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EIN YAAKOV

Yoma 36b

Why Vidui Has a Specific Order of Confession

Part of Ein Yaakov · 20:49

A detailed sugya on the proper formula and sequence of vidui (confession), the Rabbi Meir-Chachamim machloket over its order, and the difference between an occasional sinner and a defiant one.

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Defining Vidui and Its Importance

ื›ืดื—, ืกื™ืžืŸ ื›ืดื— we're holding. ืชื ื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ, ืจื‘ื ืŸ have learned: ื›ื™ืฆื“ ืžืชื•ื•ื“ื”? We know there's a din of vidui. Vidui is when a person does teshuvah, you have to confess. We hate to use the word confession, it sounds like the goyim, but you do vidui. Yom Kippur, we have to do vidui. The Kohen Gadol, by the korbanot, would do vidui. Three times he would do. He would do... So vidui, saying, that's what he says. What's vidui? ื›ื™ืฆื“ ืžืชื•ื•ื“ื”? What's vidui? So he says, ืขื•ื™ืชื™, ืคืฉืขืชื™, ื—ื˜ืืชื™. There are three expressions that have to do with aveirot. And confession means you're mitvadeh, you tell the Eibershter, \"I sinned.\" But you use three expressions: ืขื•ื™ืชื™, ืคืฉืขืชื™, ื—ื˜ืืชื™. So that's by the first korban. ื•ื›ืŸ ื‘ืฉืขื™ืจ ื”ืžืฉืชืœื—, when he would say vidui on the ืฉืขื™ืจ that he would send to ืขื–ืื–ืœ, ื”ื•ื ืื•ืžืจ, also the pasuk says, ื•ื”ืชื•ื“ื” ืขืœื™ื• ืืช ื›ืœ ืขื•ื ืช ื‘ื ื™ ื™ืฉืจืืœ, he would do vidui. So first he uses the word ืขื•ื ื•ืช, which is like ืขื•ื™ืชื™, ื•ืืช ื›ืœ ืคืฉืขื™ื”ื ืœื›ืœ ื—ื˜ืืชื. So first ืขื•ื ื•ืช, then ืคืฉืขื™ื, then ื—ื˜ืื™ื. ื•ื›ืŸ ื‘ืžืฉื” ืื•ืžืจ, Moshe said, ื ื•ืฉื ืขื•ืŸ ื•ืคืฉืข ื•ื—ื˜ืื”. So also he used the word ื ื•ืฉื... the Eibershter forgives for ืขื•ืŸ, ืคืฉืข, ื—ื˜ื.

Rabbi Meir's Order of Vidui

ื“ื‘ืจื™ ืจื‘ื™ ืžืื™ืจ, this is Rabbi Meir. So Rabbi Meir holds the seder of vidui is ืขื•ื™ืชื™, ืคืฉืขืชื™, ื—ื˜ืืชื™. ื•ื—ื›ืžื™ื ืื•ืžืจื™ื, and the chachamim say like this: ืขื•ื ื•ืช ืืœื• ื”ื–ื“ื•ื ื•ืช. ืขื•ื ื•ืช, the word ืขื•ื ื•ืช refers to aveirot that the person does b'mezid, intentionally. ื•ื›ืŸ ื”ื•ื ืื•ืžืจ, as a re'aya, it says, ื”ื›ืจืช ืชื›ืจืช ื”ื ืคืฉ ื”ื”ื™ื ืขื•ื ื” ื‘ื”. And when it says a pasuk about karet, it says the person will get karet because ืขื•ื ื” ื‘ื”. So obviously it's b'mezid because you don't get karet if you did an aveirah not b'mezid. So when the pasuk says ืขื•ื ื” ื‘ื”, that means that ืขื•ืŸ is connected to mezid. ืคืฉืขื™ื ืืœื• ื”ืžืจื“ื™ื. The word ืคืฉืข goes not only when someone does b'mezid, someone does in spite, someone does to rebel, davka against. ื•ื›ืŸ ื”ื•ื ืื•ืžืจ, like a pasuk says, ืžืœืš ืžื•ืื‘ ืคืฉืข ื‘ื™. ืคืฉืข ื‘ื™ means he rebelled against me. So it's not just stam doing something wrong. You can do something wrong intentionally, it's bad, but when you go b'davka against. ื•ื›ืŸ in another pasuk it says, ืื– ืชืคืฉืข ืœื‘ื ื” ื‘ืขืช ื”ื”ื™ื. It goes on the people from ืœื‘ื ื”, they were ืคืฉืข, they rebelled against the ืžืœืš ื™ื”ื•ื“ื”, but the word ืคืฉืข goes on rebellion. ืœื›ืœ ื—ื˜ืืชื, the word ื—ื˜ื, ืืœื• ืฉื’ื’ื•ืช. That's if you do an ืขื‘ื™ืจื” ื‘ืฉื•ื’ื’, it's still a ื—ื˜ื, and you have to do teshuvah, and you have to have a kaparah. Even though you didn't intend to do it, because who cares if you intended or not, the bottom line, you did something wrong. So just like

