Parsha Balak Part 2
5 And he
sent messengers unto Balaam the son of Beor, to Pethor, which is by the River,
to the land of the children of his people, to call him, saying: 'Behold, there
is a people come out from Egypt; behold, they cover the face of the earth, and
they abide over against me.
This is in or near Padan Aram in Turkey near the Iraqi Border. The
Kabbalists claim that he was a Gilgul (reincarnation) of Lavan HaArami which
would explain his internal hatred for Am Yisrael for it was in his soul. [This
is similar to Rabbi Akiva and Rachel being Gilgul of Zimri and Cozbi in our
Parsha and Eliyahu being a Gilgul of Pinchas
6 Come
now therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people; for they are too mighty for
me; peradventure I shall prevail, that we may smite them, and that I may drive
them out of the land; for I know that he whom thou blessed is blessed, and he
whom thou curse is cursed.'
Sometimes it is advantageous to write the Parsha late. I read a
commentary that why is it that Israel passed by Moav and they did not try this
but after the defeat of Og and Sichon, they became saw afraid and reasoned it
was worth while making an alliance with Midian and using unconventional warfare
to defeat the Bnei Yisrael. This was unknown to Moshe and the Am.
7 And the
elders of Moab and the elders of Midian departed with the rewards of divination
in their hand; and they came unto Balaam, and spoke unto him the words of
Balak. 8 And he said unto them: 'Lodge here this night, and I will bring you
back word, as the LORD may speak unto me'; and the princes of Moab abode with
Balaam. 9 And God came unto Balaam, and said: 'What men are these with thee?'
So as not to startle a man, G-D talks to them in a question it is
not because HE does not know. A previous example is “Where are you Adam?” After
which G-D gets to the point: “Who told you that you were naked?” So here too.
This time G-D is talking to Balaam to make him go against his will. Basically,
I know that you are a big anti-Semite and advised Pharaoh to get rid of baby
Moshe for you are a Gilgul of Lavan. However, I have blessed the people so
cease and desist now!
10 And
Balaam said unto God: 'Balak the son of Zippor, king of Moab, hath sent unto me
[saying]: 11 Behold the people that is come out of Egypt, it covers the face of
the earth; now, come curse me them; peradventure I shall be able to fight
against them, and shall drive them out.' 12 And God said unto Balaam: 'Thou
shalt not go with them; thou shalt not curse the people; for they are blessed.'
13 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and said unto the princes of Balak: 'Get
you into your land; for the LORD refuses to give me leave to go with you.'
This is where he went wrong as the he should have said the whole
story “They are blessed”! Moav would have sued for peace but no he told a half
truth.
14 And
the princes of Moab rose up, and they went unto Balak, and said: 'Balaam refused
to come with us.' 15 And Balak sent yet again princes, more, and more honorable
than they. 16 And they came to Balaam, and said to him: 'Thus says Balak the
son of Zippor: Let nothing, I pray thee, hinder thee from coming unto me; 17
for I will promote thee unto very great honor, and whatsoever thou say unto me
I will do; come therefore, I pray thee, curse me this people.'
This is typical Arab jargon. For the Arab men try to win over a
Jewish girl and before the wedding put her on a pedestal. After the wedding she
is terrorized and beaten. This unfortunately happens to many a Jewish girl in
Israel who is foolish enough to believe them.
18 And
Balaam answered and said unto the servants of Balak: 'If Balak would give me
his house full of silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD my
God, to do any thing, small or great. 19 Now therefore, I pray you, tarry ye
also here this night, that I may know what the LORD will speak unto me more.'
20 And God came unto Balaam at night, and said unto him: 'If the men are come
to call thee, rise up, go with them; but only the word which I speak unto thee,
that shalt thou do.' 21 And Balaam rose up in the morning, and saddled his ass,
and went with the princes of Moab. 22 And God's anger was kindled because he
went; and the angel of the LORD placed himself in the way for an adversary
against him.--Now he was riding upon his ass, and his two servants were with
him.-- 23 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his
sword drawn in his hand; and the ass turned aside out of the way, and went into
the field; and Balaam smote the ass, to turn her into the way. 24 Then the
angel of the LORD stood in a hollow way between the vineyards, a fence being on
this side, and a fence on that side. 25 And the ass saw the angel of the LORD,
and she thrust herself unto the wall, and crushed Balaam's foot against the
wall; and he smote her again.
The Kabbalists say that Balaam was a Gilgul of Lavan and this wall
was from the Gal-Aid that Yacov and Lavan erected.
