your sons died defending the aron.\" So, he says, \"What else happened?\" He said, \"The aron The aron was captured.\" Then he fell and broke his neck, and he died. So, what should he have answered? He should've He should've He He had He didn't answer right, eh? No, but that's something else. He shouldn't have answered. Here it's not only as bad news, you don't want it could affect the person's health, you know, when you hear such terrible news. Killed him. Killed him. I didn't He didn't kill him, but he's that's causing him to fall and yeah. Sometimes good news could could defeat It's a bald news. There's like a joke, there's a joke, it was once a guy who had a weak heart, but he won the lottery, millions of dollars. So, they wanted to know how to tell him, so they got the doctor to tell him. So, the came, the doctor sat down with him, started talking to him. The doctor asks him, finally asks him, \"What would you do if you'd win the lottery $10 million?\" Wanted to prepare him. So, he says to the doctor, \"I'd give you half.\" So, the doctor had a heart attack. Good story. Anyway. Gotta know how to talk. So, the ืืืจื ืืืื ืืืื ืงืืืจ, we're going on not about nice and not nice, but stam the way talking, when you talk, it represents something. ืืืื ืืืื ืงืืืจ, ืืื ื ืืื ื. There was a person that whenever you spoke to him, he would say, \"ืืื ื ืืื ื, let's go to a din. Let's go ask a she'eilah by a Rav.\" Basically, that's what it means. Let's go Not a ืืื ืชืืจื, let's go find out what the halacha is. ืืืจื, so they said, ืฉืืข ืืื ื ืืื ืงืืชื. Must This guy must come from ืื, ืืืชืื, it says, ืื ืืืื ืขืื ืืืื ืฉืืื ืืฉืจืื. Dan will judge, so Dan is in din. So, when he says, \"Go to ืืื\" There's a sicha of the ืคืจืืขืจืืืงืขืจ ืจืื about a certain guy who used to come to Lubavitch. His name was had his first name, Moshe, I don't recall, the ืืฉืืื ืืง. Now ืืฉืืื ืืง mean meant a person who lives in a ืืฉืื, but ืืฉืื is a little village, so a person who's coming, we used to call ืืฉืืื ืืง. This guy wasn't didn't live in a ืืฉืื, so why did they call him the ืืฉืืื ืืง? Because every time you asked him for something, he would say, \"Ich darf mich meyoshev zayn.\" \"I have to be meyoshev zayn,\" so they called him the ืืฉืืื ืืง. But the Rebbe brings this, and he says that it wasn't bad way, farkert, everything, not just to answer, you got to look into it to see ืขื ืคื ืืืื how is it going. The Gemara The Rebbe quotes this Gemara. The same like this guy, who'd say, \"ืืื ืืื ื, before anything, I have to find out what the din is.\" Weiter, ืืืื ืืืืจ ืืืื ืืืื ืงื ืืืื ืืืืจ, a guy who always used to say, ืืืืคื ืืื ืกืืกื ื ืืืืจื, hero say. If I'm going to build a house, I'll build it always by the port, by the the edge of the ืื. And always used to talk about the edge of the ืื. ืืืงื, they checked into him, ืืืฉืืืืื ืืืืืืื ืงืืชื, they found that he comes from ืืืืื, ืืืชืื, by Zevulun it says, ืืืืื ืืืืฃ ืืืื ืืฉืืื, will live by the ืืืฃ ืืืื, by the port. So, the Gemara, yes. ืืืฉืชื ืืงืืืื ืื ืืืืืื ืขืืื ืืืจ ืืืจ ืืื, now that we came to a maskana an end, that when it says you have to be ืืืืง ืืืฅ ืืืจ ืืืจืืขื ืขืฉืจ means the night of Erev Pesach, ืืจืืขื ืขืฉืจ is Erev Pesach, the 14th day. So, you have to do it the night before, why? Why do you have to do it the night before? ืืืื, after all, ืืื ืืจืื ืืืืื ืืื ืืจืื ืืืืจ ืืืฅ ืืื ื ืืกืืจ ืืื ืืฉืฉ ืฉืขืืช ืืืืขืื, ืื ืืืืืง ืืฉืืช. The din is like this, You're only not allowed to eat chametz or have chametz ืืืืืจืืืชื the end of the sixth hour, which is half a day. Sixth hour reaching into the beginning of the seventh, that's chatzot. So we learn out from a