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The Rav Malbim explains why the first rock had to be hit and here talked to. He differentiates between Tzur and Sela. The tzur at end of the mountain has no water in it, so to get water, it has to be hit. However a Sela has water in it. So he had to talk to it to remove the water and then hit it.
Hashem bores the ears when we forget Hashem and serve another master who thinks that he needs no help from advisors because he knows everything.
Maybe it teaches us haughtiness, gaaiva where someone thinks that the whole universe turns around him, is being admonished.
Pepper, the Ben Ish Chai has a interesting parable that Hashem demands action in mitzvos over thought. A wife served her husband stuffed chicken. He said why don’t you put pepper into it? She said, if he likes pepper so much, I will only put pepper into it. He could not eat it. Machashava must be applied to action. Too much pepper Is no good like being a mentsch,, moral and truthful is secondary.
Pepper. you are wrong it can never take second place otherwise you are not truthful but fake in your prayer to Hashem as your beloved Trump is.
Pepper, your parable does not compare. As you cannot rely on Trump who constantly lies, so you don’t know when your car will break down. At his Republicsn Convention speech CNN enumerated 21 lies.
Maybe it was Trump who incites people with his harsh words? Words have consequences.
Sam, the above midrash says exactly what you are saying, one is judged lefi ma shehu, according to what one is. If one is a baal haava, conceited, more is expected of them. A person can be expected to serve Hashem on their level, as a human being or Hashem’s level., what one is responsible towards Hashem.
The Torah likes the middle way and is against extremes.
I am also not quiting the Democratic party and will not vote for someone who is not a mentsch,, loalom yeheh adam, first be a human being.
Abraham Lincoln said, ‘You can fool some of the people all the time, all the people some of the time but you cannot fool all the people all the time.’.
What you are saying is a midrash where the brothers of Yosef could not answer him because they were shocked. The midrash asks,.Yosef was the smaller from the shevatim and they could not answer him, so what will we do when everyone will be judged according to their background in the future to come?
We say every morning laolam yeheh adam, first be a mentsh, a human being.
The rebbe should filll that void.
Don’t use mad but angry when it comes to Hashem.
Kaviat Emptor, buyer beware, similarly, voter beware.
Not for Trump who does not ask any advice because he thinks he knows everything.
The Maarik says that a cap a gown is not an a’z if there is another purpose for it as the doctors wearing a cap and gown.
The Targum Yonasan says that on shemini atzeres we are happy we can go back to the house. I explained that sukkah is a learning process for the whole year with the ushpezin as teachers such that shemini atzeres is graduation day. There is no avoda zara involved to recognize one’s accomplishments for the rest of one’s life with a diploma. Yeshivas have also graduation ceremony of elementary school and high school.
By me the most important is to be a mensch. Loalom yehei adam. Finding faults in others that you have does not qualify. Kol haposel bemumo poses. Thinking you know everything is very dangerous.
He covered up a discretion in an immoral behavior with hush money to influence the election of 2016.
Parashas Behar.
By a siyum we say, that for murderers and fake people their days will not be divided in half, but I have trust in You. The Ben Ish Chai explains that. Yitchak Avinu wanted to divide our days as we should not be responsible for our actions at night when we are sleeping., so we don’t sin. However ribis, interest is also accumulated at night when one sleeps but I who trust You, will not take ribs, so my days should be divided.Parashas Emor
The Omer is an elevation from barley., the food of animals to shtei halechem, wheat, the food of humans to be worthy to accept the Torah.Download. from hebrewbooks dot org/57246
We have an appealette system where if something is incorrect, will be revealed and corrected.
The Hungarians have a saying, adig megy a korso a kutra meg el nem torik, the pitcher is taken to the well until it breaks. Trump just broke.
Jury holds Trump guilty on 34 felonies.
Daf yomi is for baal batim who don’t know how to. learn on their own. If not for daf yomi, they would never learn.
Even though certain days he cannot come, we believe every day that he will come, not necessarily that day.