tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post7118577476210898007..comments2024-03-19T23:03:01.685-05:00Comments on Beis Vaad L'Chachamim: Mishpatim, Shemos 22:23-24. Toras Chesed תורת חסדEliezer Eisenberghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-19655284557034263032019-03-22T10:23:22.778-05:002019-03-22T10:23:22.778-05:00So nice! Yasher Koach.
Basically, since our mikra ...So nice! Yasher Koach.<br />Basically, since our mikra is based on a kal vachomer, and kal vachomer is the parallel of the Shem Hashem, it's as if the Gemara on 10b would have said that our pirsum, the "sheim," <br /> is based on the din kal vachomer.<br />I would add that the whole point of a kal vachomer is that what it says in A is as if it also said it in B. So even though the shem Hashem is not explicit in the Megilla, it is no less present than it is in Parshas Beshalach.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-58651118426729136632019-03-22T09:36:31.754-05:002019-03-22T09:36:31.754-05:00In Megilla 10b the Gemara darshens the passuk: &qu...In Megilla 10b the Gemara darshens the passuk: "Tachas hanaatzutz" = Haman, "Yaaleh b'rosh" = Mordechai, "Tachas hasirpad" = Vashti, Yaaleh hadas" = Esther, "V'haya LaHashem L'shem" = Mikra Megilla.<br /><br />The question is, of all the sifrei Tanach, the ONLY one that does NOT mention Hashem's name is Megillas Esther! So how can the Gemara say, "V'haya LaHashem L'shem" zu Mikra Megilla??<br /><br /><br />Based on the concept that the 13 Middos of Rachamim parallel the 13 Middos ShehaTorah Nidreshes Bahen, and working with our system that the first midda of Rachamim is "Hashem", we can answer as follows:<br /><br />In Megilla 14a the Gemara brings the source of reading the Megilla from a kal v'chomer: If we said shira when we celebrated freedom from slavery, certainly we should say shira when celebrating the miracle of Purim, which was from misah l'chaim!<br /><br />Now, "Kal V'Chomer" is the midda that parallels the midah of "Hashem"; And it is this midda that teaches the mitzva of Mikra Megilla! "V'haya LaHashem L'shem" zu Mikra Megilla.<br /><br />(heard on a shiur from R Doniel Glatstein)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-12651744578798339552015-03-01T19:51:09.587-06:002015-03-01T19:51:09.587-06:00Sorry for the delay- the Netziv really enhances th...Sorry for the delay- the Netziv really enhances the idea, yasher koach.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-33706631943211620052015-02-14T22:19:53.306-06:002015-02-14T22:19:53.306-06:00I came across a Netziv this Shabbos that remindem ...I came across a Netziv this Shabbos that remindem me of this shtikel - The Netziv (lsihitoso) says that the Torah as we have ti was not put together until the end of the 40 years. In 24:12 he explains that the "Torah" that was given to Moshe Rabeinu refers to the Torah HAkeduma which was made up of the Shemos of Hashem, and with which He created the world.<br />With this he explains the gemara in Avoda Zara 3b that we know that Hashem is osek in Torah because of the possuk יומם יצוה ה חסדו which he says refers to the ongoing מחדש בטובו which is a chesed of Hashem.<br />So my thought, in light of what Rav Eisenberg wrote here, is that the essence of Torah, in it's pre creation form, is the chesed of creation, to the point that when Hashem doing chesed and being osek bTorah are the same thing!Tzvihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15362895893167544658noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-31687950350566321302014-01-24T14:53:11.316-06:002014-01-24T14:53:11.316-06:00The estimable David Guttman, of http://yediah.blog...The estimable David Guttman, of http://yediah.blogspot.com/ said that the Rambam ends by saying<br />וכן במדותיו של הקב"ה שצונו להדמות בהם הוא אומר ורחמיו על כל מעשיו וכל המרחם מרחמין עליו שנאמר ונתן לך רחמים ורחמך והרבך:<br /><br />V'halachta bidrachav is based on Chochma, as he says in the last chapter of the Moreh. How else would one know what and how to imitate? Yedias Hashem is ultimate Chochma and is the condition for knowing how to שצונו להדמות בהם.<br /><br />So according to David, he only means that Chochma is the method by which we can know what is involved in being God-like, at which point we will know what Hashem's, and therefore our, rachamim entails. According to this pshat, the Chochma is only an analytical method, just as scientific method allows us to understand geology, but is not essentially related to the geology itself.<br /><br />If find this unsatisfying, and prefer to remain with your he'ara unanswered.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-34870171338356771332014-01-24T11:26:03.327-06:002014-01-24T11:26:03.327-06:00This comment is equally relevant to this post and ...This comment is equally relevant to this post and to the previous one. Yasher koach for the Rambam. I wonder what he means by that.<br /><br />I would be interested to know what David Guttmann had to say about this use of the word Chachma. He is a serious student of the Rambam's ideal of Chachma, he has the blog Believing is Knowing- http://yediah.blogspot.com/ - but he hasn't been active for a while.Eliezer Eisenberghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16036989084122930226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6453787673476195995.post-76209533914233151252014-01-24T10:48:45.462-06:002014-01-24T10:48:45.462-06:00A related diyuk in the Rambam (Avadim 9:8): It is ...A related diyuk in the Rambam (Avadim 9:8): It is allowed to work an eved canaani b'farech; even so, it is a middas chassidus and DARKEI CHACHMA that a person be merciful and pursue justice etc. Interestingly, the Rambam is saying that rachamim is m'darkei chachma.<br /><br />http://www.hebrewbooks.org/rambam.aspx?sefer=12&hilchos=73&perek=9&halocha=8&hilite=Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com