pasuk that even though the Torah says seven days, but ืื ืืืื ืืจืืฉืื ืชืฉืืืชื, so the word ืื is learned out whichever way, two pshatim, or ืื means a ืืืขืื, not that even the even the day before also not every whole day can you, or ืื is Rashi says if you use ืืชื\"ืฉ or different ways of changing the letters, ืืืฃ ืืฃ is ืืช ืฆืืืง. Not ืืชื\"ืฉ, it's ืื\"ืข, whatever. ืืช ืฆืืืง is chatzi, half, anyway. So that's ืืืืืจืืืชื. There came ืืืจืื ื, and ืืจืื ื said that an hour before, you also can't. But there's a machloket Rabbi' Meir ve' Yehuda about an hour before that. One opinion says that from the fourth hour, you can't eat chametz, but you could still have hana'ah from it, and the fifth hour you can't have hana'ah. And Rabbi' Meir says no, from the fifth hour, that's when you stop. But everyone agrees that before that there is no issur. So the issur, according to everybody, starts ืืืจืื ื at the beginning of the sixth hour, the end of the fifth, that's even you're not allowed to own chametz. So then the question is, if you're only not allowed to own chametz from close to the afternoon on Erev Pesach, so why do we do ืืืืงื the night before? Let's be ืืืืง ืืฉืฉ, right in the beginning of the sixth hour, right before the issur starts. That's when you sure when the issur comes, right before that you check the whole house. Why do you have to do it the night before? ืืื ืชืืื, you might say zerizim makdimim lamitzvot, if you're a special, you want to you should be careful and do the mitzvot as early as possible, ืืืืื ืืฆืคืจื, so let it be from the morning. Because earlier than the morning, we don't find any mitzvah that you have to do, you don't find that you do it earlier than the morning. In fact, it says, \"ืืืืื ืืฉืืื ื ืืืื ืืฉืจ ืขืจืืชื,\" said on the eighth day you should do brit. ืืชื ืื, we learned, ืื ืืืื ืืืื ืืฉืจ ืืืืื, you could do it any part, the whole day. Nevertheless, zerizim makdimim lamitzvot. A ืืจืื does mitzvot early, so you should do it early. When early? Early in the morning. ืฉื ืืืจ, it says, \"ืืืฉืื ืืืจืื ืืืงืจ,\" he woke up in the morning. So brit should be in the morning? Yes. The question is if you can have the bigger crowd in the afternoon, so there's a sheilah what overweighs. In the morning, you do it, it's zerizim makdimim lamitzvot. If you do it later, it'll be ืืจื ืขื ืืืจืช ืืื. So the question is which one's stronger, and it's a sheilah. But that's what should be in the morning, any mitzvah you do, you should do in the morning. Even though chasidim say, maybe as a joke, but facts, chasidim have the ืงืจืืฆืงืข, ืืืฉืื ืืืจืื ืืืงืจ, ืืืจืื got up in the morning, ืืื ืขืจ ืืื ืืื ืืขืคืขืืขื, ืืื ืืขืคืขืืขื, ืืื ืืขืคืขืืขื, means he tried hard to get, ืืื ืคืืจ ืืฆืืช ืืื ืขืจ ื ืืฉื ืืจืืืกืืขืคืืจื. He didn't leave before chatzot. But that's a vortl. It says ืืืฉืื ืืืจืื ืืืงืจ, he did it in the morning. Now, my bechor was born on ื' ืื, so his brit was on Tisha B'Av, and that's my son. And his bechor also was born on ื' ืื, and also had a brit. Oh really? That's interesting. So they were there by Eretz Yisrael, the yeshivah, and they said they said, let's make the brit, first of all, there's people coming from New York, they can't come so fast, and second of all, we'll make the brit in the afternoon, and then daven mincha, and then we'll make the seudah right away afterwards. Yeah, that's what people do on Tisha B'Av. So sometimes for other reasons, it overweighs the ืืจืืืื ืืงืืืืื. But if there's no other reason, you have to do it in the morning. But the question is, so let's do bedikah in the morning, Erev Pesach in the morning, but why do we do it at night, the night before?
