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EIN YAAKOV

Kiddushin 33b

Do We Stand for a Rider, or Just the Person?

Part of Ein Yaakov · 24:29

A Gemara-based discussion of when the mitzvah of standing applies -- for a rider versus a walker, the three-cubit distance rule -- flowing into why some mitzvot depend on living in Eretz Yisrael and others don't.

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Riding vs walking โ€“ do we stand for a rider?

there's a question that was asked: ืจื•ื›ื‘ ื›ืžื”ืœืš ื“ืžื™ ืื• ืœื? Said before if you see a talmid chacham coming or your Rebbe coming, you got to stand up if he's walking. But the question is if he's riding a horse, so he's be'etzem standing in one place, it's the horse that's moving. So the question is do we consider riding like walking, or not? ืืžืจ ืื‘ื™ื™, ืื‘ื™ื™ said, ืชื ืฉืžืข, come, I'll prove it to you from a different din. The din is like this: there's a din by a tamei, by a metzora, if you're under one roof with a metzora and it's ืงื‘ื•ืข, he's set, you become tamei. Usually you only become tamei when you touch something. The only time you become tamei being under one roof is with a dead body, but by a metzora is also a din, but there's not so pashut. By a dead body if you're under one roof for a second, by metzora it has to be that it's set standing there. It's How long is set? It says it's a it's a shiur, it's ื›ื“ื™ ืื›ื™ืœืช ืคืจืก. So the Gemara, but it says like this: ื˜ืžื ื™ื•ืฉื‘ ืชื—ืช ื”ืื™ืœืŸ, if there's a tamei sitting under a tree ื•ื˜ื”ื•ืจ ืขื•ืžื“, and the ื˜ื”ื•ืจ'ื“ื™ืงืข person is standing, so since the ื˜ืžื'ื“ื™ืงืข guy is sitting, he's set, so tamei, so the guy the ื˜ื”ื•ืจ'ื“ื™ืงืข person becomes tamei. ื˜ืžื ืขื•ืžื“ ืชื—ืช ื”ืื™ืœืŸ ื•ื˜ื”ื•ืจ ื™ื•ืฉื‘, what happens if the ื˜ืžื'ื“ื™ืงืข guy is standing and the ื˜ื”ื•ืจ'ื“ื™ืงืข guy is sitting? So the ื˜ืžื'ื“ื™ืงืข guy is not set, because he's standing, standing is a temporary thing, so the ื˜ื”ื•ืจ'ื“ื™ืงืข guy is tahor. ื•ืื ื™ืฉื‘ ื”ื˜ืžื, if the ื˜ืžื'ื“ื™ืงืข guy sits down, ื”ื˜ื”ื•ืจ ื˜ืžื, so the tahor becomes tamei, now he's set. The ikar what we're trying to bring out is the next case: ื•ื›ืŸ ื‘ืื‘ืŸ ื”ืžื ื•ื’ืขืช, the same thing if you're holding a stone that has a ื ื’ืข. Same thing, if the person holds the stone that has a ื ื’ืข is standing, and there's a person under the same tree, a person doesn't become ื˜ืžื, cuz it's not considered that the stone is sitting. But if the person who is holding the stone is sitting, it's settled, then the guy who's ื˜ื”ื•ืจ becomes ื˜ืžื. But what do we see from here? So we

Objectโ€™s status follows holderโ€™s posture โ€“ stone and horse analogy

see this from here that something that's standing in the other person's hands gets the din of what the person is doing. So the stone, if the person is standing, then the stone is standing. If the person is sitting, the stone is sitting. So the same thing here, if the horse, this the ื—ื›ื is sitting, the talmid chacham is sitting on the horse and the horse is riding, it's like he's riding. He's moving. So we ask the kashya, is his sitting there on him considered like he's moving or not? Yes, it's considered moving. Isn't there a difference between a stone and a person? Doesn't matter, it's an object. ืืžืจ ืจื‘ ื ื—ืžืŸ ื‘ืจ ื™ืฆื—ืง ื•ืืžืจื™ ืœื” ืจื‘ ื ื—ืžืŸ ื‘ืจ ื›ื”ืŸ: ื–ืืช ืื•ืžืจืช ืจื•ื›ื‘ ื›ืžื”ืœืš ื“ืžื™. That shows that riding is like walking, because if he's moving, like ืฉืžืข ืžื™ื ื” ืฉื™ื˜ื”. You know what happens? The same din we find in a positive thing, but it's not a din in the Gemara, so I think that's why the Gemara doesn't bring it. If the Sefer Torah is standing, you have to stand. Everyone has to stand up. If the Sefer Torah is sitting, How's the Sefer Torah standing or sitting? It's the person. If the person who's holding the Sefer Torah is standing, if it's sitting, you could sit. If the person holding the Sefer Torah is standing, you have to stand. So that shows that the object gets the din of what the person who's holding it, what it's on. Same thing here. Yeah, that's why the Sefer Torah is dancing on Simchat Torah. Yeah, you said it gives it feet. So what's the din about standing or sitting by Simchat Torah when you go around for hakafot? Do you have to stand or just for a certain amount of time? There's different. There's halacha though for that, no? But there is different. Doesn't say because the Sefer Torah is out the whole time, that's The other point is a stone can't move by itself, whereas the person sitting on the horse can, so you might think there might be a difference, because the stone has to be carried, so whatever. Yes, but lefo'al he's standing in one place, and this person is also standing in one place. The person has an ability to move. So what? ืื™ื‘ืขื™ื ืœื”ื•, they