Distinguishing Shogeg, Mezid, and Moradim

ื‘ื’ืฉืžื™ื•ืช, so someone will say, he falls, he went and he fell and he hurt himself. \"But I didn't want to fall.\" Too bad, you fell, you hurt yourself. A person eats something that's poison. \"I didn't know it's poison.\" Well, it doesn't hurt you? Same thing, you do an aveirah, you don't get punished for it, but you need a kaparah. Huh? Well, we'll see, that's what the Gemara's going to ask, that's the Chachamim. So the first, he said before, ืขื•ื™ืชื™, ืคืฉืขืชื™, ื—ื˜ืืชื™. Come the Chachamim and say that, look, avonot is zedonot, meizid. Peshaim is worse, moradim, moradim. Then chatat is ืฉื•ื’ื’, ื•ื›ืŸ ื”ื•ื ืื•ืžืจ, like it says, ื ืคืฉ ื›ื™ ืชื—ื˜ื ื‘ืฉื’ื’ื”. A nefesh, a person will do an ืขื‘ื™ืจื” ื‘ืฉื•ื’ื’, so the word is chet. So the Chachamim say, ื•ืžืื—ืจ ืฉื”ืชื•ื“ื” ืขืœ ื”ื–ื“ื•ื ื•ืช, you're telling me that he says the lashon, first aviti, which is avonot, which is the worst, which is the meizid, I mean, it's a meizid, and then you say pashati, which is moradim, and then you go on to shogeg? So he says, ื•ืžืื—ืจ ืฉื”ืชื•ื“ื” ืขืœ ื”ื–ื“ื•ื ื•ืช ื•ืขืœ ื”ืžืจื“ื™ื, what makes that? First you say vidui for the meizid, and then you say for the worst, ื•ื—ื•ื–ืจ ื•ืžืชื•ื•ื“ื” ืขืœ ื”ืฉื’ื’ื•ืช, then you say for shogeg? The seder doesn't fit. Ela, therefore, ื›ืš ื”ื™ื” ืžืชื•ื•ื“ื”. The Chachamim

Chachamim vs Rabbi Meir on Confession Order

argue, they say the seder was ื—ื˜ืืชื™, ืขื•ื™ืชื™, ืคืฉืขืชื™. Chatati is shogeg, aviti is meizid, upashati is the worst, is when you go against, you rebel against. So he would say, ื—ื˜ืืชื™, ืขื•ื™ืชื™, ืคืฉืขืชื™ ืœืคื ื™ืš ืื ื™ ื•ื‘ื™ืชื™, when he would say the vidui for himself and the Kohanim, because he said three times vidui. We say that in Yom Kippur in the machzor. Once he said for himself vidui, one is for, and one is for his family, the Kohanim, and one is for Klal Yisrael. So every time he said it, he said first, ื—ื˜ืืชื™, ืขื•ื™ืชื™, ืคืฉืขืชื™. ื•ื›ืŸ ื‘ื“ื•ื“ ื”ื•ื ืื•ืžืจ, we find by David David he said, ื—ื˜ืื ื• ืขื ืื‘ื•ืชื™ื ื•, ื”ืขื•ื™ื ื• ื•ื”ืจืฉืขื ื•. First chata, then he'evenu, which is avon, and then hirsha'nu, which is, which is pesha, like it's worse. ื•ื›ืŸ ื‘ืฉืœืžื” ืื•ืžืจ, by Shlomo it says the same thing, ื—ื˜ืื ื•, ื”ืขื•ื™ื ื•, ื”ืจืฉืขื ื•. ื•ื›ืŸ ื‘ื“ื ื™ืืœ ืื•ืžืจ, by Daniel it says, ื—ื˜ืื ื• ื•ืขื•ื™ื ื• ื•ื”ืจืฉืขื ื• ื•ืžืจื“ื ื•. Ela the she'eilah is ืžื”ื• ืฉืืžืจ ืžืฉื”. So why did Moshe Rabbeinu say ื ื•ืฉื ืขื•ื•ืŸ ื•ืคืฉืข ื•ื—ื˜ืื”? So the re'ayah

