tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post4768741680845962834..comments2024-03-19T23:03:01.685-05:00Comments on Beis Vaad L'Chachamim: Chukas. Amram and Yocheved's Children, Whiskey, Worms, and SnakesEliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-83998185362470688662015-06-24T20:59:43.492-05:002015-06-24T20:59:43.492-05:00That's definitely going in. Yasher koach.That's definitely going in. Yasher koach.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-67333363302347507762015-06-24T20:19:58.189-05:002015-06-24T20:19:58.189-05:00"The superior leaders are those who incorpora..."The superior leaders are those who incorporate the spiritual level of the previous generation in a form and a language that is intelligible to the new generation." A thought: The Rambam in his Hakdama goes through the 40 doros from Moshe until Rav Ashi. After Hillel goes Reb Yochanan Ben Zakai, despite the fact that he was the smallest of Hillel's Talmidim. Perhaps the greater ones were unable to bring the Torah down to the level of the next dor. Y.O.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-50419343522139052042010-06-30T01:33:50.677-05:002010-06-30T01:33:50.677-05:00Try this Place outhttp://mi.yodeya.com/Try this Place out<br>http://mi.yodeya.com/Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-23379901514410712372010-06-18T15:54:28.085-05:002010-06-18T15:54:28.085-05:00I was thinking about that myself. Obviously, it...I was thinking about that myself. Obviously, it's not in the Torah. And while I could say that it goes into lo sasur, what I really meant was that it's really, really, serious. Like Aramis, also midivrei sofrim, but very serious.<br><br>Along the lines of the Yerushalmi in Brachos 1:2, that Chamurim divrei sofrim yoseir mishel Torah, because De'oraysas, some are little, some are big. But Derabanans, Poretz Geder etc.Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-17146391469346789352010-06-18T15:32:27.954-05:002010-06-18T15:32:27.954-05:00poretz geder an issur de'oraysah? source, ple...poretz geder an issur de'oraysah? source, please.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-7705270077865091372010-06-17T22:50:51.415-05:002010-06-17T22:50:51.415-05:00With "a mesora to be mattir" I mean that...With "a mesora to be mattir" I mean that the previous minhag of kula was not a product of ignorance. Earlier poskim made a decision to be mattir.Bnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-58065859571025571292010-06-17T20:28:04.043-05:002010-06-17T20:28:04.043-05:00Why did Moshe hit the rock twice?The Beer Mayim Ch...Why did Moshe hit the rock twice?<br>The Beer Mayim Chaim Answers:<br><br>If you take the word סלע and write it with all it letters spelled out (this is a Kabbalistic system) out you get.<br><br>ס*מ*ך<br>ל*מ*ד<br>ע*י*ן<br>Now ,we can understand why it says וְדִבַּרְתֶּם אֶל הַסֶּלַע לְעֵינֵיהֶם וְנָתַן מֵימָיו Because in middle of the word סלע you have the word מים. This also explains why he had to hit it twice one to knock off the letter form each side of the words to get מים.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-8810568224402850872010-06-17T19:47:34.171-05:002010-06-17T19:47:34.171-05:00What does having a "mesorah to be matir"...What does having a "mesorah to be matir" mean? That would undercut maybe the majority of brisker style chumros, wouldn't it?Chaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-77013591456880858002010-06-17T19:45:51.660-05:002010-06-17T19:45:51.660-05:00>>>then they came for the waterHere in NY...>>>then they came for the water<br><br>Here in NY they already assered that too. We're ahead of the curve.Chaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-34724692989372595532010-06-16T17:52:42.710-05:002010-06-16T17:52:42.710-05:00Why did Moshe have to make a Copper snake? To be m...Why did Moshe have to make a Copper snake? To be more exact Why Copper and why a snake?<br>The Maharal in Gur Aryeh answers that it was all about looking upwards that meaning prayer.When somthing like a snake bites a person the person becomes fearful of it. This way when you see the snake up there, and you have just been bitten by the very same thing your prayers will be alot more focused and hence Hashem will answer your Prayers.(very practical) He then explains why copper or נחשת: He explains the fact that נחש and נחשת are similar names has a significance since names indicate the essence of a thing, the נחשת heals the נחש because of their similarity.(not so practical).The Ramban has a whole different approach. He says when Hashem does a miracle he does a miracle within a miracle. He explains this based on the Medical Science of his day that normally when you look at the thing that made you ill you will aggravate the symptoms,and make you worse off. Here Hashem showing them even though normally looking at the snake should make you worse, here I am going to make it, make you better.Another Miracle within miracle was the story of the bitter waters where a bitter tree was thrown into the bitter water and the water was sweetened again normally adding bitter to bitter makes more bitter but here a double miracle happened.[Just a note on this point today's medical science definitely does not concur with that of the Ramban's when you add an acid to a base it neutralizes-hence bitter and bitter is explained]For the super mystically inclined;The CHIDAH in his Sefer "CHADRIE BETEN" says The reason snakes of נחשת where used is because the original snake was responsible for the early deaths of the children of נח until שת.Hence the cure was נחשת. I am still long for a Plain reason why copper anyone?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-5552192237083975522010-06-14T19:30:47.301-05:002010-06-14T19:30:47.301-05:00Also not a good tirutz - established dynasties are...Also not a good tirutz - established dynasties are conducive to leaders - Amram did not have a dynasty, it was just him, and then suddenly these bright young things.Nosson Gestetnerhttp://gtorah.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-4971195673086483502010-06-14T19:07:29.971-05:002010-06-14T19:07:29.971-05:00How about the Brisker's the Sofer's they a...How about the Brisker's the Sofer's they are all a family some families are Just good for Leadership PositionsAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-30946677083519718432010-06-14T18:08:43.055-05:002010-06-14T18:08:43.055-05:00Looking forward to the hemshech Eliezer!Looking forward to the hemshech Eliezer!Nosson Gestetnerhttp://gtorah.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-44548632429092530942010-06-14T18:08:14.969-05:002010-06-14T18:08:14.969-05:00@Anonymous - I doubt it - age was never factored i...@Anonymous - I doubt it - age was never factored into the equation in biblical times. And it's not something worthy of such zechus - it is a problem today, but that it due to stupidity not reality.<br>As such, were people today to not care about age suddenly, they would not be on Amram's level, they'd just be normal.<br><br>Second answer has a lot of truth in it it would seem.Nosson Gestetnerhttp://gtorah.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-30796392279845102002010-06-14T14:49:58.147-05:002010-06-14T14:49:58.147-05:00Maybe it has to do with the fact that Amram marrie...Maybe it has to do with the fact that Amram married his aunt who was much older than he, for starters. This trait demonstrated by Amram of not using age as a factor when picking his wife merited the zechus of having such special children. Also considering that Yocheved was a daughter of Levi meant that the inherent kedusha of one of the original Shivtei Yisroel was present in his granchildren at yetzias Mitzrayim not diluted by further space between the doros. Yocheved saw the way Levi ran his household and passed it down directly to her children without dilution of time.<br>This shows the power of the influence of parents and grandparents on children, and the powerful effect they can have for good or bad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com