Do we have to stand before the Torah itself?

ask a question: ืžื”ื• ืœืขืžื•ื“ ืžืคื ื™ ืกืคืจ ืชื•ืจื”? Do you have to stand up for a Sefer Torah? So ืจื‘ ื—ืœืงื™ื” ื•ืจื‘ ืกื™ืžื•ืŸ ื•ืจื‘ ืืœืขื–ืจ ืืžืจื™, they say ืงืœ ื•ื—ื•ืžืจ: if ืžืคื ื™ ืœื•ืžื“ื™ื” ืขื•ืžื“ื™ื, you have to stand up for people who learn the ืชื•ืจื”, ืžืคื ื™ื” ืœื ื›ืœ ืฉื›ืŸ? In front of the Torah itself, certainly you have to. Then the ื’ืžืจื says: ืจื‘ื™ ืื™ืœืขืื™ ื•ืจื‘ื™ ื™ืขืงื‘ ื‘ืจ ื–ื‘ื“ื™ ื”ื•ื• ื™ืชื‘ื™, they were sitting, these two. ื—ืœืฃ ื•ืื–ืœ ืจื‘ื™ ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืจ ืื‘ื, so ืจื‘ื™ ืฉืžืขื•ืŸ ื‘ืจ ืื‘ื walked by, ื•ืงืžื• ืžืงืžื™ื”, they stood up. ืืžืจ ืœื”ื•, so he said to them: ื—ื“ื, first of all, ื“ืืชื•ืŸ ื—ื›ื™ืžื™ ื•ืื ื ื—ื‘ืจ, you are real chachamim, I'm not a real ื—ื‘ืจ. You're ื—ืฉื•ื‘ to me, you don't have to stand up. ื•ืขื•ื“, ื›ืœื•ื ืชื•ืจื” ืขื•ืžื“ืช ืžืคื ื™ ืœื•ืžื“ื™ื”? The Torah should stand up in front of the people who learn it? Cuz you guys sitting and talking in divrei Torah, you're the Torah itself. And here I'm a person who is a talmid chacham let's say, the Torah They were learning at the time. Huh? The difference is they were learning. They were learning! And he ืกื‘ืจ like Rabbi Elazar, holds like ืจื‘ื™ ืืœืขื–ืจ, ื“ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ืืœืขื–ืจ, ืจื‘ื™ ืืœืขื–ืจ said, ืื™ืŸ ืชืœืžื™ื“ ื—ื›ื ืจืฉืื™ ืœืขืžื•ื“ ื‘ืคื ื™ ืจื‘ื• ื‘ืฉืขื” ืฉืขื•ืกืง ื‘ืชื•ืจื”. A talmid chacham, while he's learning, doesn't have to stand up for his Rebbe. Why? Because if he's learning, it's the Torah itself. And the Gemara says ืœื™ื™ื˜ ืขืœื” ืื‘ื™ื™. Abaye cursed anybody who follows that. That means that even if you're learning, in front of your Rebbe you have to stand up. No, that's the din. It's the halacha. No, that's the halacha. Even if you're learning, you're saying? Even if you're learning, you have to stand up in front of your Rebbe. Is saying Tehillim like learning? It says, yeah. ื–ืื’ื˜ ื“ื™ ื’ืžืจื ื•ื•ื™ื™ื˜ืขืจ, it says a pasuk that

Watching Moshe walk โ€“ honor or criticism?

