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EIN YAAKOV

Pesachim 54a

What Was Created in the Last Moments Before the First Shabbos?

Part of Ein Yaakov · 24:43

Aggada on the ten things created at twilight before the first Shabbos (including fire and the mule), and whether putting on tefillin at night fulfills the mitzvah.

Audio Transcript
Fire and Mule Created on Motzaei Shabbat

Learned a ื‘ืจื™ื™ืชื, ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ืกื™ ืื•ืžืจ, ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื•ืกื™ says: ืฉื ื™ ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ืขืœื• ื‘ืžื—ืฉื‘ื” ืœื™ื‘ืจืื•ืช ื‘ืขืจื‘ ืฉื‘ืช, there were two things Hashem had in mind to make him on Friday, ื•ืœื ื ื‘ืจืื• ืขื“ ืžื•ืฆืื™ ืฉื‘ืช, and he made it Motzaei Shabbos. And what were they? One of the things was fire. ื•ื‘ืžื•ืฆืื™ ืฉื‘ืช ื ืชืŸ ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื ื“ืขื” ื‘ืื“ื ื”ืจืืฉื•ืŸ, that Motzaei Shabbos Hashem gave into the mind of Adam HaRishon, ืžืขื™ืŸ ื“ื•ื’ืžื ืฉืœ ืžืขืœื”, ืžืขื™ืŸ ื“ื•ื’ืžื of of the Aibershter, in other words he gave him an idea of creating something, ื•ื”ื‘ื™ื ืฉืชื™ ืื‘ื ื™ื, and he brought two rocks, two stones, ื•ื˜ื—ื ืŸ ื–ื• ื‘ื–ื•, and he rubbed them against each other, ground them against each other, ื•ื™ืฆื ืžื”ืŸ ืื•ืจ, fire came out. So he created the fire. Another thing that happened then, ื•ื”ื‘ื™ื ืฉืชื™ ื‘ื”ืžื•ืช, he brought two animals, ื•ื”ืจื›ื™ื‘ ื–ื• ืขืœ ื–ื•, and he mated them with each other, a horse and a donkey, ื•ื™ืฆื ืžื”ืŸ ืคืจื“, and a mule came out. And that was what? Kilayim. Kilayim, but he was allowed to do it. Why was he allowed to do it? Well, miraculous, it's whatever the Aibershter put in, but be'etzem it wasn't there. Did he have the Did he have the mule right away, or doing that four months later? Oh, I don't know if the mule came out right away. That doesn't say that. Now, it could be a regular. So, two things happened, the Aibershter wanted to make it before, but lema'aseh the Aibershter made it Motzaei Shabbos.

Anah the Mamzer and the Origin of the Mule

ืจื‘ืŸ ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ื’ืžืœื™ืืœ ืื•ืžืจ, ืจื‘ืŸ ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ื’ืžืœื™ืืœ says: No, ืคืจื“ ื‘ื™ืžื™ ืขื ื” ื”ื™ื”. That's how we always learn, that it happened ื‘ื™ืžื™ ืขื ื”. One of the children of children, grandchildren of Esav, he made the ืคืจื“, the mule, ืฉื ืืžืจ, it says like this: ื”ื•ื ืขื ื” ืืฉืจ ืžืฆื ืืช ื”ื™ืžื ื‘ืžื“ื‘ืจ. Anah was the one that found, as we discovered or made, the ื”ื™ืžื. ื”ื™ืžื is a ืคืจื“. Why is it called ื”ื™ืžื? ื“ืจื•ืฉืŸ ืื™ืžื”, because a ืคืจื“, it says, makes a person scared, because if it bites you, you'll never you'll never recover. Huh? ืคืจื ืื“ื. No, ืคืจื means a wild man, but this ื”ื™ืžื means a a ืคืจื“ which is, not a ืคืจื ืื“ื, ืคืจื, ืคืจื“. You know, but like Oh, it is a ืคืจื ืื“ื, yeah. Yeah. Mule. We sometimes know human beings who are ืคืจื ืื“ื, so. So it makes sense that he was a mamzer that he would The Gemara says: ื“ื•ืจืฉื™ ื—ืžื•ืจื•ืช ืืžืจื•, that those that darshan things, ื“ืจืฉื•ืช said: ืขื ื” ืคืกื•ืœ ื”ื™ื”, Anah himself was a mamzer, was a pasul. ืœืคื™ื›ืš ื”ื‘ื™ื ืคืกื•ืœื™ื ืœืขื•ืœื, and he brought pesulim, he brought a mixture of two. Where do we see he was a pasul? ืฉื ืืžืจ, it says: ืืœื” ื‘ื ื™ ืฉืขื™ืจ ื”ื—ืจื™ ื™ื•ืฉื‘ื™ ื”ืืจืฅ, these are the children of Seir HaChori I mean, ื™ื•ืฉื‘ื™ ื”ืืจืฅ. So the children of Seir was Lotan, Shoval, Tzivon, and Anah. So Anah is a child of Seir. Then it says: ื•ืืœื” ื‘ื ื™ ืฆื‘ืขื•ืŸ. Who is the children of Tzivon? Tzivon was a brother of Anah, but the children of Tzivon is Ayah and Anah. And who Anah? ื—ืฉื‘ื™ื” ื‘ืื—ื™ื•, ืขื ื” is counted as a brother of ืฆื‘ืขื•ืŸ, ื•ื—ืฉื‘ื™ื” ื‘ื‘ื ื™ื•, he's counted as one of his sons. How did that happen? ืืœื ืžืœืžื“, it teaches that ืฉื‘ื ืฆื‘ืขื•ืŸ ืขืœ ืืžื•, ืฆื‘ืขื•ืŸ had relations with his own mother, ื•ื”ื•ืœื™ื“ ืžืžื ื” ืขื ื”, and Anah came out. So Anah was a brother of Tzivon and a son of Tzivon. Then he So mimela he was a pasul, he was a mamzer, so he created mamzerim. Fragt di Gemara: ื•ื“ื™ืœืžื ืชืจื™ ืขื ื” ื”ื•ื•? Maybe there're two different people? Maybe two people had the same name Anah? How do you know it's the same person? ืืžืจ Rava, Rava said like this: ืืžื™ื ื ืžื™ืœืชื ื“ืœื ืืžืจ ืฉื‘ื•ืจ ืžืœื›ื. I'm going to say something which even Shvor Malka never said it. You're going to mechadesh a chidush. ื•ืžื ื•, who is Shvor Malka? Shmuel. ืื™ื›ื ื“ืืžืจื™, some say ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ืคืคื, ืจื‘ ืคืคื said: ืืžื™ื ื ืžื™ืœืชื ื“ืœื ืืžืจ ืฉื‘ื•ืจ ืžืœื›ื, I'll say something Shvor Malka didn't say, ื•ืžื ื•? It's Rabbah. Okay, but what was the point? I'm going to answer the ืฉืืœื” with something that no one before me said it. What was the answer? ืืžืจ ืงืจื, the pasuk says: ื”ื•ื ืขื ื”, ื”ื•ื ืขื ื” ืขื ื” ื“ืžืขื™ืงืจื, it says he's the same ืขื ื”. So that's the extra word ื”ื•ื ืขื ื” to teach you that it's not two different people, it's the same ืขื ื”, and he was the son of him and the brother of him and he's a mamzer. So Shvor Malka is either Shmuel Shvor Malka, yeah.