ืืืจ ืจื ื ืืื ืืจ ืืฆืืง, said ืืฉืขื ืฉืื ื ืืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืชืืื. Number one, it's a time when people are home, because it's night, people come from work. No one worked at night, always we know that work finished when it came to night. And ืขืื ืขื ื ืจ ืืคื ืืืืืงื, and you want to use a candle. If I'm going to use a candle, a candle during the day doesn't work. It's actually the lashon is ืฉืจืื ืืืืืจื ืืื ืืื ื. A candle in front of the sunlight, what does it work? Not only that, as it says in one place, in Yerushalmi it says it's ืืืฉืื. During the day if you use a candle, and it's interesting, even though you even if you don't have windows, let's say you have a closed room, it's dark, but the candle during the day is not the same as it is at night. Not only that, it has a certain darkness in it, so it's ืืืฉืื. It throws a certain shadow or something. So mimela, that's why we do it at night. Why do we need the two reasons? Huh? Why do we need two reasons? Because ืชืจืืืืืื ืฆืจืืื, that's it. That one isn't enough? One isn't enough, yeah. S'iz beide. Because ืื ื ืืื ืืฆืืืื ืืืชืืื, you could do it right early in the morning, before they leave. But if you have this ืขืื ืขื ื ืจ ืืคื ืืืืืงื, so you have to do it at night. ืืืจ ืืืื, ืืืื said, ืืืื, since we just said that it's the best the right time to do it is at night, when people come home, ืืื ืฆืืจืื ืืจืื ื, ืชืืืื ืืื, ืื ืืืคืชื ืืขืืื ืื ืืืืจืชื ืืชืืืกืจ ืื ืืื ืืจืืกืจ, when it comes to the night of Erev Pesach, the 13th of Nisan towards the 14th, you shouldn't start learning.
ืืืืื ืืฉืื ืืื ืฉืืขืชืื, you might get involved in learning, ืืืชื ืืืื ืืขื ืืืฆืื, and you might hold not not do the mitzvah properly. In other words, it comes out from here that the time of ืืืืงืช ืืืฅ is a very important. It's not just anytime of the night of Erev Pesach, you have to do it right in the beginning. in the night. The Alter Rebbe happened to be very much machmir in it. The Alter Rebbe says if you don't do it in the right time, ื ืงืจื ืขืืืจ ืขื ืืืจื ืืืืื, ื ืงืจื ืขืืจืืื. It's important to do it. So, I always wondered, you know, these people who, you know, clean and the party they don't do ืืืืงืช ืืืฅ till 12:00 at night. How are they allowed to do that? 'Cause they're not ready, it's not clean yet. So alright, so make sure to be ready. It's like I'm thinking the sevara, I was thinking the sevara is that if you're in the middle of cleaning, it's part of the bedikah. So, it's not the peshat you're not ืขืืกืง ืืืืืงื. Just like what happens if a guy takes for bedikah three hours? I mean, so here also it's part of your cleaning, and then you're going to use the candle. I think mistama, otherwise it's a gantze peshat nisht poshut. You make the berachah when you actually come with the candle, but this is part, the hachanos to it, ืืืฉืจ ืืฆืื, so it's part of it. You're not called an ืขืืืจ ืขื ืืืจื ืืืืื, I imagine, I hope. Alright, to daven maariv right, that's a big she'eilah what should you daven maariv. But it says if you have a ืื ืื ืงืืืข, a set minyan, you should daven maariv first and then go, but right away do bedikah. Don't come and sit down and do other things and then you remind yourself the the bedikah two hours later. So you're saying you make a berachah and you start cleaning and you got to make another berachah later? No, that's what I'm saying. Don't make a berachah when you start cleaning. But, so the berachah is takeh
made when you actually go to do the bedikah, but I'm saying it's not considered that you're because you're preparing for the bedikah. If you takeh do something else, you sit down and yeah, you're doing something else, then taka not, then it doesn't work, but yeah. If you start to do the bedikah and you start, and you're osek and you're doing the bedikah and then all of a sudden you come to a place and see that it wasn't properly done over there and you'll start cleaning, then it's not called an hefsek, I'm sure it's okay, for the same reason, yeah, bedikah. Because just like you could even talk, just like no no no, yeah, just like if you talk in the middle, but you talk ืืขื ืื ื ืืืืงื, it's not an hefsek, and it's okay. So if you're not only talking, but doing ืืขื ืื ื You're So I'm saying it's like you're bodek. shouldn't