when Moshe moved his tent out of the ืžื—ื ื”, every time he was walking, the pasuk says ื•ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื• ืื—ืจื™ ืžืฉื” ืขื“ ื‘ืื• ื”ืื”ืœื”. People would watch him. When they would see him walking, they would watch him till he entered his tent. Now, why did they watch him? Rav Ami veRabbi Yitzchak Nafcha, there's an argument between Rav Ami veRabbi Yitzchak Nafcha. ื—ื“ ืืžืจ, one says, ืœื’ื ืื™, they were looking at him in a negative way. ื•ื—ื“ ืืžืจ, one says, ืœืฉื‘ื—, in a praise. ืžืืŸ ื“ืืžืจ ืœื’ื ืื™, the one that says they were looking in a bad way, what what were they looking? ื›ื“ื™ืชื, like it says. The Gemara didn't even want to bring it. So Rashi says the Gemara didn't want to bring it, but I'll tell you it says in Midrash. The Midrash says they were watching Moshe walking, people were saying, ah see, how he is. Who Who do you think Whose money is he using to buy food? It's all ours. It's all ours. ื›ืžื” ืขื‘ื™ืŸ ืฉืงื™ื•, ื›ืžื” ืฆื•ืืจื• ืฉืžืŸ. Look, he's fat, he's big, he's taking it's all our money. So they were saying it negative. And the other one says ืœืฉื‘ื—. ืžืืŸ ื“ืืžืจ ื›ื“ื™ืชื. ืžืืŸ ื“ืืžืจ ืœืฉื‘ื—, what was the ืฉื‘ื—? ืืžืจ ื—ื–ืงื™ื”, ื—ื–ืงื™ื” said like this: ืืžืจ ืœื™ ืจื‘ื™ ื—ื ื™ื ื ื‘ืจื™ื” ื“ืจื‘ ืื‘ื”ื•. ื—ื ื™ื ื the son of ืจื‘ ืื‘ื”ื• said, ืืžืจ in the name of ืจื‘ ืื‘ื”ื•, ืืžืจ ืจื‘ื™ ืื‘ื“ื™ืžื™ ื“ืžืŸ ื—ื™ืคื” in the name of ืจื‘ื™ ืื‘ื“ื™ืžื™ ื“ืžืŸ ื—ื™ืคื”. He said like this a ื“ื™ืŸ: ื—ื›ื ืขื•ื‘ืจ,

Standing for a scholar โ€“ distance rule of three cubits

when a ื—ื›ื passes, ืขื•ืžื“ ืžืœืคื ื™ื• ื“ืณ ืืžื•ืช. When he gets to your ื“ืณ ืืžื•ืช, you have to stand up. ื›ื™ื•ื•ืŸ ืฉืขื‘ืจ ื“ืณ ืืžื•ืช, as soon as he walked by ื“ืณ ืืžื•ืช, ื™ื•ืฉื‘, could sit down. ืื‘ ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ ืขื•ื‘ืจ, the head of the ื‘ื™ืช ื“ื™ืŸ goes by, ืขื•ืžื“ ืžืœืคื ื™ื• ืžืœื ืขื™ื ื™ื•, stand up from when you see him already. And after ื›ื™ื•ื•ืŸ ืฉืขื‘ืจ ื“ืณ ืืžื•ืช, ื™ื•ืฉื‘, as soon as he walks that ื“ืณ ืืžื•ืช, you could sit down. ื ืฉื™ื ืขื•ื‘ืจ, the ื ืฉื™ื is coming walking, ืขื•ืžื“ ืžืœืคื ื™ื• ืžืœื ืขื™ื ื™ื•, as soon as you see him you have to stand up, ื•ืื™ื ื• ื™ื•ืฉื‘ ืขื“ ืฉื™ืฉื‘ ื‘ืžืงื•ืžื•, you can't sit down till he sits down in his place. ืฉื ืืžืจ, and he quotes the ืคืกื•ืง, ื•ื”ื‘ื™ื˜ื• ืื—ืจื™ ืžืฉื” ืขื“ ื‘ืื• ื”ืื”ืœื”. They were standing by the tents, watching Moshe till he got into the tent. So this was for good! Because they gave him that kavod that they wouldn't sit down till he was out of sight. That's the din that when the Nasi goes by, you have to can't sit down till he's out of sight. They didn't see Moshe Huh? They didn't see Moshe Rabbeinu sit down. No, it doesn't mean sit down. Over there, sit down is when he comes into the yeshiva, he comes into the shul. So he sits down. Here, as long as he's walking, you have to stand till he's out of sight, till he walks into his tent, or in the yeshiva and he sits down. I told you once that the Rebbe for my grandfather would do that.