26 And
the angel of the LORD went further, and stood in a narrow place, where was no
way to turn either to the right hand or to the left. 27 And the ass saw the
angel of the LORD, and she lay down under Balaam; and Balaam's anger was
kindled, and he smote the ass with his staff. 28 And the LORD opened the mouth
of the ass, and she said unto Balaam: 'What have I done unto thee, that thou
hast smitten me these three times?' 29 And Balaam said unto the ass: 'Because
thou hast mocked me; I would there were a sword in my hand, for now I had
killed thee.' 30 And the ass said unto Balaam: 'Am not I thine ass, upon which
thou hast ridden all thy life long unto this day? was I ever wont to do so unto
thee?' And he said: 'Nay.' 31 Then the LORD opened the eyes of Balaam, and he
saw the angel of the LORD standing in the way, with his sword drawn in his
hand; and he bowed his head, and fell on his face. 32 And the angel of the LORD
said unto him: 'Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times?
behold, I am come forth for an adversary, because thy way is contrary unto me;
33 and the ass saw me, and turned aside before me these three times; unless she
had turned aside from me, surely now I had even slain thee, and saved her
alive.'
This man is going to try to curse a nation with a few million
population and he cannot even discipline a donkey and needs a sword to rebuke
the animal.
34 And
Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD: 'I have sinned; for I knew not that
thou stood in the way against me; now therefore, if it displease thee, I will
get me back.' 35 And the angel of the LORD said unto Balaam: 'Go with the men;
but only the word that I shall speak unto thee, that thou shalt speak.' So
Balaam went with the princes of Balak. 36 And when Balak heard that Balaam was come,
he went out to meet him unto Ir-moab, which is on the border of Arnon, which is
in the utmost part of the border. 37 And Balak said unto Balaam: 'Did I not
earnestly send unto thee to call thee? wherefore came thou not unto me? am I
not able indeed to promote thee to honor?' 38 And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Lo,
I am come unto thee; have I now any power at all to speak any thing? the word
that God putsin my mouth, that shall I speak.' 39 And Balaam went with Balak,
and they came unto Kiriath-huzoth. 40 And Balak sacrificed oxen and sheep, and
sent to Balaam, and to the princes that were with him. 41 And it came to pass
in the morning that Balak took Balaam, and brought him up into Bamoth-baal, and
he saw from thence the utmost part of the people.
You want to be a rogue then I will let you and you will be
penalized.
23:1 And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Build me
here seven altars, and prepare me here seven bullocks and seven rams.' 2 And
Balak did as Balaam had spoken; and Balak and Balaam offered on every altar a
bullock and a ram. 3 And Balaam said unto Balak: 'Stand by thy burnt-offering,
and I will go; peradventure the LORD will come to meet me; and whatsoever He
shows me I will tell thee.' And he went to a bare height. 4 And God met Balaam;
and he said unto Him: 'I have prepared the seven altars, and I have offered up
a bullock and a ram on every altar.' 5 And the LORD put a word in Balaam's
mouth, and said: 'Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.' 6 And he
returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, he, and all the
princes of Moab. 7 And he took up his parable, and said:
This is the first of three
attempts that Balak tries to have Balaam curse the Bnei Yisrael. In Meseches
Berachos it is written that HASHEM gets angry for a moment and Balaam had that
moment when the rooster’s crown instead of looking red in the morning would
appear white. At this time one could throw himself down in Tachanun and cry out
against Hamas, Hezballah or Iran. It only works at this time. However, on these
three days HASHEM withheld his anger and turned the intended curses into
blessings. Or as we say man proposes and G-D disposes (in Yiddish it says G-D
laughs).
… 13 If Balak would give me his house full of
silver and gold, I cannot go beyond the word of the LORD, to do either good or
bad of mine own mind; what the LORD speaks, that will I speak? 14 And now,
behold, I go unto my people; come, and I will announce to thee what this people
shall do to thy people in the end of days.'
He must have stated this but Balak
was so blind in his fear that he did not realize this. Moshe got all the
knowledge what happened by prophecy. This time it is a one man prophecy which
we stated in choosing whether a revelation was true or false in the video I
presented about Judaism vs. other religions. However, the argument falls flat
for two reasons first Balaam was captured and killed so the information could
have been gathered then and also there are stone tablets found on the Jordanian
side of the river stating actions of Balaam (Rabbi Schatz Shlita).
15 And he took up his parable, and said: The
saying of Balaam the son of Beor, and the saying of the man whose eye is
opened;
For he saw the Angel Gavriel as
one sees his friend face to face with the incident of the donkey.