Mosheโ€™s Teaching: Mezid Becomes Shogeg Through Teshuvah

before from Moshe Rabbeinu is that Moshe used first the word avon, which is mezid, then moradim, pesha, and then goes back to shogeg. Because ืืžืจ ืžืฉื” ืœืคื ื™ ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื, ืžืฉื” meant something else. Moshe said to ื”ืฉื, ืจื™ื‘ื•ื ื• ืฉืœ ืขื•ืœื, ื‘ืฉืขื” ืฉื—ื•ื˜ืื™ืŸ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื•ืขื•ืฉื™ืŸ ืชืฉื•ื‘ื”, they do ืชืฉื•ื‘ื”, ืขืฉื” ืœื”ื ื–ื“ื•ื ื•ืช ื›ืฉื’ื’ื•ืช. He said make the ื–ื“ื•ื ื•ืช ื›ืฉื’ื’ื•ืช. So that's why after he asked for forgiveness, he said, he mentioned shogeg, because he's saying let it all turn into shogeg. The truth is when you do teshuvah it's the higher level of ืชืฉื•ื‘ื”, ื–ื“ื•ื ื•ืช ื ืขืฉื•ืช ืœื• ื›ื–ื›ื™ื•ืช, the aveirot turn into mitzvot. But at least, even a lower madregah of teshuvah, it's ื–ื“ื•ื ื•ืช, ืขื‘ื™ืจื•ืช ื‘ืžื–ื™ื“, turn into ืขื‘ื™ืจื•ืช ื‘ืฉื•ื’ื’. Huh? No, but only if you do teshuvah. He said, ื‘ืฉืขื” ืฉื—ื•ื˜ืื™ืŸ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ื•ืขื•ืฉื™ืŸ ืชืฉื•ื‘ื”. So teshuvah, you have to do teshuvah, and then the Eibershter, no, but a higher deragah of teshuvah is ื–ื“ื•ื ื•ืช ื ืขืฉื•ืช ืœื• ื›ื–ื›ื™ื•ืช. Gemara says, ื›ืืŸ ืžืชืฉื•ื‘ื” ืžืื”ื‘ื”, ื›ืืŸ ืžืชืฉื•ื‘ื” ืžื™ืจืื”. If you do teshuvah out of ahavah, it becomes like mitzvot, and if you do teshuvah out of yirah, and the the ื–ื“ื•ื ื•ืช, the ืขื‘ื™ืจื•ืช ื‘ืžื–ื™ื“, turn into shogeg. Huh? That's not ืžืจื™ื“ื”. That's not almost like, I'll tell you.

Two Types of Sinners: Momer LeTeavon vs Momer LeHaka'is

There is a ืžื•ืžืจ ืœืชื™ืื‘ื•ืŸ and a ืžื•ืžืจ ืœื”ื›ืขื™ืก. ืžื•ืžืจ ืœืชื™ืื‘ื•ืŸ, somebody who does aveirot, he knows it's wrong, he just doesn't care. He likes it, like ื—ื–ื™ืจ, ืจื—ืžื ื ืœื™ืฆืœืŸ, he likes to eat it. And then there's somebody doesn't even like it, he davka eat it. You know the famous story I always tell, the story with the Chafetz Chaim? What's he say? That he once went on a delegation of a certain persons for a ืฉืชื“ืœื ื•ืช, from the government, it happened to be a ืื™ื“, when they came to the place, they were told to wait outside because he's in middle of his meal, and wait till he finishes eating. It was a ืื™ื“, a ืคืจื™ื™ืขืจ ืื™ื“. So the Chafetz Chaim gives over to the guy who brought him, go tell him, zol esn mit apetyt. Tell him like you say when someone eats, eats with appetite. So when they came in to him and spoke to him, so he says, you gave over that zol esn mit apetyt, you know that I was eating chazir, I'm sure you didn't want I should eat. He says, I knew you were eating ื˜ืจื™ืฃ. He says, so why did you say beteavon? At least ืื– ืขืจ ืื™ื– ื ืžื•ืžืจ ืœืชื™ืื‘ื•ืŸ ื ื™ืฉื˜ ืงื™ื™ืŸ ืžื•ืžืจ ืœื”ื›ืขื™ืก. If you do with appetite, it means you like it, so you're doing it for that reason, but you shouldn't be davka you don't like it so you eat it, right? Huh? True, yes, so this is a person does ืœื”ื›ืขื™ืก, it's totally, absolutely, doesn't... The Eibershter forgives. He wipes all the aveirot. And if he does a high teshuvah, all the aveirot he did is like as if they were mitzvot. And he gets ืฉื›ืจ for the aveirot, imagine. Right. Yeah. That's shogeg! That's shogeg! That is shogeg. If you don't know what you're doing, that's not shogeg. So people think on Shabbos by mistake you do something, that's not shogeg. Shogeg means you know exactly what you're doing. The guy is going to cook on Shabbos, he knows he's going to cook. So what's ืฉื•ื’ื’? He forgot, or he doesn't know, that you're not allowed to. Something else, he's ืงืจื•ื‘ ืœืžื–ื™ื“. Yeah, yeah, that's something else. There's some machloket if ืฉื•ื’ื’ ืงืจื•ื‘ ืœืžื–ื™ื“, ืื‘ืœ ืœืœืžื•ื“ ื•ืœื ืœืžื“. But bichlal, shogeg is when you know what you're doing and you mitkaven to do what you're doing. You just didn't know it's Shabbos today. You didn't know today is Shabbos, you forgot. Or you forgot that this is asur. But if a person doesn't know what he's doing, that's not shogeg, that's mitasek. So a person, people think you walk by and the switch, by mistake you rub the switch, the switch goes on, \"Oh, I did an aveira b'shogeg.\" That's not shogeg, that's mitasek. It's a machloket about ืขื™ื‘ื•ืจ, what's real, but ืžืชืขืกืง ืžืžืฉ like it says ื ืชื›ื•ื•ืŸ ืœื—ืชื•ืš ืืช ื”ืชืœื•ืฉ ื•ื—ืชืš ืืช ื”ืžื—ื•ื‘ืจ. A person tried to cut something and he thought that this was disconnected from the ground, and later after he cut it, he realized it was connected to the ground, so he did a melachah, ืงื•ืฆืจ. But he didn't intend to do the melachah. Shogeg