Rebbeโ€™s personal minhag of standing when leaving a farbrengen

My grandfather would walk out the middle of the farbrengen, and he told him he's leaving because he couldn't sit, he was paralyzed. So the Rebbe would stand up, not all the way, would stand up like this, and watch him, and he walked him on the side there is the the door on the side of the Rebbe's bimah, all the way there. He didn't sit down till he saw he walked out, that's when he sat down. When the Rebbe stood up, did everybody else stand up? He stood up like this. Like this, mamash like this, he stood up, he didn't stand up all the way. I guess the reason was so people shouldn't stand up. ืขืœ ื“ืจืš ื“ื•ื’ืžื”, the Rebbe made kiddush, So he was your the Rebbe's mechutan. Nu, emet, yeah, that's one. When the Rebbe made kiddush, to show that he didn't stand up for that reason, so in Shabbos by farbrengen he made kiddush. How did he Did he stand or sit? Sat. No, he went like this. He went like this. Not for the whole, the beginning No, no, when he said kiddush. Not, no, not at the front part there, but just the ืขืœ ื›ืŸ and and the berachah. So you could say, cuz some that's a big she'eilah, what our ืžื ื”ื’ is, to stand or to sit. Yeah. But one time a year I just thought by the berachah, you you you We stand a little bit by the... the Rebbe himself didn't do that, wait a second. But there's one time a year when he made the regular kiddush, Simchat Torah at night he would make kiddush, and he did the same thing. So, and there for sure we stand. So the reason is very pashut, he didn't want everyone to stand up. Uvechlal, by the morning he also stood. Shabbos morning when he made kiddush. I once saw him make kiddush, it wasn't Shabbos, it was Yom Tov, upstairs, not by the farbrengen. He was standing. Full? Yeah. 99%, I would say 99.9%. Who else was there? Ah, very few people. Very few. A minyan was there. Groner, or ื—ืกื“ would know They they also say they say He stood. By us we stand everybody else stands. It's not a problem. Or they sit, it's okay. By us always it's known that when you make kiddush night, but Shabbos at noon you make kiddush half and half. Not for any reason. No, no. To be yotzei both ื“ืขื•ืช, I guess. Okay. At night, the Litvishe, they sit by kiddush at night. By Friday night? Yeah. Why not? That's how it Some sit. It was so hard in the ื‘ื•ืงืจ, by ื™ื•ื ืฉื‘ืช. Not by the night. I have so many Litvishe friends. They stand by by by ื•ื™ื›ื•ืœื•, but they sit down by the berachah. And by ื™ื•ื ื”ืฉื™ืฉื™? ื™ื•ื ื”ืฉื™ืฉื™ they stand. Because that's like ืขื“ื™ื. And they davka sit by the berachah? They sit down. Really? And through the next Through the whole berachah they sit. Maybe not all Maybe not all the people do that. But there are definitely some of them that do that. So it says It says in the what? Mishnah Berurah, it says we should do that? Yeah. It says in the ื‘ืจื™ื™ืชื, ื‘ื ื™ื ืืชื ืœื”ืณ ืืœืงื™ื›ื. You are sons, children to ื“ืณ. So, he darash like this. ื‘ื–ืžืŸ ืฉืืชื ื ื•ื”ื’ื™ื ืžื ื”ื’ ื‘ื ื™ื, when you behave like children, ืืชื ืงืจื•ื™ื™ื ื‘ื ื™ื, you're called children. ืื™ืŸ ืืชื ื ื•ื”ื’ื™ื ืžื ื”ื’ ื‘ื ื™ื, if you don't behave like children, ืื™ืŸ ืืชื ืงืจื•ื™ื™ื ื‘ื ื™ื, you're not called children. ื“ื‘ืจื™ ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื”, that's ืจื‘ื™ ื™ื”ื•ื“ื”'s opinion. And ืจื‘ื™ ืžืื™ืจ ืื•ืžืจ, and ืจื‘ื™ ืžืื™ืจ says, ื‘ื™ืŸ ื›ืš ื•ื‘ื™ืŸ ื›ืš ืืชื ืงืจื•ื™ื™ื ื‘ื ื™ื. Whether you're good or bad, you're called children of ื“ืณ. ืฉื ืืžืจ, it says, and he quotes quite a few pesukim. One pasuk says, ื‘ื ื™ื ืกื›ืœื™ื ื”ืžื”. Der Eibershter refers to the Yidden as stupid children. That means that Yidden are behaving stupidly, and he still calls them children. ื•ืื•ืžืจ, another pasuk says, ื‘ื ื™ื ืœื ืืžื•ืŸ ื‘ื. They're children that he doesn't have emunah, doesn't trust them, and they don't trust him. So Yidden who don't trust ื“ืณ, and nevertheless they're called ื‘ื ื™ื. ื•ืื•ืžืจ, a third ืคืกื•ืง, ื–ืจืข ืžืจืขื™ื ื‘ื ื™ื ืžืฉื—ื™ืชื™ื. They're bad children, children who are corrupt, but he calls them children. ื•ืื•ืžืจ, another pasuk, Where it first part it called them children? It called them ื–ืจืข ืžืจืขื™ื. Seeds? Yeah, but then he continues, ื‘ื ื™ื ืžืฉื—ื™ืชื™ื. The seeds are ื‘- ah! are ื‘ื ื™ื ืžืฉื—ื™ืชื™ื. ื•ืื•ืžืจ, another pasuk says, ื•ื”ื™ื” ื‘ืžืงื•ื ืืฉืจ ื™ืืžืจ ืœื”ื ืœื ืขืžื™ ืืชื, that instead of saying, you are not my nation, ื™ืืžืจ ืœื”ื ื‘ื ื™ ื-ืœ ื—ื™, he's going to say, you are the children of the living G-d. So, we