16 The saying of him who hears the words of
God, and knows the knowledge of the Most High, who seess the vision of the
Almighty, fallen down, yet with opened eyes: 17 I see him, but not now; I
behold him, but not nigh; there shall step forth a star out of Jacob, and a
scepter shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite through the corners of Moab,
and break down all the sons of Seth. 18 And Edom shall be a possession, Seir
also, even his enemies, shall be a possession; while Israel does valiantly. 19
And out of Jacob shall one have dominion, and shall destroy the remnant from
the city. 20 And he looked on Amalek, and took up his parable, and said: Amalek
was the first of the nations; but his end shall come to destruction. 21 And he
looked on the Kenite, and took up his parable, and said: Though firm be thy
dwelling-place, and though thy nest be set in the rock; 22 Nevertheless Kain
shall be wasted; How long? Asshur shall carry thee away captive. 23 And he took
up his parable, and said: Alas, who shall live after God hath appointed him? 24
But ships shall come from the coast of Kittim, and they shall afflict Asshur,
and shall afflict Eber, and he also shall come to destruction. 25 And Balaam
rose up, and went and returned to his place; and Balak also went his way.
This is the far distant future at
the end of days. At this point he tells as for me in this world, I will collect
my reward if you follow my advice for the things that G-D hates is idol worship
and immodesty. [All the more so acts which HASHEM calls abominations or
perversions in Sefer Vayikra]. However, Yisrael was not suspected of these
heinous acts but fall for immodesty as they did in the days of Yacov Frank when
after the false Moshiach Shabbtai Tzvi came along Frank claiming to be the
Moshiach with harlotry. He and his followers converted to Christianity as Tzvi
converted to Islam. Rabbi Yeshiyahu Horowitz who was an ardent follower of the Yisrael
Baal Shem Tov, found in the mystical writings of Adam Baal Shem Tov some of the
ideas of these False Moshiach nonsense and he buried the notes.
24:1 And Israel abode in Shittim, and the
people began to commit harlotry with the daughters of Moab.
We see that part of the time of
Midian made an alliance with Moav and we are told in the next Parsha to attack
the Midian people while Moav will later produce Ruth who was famed for her
modesty.
2 And they called the people unto the
sacrifices of their gods; and the people did eat, and bowed down to their gods.
Baal Peor was worshipped by
defecating in front of the statue. The harlots would feed the Bnei Yisrael only
kosher beets, spinach and other items that loosen the bowels and with all the
fornication the bowels moved quicker.
3 And Israel joined himself unto the Baal of
Peor; and the anger of the LORD was kindled against Israel. 4 And the LORD said
unto Moses: 'Take all the chiefs of the people, and hang them up unto the LORD
in face of the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may turn away from
Israel.' 5 And Moses said unto the judges of Israel: 'Slay ye everyone his men
that have joined themselves unto the Baal of Peor.' 6 And, behold, one of the
children of Israel came and brought unto his brethren a Midianite woman in the
sight of Moses, and in the sight of all the congregation of the children of Israel,
while they were weeping at the door of the tent of meeting.
Zimri defied Moshe by saying “You
married a woman from Midian and now you come against me taking one!” At this
point, Moshe was struck dumb and could not answer. However, Pinchas saw the
Chutzpa and he acted zealously for HASHEM.
7 And when Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the
son of Aaron the priest, saw it, he rose up from the midst of the congregation,
and took a spear in his hand.
Phinehas…saw:
He saw the deed and reminded himself of the law. He said to Moses, “I learned
from you, ‘If someone cohabits with an Aramean [heathen] woman, zealots have a
right to strike him [dead].’ ” He replied to him, “Let the one who reads the
letter be the agent to carry it out.” Immediately, “he took a spear in his
hand….” - [Sanh. 82a]
8 And he went after the man of Israel into the
chamber, and thrust both of them through, the man of Israel, and the woman
through her belly.
Aaron stopped a previous plague
with incense but Pinchas did this with cunning and said that he came to enjoy
the action and went past the people of Shimon. A few miracles occurred
according to the Medrash. One he was able to spear them by their privates and
lift the spear out of the tent before they died. For me I prefer the logical
Pshat type answer and that practically he speared them at the entrance to the
tent during the act and penetrated two hearts.
Into
the chamber: Into the tent. Through her stomach: Heb. קֳבָתָהּ,
as in, “the jaw and the maw (וְהַקֵּבָה)”
(Deut. 18:3). He aimed for the male organ of Zimri and her female organs and
everyone saw that he had not killed them for nothing. Many miracles happened to
him…, as it is related there (Sanh. 82b).
Alternately
trying to comply with Rashi the spear went in at an angle from the heart area
through the stomach and Pinchas pulled the tent in such a way that they were
publicly exposed in their sin.
So the plague was stayed from the children of
Israel. 9 And those that died by the plague were twenty and four thousand.