Why Shvor Malka Got His Nickname

Shvor Malka was the name of a goy. Yeah, name of a king. Nevertheless, in the Gemara we find Shvor Malka on Shmuel. They gave him a nickname, Shvor Malka. Why? Because he was like a melech. It says like like by a melech it says whatever the melech says, ื“ื‘ืจ ืžืœืš ืฉืœื˜ื•ืŸ, whatever the melech says that rules. ื”ืœื›ื” ื›ืฉืžื•ืืœ ื‘ื“ื™ื ื™, what Shmuel ืคืกืงื ื˜ that's the halachah, so he's like a melech, so they called him I guess he lived in the time of Shvor Malka, said: Oh, there is Shvor Malka. And then also Rabbah was called Shvor Malka for the same reason. It's a nickname for being very strong in his opinion and very authoritative. In one place they also call King Midas. Yeah, you see that? Super rich super rich guy. Everbody is called King Midas. All right, but that's what the expression is. Another place is where it says Shmuel Many times it says many times. Yeah. Sure. But we don't know. We know, it depends on the stories, you know, the chamra, where's it, what's chamra, a bottle of wine or chamra a donkey? donkey. What's the answer? Depends where it's standing. If it's standing in the stable, it's a donkey. If it's standing on the table, it's wine. So the same thing here, it depends what the story is, then you can tell. Sometimes you tell a story of a ื“ื‘ืจ ืชื•ืจื” or something, you know it's a... then you have a melech, like did something for ืžืœื›ื•ืช, then you know it's the king, yeah. And there are times where it's like not clear. Yeah. That thing, you're right. Now sometimes we got two peshatim, who this melech is. Does it go on Shmuel, does it go on the ืžืœืš ืคืจืก? Oh, there's another Einstein. Yeah.