Shogeg vs Mitasek: When Mistakes Matter

means you intended to do the melachah, you just didn't know, forgot it's asur, or forgot it's Shabbos. So that's something else. So if a person does that, it's not mezid. Mezid means not only do I know what I'm doing, I know it's asur and I still do it, but it doesn't mean you're doing it in spite, you do it because you don't care. But ืžื•ืจื“ื™ื is even worse. ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื” ื‘ืจ ืฉืžื•ืืœ ืืžืจ ืจื‘, ื•ืืžืจื™ ืœื” ื‘ืžืชื ื™ืชื ืชื ื: ื”ืœื›ื” ื›ื“ื‘ืจื™ ื—ื›ืžื™ื. So if we have a machloket between Rabbi Meir and the chachamim what's the order how you're mitvadeh, so the halachah is like the chachamim. Peshita! ื™ื—ื™ื“ ื•ืจื‘ื™ื ื”ืœื›ื” ื›ืจื‘ื™ื, why do you have to say, if it's a machloket between one and many, the halachah is like the rabim? The Gemara, ืžื”ื• ื“ืชื™ืžื, I would have thought ืืกืชื‘ืจ ื˜ืขืžื™ื” ื“ืจื‘ื™ ืžืื™ืจ, that in this case Rabbi Meir seems to be right. Why? ื“ืงืžืกื™ื™ืข ืœื™ื” ืงืจื ื“ืžืฉื”, because there's a pasuk clearly by Moshe Rabbeinu, that's what it says also happened by Moshe Rabbeinu. I would think that in this case maybe it's an exception. Therefore, ka mashma lan that no, that even in this case, the halachah is like the ืจื‘ื ืŸ. Zagt di Gemara a story. ื”ื”ื•ื ื“ื ื—ื™ืช ืงืžื™ื” ื“ืจื‘ื”, somebody who was sitting, came to ืจื‘ื”, ื•ืขื‘ื™ื“ ื›ืจื‘ื™ ืžืื™ืจ, and he said vidui and he said like Rabbi Meir. ืืžืจ ืœื™ื”, so Rabbah said to him, ืฉื‘ืงืช ืจื‘ื ืŸ ื•ืขื‘ื“ืช ื›ืจื‘ื™ ืžืื™ืจ? You left the ืจื‘ื ืŸ, you did like Rabbi Meir, how'd you do that? ืืžืจ ืœื™ื”, ื›ืจื‘ื™ ืžืื™ืจ ืกื‘ื™ืจื ืœื™, I hold like Rabbi Meir, ื“ื›ืชื™ื‘ ื‘ืกืคืจื ื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื ื“ืžืฉื”, like it says in the Torah, like Moshe Rabbeinu said it. So we

Halachic Decision: Rabbi Meir or the Rabbis?