The Torah calls Jews โ€œchildrenโ€ even when they err

have four pesukim here, where in each pasuk it says that he calls the Yidden children. ืžืื™ ื•ืื•ืžืจ? The Gemara, why do we need this extra pesukim? Why, one pasuk is enough. Why do we need all? And the Gemara explains what each pasuk is going to add to the other. After we have the first pasuk, it says ื‘ื ื™ื ืกื›ืœื™ื ื”ืžื”, they are stupid children. So, it's not enough, because ื•ื›ื™ ืชื™ืžื, you might say, ืกื›ืœื™ื ื”ื•ื ื“ืžื™ืงืจื• ื‘ื ื™ื. If they're just stupid, they're still called children. ืื‘ืœ ื›ื™ ืœื™ืช ื‘ื”ื• ื”ื™ืžื ื•ืชื, but when they don't have ืืžื•ื ื”, ืœื ืžื™ืงืจื• ื‘ื ื™ื, maybe they're not called children. Stupid, you know, they're stupid, it could be. ืชื ืฉืžืข, that's why we bring the other pasuk. ื•ืื•ืžืจ, the second ืคืกื•ืง, ื‘ื ื™ื ืœื ืืžื•ืŸ ื‘ื. Even if it was ืœื ืืžื•ืŸ ื‘ื, it's still called ื‘ื ื™ื. But still, ื•ื›ื™ ืชื™ืžื, you might still say, ื›ื™ ืœื™ืช ื‘ื”ื• ื”ื™ืžื ื•ืชื ื”ื•ื ื“ืžื™ืงืจื• ื‘ื ื™ื, as long if they don't have emunah, they're still called ื‘ื ื™ื. ืื‘ืœ ื›ื™ ืคืœื—ื• ืœืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื–ืจื”, If they act to worship avodah zarah, then ืœื ืžื™ืงืจื• ื‘ื ื™ื, they're not called children. ืชื ืฉืžืข, here comes the other pasuk. ื–- ื•ืื•ืžืจ, it says, ื–ืจืข ืžืจืขื™ื ื‘ื ื™ื ืžืฉื—ื™ืชื™ื. Now, ื‘ื ื™ื ืžืฉื—ื™ืชื™ื, ืžืฉื—ื™ืชื™ื goes on avodah zarah, because the pasuk says ืคืŸ ืชืฉื—ื™ืชื•ืŸ, ื”ืฉืžืจ ืœื›ื ืคืŸ ืชืฉื—ื™ืชื•ืŸ ื•ืขื‘ื“ืชื ืืœืงื™ื ืื—ืจื™ื. So, the ื”ืฉื—ืชื” goes on avodah zarah, and nevertheless he calls them ื‘ื ื™ื. ื•ื›ื™ ืชื™ืžื, you still might say, ื‘ื ื™ื ืžืฉื—ื™ืชื™ื ื”ื•ื ื“ืžื™ืงืจื•. Yeah, they're called they're called corrupt children. ืื‘ืœ ื‘ื ื™ื ืžืขืœื™ื ืœื ืžื™ืงืจื•, you don't call them regular children. So, they have a title ื‘ื ื™ื ืžืฉื—ื™ืชื™ื. ืชื ืฉืžืข, that's why he brings the next pasuk, ื•ืื•ืžืจ, it says, ื•ื”ื™ื” ื‘ืžืงื•ื ืืฉืจ ื™ืืžืจ ืœื”ื ืœื ืขืžื™ ืืชื, instead of saying, you are not my nation, ื™ืืžืจ ืœื”ื, he will say, ื‘ื ื™ ื-ืœ ื—ื™, you're the children of the live G-d. So, we see even in that time when really they deserve to be called, you're not my nation, he still calls them ื‘ื ื™ื. So, we see the Yidden are called children. Where is that from? Um, you are the sons of the Where is that pasuk from? Which one? The last one you just said, Hoshea. Yeah. Oh, that's it's all nevi. It's all every one of this Most of them speak negatively using children. Yeah, but they still call them children. Yeah. Chassidus usually uses ื ืขืจื™ื as the highest level of emunah, no? Or whatever. What? Call a child. Yeah, bichlal the ma'alah of a child is is emunah. A child means that you're part of me. You're part of ื—ืœืง ืืœื•ืง ืžืžืขืœ. highest level of emunah that you can have, because it's it's more right? But it's What if it says ืœื ืืžื•ืŸ ื‘ื, even if they don't have emunah, they're still called a child. So, this is a big machloket here whether we call them children, or we don't call them children. It's famous in a different Gemara also. The famous story with Turnus Rufus No, no. Turnus Rufus haRasha asked Rabbi Akiva, \"How do you give tzedakah to a poor man? You're going against ื“ืณ. ื“ืณ made the guy poor, so he doesn't want him to have money, and you're going against ื“ืณ.\" And he gave him a mashal. Mashal of a king who had an eved, and the eved didn't behave. Or whatever. Or a child. Mashal of an eved. Eved didn't behave, and the the the king put him in jail, and he said, \"I don't want anybody to feed him.