The Ten Things Created on Friday Evening

ืชื ื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ, ื“ื™ ืจื‘ื ืŸ ื”ืื‘ืŸ ื’ืขืœืขืจื ื˜: ืขืฉืจื” ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ื ื‘ืจืื• ื‘ืขืจื‘ ืฉื‘ืช ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืฉืžืฉื•ืช, ten things were created ืขืจื‘ ืฉื‘ืช ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืฉืžืฉื•ืช. ืืœื• ื”ืŸ, these are the ten, and some of them we mentioned before already. ื”ื‘ืืจ, the ื‘ืืจ of ืžืจื™ื, ื”ืžืŸ, the ืงืฉืช, the rainbow, ื”ื›ืชื‘ ื•ื”ืžื›ืชื‘, the writing and the the utensil, ื•ื”ืœื•ื—ื•ืช, the two ืœื•ื—ื•ืช, ืงื‘ืจื• ืฉืœ ืžืฉื”, the ืงื‘ืจ of Moshe, ืžืขืจื” ืฉืขืžื“ ื‘ื” ืžืฉื” ื•ืืœื™ื”ื•, the cave of Moshe still be always good, ื•ืคืชื™ื—ืช ืคื™ ื”ืืชื•ืŸ, and opening of the mouth of the donkey by ื‘ืœืขื, ื•ืคืชื™ื—ืช ืคื™ ื”ืืจืฅ ืœื‘ืœื•ืข ืืช ื”ืจืฉืขื™ื, and the opening of the mouth of the land to swallow the ืจืฉืขื™ื by ืงืจื—, ื™ืฉ ืื•ืžืจื™ื, some say: ืืฃ ืžืงืœื• ืฉืœ ืื”ืจืŸ, the stick of ืื”ืจืŸ too, ืฉืงื“ื™ื” ื•ืคืจื—ื™ื”, and the almonds that grew on it and the flowers. ื™ืฉ ืื•ืžืจื™ื, some say also: ืืฃ ื”ืžื–ื™ืงื™ื, the ืžื–ื™ืงื™ื, the ืฉื“ื™ื. ื™ืฉ ืื•ืžืจื™ื, some say: ืืฃ ื‘ื’ื“ื™ื• ืฉืœ ืื“ื ื”ืจืืฉื•ืŸ, the clothes of Adam Harishon. A special clothes Adam Harishon had, which had on it pictures of all the animals, and this would attract all the animals to him. And who took it away from him? Who got it? Nimrod. That's why it says Nimrod is a ืื™ืฉ ืฆื™ื“, because he was able to hunt, because it attracted all the animals. And and Esav killed Nimrod and he stole it. Those are the the ื‘ื’ื“ื™ ืขืฉื• ื”ื—ืžื•ื“ื•ืช, that he didn't trust his own wives with it and he has left it by Rivkah, his mother. Those were that. So that was also a special clothes that was created ืขืจื‘ ืฉื‘ืช ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืฉืžืฉื•ืช. Nimrod lived a long time, no? Huh? Nimrod lived a long a long time. From Adam to... Adam didn't live in the time of Nimrod. How did he get the... You didn't get it when he was alive. Afterwards. Oh, I don't know who does that, so... But he got it in his time, later. Huh? Yeah, yeah. But from Adam to Avraham... Right, so where was the garment? Adam... Yerushah. Yeah, Nimrod got it, it came from Noach. Yeah. Okay, so... So why could punkt Nimrod get it? I don't know, it must be he fought for it. Where was it? Yeah, but otherwise he fought for them, huh. I don't know why he got it, but how Esav got it, that we know. It was preserved, obviously, it was... No, it was a special thing and that that lasted, it didn't get ruined. It was put away. I understand, like the good carry-on. Where did he find it? Who? Nimrod? No, where did Nimrod find Adam's garment? Well, maybe it was handed down to him. Oh, again, yerushah. Yeah, but I don't know why punkt he got it. That's the staff, is that the one that Moshe had, is that a different one? No, no, but that's that's the stick that they stuck in... Moshe's was was also created... ืžืงืœื• ืฉืœ ืื”ืจืŸ. Pirkei Avot, it says ืžืงืœื• ืฉืœ ืžืฉื”? Ah, okay, that's one of these two. Where did Where did Moshe get his... Gan Eden, I think, right, saying? In the garden of Torah? Yeah, but I don't know if that's ืขืจื‘ ืฉื‘ืช ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืฉืžืฉื•ืช, maybe it was there from from some Tuesday. Moshe got it from from Yitro got it from Yosef. And Yosef got it from Yaakov. Oh yeah? Yeah, but the but the spot was ืขืจื‘ ืฉื‘ืช ื‘ื™ืŸ ื”ืฉืžืฉื•ืช, the Eibishter put this in Gan Eden amongst all the other trees, like... It wasn't a simple stick. It was an ืืžื” wide and made of made of marble, walk around with this. Good when a guy was 10 15 feet tall, maybe.