see that it's real, it's takeh a sevara to say that this case the halacha like Rabbi Meir, because ืขื•ื‘ื“ื ื“ื”ื, somebody who actually paskent like that. Zagt di Gemara weiter: ื•ืžื ื™ื™ืŸ ืฉื‘ืดืื ืืด? Why, how do we know that you have to use the word ืดืื ืืด? Because you learned like ืดืื ื ื”ืณืด you say. Where does it say that? The Gemara answers: ื ืืžืจ ื›ืืŸ ื›ืคืจื”, here it says that the Eibershter is ื›ืคืจื”, ื•ื ืืžืจ ืœื”ืœืŸ ื‘ื—ื˜ื ื›ืคืจื”. And then in a different place, by ื—ื˜ื by which is by the ืขื’ืœ, ืžืฉื” ืจื‘ื™ื ื• said let me go to the Eibershter, ืื•ืœื™ ืื›ืคืจื” ื‘ืขื“ ื—ื˜ืืชื›ื. They used the word kapara. ืžื” ืœื”ืœืŸ ื‘ืดืื ืืด, ืืฃ ื›ืืŸ ื‘ืดืื ืืด. Just like there Moshe Rabbeinu said ืดืื ืืด, he said, ืดืื ื ื—ื˜ื ื”ืขื ื”ื–ื” ื—ื˜ืื” ื’ื“ื•ืœื”ืด, so from there we know it's a gezeirah shavah, we have to say by every kapara, every vidui, you have to say ืดืื ืืด. ื•ืžื ื™ื™ืŸ ืฉื‘ืฉื? How do you know you have to do it with Hashem's name, ืดืื ื ื”ืณืด? Same thing: ื ืืžืจ ื›ืืŸ ื›ืคืจื” ื•ื ืืžืจ ื‘ืขื’ืœื” ืขืจื•ืคื” ื›ืคืจื”. Here it says the word kapara, by ืขื’ืœื” ืขืจื•ืคื” it says kapara. ืžื” ืœื”ืœืŸ ื‘ืฉื, just like by ืขื’ืœื” ืขืจื•ืคื” it says the ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ's name, ืดื›ืคืจ ืœืขืžืš ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืืฉืจ ืคื“ื™ืช ื”ืณืด, ืืฃ ื›ืืŸ ื‘ืฉื. Here you also have to use Hashem's name. ื–ืื’ื˜ ื“ื™ ื’ืžืจื weiter, ืชื ื™ื we learned in a beraita: ืจื‘ื™ ืื•ืžืจ, Rabbi says, the pasuk says, ืดื›ื™ ืฉื ื”ืณ ืืงืจื ื”ื‘ื• ื’ื•ื“ืœ ืœืืœื•ืงื™ื ื•ืด. I