The tribe of Shimon who fought for
the honor of Dina with Levy succumbed to this depravity. Yacov had split up
these two tribes by dispersing the Leviim.
Parsha Pinchas
25:10 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying:
11 'Phinehas, the son of Eleazar, the son of Aaron the priest, hath turned My
wrath away from the children of Israel, in that he was very jealous for My sake
among them, so that I consumed not the children of Israel in My jealousy.
Rabbi Pinchas Winston Shlita in
this week’s Parsha wrote: Pinchas was a hero. Previously he had been a virtual nobody, but
when the situation warranted it he became a somebody. The rewards for doing so
were tremendous, including becoming Eliyahu HaNavi, the prophet who will
eventually herald the Final Redemption, may it happen soon, God willing.
12 Wherefore say: Behold, I give unto him My
covenant of peace;
My
covenant of peace: That it should be a covenant of peace for him. Just as a man
owes gratitude and favor to someone who did him a favor, so here God expressed
to him His feelings of peace.
13 and it shall be unto him, and to his seed
after him, the covenant of an everlasting priesthood; because he was jealous
for his God, and made atonement for the children of Israel.'
It
shall be: This covenant of Mine [mentioned in the previous verse] shall be for
him. An eternal covenant of kehunah: Although the kehunah had already been
given to Aaron’s descendants, it had been given only to Aaron and his sons who
were anointed with him, and to their children whom they would beget after their
anointment. Phinehas, however, who was born before that and had never been
anointed, had not been included in the kehunah until now. And so, we learn in
[Tractate] Zevachim [101b],“Phinehas was not made a kohen until he killed
Zimri.”for his God: Heb. לֵאלֹהָיו, for the sake of his
God, as in (11:29),“Are you zealous for my sake (לִי)
?” and (Zech. 8:2),“I am zealous for Zion (לְצִיּוֹן)
”-for the sake of Zion.
I would think that no matter how
good a deed after the murder of two people, a priest might lose his Kahuna
therefore the Torah tells us this is not so and because he did this for the
sake of heaven and to save Am Yisrael, his seed will never ever die out from
being Cohanim.
14 Now the name of the man of Israel that was
slain, who was slain with the Midian woman, was Zimri, the son of Salu, a
prince of a fathers' house among the tribe of Simeon. 15 And the name of the
Midian woman that was slain was Cozbi, the daughter of Zur; he was head of the
people of a fathers' house in Midian.
He had given the order to his
daughter to prostitute herself. Later according to the Ari Zal one can see that
Zimri came back as Rabbi Akiva, Cozbi as Rachel and Tzur as Kalba Savua. The
Tikkun is that Akiva ben Yosef strengthens himself in Torah and Rachel sacrifices
everything for Torah. The 24,000 had to die on a Kiddush HASHEM in the Bar
Kochba revolt to reverse the Chilul HASHEM.
16 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 17
'Harass the Midianites, and smite them; 18 for they harass you, by their wiles
wherewith they have beguiled you in the matter of Peor, and in the matter of
Cozbi, the daughter of the prince of Midian, their sister, who was slain on the
day of the plague in the matter of Peor.'
They were not told to go to the
international Court of Justice or have a bunch of politicians have an enquiry
but rather “If your enemy tries to kill you go out and kill him first”.
26:1 And it came to pass after the plague,
that the LORD spoke unto Moses and unto Eleazar the son of Aaron the priest,
saying: 2 'Take the sum of all the congregation of the children of Israel, from
twenty years old and upward, by their fathers' houses, all that are able to go
forth to war in Israel.' 3 And Moses and Eleazar the priest spoke with them in
the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho, saying: 4 '[Take the sum of the
people,] from twenty years old and upward, as the LORD commanded Moses and the
children of Israel, that came forth out of the land of Egypt.'
…51 These are they that were numbered of the
children of Israel, six hundred thousand and a thousand and seven hundred and
thirty.
If covered this in detail in the
Drasha of 5774 and we saw that after 40 years in the wilderness the number of
adult males was 601,730 instead of 606,000. With the exceptional change in the
numbers of the tribe of Shimon most things did not change.
52 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 53
'Unto these the land shall be divided for an inheritance according to the
number of names. 54 To the more thou shalt give the more inheritance, and to the
fewer thou shalt give the less inheritance; to each one according to those that
were numbered of it shall its inheritance be given. 55
Notwithstanding the land shall be divided by lot; according to the names of the
tribes of their fathers they shall inherit. 56 According to the
lot shall their inheritance be divided between the more and the fewer.'
The L-RD also proportioned out the
land according to Yacov’s blessing.