Seven Hidden Things Unknown to Humans

ืชื ื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ, ื“ื™ ืจื‘ื ืŸ ื”ืื‘ืŸ ื’ืขืœืขืจื ื˜: ืฉื‘ืขื” ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ืžื›ื•ืกื™ื ืžื‘ื ื™ ืื“ื, there are seven seven things which are hidden from people: ื™ื•ื ื”ืžื™ืชื”, you don't know when you're going to die. ื™ื•ื ื”ื ื—ืžื”, now ื™ื•ื ื”ื ื—ืžื” is, Rashi brings two peshatim. One peshat is pashut, a person has problems, you never know when you're going to get rid of your problems. Another peshat it goes on Mashiach, when the ื ื—ืžื” of the ื’ืื•ืœื” will come. ื•ืขื•ืžืง ื”ื“ื™ืŸ, ื•ืขื•ืžืง ื”ื“ื™ืŸ, that when when it comes to, you know, people to pas ken a din, to really know the the the depth the depth of the din and the depth of the, especially by ื“ื™ืŸ ืชื•ืจื”, by ื˜ืขื ื•ืช, it's not pashut, you can't know. Another ืคืฉื˜ Rashi says ืขื•ืžืง ื”ื“ื™ืŸ means ืœืขืชื™ื“ ืœื‘ื•ื, when Mashiach will come there will be the big big din. In judgment. So then the din, and we don't know the ืขื•ืžืง ื”ื“ื™ืŸ. ื•ืื™ืŸ ืื“ื ื™ื•ื“ืข ื‘ืžื” ืžืฉืชื›ืจ, people don't know where they're going to make profit, where they're going to make a living. You don't know, you think you're going to do this, like the vort of... What about ื‘ืœื‘ื• ืฉืœ ื—ื‘ื™ืจื•, did you skip that? It's not in there? No, no, we're not... That's soon. Oh. That's the famous like the story of the Berditchever when the guy ran, as the famous vort. The guy was running by the end of davenen, didn't even wait for Aleinu. The guy ran out. The Berditchever saw it, chased him, said, \"Why Why'd you run?\" \"I'm running to my parnasah.\" So, he says, \"How do you know your parnasah is there that you're running to it? Maybe your parnasah is there and you're running away from it?\" ืื™ืŸ ืื“ื ื™ื•ื“ืข ื‘ืžื” ืžืฉืชื›ืจ, you never know. ื•ืื™ืŸ ืื“ื ื™ื•ื“ืข ืžื” ื‘ืœื‘ื• ืฉืœ ื—ื‘ืจื•. You don't know what's in the heart of a friend, of somebody else. Like it says, actually, in a ma'amar, in the in ื—ืชื•ื ื” ืžืืžืจ it says, things in not this Gemara, different Gemara, that the ืœื‘ื™ ื‘ืคื™ื• ื›ื‘ื“ื• ืœื™, in the mouth he's you're nice to him, and in the heart you hate him, you never know these what goes on in the heart of people. ืžืœื›ื•ืช ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื•ื“ ืžืชื™ ืชื—ื–ื•ืจ, don't know when ืžืœื›ื•ืช ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื•ื“ will come back. Mashiach. So, the she'eilah is like this, if ื™ื•ื ื”ื ื—ืžื” means Mashiach, then what's the difference between So, some mefarshim say one is ืžืœื›ื•ืช ื‘ื™ืช and Mashiach ben Yosef, and one is Mashiach ben David. But according to another peshat it's very simple. ื™ื•ื ื”ื ื—ืžื” doesn't mean Mashiach. ื™ื•ื ื”ื ื—ืžื” means every person when is he going to be very help Relieved of his Relieved of all his problems and no problems? No, it doesn't mean you don't have no problems, but if he has a certain problem, you never know when the problem will be over. And you don't know when ืžืœื›ื•ืช will come back. ื•ืžืœื›ื•ืช ืคืจืก ืžืชื™ ืชื›ืœื”, and the ืžืœื›ื•ืช of Paras, which is the the the resha'im, when that's going to end. It's Rome? Huh? It's Rome? No, Paras is not Rome. Huh? I guess, not Rome, Persia is Iran. Russia is Edom, no? Yeah. Isn't that isn't that one thing? What? Edom? Not under Edom, under Russia? Could be, but but Paras, yeah, but Paras itself is not it's it's like maybe it was like a a state. ืชื ื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ, ืจื‘ื ืŸ learned, ืฉืœืฉื” ื“ื‘ืจื™ื ืขืœื• ื‘ืžื—ืฉื‘ื” ืœื™ื‘ืจืื•ืช, three things Hashem had a mind to make, in other words to create. Three things Hashem made. ื•ืื ืœื ืขืœื• ื“ื™ืŸ ื”ื•ื ืฉื™ืขืœื•. Even if you wouldn't think so, he should think. In other words, it's such an important thing that that's how it's supposed to be. One is ืขืœ ื”ืžืช ืฉื™ืกืจื™ื—, that a dead body should start smelling, because if not, people would not bury their beloveds. If a guy dies and if it wouldn't, you know, it would stay, you would keep him. ื•ืขืœ ื”ืžืช ืฉื™ืฉืชื›ื— ืžืŸ ื”ืœื‘, and a ืžืช should be forgotten. As imagine if a person would not forget, he would feel every day the same way you feel ื‘ืฉืขืช the person dies, he can't live that way. That's why the famous vort in Haazinu, I always bring that vort that, saw, one of the pesukim in ื”ืื–ื™ื ื•, ืฆื•ืจ ื™ืœื“ืš ืชืฉื™ ื•ืชืฉื›ื— ืืœ ืžื—ื•ืœืœืš. ืฆื•ืจ ื™ืœื“ืš, the Eibershter who gave birth to you, ืชืฉื™, you forgot. ื•ืชืฉื›ื—, and you forgot, ืืœ ืžื—ื•ืœืœืš, the Eibershter who, it's another word for creation. But I heard a pshat, I don't know who the name of who, ืฆื•ืจ ื™ืœื“ืš ืชืฉื™, the Eibershter created you so you should forget. Not to say you forgot the Eibershter, the Eibershter wants you to forget, imagine if you wouldn't forget. So, he wanted to make you should forget. So, what did you do? ื•ืชืฉื›ื— ืืœ ืžื—ื•ืœืœืš, you forgot the Eibershter. He wanted you to forget other things, he wanted you to forget the ืžืช, he wanted you to forget gashmiyut, so you turned around and forgot the Eibershter. ืฆื•ืจ ื™ืœื“ืš ืชืฉื™ ื•ืชืฉื›ื— ืืœ ืžื—ื•ืœืœืš. ื•ืขืœ ืชื‘ื•ืื” ืฉืชืจืงื‘, and that ืชื‘ื•ืื” should rot after a while, because imagine if the grain would not rot, people who have a lot and this, they wouldn't sell it, they would keep it, they would hide it, and then people wouldn't have what to eat and then they would charge a lot of money, it wouldn't work. ื™ืฉ ืื•ืžืจื™ื ืืฃ ืขืœ ื”ืžื˜ื‘ืข ืฉื™ืฆื, and also that they make currency. Some say currency. Imagine if there wouldn't The only way people would live is by trading. You have I I have grain, and you have sugar, and we trade. What people What That's how they would live, each one get. What happens if there wouldn't be any coins or any ืžื˜ื‘ืขื•ืช to work, what happened, people doesn't have a field? What's he going to live with? How's he going to get? So, if you have money, different thing. Yeah.