\" Comes somebody, a friend of the guy, and went to feed him. The king will be upset. It's exactly what you're doing. The Eibershter made him poor, you're feeding him. So he answered him, that's only if it's an eved. What about if the king's son That's what he said, even though the king punished him and he said no one should feed him, and then he finds out someone fed him, he'll be very happy. So that means we're talking about the person, what did Rabbi Akiva say? So re'ayah that we pasken. See, here's a machloket. Rabbi Yehudah says they're not called banim if they're bad. Rabbi Meir says yeah, how do we pasken? So here from that Gemara we see that he's saying even those that don't deserve, nevertheless, he referred to them as children. So we see from there that the Yidden are always called children. We're also called avadim also. ืื ื›ื‘ื ื™ื ืื ื›ืขื‘ื“ื™ื. In Chumash it said Bnei Yisrael, no? In a positive sense, isn't it? Bnei Yisrael, children of Yisrael. It doesn't mean that. It says ื‘ื ื™ ื‘ื›ื•ืจื™ ื™ืฉืจืืœ. My chosen. My first son born. Then there's another ืคืกื•ืง, ื‘ื ื™ื ืืชื ืœื”' ืืœืงื™ื›ื. Yeah, but from there it's no re'ayah, that could only be if Oh, the Yidden behave. If the Yidden are good. The she'eilah is what if they don't behave? ื–ืื’ื˜ ื“ื™ Gemara ื•ื•ื™ื™ื˜ืขืจ ืชื ื• ืจื‘ื ืŸ, the Rabbanan have learned, ืืœื” ื”ื—ื•ืงื™ื, there's a pasuk, it says like this, ืืœื” ื”ื—ื•ืงื™ื ื•ื”ืžืฉืคื˜ื™ื ืืฉืจ ืชืฉืžืจื• ืœืขืฉื•ืช. So every word he darshens means something else. ืืœื” ื”ืžืฉืคื˜ื™ื, ืืœื” ื”ืžื“ืจืฉื•ืช. ืžืฉืคื˜ื™ื goes on the ื“ืจืฉื•ืช that the chachamim learned out from the pesukim. Then it says, vehamishpatim, that's the dinim, that you come to the maskana of the din. ืืฉืจ ืชืฉืžืจื•, and that you have to watch, ื–ื• ืžืฉื ื”. And ืœืขืฉื•ืช, ื–ื• ืžืขืฉื”. And then the pasuk says ืœืขืฉื•ืช ื‘ืืจืฅ. What's ื‘ืืจืฅ? ื‘ืืจืฅ seems to be Eretz Yisrael. So yachol, I would think, ื›ืœ ื”ืžืฆื•ืช ื›ื•ืœืŸ ืœื ื™ื”ื• ื ื•ื”ื’ื™ืŸ ืืœื ื‘ืืจืฅ. Mitzvot only apply in Eretz Yisrael. It says here you got to do it ื‘ืืจืฅ. ืชืœืžื•ื“ ืœื•ืžืจ, ื›ืœ ื”ื™ืžื™ื ืืฉืจ ืืชื ื—ื™ื™ื ืขืœ ื”ืื“ืžื”. You got to do the mitzvot all the days that you're living in the world. That means wherever, any place you live. ืื™ ื›ืœ ื”ื™ืžื™ื, if it says all the days, ื™ื›ื•ืœ ื™ื”ื• ื ื•ื”ื’ื™ืŸ ื‘ื™ืŸ ื‘ืืจืฅ ื‘ื™ืŸ ื‘ื—ื•ืฅ ืœืืจืฅ, that every mitzvah applies Eretz Yisrael and ื—ื•ืฅ ืœืืจืฅ. ืชืœืžื•ื“ ืœื•ืžืจ ื‘ืืจืฅ. Says ื‘ืืจืฅ. So which one is it? Is it only Is it all over or is it only ื‘ืืจืฅ? So he says, ืื—ืจ ืฉืจื™ื‘ื” ื”ื›ืชื•ื‘ ื•ืžื™ืขื˜, the poal, after the Torah one pasuk is merabeh all over, one pasuk is the maaseh says no, not all over, only ื‘ืืจืฅ. So what is the din? So amar, look what it says further. Further in the pasuk it says ืื‘ื“ ืชืื‘ื“ื•ืŸ ืืช ื›ืœ ื”ืžืงื•ืžื•ืช ืืฉืจ ืขื‘ื“ื• ืฉื. You should destroy all the places which the goyim worshiped. And that is all over. That has nothing to do with Eretz Yisrael. Wherever there is avodah zarah, we have a chiyuv to destroy it. So ืžื” ืขื‘ื•ื“ื” ื–ืจื” ืžื™ื•ื—ื“ืช ืฉื”ื™ื ื—ื•ื‘ืช ื”ื’ื•ืฃ, just like avodah zarah is a mitzvah that has nothing to do with the land, it has to do with the person, therefore ื ื•ื”ื’ืช ื‘ื™ืŸ ื‘ืืจืฅ ื‘ื™ืŸ ื‘ื—ื•ืฅ ืœืืจืฅ, applies all over, in Eretz Yisrael and ื—ื•ืฅ ืœืืจืฅ, ืืฃ ื›ืœ ืฉื”ื™ื ื—ื•ื‘ืช ื”ื’ื•ืฃ ื ื•ื”ื’ืช ื‘ื™ืŸ ื‘ืืจืฅ ื‘ื™ืŸ ื‘ื—ื•ืฅ ืœืืจืฅ. So any mitzvah which is ื—ื•ื‘ืช ื”ื’ื•ืฃ, in other words, this is the rule here.