57 And these are they that were numbered of
the Levites after their families: of Gershon, the family of the Gershonites; of
Kohath, the family of the Kohathites; of Merari, the family of the Merarites. 58 These are the families of Levi: the family of the Libnites, the
family of the Hebronites, the family of the Mahlites, the family of the Mushites,
the family of the Korahites. And Kohath begot Amram. 59 And the
name of Amram's wife was Jochebed, the daughter of Levi, who was born to Levi
in Egypt; and she bore unto Amram Aaron and Moses, and Miriam their sister. 60 And unto Aaron were born Nadab and Abihu, Eleazar and Ithamar. 61 And Nadab and Abihu died, when they offered strange fire before
the LORD. 62 And they that were numbered of them were twenty and
three thousand, every male from a month old and upward; for they were not
numbered among the children of Israel, because there was no inheritance given
them among the children of Israel. 63 These are they that were
numbered by Moses and Eleazar the priest, who numbered the children of Israel
in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho. 64 But among
these there was not a man of them that were numbered by Moses and Aaron the
priest, who numbered the children of Israel in the wilderness of Sinai. 65 For the LORD had said of them: 'They shall surely die in the
wilderness.' And there was not left a man of them, save Caleb the son of
Jephunneh, and Joshua the son of Nun.
At this point the Bnei Yisrael are
finally ready to enter Eretz Yisrael. We are about to learn something about the
Halacha of inheritance. We are then going to have a reminder of the Chaggim.
27:1 Then drew near the daughters of
Zelophehad, the son of Hepher, the son of Gilead, the son of Machir, the son of
Manasseh, of the families of Manasseh the son of Joseph; and these are the
names of his daughters: Mahlah, Noah, and Hoglah, and Milcah, and Tirzah. 2 And
they stood before Moses, and before Eleazar the priest, and before the princes
and all the congregation, at the door of the tent of meeting, saying: 3 'Our
father died in the wilderness, and he was not among the company of them that
gathered themselves together against the LORD in the company of Korah, but he
died in his own sin; and he had no sons. 4 Why should the name of our father be
done away from among his family, because he had no son? Give unto us a
possession among the brethren of our father.' 5 And Moses brought their cause
before the LORD. 6 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 7 'The daughters of
Zelophehad speak right: thou shalt surely give them a possession of an
inheritance among their father's brethren; and thou shalt cause the inheritance
of their father to pass unto them. 8 And thou shalt speak unto the children of
Israel, saying: If a man die, and have no son, then ye shall cause his
inheritance to pass unto his daughter. 9 And if he have no daughter, then ye
shall give his inheritance unto his brethren. 10 And if he have no brethren,
then ye shall give his inheritance unto his father's brethren. 11 And if his
father have no brethren, then ye shall give his inheritance unto his kinsman
that is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it. And it shall be
unto the children of Israel a statute of judgment, as the LORD commanded
Moses.'
This will keep the money in the
family for generations to come if possible but of course too many children or
poor conditions caused by poor Mitzvos and the money could lessen.
12 And the LORD said unto Moses: 'Get thee up
into this mountain of Abarim, and behold the land which I have given unto the
children of Israel. 13 And when thou hast seen it, thou also shalt be gathered
unto thy people, as Aaron thy brother was gathered; 14 because ye rebelled
against My commandment in the wilderness of Zin, in the strife of the
congregation, to sanctify Me at the waters before their eyes.'--These are the
waters of Meribath-kadesh in the wilderness of Zin.-- 15 And Moses spoke unto
the LORD, saying: 16 'Let the LORD, the God of the spirits of all flesh, set a
man over the congregation, 17 who may go out before them, and who may come in
before them, and who may lead them out, and who may bring them in; that the
congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.' 18 And the
LORD said unto Moses: 'Take thee Joshua the son of Nun, a man in whom is
spirit, and lay thy hand upon him; 19 and set him before Eleazar the priest,
and before all the congregation; and give him a charge in their sight. 20 And
thou shalt put of thy honor upon him, that all the congregation of the children
of Israel may hearken. 21 And he shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who
shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before the LORD; at his word
shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the
children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.' 22 And Moses did as
the LORD commanded him; and he took Joshua, and set him before Eleazar the
priest, and before all the congregation. 23 And he laid his hands upon him, and
gave him a charge, as the LORD spoke by the hand of Moses.
The L-RD is gracious unto Moshe
and letting him turn over the reigns as like a in a democracy today with a
public ceremony. Moshe is going up to the mountain to see the promised land.