even talk even about the mitzvah. No, that's okay, we try not to talk because you get caught up with others, but mitzad hadin you could talk about, let's say you need something there to move away move away the chair so I should be able to check under it, you're allowed to say it. So what's the difference between by Chanukah licht that way there's zerizut by that also? No, zerizut is always the right thing. Here it's not only zerizut. Here it's not because of zerizut, cuz here that's the right time when you'll be able to do the you could do the best bedikah. Here it was supposed to be officially after ืืืืงืช ืืืฅ, at night, yeah. So it's after bedikah, after bedikah. Although we still didn't do bedikah yet cuz they wanted to catch the places, but officially it was the zman already when bedikah was over, yeah. So he has a minhag to to go home right after Maariv to do the bedikah? Yeah, yeah. No, but but
that's but that's a ืืืืืช'ืืืงืข problem. No, but here specifically in the mitzvah they made a takanah that you have to do the mitzvah then. Actually, the mefarshim even say that the reason why they call it or, since it means it's night, everyone knows it's night, but why does it use the word or? So you should do it in the beginning of the night when it's still not so dark, when it's still a little bit light. ืชื ื ืืื ืจืื ืืฉืืขืื, in the ืืฉืืื ืืื ืจืื ืืฉืืขืื they learned: ืืฉืืจ ืฉืืฉื ืจืืฉืื ืืื ืืฉืืฉื ืจืืฉืื. In the sachar of three mitzvot that the Yidden fulfill, which are connected to the inyan of ืจืืฉืื, you're zocheh to three things which is also called ืจืืฉืื. Which are the three? So the three things are like this: You have the mitzvah of ืฉืืืชื of Pesach, when it says that you should ืื ืืืื ืืจืืฉืื ืชืฉืืืชื, yeah. Then you have of of the ืฉืืืชืช ืืจืื of Sukkos, of of ืืืื, ืืืงืืชื ืืื ืืืื ืืจืืฉืื, and then you have the ืฉืืืชืช ืืจืื of of the Yom Tov where it says ืืฉืืืชื ืืืื ืืจืืฉืื. So because of these three ืจืืฉืื, you're zocheh to three zechusim which are connected to ืจืืฉืื. Which are the three? ืืืืจืืช ืืจืขื ืฉื ืขืืืง, to destroy ืขืืืง, ืืื ืื ืืืช ืืืงืืฉ, building of the, ืืืฉืื ืฉื ืืฉืื, the name of Mashiach. Why are they connected to ืจืืฉืื? So he says, ืืืืจืืช ืืจืขื ืฉื ืขืืืง, to destroy Amalek, what's Amalek connected to ืจืืฉืื? ืฉื ืืืจ it says, ืืืฆื ืืจืืฉืื ืืืืื ื, by ืขืฉื it says. Esav came out first, the red one came out first, it says the word ืจืืฉืื, and that's Esav. It's not ืจืืฉืื, it's ืจืืฉืืช. He uses actually the word ืจืืฉืื. No, so there it says ืจืืฉืื, ืืืื ืืจืืฉืื, and here it says ืจืืฉืื. ืืื ืื ืืืช ืืืงืืฉ, ืืืชืื it says, ืืกื ืืืื ืืจืื ืืจืืฉืื ืืงืื ืืงืืฉื ื. So the kisei kavod, the Eibershter's chair ืืจืื up there, ืืจืืฉืื ืืงืื, from the place of the ืืืช ืืืงืืฉ, which means the ืืืช ืืืงืืฉ ืฉื ืืขืื is ืืืืื to the ืืืช ืืืงืืฉ ืฉื ืืื, but it uses the word ืจืืฉืื. ืืืฉืื ืฉื ืืฉืื, where do we see by Mashiach it says ืจืืฉืื? ืืืชืื it says, ืจืืฉืื ืืฆืืื ืื ื ืื ื. The first to Zion, that that goes on Mashiach. But
why does it say ืฉืื ืฉื ืืฉืื? Why is the name? It should say Mashiach. So I think the Maharsha says that this specifically means his name because his name is Menachem. I think that's what Maharsha says. Says that what? Since it says his name is Menachem, yeah, so that's has to do, so the name means the fact that Mashiach is going to be a nechama, that's why this he mentions this, let's see. Yeah, yeah. I'm looking here. ืืืืงืืง ืืืืจ ืืฉืื ืฉื ืืฉืื ืฉืฉืื ืื ืื ืฉืืื ืื ืืื ื ืืืฉืืื ื, he'll bring simcha, and it's keneged the mitzvah of simcha. What did we say? There are three Rishonim, keneged all three are these. So keneged the mitzvah of ืฉืืื ืฉื ืืื ืืื is the is the ืืฉืื ืฉื ืืฉืื, because he's going to be ืืฉืื ืืืื. Which where do we see in his that he's mesame'ach? In his name. He will comfort, Menachem. Mimela that's why it says ืฉืื ืฉื ืืฉืื. ืืืื ืื ืืืจื ืืืืืืขืจ: ืืืืจ ืื ืจ. Says you have to use a candle. ืื ื ืื ื ืืืื? Where do we know it? Even though the reason we gave before was because ื ืจ ื ืจ ืืืืจ ืื ืจ ืืคื ืืืืืงื, because it's when you use a candle, it's easier to see. You know, you could go into the cracks, you could go, but if you use a big fire, it won't work. But he's asking, where is there a remez in the pasuk?