Jericho Folks and Their Method of Tying the Shema

ื–ืื’ื˜ ื“ื™ Gemara vayter, ืฉืึธื ึดื™ื ื•ึผ, ืžื™ืจ ื”ืื‘ืŸ ื’ืขืœืขืจื ื˜ ืื™ืŸ Mishnah, ืื ืฉื™ ื™ืจื™ื—ื•, the people of ื™ืจื™ื—ื•, ื”ื™ื• ื›ื•ืจื›ื™ืŸ ืืช ืฉืžืข. ื›ื•ืจื›ื™ืŸ means they would tie, bind the ืฉืžืข. ื•ืœื ืžื™ื—ื• ื‘ื™ื“ื ื—ื›ืžื™ื. The ื—ื›ืžื™ื didn't say anything. ื”ื™ื›ื™ ืขื‘ื“ื™? What did they do? You say they they they connected. Really, the word like ื›ื•ืจืš, right? To say that's a sandwich? They would put it. ืฉืื•ืžืจื™ื ื”ื™ื•, it was said, ืื•ืžืจื™ื, ืฉืžืข ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื“' ืืœื•ืงื™ื ื• ื“' ืื—ื“, ื•ืœื ื”ื™ื• ืžืคืกื™ืงื™ืŸ. They would say, ืฉืžืข ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื“' ืืœื•ืงื™ื ื• ื“' ืื—ื“, and they would right away say don't know, stop because of ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื. They would right away say the next verse, whether it's ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื or whatever, they wouldn't stop to think what does it mean ื“' ืื—ื“. They weren't misbonen. ืจื‘ื ืืžืจ, no, ืžืคืกื™ืงื™ืŸ, no, that they did do. ืžืคืกื™ืงื™ืŸ ื”ื™ื•, ืืœื ืฉื”ื™ื• ืื•ืžืจื™ื ื”ื™ื•ื ืขืœ ืœื‘ื‘ืš. So, that's ืžืฆื•ืš ื”ื™ื•ื ืขืœ ืœื‘ื‘ืš, they would say very fast, ื”ื™ื•ื ืขืœ ืœื‘ื‘ืš, together. Mashma, the way they said it, it seems, ื”ื™ื•ื ืขืœ ืœื‘ื‘ืš ื•ืœื ืœืžื—ืจ ืขืœ ืœื‘ื‘ืš. See, the word ื”ื™ื•ื goes on ืžืฆื•ืš, ืืฉืจ ืื ื›ื™ ืžืฆื•ืš ื”ื™ื•ื, I'm commanding you today. And you should have it on your heart always. But they would say, ื”ื™ื•ื ืขืœ ืœื‘ื‘ืš. Today should be on your heart, as if other days it shouldn't. ืชื ื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ, the ืจื‘ื ืŸ learned like this, ื›ื™ืฆื“ ื”ื™ื• ื›ื•ืจื›ื™ืŸ ืืช ืฉืžืข? Why ื•ืœื ืžื™ื—ื• ื‘ื™ื“ื? Why ื•ืœื ืžื™ื—ื• ื‘ื™ื“ื? I guess they what they didn't mean it bad, sounded that way. It's just sounded, and then he said, it's okay. So the ืจื‘ื ืŸ learned like this: ื›ื™ืฆื“ ื”ื™ื• ื›ื•ืจื›ื™ืŸ ืืช ืฉืžืข? What do you mean they were ื›ื•ืจื›ื™ืŸ ืืช ืฉืžืข? They meant like this, this is a different peshat: ืฉืžืข ื™ืฉืจืืœ Oh, this is the first straight peshat: ืฉืžืข ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื”' ืืœืงื™ื ื• ื”' ืื—ื“, ืœื ืžืคืกื™ืงื™ืŸ, ื“ื‘ืจื™ ืจื‘ื™ ืžืื™ืจ. But ืœื ืžืคืกื™ืงื™ืŸ, the same like we said before, that they did not stop and they went straight without being misbonen, without thinking what ื”' ืื—ื“ means, ื“ื‘ืจื™ ืจื‘ื™ ืžืื™ืจ. ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื” ืื•ืžืจ: ืžืคืกื™ืงื™ืŸ ื”ื™ื•, they did. ืืœื ืœื ื”ื™ื• ืื•ืžืจื™ื: ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื ื›ื‘ื•ื“ ืžืœื›ื•ืชื• ืœืขื•ืœื ื•ืขื“. They didn't stop to say this. And we know that in Chassidus it's ื”ื•ื™' ืืœืงื™ื ื• ื”ื•ื™' ืื—ื“ is ื™ื—ื•ื“ื ืขื™ืœืื”, ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื is ื™ื—ื•ื“ื ืชืชืื”, and in order to have ื•ืื”ื‘ืช you have to You can't go straight, you got to have ื™ื—ื•ื“ื ืชืชืื”, and they were a higher madreigah, they didn't need it. But then the Gemara says: ื•ืื ืŸ, ืžืื™ ื˜ืขืžื ืืžืจื™ื ืŸ ืœื™ื”? Why do we say it? Look in Chumash, there is no ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื. It's ืฉืžืข ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื”' ืืœืงื™ื ื• ื”' ืื—ื“, ื•ืื”ื‘ืช. Why do we say ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื? And the Gemara says: ื›ื“ื“ืจื™ืฉ ืจื‘ื™ ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ืœืงื™ืฉ. Like Reish Lakish said. ื“ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืŸ ืœืงื™ืฉ, Reish Lakish said this, a pasuk in Vayechi: ื•ื™ืงืจื ื™ืขืงื‘ ืืœ ื‘ื ื™ื•, ื™ืขืงื‘ called his children, and he said them, told them certain things, I'm going to tell you when Mashiach will come. And what happened? ื‘ื™ืงืฉ ื™ืขืงื‘ ืœื’ืœื•ืช ืงืฅ ื”ื™ืžื™ื ืœื‘ื ื™ื•, ื™ืขืงื‘ wanted to reveal the end of galut to his children, ื•ื ืกืชืœืงื” ืžืžื ื• ืฉื›ื™ื ื”, the Shechinah left him. ืืžืจ, he said: ืฉืžื ื—ืก ื•ืฉืœื•ื ื™ืฉ ืคืกื•ืœ ื‘ืžื™ื˜ืชื™? Maybe there's a pasul. One of my children are not the way they're supposed to be. And he has a precedent, ื›ืื‘ืจื”ื ืื‘ื™ ืื‘ื, like Avraham my grandfather ืฉื™ืฆื ืžืžื ื• ื™ืฉืžืขืืœ, that had a son ื™ืฉืžืขืืœ, ื•ื›ื™ืฆื—ืง ืื‘ื™, like my son my father ื™ืฆื—ืง ืฉื™ืฆื ืžืžื ื• ืขืฉื•, ืขืฉื• came out. So he told his children, maybe one of you is also like that. ืืžืจื• ืœื• ื‘ื ื™ื•, his children said to him: ืฉืžืข ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื”' ืืœืงื™ื ื• ื”' ืื—ื“. Listen Yisrael, and who's Yisrael? That was Yaakov. His name was Yisrael. ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืกื‘ื. ื–ื” ืœื ื›ื‘ื•ื“? ืื‘ืœ ืžื”? ืฉื”ื‘ืŸ ื™ืงืจื ืœืื‘ื ืฉืœื• ื‘ืฉืžื•? Yeah, but it's a chashuv name. They meant ืœื”ื’ื™ื“ ืœืื‘ื ื•ืฉืžื•? Yeah, but it's a name but a name that has a lot of remezim in it. Yeah, how come we called him Yishmael? Yeah, Yisrael. ื›ื™ ืฉืจื™ืช ืขื ืืœืงื™ื ื•ืขื ืื ืฉื™ื ื•ืชื•ื›ืœ, I mean, they meant all this. Or ืœื™ ืจืืฉ or ื™ืฉืจ ืงืœ, I mean it has so many things that that's what they were able they meant all these things. So they say, ืฉืžืข ื™ืฉืจืืœ, listen ื™ืฉืจืืœ: ื”' ืืœืงื™ื ื•, ื”' ืื—ื“. Our God is one. ืืžืจื•, they said like this: ื›ืฉื ืฉืื™ืŸ ื‘ืœื‘ืš ืืœื ืื—ื“, just like in your heart you only have only haEibershter, only one, ื›ืš ืื™ืŸ ื‘ืœื‘ื ื• ืืœื ืื—ื“, in our heart is only one. ืžื™ื“ ืคืชื— ื™ืขืงื‘ ืื‘ื™ื ื• ื•ืืžืจ, so Yaakov Avinu said: Ah, Baruch Hashem! So what word did he say? ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื ื›ื‘ื•ื“ ืžืœื›ื•ืชื• ืœืขื•ืœื ื•ืขื“. So Yaakov answered this. So now ืืžืจื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ, the Rabbanan said: ื”ื™ื›ื™ ื ืขื‘ื™ื“? What should we do? ื ื™ืžืจื™ื”, should we say it? ืœื ืืžืจื™ื” ืžืฉื” ืจื‘ื™ื ื•. Moshe Rabbeinu didn't say it. So it's not nice, Moshe didn't say it, we'll say it? ืœื ื ื™ืžืจื™ื”, we shouldn't say it? ื”ื ืืžืจื™ื” ื™ืขืงื‘, Yaakov said it! So how do you make like a compromise, a pesharah? ื”ืชืงื™ื ื• ืฉื™ื”ื• ืื•ืžืจื™ื ืื•ืชื• ื‘ื—ืฉืื™. Say it quietly. So how taka they lived over there? Bad people? No. No. I I don't know the answer, but they were not bad people. So what was their heter even though that I don't know. They must have had some heter. Like the Rambam, lived in Mitzrayim, and he writes on himself, used to sign letters: ืžืฉื” ื‘ืŸ ืžื™ืžื•ืŸ ื”ืขื•ื‘ืจ ื‘ื’' ืœืื•ื™ืŸ ื‘ื›ืœ ื™ื•ื. But there was a heter. If it wouldn't be a heter, he wouldn't live there. With saying he's ืขื•ื‘ืจ ื‘ื’' ืœืื•ื™ืŸ ื‘ื›ืœ ื™ื•ื, I don't know. So here also, I don't know. ื•ืจื™ืฉ ืœืงื™ืฉ ืžืื™ืคื” ื”ืฉื™ื’ ืืช ื–ื”? ื–ื” ืœื ื›ืชื•ื‘ ื‘ืฉื•ื ืžืงื•ื ื‘ืžื“ืจืฉ. All the derashot, the Chachamim said, where did they take it from? ืื‘ืœ ื–ื” ืœื ื“ืจืฉื”, ื–ื” ืžืขืฉื” ืฉื”ื™ื”. Well, where did the Midrash take it from? It's all mesorah. Or they have Just like you could darshan an halacha from a pasuk, you could ื“ืืจืฉืŸ ืคืฉื˜ also. ืื™ืคื” ื™ืฉ ืžืกื•ืจืช ืœื–ื”? ื–ื” ืžื“ืจืฉ. That's called a No, Midrash means Any Aggadata is called Midrash. So in Tanya, you have Midrash and that means Aggadata. The Rebbe has an ืืจื™ื›ื•ืช on this that one time it's written in the ืžื“ืจืฉ, ืฆื“ื™ืงื™ I think on that one, it says in ืžื“ืจืฉ, ืฆื“ื™ืงื™ ื™ืกื•ื“ ืขื•ืœื, ืจื‘ ืฉืฉืช ืžื›ืœ ื“ื‘ื™ ื“ืจื™, I think on that it says it's a Gemara. ื–ื” ื–ื•ื”ืจ, ืœื? I think on that the Rebbe says that Midrash doesn't mean Midrash, it means Chazal. Any Chazal which is an Aggadata is called Midrash. ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืฆื—ืง, ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืฆื—ืง said: ืืžืจื™ ื“ื‘ื™ ืจ' ืืžื™, in the ื™ืฉื™ื‘ื” of ืจ' ืืžื™ they said like this: ืžืฉืœ ืœื‘ืช ืžืœืš, this is a mashal to a daughter of a king, a princess, ืฉื”ืจื™ื—ื” ืฆื™ืงื™ ืงื“ื™ืจื”. She smelled you know the bottom of the of the pot. And she wanted, and she got ta'avah to eat it. Nu, what should she do? ืชืืžืจ, she should say it? ื™ืฉ ืœื” ื’ื ืื™, it's an embarrassment. She could have the best food in the world. And she has a desire to the ืฆื™ืงื™ ืงื“ื™ืจื”, so pashut a bizayon if she's going to come and say, \"I want some ืฆื™ืงื™ ืงื“ื™ืจื”.\" ืœื ืชืืžืจ? But she shouldn't say it? ื™ืฉ ืœื” ืฆืขืจ. She has ืฆืขืจ. ื”ืชื—ื™ืœื• ืขื‘ื“ื™ื” ืœื”ื‘ื™ื ืœื” ื‘ื—ืฉืื™, so they brought it quietly. So, this side she got it, this side she wasn't embarrassed. So, the same thing, a mashal also. We

