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A servant with temporary desires, a Jewish servant.
We are strangers in a strange land, temporary dwellers traveling through. Look at Sefer Pelei Yoetz on גר.
Not them but others in the future.
דף על הדף מסכת סנהדרין דף קה עמוד א
על כן מונו שומרים, שאם יבוא האדם ויחפוץ להיכנס לגן עדן, ידחפו אותו שישוב בתשובה שלימה, ואז יזכה להיכנס לגן עדןAs you see from the Chasam Sofer that if Adam Harishon would not have sinned, he could have eaten on shabbos both from the eitz hadaas and eit hachaim. Once he sinned, he was exiled from the Gan Eden before shabbos as it affected all future generations, so nobody could eat anymore from either.
The Chasam Sofer says that in Toras Moshe that if Adam Harishon would have waited until shabbos, he would have never sinned with the eitz hadaas as shabbos would have been matir for him. He ate the last minute before shabbos in the 6th hour when created. Maybe, the kedusha of shabbos would have swayed from yodea tov vera. תורת משה בראשית פרק ב פסוק יז (פרשת בראשית)
[ומעץ הדעת טוב ורע לא תאכל ממנו וגו’]. אמרו ז”ל כי עץ הדעת הי’ ראוי לאדה”ר היינו אלו המתין עד שבת ואז הי’ אוכל גם מעץ החיים וחי לעולםRashi says that the grandchildren call the grandfather father, so a grandson from a daughter might be like a son .
The son in law might be considered a son as in rabonus.
Shlucho shel Adam kemoso. Adam Harishon’s chase out from Gan Eden was like his demise. The Chasam Sofer in Nedarim 81, says that shelo borchu baTorah techila, when praising one, they praised him with his secular knowledge first before his Torah knowledge.
I have a friend whose name is Shaiya. He said it is good that my father did not also call me getz.
People learning Torah are like an astronaut. The higher they get, the more they can see what to discover. The more we delve into the Torah, the more we see how much more we can learn and appreciate and enjoy what we have learned.
It does not mean one must believe everything, we must trust the source.
Bo:
With the wearing of tefilin we dedicate our senses to Hashem to serve Him. The Rabbenu Hameiri explains that the Rosh has four compartments against the four senses (smell, taste, sight and sound) in the head whereas the arm and hands has one of feeling.
Beshalach:
The holy Ohr Hachaim explains that tefila alone at the yam suf was not sufficient as the Jews were accused of idol worship similar to the Mitzrim. They had to show a mesirash nefesh by getting in the yam before it turned dry to have the midas rachamim overpower the midas hadin. The Kedushas Levi actually sees this being beneficial to the Jews by encouraging the Mitzrim to have a sense of victory and run after them in the sea to get sunk into the water.I say excuse me when I want to pass.
I just had b’H my 3/4 century birthday.
A person is judged according to one’s own behavior, if one spends money lavishly, then is also expected to give more tzadakah and support Torah אל תקרא בניך אלא בוניך.
צדיקים אוהבים ממונם יותר מגופם, tzadikim love their money more than themselves, it is valuable to them because it is זהב טהור, pure gold which comes to them in a pure, lack of gezel, thievery means. The Sidrei Mishna has a mnemonic זמן נקט telling us to grab on to time and not waste it.
The rasha in the Hagadah says מה העבודה הזאת לכם, what is this service performed by you? The rasha isolates himself from eating the korban Pesach as he does not understand that Jews are above the horoscope and therefore we sacrifice the lamb, the zodiac sign, mazel for the month of Nissan. It requires milah, circumcision which according to the Sefer Hachinuch indicates that a person’s actions are not predetermined but one can change.
I got a permanent exemption for having to go often to the bathroom.
The Pelei Yoetz really says it on Shemonei Esrei, לישועתך קוינו כל היום that we hope for Your (Hashem) salvation.
On the geulah for Shemos there is a saying, it is always the darkest before dawn. The geulah comes stepwise as sunrise.
The Pelei Yoetz explains that when we say ‘לישועתך קויתי ה we should keep in mind that the shechina is also in galus and pray for it, for Your (Hashem) salvation.
We should emulate our Avos, as the Baal Haturim in Voeschanan explains that ואהבת has the same letters as האבות (Rashi Vairo, el haavos). Similarly, like Avraham Avinu, בכל לבבך who dedicated his whole heart, בכל נפשך like Yitzchak Avinu who sacrificed himself and בכל מאדך like Yaakov Avinu who dedicated his money to Hashem (giving maaser) by showing their love towards Him.About an esrug see what I wrote at https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/coffeeroom/topic/esrug-forgiveness-for-the-first-sin
When you like something you have to bite into it so it indicates that it sells well.
It says אין בית דין יכול לבטל דברי בית דין חבירו, a beis din cannot nullify the words of another beis din, אלא אם כן גדול ממנו בחכמה ובמנין only when it is greater from the previous one in wisdom and quantity. The geonim where greater than us, so we cannot change their gezeiras.
I did not mean that it was a conservative synagogue just that many congregants had conservative views like separate seating is enough without a mechitza.
I am rereading the book. We say in the Hagadah מתחלה עובדי ע’ז היו עבותינו ועכשיו קרבנו המקום לעבודתו, our ancestors originally worshipped a’z but now Hashem brought us close to his service. The Chasan Sofer asks, it should have said לעבדו? He answers that עבודה is tefila and Hashem kavayachel davens that we the Jews should be worthy for His mercy. When we see the contrast from where we came from, a’z to where we arrived, becoming part of His prayer, we appreciate our elevation. Similarly, we can see the greatness of Rabbi Feldman. He elevated them from their conservative view to orthodoxy. So, I don’t think an apology is required.
He was an orthodox rabbi but accepted conservative congregants whom he converted to orthodoxy as the title of the books indicates:
Tales Out of Shul: The Unorthodox Journal of an Orthodox Rabbi HardcoverI recommend to read the above book where he was able convert his congregation from conservative to orthodox Judaism through humor.
See also Yabia Omer YD (5,26) a detail discussion and to follow the Rambam over the Raavad not go there even if one toivels themselves.
I once heard the interpretation of אל תקרא הליכות אלא הלכות from the way one behaves we should learn halachas.
Maybe this is the meaning of the statement והיו עינך רואות את מוריך, keep your rabbeim constantly in front of you, to have someone to learn from.
Very nice.