ืืืจ ืจื ืืกืื, Rav Chisda said, ืื ืืืืจื ืฉืื ืืืื ื: ืืฆืืื ืืืฆืืื. The word ืืฆืืื, because what why are we looking for the chametz? Because it says, ืฉืืืจ ืื ืืืฆื ืืืชืืื, you shouldn't have found chametz. So the word finding, we learn from another place where it says finding. And the word ืืฆืืื we learn from ืืืคืืฉ, with the searching, ืืืืคืืฉ ืืืืคืืฉ, searching from another pasuk where it says searching, ืืืืคืืฉ ืื ืจืืช, and the other pasuk where it says searching it says the word ื ืจืืช, ืื ืจืืช ืื ืจ. Where do we have it? So here look at: ืืฆืืื ืืืฆืืื, where do we learn? ืืืชืื, it says, ืืื: ืฉืืขืช ืืืื ืฉืืืจ ืื ืืืฆื ืืืชืืื. By chametz it says seven days you shouldn't find ืฉืืืจ, ืืืฅ, ืืฆืืื. ืืืชืื ืืชื, another pasuk which it has the same word ืืฆืืื, it says, ืืืืคืฉ, when they looked for the golden cup in the the bag of ืื ืืืื, it says, he looked, ืืืืื ืืื, ืืืืื ืืื, he started with the big one, ืืืงืื ืืื, he finished with the small, ืืืืฆื, and he found. So in the same pasuk we found ืืืืฆื. In the same pasuk it says the word search, he searched, ืืืืคืฉ. ืืืฆืืื ืืืืคืืฉ ืืืชื, and the word ืืฆืืื we learn out from the beginning of the pasuk. ืืืืคืืฉ, the word searching we learn out from ื ืจืืช, ืืืชืื, it says, ืืขืช ืืืื ืืืคืฉ ืืช ืืจืืฉืืื ืื ืจืืช. That Hashem says that at that time I'm going to search Yerushalayim with candles. ืื ืจืืช ืื ืจ, and the candles we connect to another pasuk where it says one candle, ืืืชืื, it says, ื ืจ ื' ื ืฉืืช ืืื ืืืคืฉ ืื ืืืจื ืืื. That ืืฉื's, the neshamah is is the candle of Hashem, He searches all ืืืจื ืืื. So here it says the word ืืืคืฉ and ื ืจ. From all this, we learn that it has to it should be a ื ืจ. Zagt di Gemara,
ืชื ื ืจืื ื: ืืื ืืืืงืื ืืืืจ ืื ืจ, ืืืืื ืืืืงืื ืืช ืืืืฅ ืืืืจ ืื ืจ, ืืืืื ืืืืงืื ืืืืจ ืื ืจ, ืืฃ ืขื ืคื ืฉืืื ืจืืื ืืืืจ, there's no ืจืืื, but there's a ืืืจ ืืืืจ, ืฉื ืืืจ, it says, same pesukim: ืฉืืขืช ืืืื ืฉืืืจ ืื ืืืฆื ืืืชืืื, ืืืืืจ, another pasuk says, ืืืืคืฉ, he searched, ืืืืื ืืื ืืืงืื ืืื ืืืืฆื, ืืืืืจ, the third pasuk says, ืืขืช ืืืื ืืืคืฉ ืืช ืืจืืฉืืื ืื ืจืืช, ืืืืืจ, another ืคืกืืง, ื ืจ ื' ื ืฉืืช ืืื ืืืคืฉ. Then the Gemara says, ืืื ืืืืืจ? Why do we need these pesukim? Why can't we go directly to the last to to the Why can't the first pasuk be enough? Is ืืื ืชืืื, because I would think, ืืื ืืขืช ืืืื, if you just bring the pasuk where it says at that time Hashem says I will search Jerusalem with candles, maybe ืืขืช ืืืื, I would think it's a ืงืืื ืืงืืืจ ืจืืื ื. What does it mean I'll search? I'm going to go and search for every aveirah you guys did. So maybe the fact that is you can use a candle is not that that's really the way you search. Hashem says, I'll be mekil with you, and I'll only search with a candle, ืืฉืจืื ื ืืืจื ืืฉืจืื, light of a candle, ืืืืืจ ื ืืืจื, ืืืืื ื ืืืจื ืืคื, that this is much smaller fire, because the ืขืืื ืจืื ืืฉืชืื, so a big aveirah I'll find, but ืขืืื ืืืื ืื ืืฉืชืื, a small aveirah I won't find. That's why ืชื ืฉืืข brings the other ืคืกืืง, ื ืจ ื' ื ืฉืืช ืืื, which says it's a ื ืจ. Yishar koach. Shalom aleichem. Kol tov. Kol tov, Rebbe.