28:1 And the LORD spoke unto Moses, saying: 2
Command the children of Israel, and say unto them: My food which is presented
unto Me for offerings made by fire, of a sweet savor unto Me, shall ye observe
to offer unto Me in its due season. 3 And thou shalt say unto them: This is the
offering made by fire which ye shall bring unto the LORD: he-lambs of the first
year without blemish, two day by day, for a continual burnt-offering. 4 The one
lamb shalt thou offer in the morning, and the other lamb shalt thou offer at
dusk; 5 and the tenth part of an ephah of fine flour for a meal-offering,
mingled with the fourth part of a hin of beaten oil. 6 It is a continual burnt-offering,
which was offered in Mount Sinai, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire
unto the LORD. 7 And the drink-offering thereof shall be the fourth part of a
hin for the one lamb; in the holy place shalt thou pour out a drink-offering of
strong drink unto the LORD. 8 And the other lamb shalt thou present at dusk; as
the meal-offering of the morning, and as the drink-offering thereof, thou shalt
present it, an offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the LORD.
This is the definition of the
Korban Tamid followed by the Koran Shabbos.
9 And on the Sabbath day two he-lambs of the
first year without blemish, and two tenth parts of an ephah of fine flour for a
meal-offering, mingled with oil, and the drink-offering thereof. 10 This is the
burnt-offering of every Sabbath, beside the continual burnt-offering, and the
drink-offering thereof.
The age of the Korban and the
amount of meal and flour and wine is mentioned with each Korban and for each
animal a different quantity.
11 And in your new moons ye shall present a
burnt-offering unto the LORD: two young bullocks, and one ram, seven he-lambs
of the first year without blemish; 12 and three tenth parts of an ephah of fine
flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for each bullock; and two tenth
parts of fine flour for a meal-offering, mingled with oil, for the one ram; 13
and a several tenth part of fine flour mingled with oil for a meal-offering
unto every lamb; for a burnt-offering of a sweet savor, an offering made by
fire unto the LORD. 14 And their drink-offerings shall be half a hin of wine
for a bullock, and the third part of a hin for the ram, and the fourth part of
a hin for a lamb. This is the burnt-offering of every new moon throughout the
months of the year. 15 And one he-goat for a sin-offering unto the LORD; it
shall be offered beside the continual burnt-offering, and the drink-offering
thereof.
Chapter 28:1 to 15 is our reading
for the Rosh Chodesh prayers. Below are the Haphtarah of the various Chaggim.
The three Regelim and the High Holidays.
16 And in the first month, on the fourteenth
day of the month, is the LORD'S Passover. 17 And on the fifteenth day of this
month shall be a feast; seven days shall unleavened bread be eaten. 18 In the
first day shall be a holy convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work;
19 but ye shall present an offering made by fire, a burnt-offering unto the
LORD: two young bullocks, and one ram, and seven he-lambs of the first year;
they shall be unto you without blemish; 20 and their meal-offering, fine flour
mingled with oil; three tenth parts shall ye offer for a bullock, and two tenth
parts for the ram; 21 a several tenth part shalt thou offer for every lamb of
the seven lambs; 22 and one he-goat for a sin-offering, to make atonement for you.
23 Ye shall offer these beside the burnt-offering of the morning, which is for
a continual burnt-offering. 24 After this manner ye shall offer daily, for
seven days, the food of the offering made by fire, of a sweet savor unto the
LORD; it shall be offered beside the continual burnt-offering, and the
drink-offering thereof. 25 And on the seventh day ye shall have a holy
convocation; ye shall do no manner of servile work. {S} 26 Also in the day of
the first-fruits, when ye bring a new meal-offering unto the LORD in your feast
of weeks, ye shall have a holy convocation: ye shall do no manner of servile
work; 27 but ye shall present a burnt-offering for a sweet savour unto the
LORD: two young bullocks, one ram, seven he-lambs of the first year; 28 and
their meal-offering, fine flour mingled with oil, three tenth parts for each
bullock, two tenth parts for the one ram, 29 a several tenth part for every
lamb of the seven lambs; 30 one he-goat, to make atonement for you. 31 Beside
the continual burnt-offering, and the meal-offering thereof, ye shall offer
them--they shall be unto you without blemish--and their drink-offerings.
29:1 And in the
seventh month, on the first day of the month, ye shall have a holy convocation:
ye shall do no manner of servile work; it is a day of blowing the horn unto
you. …These ye shall offer unto the LORD in your appointed seasons, beside your
vows, and your freewill-offerings, whether they be your burnt-offerings, or
your meal-offerings, or your drink-offerings, or your peace-offerings. …30:1 And Moses told the children of Israel according to all that the LORD commanded Moses.
It is important to note that the Bnei Yisrael followed the letter of the law here.