The Quiet Recitation of Baruch Shem

want to say ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื, we don't want to say ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื. We don't want to say because of Moshe, we do want to say because of Yaakov. So, we say it quietly. Why Why Moshe didn't say it? Why should he? Yaakov had it because of the story. Right. Because he was afraid. Moshe didn't have to say it. Right. Lema'aseh, Yaakov did say it. And while we have a takanah to say Shema, which one do we follow? Moshe didn't say, and we say it. Yaakov did it. Yaakov didn't either. But it wasn't applying to Moshe. I'm saying if it applies to us, why wouldn't it apply to Moshe? I'm just No, Moshe wrote it in the Torah. Maybe Moshe, in the mitzvah of ืงืจื™ืืช ืฉืžืข, said it, I don't know. We're not talking about Moshe being mekayem the mitzvah of ืงืจื™ืืช ืฉืžืข. It's pesukim in the Torah. So, Moshe didn't say it means that When it says Moshe didn't say it, it means the Eibershter didn't say it. It means in the Torah it wasn't written. Ah. That's what it means. Moshe Rabbeinu didn't write it in the Torah. And Yaakov Avinu said it, so we make a ืคืฉืจื”. What's the ื”ืœื›ื” ืœืžืฉื” ืžืกื™ื ื™? Huh? How would you say it's an ื”ืœื›ื”? ื”ืœื›ื” ืœืžืฉื” ืžืกื™ื ื™? ื”ืœื›ื” ืœืžืฉื” ืžืกื™ื ื™. In other words, when to say ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื, I don't think it's a de'oraita. ืœืžืฉืœ, someone would say now ืฉืžืข ื™ืฉืจืืœ without ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื. Shema and ื•ืื”ื‘ืช straight. Would he be mekayem the mitzvah of ืงืจื™ืืช ืฉืžืข ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื? I assume yes. Halachically you have to do it, but from de'oraita, no. The Rabbanan said it because of because of Yaakov. It's not a ื”ืคืกืง though. It's not a ื”ืคืกืง because because he said it, but I don't think that you would not be mekayem unless there is something else that goes into a ื—ืงื™ืจื”. When there is a ื“ื™ืŸ ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื and then the Rabbanan came and the Rabbanan did something and said how to do it, if you don't do it, are you mekayem the de'oraisa or not? Or the Rabbanan have a right to be mevatel the ื“ื™ืŸ ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื? Huh? Marriage because it's they make a tenai. ื›ืœ ื“ืžืงื“ืฉ ืื“ืขืชื ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ ืžืงื“ืฉ. It's one of the 245 letters. Is it? Baruch Shem? Yeah. 248. No, yeah, but those are the remezim, but not lemashal, someone asked me a she'eilah which I'll never know the answer.