Blessing Before Torah Study From Mentioning God's Name

will, when I call the name of Hashem, you give greatness to our God, to the ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ. What does that mean? ืืžืจ ืœื”ื ืžืฉื” ืœื™ืฉืจืืœ, Moshe said to the ื™ื™ื“ืŸ, ื‘ืฉืขื” ืฉืื ื™ ืžื–ื›ื™ืจ ืฉืžื• ืฉืœ ื”ืงื“ื•ืฉ ื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื, when I mention Hashem's name, ืืชื ื”ื‘ื• ื’ื•ื“ืœ ืœืืœื•ืงื™ื ื•. You give greatness to Hashem. In other words, like in the Beit HaMikdash, when they used to say Hashem's name, what did they say? ืดื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉื ื›ื‘ื•ื“ ืžืœื›ื•ืชื• ืœืขื•ืœื ื•ืขื“ืด. They would give greatness to... to... When they say Hashem's name, that's why we say ืดื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื ื•ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉืžื•ืด. When you say ืดื‘ืจื•ืš ืืชื” ื”ืณืด, we answer ืดื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื ื•ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉืžื•ืด. Actually, the Gemara in Berachot learns out from here that you have to make a bracha, ื‘ืจื›ืช ื”ืชื•ืจื”. When, before you learn, you have to make a bracha. Now, all other berachot are derabbanan. Rabbanan instituted berachot. But the Gemara says, ืžื ื™ื™ืŸ ืœื‘ืจื›ืช ื”ืชื•ืจื” ืžืŸ ื”ืชื•ืจื”? How do you know ื‘ืจื›ืช ื”ืชื•ืจื” ืžื“ืื•ืจื™ื™ืชื? ืฉื ืืžืจ, ืดื›ื™ ืฉื ื”ืณ ืืงืจื ื”ื‘ื• ื’ื•ื“ืœ ืœืืœื•ืงื™ื ื•ืด. If you call Hashem's name, every time you learn Torah you're calling Hashem's name, ื”ื‘ื• ื’ื•ื“ืœ ืœืืœื•ืงื™ื ื•, you have to first give greatness. So that's not another person's, each person himself has to make the bracha. But here it's a different peshat. Here the peshat is that when you mention Hashem's name, people have to thank, have to praise Hashem. ื—ื ื ื™ื” ื‘ืŸ ืื—ื™ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื”ื•ืฉืข ืื•ืžืจ, ืจ' Chananya the brother of, the son of the brother of Rabbi Yehoshua says, ืดื–ื›ืจ ืฆื“ื™ืง ืœื‘ืจื›ื”ืด, there's a pasuk that says ืดื–ื›ืจ ืฆื“ื™ืง ืœื‘ืจื›ื”ืด, you remember the tzaddik for a bracha. That ืืžืจ ืœื”ื ื ื‘ื™ื ืœื™ืฉืจืืœ, the ื ื‘ื™ื, this is in Mishlei, said to the ื™ื™ื“ืŸ, ื‘ืฉืขื” ืฉืื ื™ ืžื–ื›ื™ืจ ืฆื“ื™ืง, ืฆื“ื™ืง ืขื•ืœืžื™ื, when I mention the tzaddik, the real tzaddik, the tzaddik that's ืฆื“ื™ืง ื”ืขื•ืœื, the ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ, ืืชื ืชื ื• ื‘ืจื›ื”. You have to give a bracha. That's the same idea, that when you mention the ืื™ื™ื‘ืขืจืฉื˜ืขืจ's name, we have to say, that's where ืดื‘ืจื•ืš ื”ื•ื ื•ื‘ืจื•ืš ืฉืžื•ืด comes from. So the Gemara quotes over here is a Mishnah: ืžื•ื ื‘ื– ื”ืžืœืš, ืžื•ื ื‘ื– ื”ืžืœืš ืขืฉื” ื›ืœ ื™ื“ื•ืช ื”ื›ืœื™ื ืฉืœ ื™ื•ื ื”ื›ื™ืคื•ืจื™ื ืฉืœ ื–ื”ื‘. He wanted to be mehader in the mitzvah, so all the ื›ืœื™ื that the Kohen Gadol used on Yom Kippur he made the handle out of gold. ื”ื™ืœื ื™ ืืžื•, ื”ื™ืœื ื™ ื”ืžืœื›ื” his mother, ืขืฉืชื” ื ื‘ืจืฉืช ืฉืœ ื–ื”ื‘, she made a menorah of gold ืขืœ ืคืชื—ื• ืฉืœ ื”ื™ื›ืœ, by the front of the door of the ื”ื™ื›ืœ she made hanging, like a menorah of gold. ืืฃ ื”ื™ื ืขืฉืชื” ื˜ื‘ืœื ืฉืœ ื–ื”ื‘, she also made a ื˜ื‘ืœื, a plaque, yeah, a tablet, of gold ืฉืคืจืฉืช ืกื•ื˜ื” ื›ืชื•ื‘ื” ืขืœื™ื”, that the ืคืจืฉื” of ืกื•ื˜ื”, when there was a ืกื•ื˜ื” they had to write down the ืคืจืฉื” of ืกื•ื˜ื” on the parchment and then they'd erase it in the water, so you had to copy it out of something, so she hung up on the wall and she made out of gold, she made that ื˜ื‘ืœื so that they can just copy out. It's all ื”ื™ื“ื•ืจ. ื ื™ืงื ื•ืจ ื ืขืฉื• ื ืกื™ื ืœื“ืœืชื•ืชื™ื•, there's a guy Nicanor, he made special doors for the Beit Hamikdash, and there were ื ืกื™ื that happened. The Gemara will soon explain what were the ื ืกื™ื. ื•ืžื–ื›ื™ืจื™ืŸ ืื•ืชืŸ ืœืฉื‘ื—, and all these people that we just mentioned, we mention them for praise.