We usually hear of teens being bullied on social media and their
prospective of black and white thinking that this is the end of the world. The
above tragic news story starts with a Rabbi Yishiyahu Pinto who is being given
by donors millions of Shekels for blessings. He is not the Pinto who I knew.
This man was attacked by the Mafia and threatened. He called the policeman who
investigated the Mafia. Did you ever see a Rav Schach or a Rav Yosef being
threatened? Did you ever seeing them being given millions for Berachos? That is
enough to wake up something inside of me. Rabbi Schach used crates from his
bookshelves. Rabbi Yosef had a nice apartment from his job as Chief Rabbi.
Police Chief Bracha began investigating corruption of this
individual. In turn the ‘Rabbi’ claimed that he and his followers bribed Chief
Bracha. That was not the case as the chief reported the attempt to transfer
money to him via his wife from the Rav’s wife. The fabrication reported that
the Chief received money in the States and hotel suites when his cellphone
records placed him in Washington, D.C. and not New York City.
This accusation along with other false reports caused the Chief to
resign. The ‘Rabbi’ continued to have his followers harass Bracha everywhere he
went. The bullying caused the Chief to get depressed and this week he took his
own life. As for Pinto there is a TRUE DIN and a TRUE DAYAN and after their 120
years in this world, Rabbis who try to give out bribes and prey on people for
money in this world because of their family name and lie and slander eventually
will find what Emmes is!
Chilul HASHEM No. 2: Normally I try not to bring stories like this
because it gives a black-eye to the thousands of Rabbis who are righteous but I
cannot sweep the headlines of this week under the table or not cry out against
this behavior. He will not be the first nor will he be the last. Even one
“Tzaddik” that my friend used to go to was caught with married women in the
past. Just before the weekend, the TV and newspapers were full of this story: A
Rosh Yeshiva in Tzfat, in northern Israel, supposedly started seducing woman to
make a Tikkun for them. Sometimes he persuaded prospective brides before the wedding
in other cases he may have produced Maumzerim by two married women. He was
caught trying to flee the country.
Chilul and Kiddush HASHEM this week. The grandson of a Chassidic
Rebbe was caught breaking into the Rebbe’s home to steal expensive stuff. The
Rebbetzin and Rebbe had him arrested.
Usually I put myself into
every piece of advice or Psak that I give out. This week I encountered a
situation that will reach a head next week. My friend from the age of three had
a stroke in the brain stem. His wife does not know what to do. To have a
tracheotomy on him or pull the plug? Now Rabbis are not doctors and doctors are
not prophets. I
wrote that I would ask the following questions to the doctor before I said do
not resuscitate. What is the chance that Chaim ben Francis will gain
consciousness? 10%, 20%, 50%? What is the chance that he will just be
able to communicate only with his eyes? What are the changes of a
semi-normal recovery? What happens if he can breathe partially on his own if
the machine is not reused from its cleaning process? I wrote more but
one cannot make a decision of life and death without the proper knowledge. My
buddy is just shy of 68 years old and has a son to marry off in the future. On
the other hand he would not want to be in a vegetative State and burden his
wife and child if he would never ever gain consciousness. This is not the first
case I encountered but a 91 year old with Alzheimer who wrote do not
resuscitate is different from a 68 year old. In the end it is not my decision
or me who would be an Aguna to a vegetative husband. At this point he is not
even on the level of the famous Terry Schavio case.
Well I received basically two letters from my friend of over
64.5 years’ wife. I had helped her make up her mind. “A doctor from the hospital called
me this morning and said Carl is not going to come out of the coma. He said if
he did, he wouldn't be able to function too well; he said he would be in a
vegetative state.” Although MD’s are not prophets they have
knowledge and experience that we must rely on. So if a miracle does not occur
within a few days, he will be taken off life support by his wife or no
Tracheotomy heroics.
To make the story short HASHEM
took Chaim’s soul OBM and the widow has a clean conscious.
The Shabbos of missed opportunity by
Rabbi Tilles http://ascentofsafed.com/cgi-bin/ascent.cgi?Name=919-42
Once during
his travels, Rabbi Aharon of
Karlin arrived at the town of
Zarowitz close to the Shabbat. He saw a small cottage situated on the edge of
the town and he knocked on the door, hoping to find some hospitality there. A
small woman opened the door and listened to his request to remain there for the
Shabbat. "You are welcome to stay," she replied simply, "my
husband, will be home soon," and she ushered him into the house.