Rabbinic Decree of Seven Clean Days Before Mikvah

There is a woman that they're mekarev and she's ready to go to the mikvah. But she doesn't want to have ืฉื‘ืขื” ื ืงื™ื™ื. She's ready to go after Now, mi-de'oraisa, she's not a ื–ื‘ื”, she's a ื ื“ื”, and ื ื“ื” doesn't need ืฉื‘ืขื” ื ืงื™ื™ื. The Rabbanan said that every woman must have ืฉื‘ืขื” ื ืงื™ื™ื. He said, you know she should go? They said everyone or all the women And mimela, now the din is every woman must have Now it's a ื“ื™ืŸ ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ that every woman must have ืฉื‘ืขื” ื ืงื™ื™ื. So, when the Rabbanan said that in order to go to the mikvah you have to have a ืฉื‘ืขื” ื ืงื™ื™ื, does it mean now that if you go without ืฉื‘ืขื” ื ืงื™ื™ื you're not mekayem the mitzvah at all? That always mi-de'oraisa you're still a it's still a ื–ื‘ื” ื ื“ื” ื–ื‘ื” and the ืื™ืกื•ืจ ื›ืจืช is still there? Or by going then you took off the ืื™ืกื•ืจ ื›ืจืช, now it's an ืขื‘ื™ืจื” ืฉืœ ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ? So, it's not so pashut. If she's with her husband. No question that you can't be, it's an ืื™ืกื•ืจ ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ, but the she'eilah is did you take off at least the ืื™ืกื•ืจ ื›ืจืช? That's the she'eilah, now she'll be with her husband, is she chayav an ืื™ืกื•ืจ ื›ืจืช? So, if you say the Rabbanan only a de-rabbanan, so it's a ืื™ืกื•ืจ ื“ืจื‘ื ืŸ and she's not allowed to, but if she did she's not ื—ื™ื™ื‘ ืื™ืกื•ืจ ื›ืจืช. If you say that the ืจื‘ื ืŸ ืžื‘ื˜ืœ the ื“ื™ืŸ ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื, if they have a ื›ื— for it.

Putting on Tefillin at Night โ€“ Does It Fulfill the Mitzvah?

Another l'mashal, night when you put on tefillin, the ืืœื˜ืขืจ ืจื‘ื™ ืคืกืง'ื ื˜, ืœื™ืœื” ื–ืžืŸ ืชืคื™ืœื™ืŸ ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื. The ืจื‘ื ืŸ said it's not. So, a person puts on tefillin at night, is he ืžืงื™ื™ื ืžืฆื•ืช ืชืคื™ืœื™ืŸ? Shabbos, Rosh Hashanah, if you blow shofar. The ืจื‘ื ืŸ say you're not allowed to, but if he did, are you ืžืงื™ื™ื the ืžืฆื•ื” ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื? Night, someone can make a ืชื ืื™ whatever it is, that's all. Let him get to day. Let's say a person never put tefillin in his life, is he a ืงืจืงืคืชื still? ืงืจืงืคืชื ื“ืœื ืžื ื— ืชืคื™ืœื™ืŸ. ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ืื‘ื”ื• ื”ืชืงื™ื ื• ืฉื™ื”ื• ืื•ืžืจื™ื ืื•ืชื• ื‘ืงื•ืœ ืจื, ืžืคื ื™ ืชืจืขื•ืžืช ื”ืฆื“ื•ืงื™ื. Later on they changed and they said we'll say it out loud, because of the ืฆื“ื•ืงื™ื. Because the ืฆื“ื•ืงื™ื didn't They suspected, no, they didn't say it for sure, but they saw Yidden everybody saying something quietly, who knows what they're cursing there, who knows what they're saying, maybe they're cursing the government? So they stood right there saying Shema, so they stopped, they said say it loud. ื‘ื ื”ืจื“ืขื ื“ืœื™ื›ื ืฆื“ื•ืงื™ื ืขื“ื™ื™ืŸ ืืžืจื™ ืœื” ื‘ื—ืฉืื™. In Nehardea where there is no ืฆื“ื•ืงื™ื they say it quietly, so we say it quietly. Huh? Cuz in Nehardea it's low. No no Yeah, no ืฆื“ื•ืงื™ื, no ืฉื˜ืŸ, only Isn't there another Midrash that Moshe Rabbeinu heard it from the ืžืœืื›ื™ื since he was going to get the Torah? But he

Mosheโ€™s Angelic Source for the Shema?

couldn't bring it to Israel, they didn't want to bring it down. That's for That's no, that fits for Yom Kippur, that's why you keep it, when we're like ืžืœืื›ื™ื there's no problem. That's that's

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