Praise for Munbaz, Heleni, and Nicanorโ€™s Contributions

What Munbaz did, the chachamim were happy. What Heleni Hamalkah did, they were happy. What Nikanor did, they were happy. Because the Gemara, the Mishnah is going to say that there were certain people that did things, the chachamim mentioned them ืœื’ื ืื™. They weren't praiseworthy, but these were praiseworthy. There's a second Mishnah like this? Huh? A second Mishnah? Yes. Oy, di Gemara: ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื”, Rav Yehudah said, ื”ืžื”ืœืš ืœื™ืžื™ืŸ ืจื‘ื• ื”ืจื™ ื–ื” ื‘ื•ืจ. Someone goes on the right side, walks next to his Rebbe on the right side, is a ื‘ื•ืจ. Fregt di Gemara: ืชื ืŸ, there's a Mishnah, it says when the ื›ื”ืŸ ื’ื“ื•ืœ, when the ื›ื”ืŸ ื’ื“ื•ืœ would go, ื”ืกื’ืŸ ื‘ื™ืžื™ื ื•, the second in command, the ืกื’ืŸ ื›ื”ืŸ ื’ื“ื•ืœ was on his right side, ื•ืจืืฉ ื‘ื™ืช ืื‘, the head of the ื‘ื™ืช ืื‘ was ืžืฉืžืืœื•. So we see that you do go in the right of the Rebbe. ืื™ืชื™ื‘ื™ื”, another place it says, ืฉืœื•ืฉื” ืฉื”ื™ื• ืžื”ืœื›ื™ืŸ ื‘ื“ืจืš, if there are three people going in the road, ื”ืจื‘ ื‘ืืžืฆืข, the ืจื‘ื™ should be in the middle, ื’ื“ื•ืœ ืžื™ืžื™ื ื•, the of the other two, the greater one of the other two should be on his right side, ื•ืงื˜ืŸ ืžืฉืžืืœื•, and the smaller one should be on his left side. ื•ื›ืŸ ืžืฆื™ื ื•, we