Mitzvot in Israel vs outside โ€“ landโ€‘dependent vs personal obligations

Which mitzvot apply to Eretz Yisrael only and which apply all over? Depends. If it's a ืžืฆื•ื” ื”ืชืœื•ื™ื” ื‘ืืจืฅ, like terumah, and maaser, and shemittah, they all have to do with the land. So anything has to do with the land, it's only the ืืจืฅ ื™ืฉืจืืœ'ื“ื™ืงืข land. Anything is ื—ื•ื‘ืช ื”ื’ื•ืฃ, has to do with the body, with the person, has nothing to do with the land, that's all over. Cheftza and gavra, could say. Same type of categories? Just different words. It's not a din on who it is, it's what the mitzvah is. Well, on the gavra is could be If it's a ืžืฆื•ื” ืžืฆื“ ื”ื’ื‘ืจื No, could be could be a ืื™ืกื•ืจ ื—ืคืฆื ืžืฆื“ ื”ื’ื‘ืจื. It could be the thing is asur, that the gavra is asur to eat the thing. But it's something that has to do with the with the ืืจืฅ. Could be. It's not necessarily this this is always the same. The cheftza is the is the mitzvah that you have to do in the land, with with the Any mitzvah that the mitzvah is something that has to do with the land. Could be it's a chiyuv on the gavra, but the mitzvah has to do with the land. Give me an example. Taking off terumah. Could be it's a din on the gavra, the person has to take terumah, but what is the mitzvah? The

Land-Based vs Body-Based Mitzvot Distinction

fact of the mitzvah is that from the earth you got to take off terumah. From anything that grows from the earth. So anything that has to do with the land, mitzvot have to do with the land, all are mitzvot in Eretz Yisrael. Things that have to do with the gavra, he says with the ื’ื•ืฃ, he uses ืœืฉื•ืŸ, then it's a ื—ื•ื‘ืช ื’ื‘ืจื, it has to do with the ื’ื•ืฃ, with the person, it's a din in the ื’ื•ืฃ. But it's not the only ื›ืœืœ. ื‘ื ืจืื™ื”, all the ื“ื™ื ื™ื of ืงืจื‘ื ื•ืช, nothing to do with the land, and they're only a ืžืฆื•ื” ื›ื•ืœื™ื” ื‘ืืจืฅ, but that's a different reason because it's not ืชืœื•ื™ ื‘ืืจืฅ, it's ืชืœื•ื™ in the ื‘ื™ืช ื”ืžืงื“ืฉ. Right. So it's not ื‘ืืจืฅ ื“ื•ืงื. So that's also ื“ื‘ืจ ื”ืœืžื“ ืžืขื ื™ื ื•? That ืงืจื‘ื ื•ืช also fit into that category, ื“ื‘ืจ ื”ืœืžื“ ืžืขื ื™ื ื•? We learned it from the fact that No, here we learn out only ื‘ื ื•ื’ืข ืžืฆื•ื•ืช ื ื•ื”ื’ื•ืช ื‘ื’ื•ืฃ, ื”ื™ื™ืกื˜ ืขืก ืžืฆื•ืช ื”ื’ื•ืฃ, ื—ื•ื‘ืช ื”ื’ื•ืฃ. ื–ืื’ื˜ ื“ื™ Gemara ื•ื•ื™ื™ื˜ืขืจ, ื›ืชื™ื‘, it says in the pasuk: ื•ื‘ื ื™ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืื›ืœื• ืืช ื”ืžืŸ ืืจื‘ืขื™ื ืฉื ื” ืขื“ ื‘ื•ืื ืืœ ืืจืฅ ื ื•ืฉื‘ืช. It says when they started the man, the pasuk says the Yidden ate the man 40 years till they came into the settled land. ืืช ื”ืžืŸ ืื›ืœื• ืขื“ ื‘ื•ืื ืืœ ืงืฆื” ืืจืฅ ื›ื ืขืŸ, they ate the man till they came to the edge of ืืจืฅ ื›ื ืขืŸ. It's a contradiction here. When that says till they they got into the land means they got inside the land, and the other one pasuk says they got till the edge, but they didn't get in, that's the end. So, he says: ืื™ ืืคืฉืจ ืœื•ืžืจ ืขื“ ื‘ื•ืื ืืœ ืืจืฅ ื ื•ืฉื‘ืช, you can't say it means till they actually entered ืืจืฅ ื ื•ืฉื‘ืช, ืฉื›ื‘ืจ ื ืืžืจ ืืœ ืงืฆื” ืืจืฅ ื›ื ืขืŸ, it says by the edge of ืืจืฅ ื›ื ืขืŸ. ืื™ ืืคืฉืจ ืœื•ืžืจ ืืœ ืงืฆื” ืืจืฅ ื›ื ืขืŸ, you can't say it means the edge, ืฉื”ืจื™ ื›ื‘ืจ ื ืืžืจ, it says, ืขื“ ื‘ื•ืื till they got into ืืจืฅ ื ื•ืฉื‘ืช. ื”ื ื›ื™ืฆื“? So, which one is it? So, the Gemara explains:

