tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post4431379167725966604..comments2024-03-19T23:03:01.685-05:00Comments on Beis Vaad L'Chachamim: Tazria, Vayikra 13:3. A Kohen Must See the Tzara'as.Eliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-2136168018074532532017-04-24T08:33:57.108-05:002017-04-24T08:33:57.108-05:00Very interesting pshat in the Medrash. Pashtus, it...Very interesting pshat in the Medrash. Pashtus, it means that if a person shares his blessings with you, you can't turn your back on him when he's suffering and say it has nothing to do with you, you have to share his pain as well. But the way you're connecting it to this pshat, it's Chazal's way of describing what Gaavah is all about- that when it comes to taking, you think you're entitled, so that when the man needs sympathy, you don't feel any obligation to him. "I took because I deserve, and it's an honor for him to give me. I owe nothing to him!" So the Torah says, no. It was a gift, and you should be makir tov to the extent that his pain is your pain.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-87052137696473295172017-04-24T01:46:22.355-05:002017-04-24T01:46:22.355-05:00With this idea,that among other things the matnos ...With this idea,that among other things the matnos kehuna can be the cause for gaavah we can have a new reading of the following medresh.<br /><br />(Vayikra Rabba 15) comments that when Moshe heard this command, that a person with a suspicious skin discoloration must approach a kohen for guidance, he was distressed. He said to God, “Is this respectful to my brother, that he must look at infections?” Moshe protested the role of the kohanim in this process, claiming that it is not befitting the honor and stature of the kohanim to have to examine skin infections. But God dismissed Moshe’s claim, noting, “Does he not receive from them twenty-four priestly gifts?<br /><br />While the punchline of the medresh can lead several ways perhaps it is saying ; :of course they need to be humbled by dealing with tuma nad tzoraas, after all they recieve the matnos kehunah which engenders gaavah...<br /><br />the connection between matnos kehunah and the need to check tzoraas is also seen in the medresh Tadshei (cited in Torah Shleima to 13:2):<br /> <br />Why did the Almighty command not that infections should be shown to a person from Israel, but rather only to Aharon and his sons? For just as they receive their gifts, their teruma and all the sacrifices from Israel, similarly, they should receive their troubles…a bukspannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-23810915404376161992009-04-21T11:35:00.000-05:002009-04-21T11:35:00.000-05:00Your pride is certainly justified; he is one of th...Your pride is certainly justified; he is one of the very rare role models for those that aspire to high achievement both in their career and in torah scholarship, and Chicago is lucky to have him.Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-2966522437226509632009-04-21T10:47:00.000-05:002009-04-21T10:47:00.000-05:00V'talmud torah k'neged kulom!As the author...V'talmud torah k'neged kulom!<br>As the author's father in Cincinnati, I take a little pride and credit, but most goes to Rabbi Solovetchik of Brisk Chicago and of course to Dr. Rabbi Gary Schreiber for being an excellent pupil and teacher. <br> Mazal TovArthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10462908387430980192noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-88491377540838270852009-04-21T05:36:00.000-05:002009-04-21T05:36:00.000-05:00So the picture of R.D. Schreiber is a sublimated m...So the picture of R.D. Schreiber is a sublimated masochism... I'm sure he appreciates that.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-85715989218379087312009-04-20T17:24:00.000-05:002009-04-20T17:24:00.000-05:00Thank you. I'm negotiating a contract for work...Thank you. I'm negotiating a contract for work at a building, and just paid my taxes for '08, and the pictures are just my alternative to banging my head against the wall.Barzilainoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-13016158141938788832009-04-20T16:12:00.000-05:002009-04-20T16:12:00.000-05:00The torah is beautiful, but what's with the pi...The torah is beautiful, but what's with the pictures all of a sudden? One more and you will have a chazakah.Chaim B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02231811394447584320noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-4651200586727139332009-04-20T00:14:00.000-05:002009-04-20T00:14:00.000-05:00wow< that is very goodwow< that is very goodAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com