The Three Angels Visiting Abraham and Their Order

find also ื‘ืฉืœื•ืฉื” ืžืœืื›ื™ ื”ืฉืจืช ืฉื‘ืื• ืืฆืœ ืื‘ืจื”ื, the three malachim that came to Avraham, which was Michael, Gavriel, and Rafael. ืžื™ื›ืืœ ื‘ืืžืฆืข, ืžื™ื›ืืœ was the highest madregah, he's the greatest one, he's in the middle. ื’ื‘ืจื™ืืœ ื‘ื™ืžื™ื ื• ื•ืจืคืืœ ืžืฉืžืืœื•. Gavriel on his right, cuz he's next so to speak in command, and Rafael on his left. So here we see that you do go on the right, Farkert, the greater one goes on the right of his Rebbe! And here we said before that if you go on the right side of your Rebbe, you're a ื‘ื•ืจ. So di Gemara says, ืชืจื’ืžื” ืจื‘ ืฉืžื•ืืœ ื‘ืจ ืคืคื ืงืžื™ื” ื“ืจื‘ ืื“ื. So Rav Shmuel bar Pappa explained this in front of Rav Adda, that ื›ื’ื•ืŸ ื“ื™ืกืชืจื™ืš ื‘ืจื‘ื™ื”, it doesn't mean that you actually should go next to him. When it says on the right side, you go a little bit behind. Fragt di Gemara: ื•ื”ืชื ื™ื ื”ืžื”ืœืš ื›ื ื’ื“ ืจื‘ื• ื”ืจื™ ื–ื” ื‘ื•ืจ, it says if you go in front of your Rebbe you're a ื‘ื•ืจ. ืื—ื•ืจื™ ืจื‘ื• ื”ืจื™ ื–ื” ืžื’ืกื™ ื”ืจื•ื—, if you go behind your Rebbe you're with some sort of ื’ืื•ื•ื”. So you shouldn't go behind! And here we're saying that you should go on the right side, but a little bit, but back! So di Gemara says ืžืฆื“ื“ ืืฆื“ื•ื“ื™, you go a little to the side, not ืžืžืฉ in the back, not ืžืžืฉ in the front, not ืžืžืฉ, a little, I guess you have to maneuver it to be a little bit in the side. And it says ื•ืืœื• ืœื’ื ืื™. There are certain people that did things in the ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžืงื“ืฉ, and the ื—ื›ืžื™ื did not praise them, they were ืžื’ื ื” them. ืฉืœ ื‘ื™ืช ื’ืจืžื•, this family called ื‘ื™ืช ื’ืจืžื•, ืœื ืจืฆื• ืœืœืžื“ ืขืœ ืžืขืฉื” ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื. They knew how to make the ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื. ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื was a very tricky thing to make, cuz the ืœื—ื ื”ืคื ื™ื was a ื˜ืคื— thick, and it was matzah. It couldn't rise. Now, it's very hard to understand how they did that, because if you have a thick dough like this, and you put it in the oven, what happens is it gets hot. Now, if it's very thin, as soon as it gets hot, when it gets hot it starts rising, but by the time it gets a chance to rise, it's already baked! But if you have a thick dough, it gets hot, but there had to be a special kuntz, they knew what to do, but they wouldn't teach it to anybody. ืœื ืจืฆื• ืœืœืžื“, they wouldn't teach. ืฉืœ ื‘ื™ืช ืื‘ื˜ื™ื ืก ืœื ืจืฆื• ืœืœืžื“ ืขืœ ืžืขืฉื” ื”ืงื˜ื•ืจืช. The family of Avtinas knew exactly how to make the ืงื˜ื•ืจืช, which was also special, they didn't want to teach to anybody. Di Gemara explains it later. Hogras ben Levi, this guy ื”ื•ื’ืจืก ื‘ืŸ ืœื•ื™, ื”ื™ื” ื™ื•ื“ืข ืคืจืง ื‘ืฉื™ืจ, he knew how to sing with the special, ื•ืœื ืจืฆื” ืœืœืžื“, he didn't want to teach. ื‘ืŸ ืงืžืฆืจ ืœื ืจืฆื” ืœืœืžื“ ืขืœ ืžืขืฉื” ื”ื›ืชื‘. He didn't want to teach how to write. What writing means, that he had a kuntz, he was able to take pens between the four fingers, four pens, and at once write Shem Havayah. Nah, this is Kamtzar with a ืจ'. But he would make with one thing he would make ื™ื•ืดื“ ืงืดื™ ื•ืืดื• ืงืดื™. He knew how to do it. That's a kuntz. A fine kuntz, but he wouldn't teach to anybody. So ืขืœ ื”ืจืืฉื•ื ื™ื, on the earlier ones that we said, on Munbaz and Heleni HaMalka and and and this Nikanor, ื ืืžืจ, ื–ื›ืจ ืฆื“ื™ืง ืœื‘ืจื›ื”, they would remember him for a berachah. ืขืœ ืืœื•, on these, ื ืืžืจ, it says, the same pasuk, finish of the ืคืกื•ืง, ื•ืฉื ืจืฉืขื™ื ื™ืจืงื‘. The name of resha'im should be should be erased, should be rotten. And the Gemara will explain what was the problem there, why. Then it says, okay, another minute... It says we saw ื”ื™ืœื ื™ ืขืฉืชื”, ื”ื™ืœื ื™ ืื™ืžื™ื” ืขืฉืชื” ื ื‘ืจืฉืช ืฉืœ ื–ื”ื‘. We said Hilni Hamalkah made this special menorah made of gold. ืชื ื, we learn in a ื‘ืจื™ื™ืชื: ื‘ืฉืขื” ืฉื”ื—ืžื” ื–ื•ืจื—ืช, when the sun shined, ื ื™ืฆื•ืฆื•ืช ื™ื•ืฆืื™ืŸ ืžืžื ื”, it would give off sparks, like the shine, reflection, ื•ื”ื›ืœ ื™ื•ื“ืขื™ื ืฉื”ื’ื™ืข ื–ืžืŸ ืงืจื™ืืช ืฉืžืข, and that would be the sign that this morning the sun started shining, which is the beginning of the ื–ืžืŸ ืงืจื™ืืช ืฉืžืข. So when that, how did they see it from far, so when they saw sparks, not real sparks, but reflection coming from this golden thing, so they knew it's the ื–ืžืŸ ืงืจื™ืืช ืฉืžืข. Hope to finish the piece. Fregt di Gemara: ืžื™ืชื™ื‘ื™, ื”ืงื•ืจื ืงืจื™ืืช ืฉืžืข ืฉื—ืจื™ืช ืขื ืื ืฉื™ ืžืฉืžืจ ื•ืื ืฉื™ ืžืขืžื“, if someone says Keriat Shema when the ืžืฉืžืจ starts, and the ืžืขืžื“ would, the people who were not part of the ื›ื”ื ื™ื and for the ืžืฉืžืจ, but they were the ื™ืฉืจืืœื™ื who would come in the ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžืงื“ืฉ and be part of it, ืœื ื™ืฆื. They wouldn't ื™ืฆื, why? ืžืคื ื™ ืฉืื ืฉื™ ืžืฉืžืจ ืžืฉื›ื™ืžื™ืŸ, the ืื ืฉื™ ืžืฉืžืจ did it was too early. ื•ืื ืฉื™ ืžืขืžื“, and the ืžืขืžื“ people, they did it, it was later. They came later, ืžืื—ืจื™ืŸ. So here, so who, so what? So the people in the ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžืงื“ืฉ couldn't rely on this, cuz they did it before the sun rose, they didn't see it. The people from the ืžืขืžื“ did did it later. So for who was this a ืกื™ืžืŸ to say Keriat Shema? ืื”? He thought it was good. No, they said it too early. And the

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other ones, they said it too late, but they said it before also. ืืžืจ ืื‘ื™ื™: ืœืฉืืจ ืขืžื ื“ื‘ื™ืจื•ืฉืœื™ื. It's like an advertisement, that's for all the other people in Yerushalayim.

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