Mosesโ€™ Death and the End of Daily Manna

ื‘ื–ืณ ื‘ืื“ืจ ืžืช ืžืฉื”, ื–ืณ ืื“ืจ ืžืฉื” died, ื•ืคืกืง ืžืŸ ืžืœืจื“ืช, stopped coming down. But ื•ื”ื™ื• ืžืกืชืคืงื™ืŸ ืžืžืŸ ืฉื‘ื›ืœื™ื”ื ืขื“ ื˜ืดื– ื‘ื ื™ืกืŸ, but they still used the man that came the last day till ื˜ืดื– Nisan. Lasted for a month, more than a month, it's 40 days it lasted. From ื–ืณ Adar, like this it lasted for a day, every day the man came down, and the last time it came down it lasted till the 16th day of Nisan. Allowed to eat man on Pesach? Huh? Allowed to eat man on Pesach? Why not, can't eat man on Pesach? I don't know. 40-day old... ืœื—ื ืžืŸ ื”ืฉืžื™ื. It's not chametz. Why is it chametz? It's whatever you wanted it to be. 40 days old... Yeah, that's what I want. The mann that they collected that day, it's miraculous why it lasted 40 days. Davka good mann. Because they didn't have any other food. They couldn't eat When they went to Eretz Yisrael, that's when they started cut it cutting from the ground, but they couldn't eat because it was chadash. You can't eat till the second day of Pesach, because it's chadash. So, they if they wouldn't full mann, then If they wouldn't have the mann, then from ื–ืณ ืื“ืจ if the ื–ืณ ืื“ืจ mann would finish, so it went till ื˜ืดื– ื˜ืดื– ื‘ื ื™ืกืŸ. So, they crossed the Yarden on the 10th of Nisan, but they couldn't eat the fruit the food from the country, it says ืžืขื‘ื•ืจ ื”ืืจืฅ till ื˜ืดื–, till the second day of Pesach, because you can't eat anything that grows till after the ืงืจื‘ืŸ ืขื•ืžืจ. It's chadash. Right, but they had shmurah matzah then, because the mann could be, like you said, anything. How did they have matzah the whole year all the 40 years in the ืžื“ื‘ืจ? They had the mann. Well, so they had this for mann. They had kavanah that it was a shmurah matzah. What? Spelt. If you wanted to taste it like spelt, you taste like spelt. So, they ate the mann It's interesting that the mann It

Mannaโ€™s Survival After Moses: Divine Provision Explained

means like this: that after Moshe Rabbeinu passed away, even though he's not there anymore, they still had the mann, but whatever his hashpaah was continued as long as it was needed. It was left in their keilim. What was that, an omer? They didn't have to come back. They ate it and it was still left! All they did, it said, was it was left in the keilim. So, the whole inyan of the mann was that the one omer they had, whether they ate a little or a lot, the whole thing got That's every day, except the last day. The last day it lasted for so long. But I'm just saying, it shows that even though Moshe Rabbeinu wasn't there physically, but as long as his hashpaah was needed, bagashmiyus bagashmiyus, the hashpaah was there. They had the mann for those days that it was came bizchut of Moshe Rabbeinu. 39 days, it's an interesting number. Yeah. ืชื ื™ื ืื™ื“ืš, it says in another beraita: ื•ื‘ื ื™ ื™ืฉืจืืœ ืื›ืœื• ืืช ื”ืžืŸ ืืจื‘ืขื™ื ืฉื ื”, they ate it for 40 years. ื•ื›ื™ ืžืณ ืฉื ื” ืื›ืœื•? They ate it for 40 years? ื•ื”ืœื ืžืณ ืฉื ื” ื—ืกืจ ืœืณ ื™ื•ื ืื›ืœื•! It's missing four 30 days! Why? Because when did the man come down? They came out of ืžืฆืจื™ื ื˜ืดื• ื ื™ืกืŸ, the man didn't come down till ื˜ืดื– ืื™ื™ืจ. So a month later a month later, so they didn't have 40 40 years. They were missing 30 days to the 40 years. ืืœื ืœื•ืžืจ ืœืš, to tell you, ืขื•ื’ื•ืช ืฉื”ื•ืฆื™ืื• ืžืžืฆืจื™ื ื˜ืขืžื• ื‘ื”ื ื˜ืขื ืžืŸ, that the the the food that they took out from Mitzrayim had the same taste as the man. So, those 30 days were also basically like the man. Man, yeah. Real food tasted like the man, which was tasted like what anything you wanted it to taste like. Yeah. Huge. Okay. What happens if you didn't have any anything to want to taste like? I've got bananas, but it taste like steak. But if you wanted, that's not The pasuk says it tasted like ืฆืคื™ื—ื™ืช ื‘ื“ื‘ืฉ. Crackers and how about like honey? But like honey, yeah. Wafers. Wafers. Yeah. Okay, yishar koach.

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