As soon as he set his foot inside the door, Rabbi Aharon felt himself enveloped by an overwhelming sense of holiness, and he realized that there must be something unique about the occupants of this house. R. Aharon prepared himself for the Shabbat and was about to go out the door to the synagogue when he met Reb Yitzchak, the owner of the house, just returning from his workday. The man was dressed in simple peasant garb, and there was nothing to distinguish him from any other worker. He introduced himself as Yitzchak and greeted his guest warmly, but his features disguised any emotion.
Aharon of Karlin was accustomed to celebrate the Shabbat with enthusiastic singing and prayers, and he followed his usual rituals. His host, however, rushed quickly through the prayers, hurriedly said kiddush over the wine and then sat down to eat his simple meal. But even in this plain food, R. Aharon could detect an undeniable holiness, although he couldn't figure out what it stemmed from. He studied the man and woman, but there was nothing special about anything they said or did that would set them apart from any of ten thousand other poor Jews.
When the Shabbat ended R. Aharon thanked his host and hostess and continued on his journey, the mystery unsolved.
* * *
As soon as he set his foot inside the door, Rabbi Aharon felt himself enveloped by an overwhelming sense of holiness, and he realized that there must be something unique about the occupants of this house. R. Aharon prepared himself for the Shabbat and was about to go out the door to the synagogue when he met Reb Yitzchak, the owner of the house, just returning from his workday. The man was dressed in simple peasant garb, and there was nothing to distinguish him from any other worker. He introduced himself as Yitzchak and greeted his guest warmly, but his features disguised any emotion.
Aharon of Karlin was accustomed to celebrate the Shabbat with enthusiastic singing and prayers, and he followed his usual rituals. His host, however, rushed quickly through the prayers, hurriedly said kiddush over the wine and then sat down to eat his simple meal. But even in this plain food, R. Aharon could detect an undeniable holiness, although he couldn't figure out what it stemmed from. He studied the man and woman, but there was nothing special about anything they said or did that would set them apart from any of ten thousand other poor Jews.
When the Shabbat ended R. Aharon thanked his host and hostess and continued on his journey, the mystery unsolved.
* * *
The
following week, a woman turned up in the Study Hall of the nearby city of
Premishlan and spoke to the members of the local burial society requesting that
they come with her. "Please come with me to Zarowitz now, for my husband
is dying and he has asked that you be with him in his last moments."
The men immediately followed her to her home, but when they entered the house, her husband wasn't even there. "What is this, some kind of joke? Have you brought us all this way for nothing?"
"No, of course not, gentlemen," she replied. "My husband is on his way and will be here shortly."
Shortly after, her husband walked through the door, holding a bunch of straw. He spread the straw on the floor and laid down upon it, on his back. Then he began speaking to the burial society officials:
"My friends, it is now time for me to leave this world. I have lived a secret life as a hidden tzadik (perfectly righteous person) all my life, but the time has come for me to reveal myself. The moment that I die, go with all speed to Premishlan and bring back as many scribes as you can gather. Have them bring pens and paper, for here they will copy over my secret writings. This must be done while I am still lying here on the ground, before I am buried. Watch me, and when you see a change in my face, all writing must cease at once."
R. Yitzchak finished speaking, closed his eyes, and for a moment his face burned like a fire. Then, his lips which had been moving in silent prayer became still, and he was gone.
Scores of scribes were hurriedly brought to the cottage where the tzadik lay. Each one was given a leaf of paper to copy and they raced against time to complete their holy task. The officials' eyes were fixed on the face of the tzadik, looking for any change. Suddenly, the face lost all of its color and the box which contained his writings mysteriously closed by itself. The scratching of pens stopped abruptly, and preparations were quickly begun to ready Yitzchak the tzadik for burial.
* * *
When Rabbi Aharon of Karlin heard of the death of the tzadik and the circumstances which surrounded it, his heart was filled with bitter regret. What wondrous Torah secrets he might have learned from the deceased! He went to pay his respects to the widow and perhaps to glean some bit of knowledge from her husband's secret life.
"Well, there's nothing I can really tell you," she said. "I'm sorry, but my husband wouldn't permit it."
R. Aharon was bitterly disappointed. He wished her comfort, among all the mourners of Zion, and turned to leave. But just as he reached the door, the widow called out to him, "Wait, there's one small thing I can show you. Do you see those candlesticks there on the shelf? Well, from the day I married until the day my husband died, the candles that were lit in them burned constantly, all by themselves."
Rabbi Aharon left the cottage deep in reflection. The wondrous accomplishments of the hidden tzadik would remain one of G-d's many secrets, perhaps to be divulged only by Mashiach, himself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from the rendition on //lchaimweekly.org (#1014).
Biographical note:
Rabbi Aharon ("the Great") of Karlin; (1736 - 19 Nissan 1772) was a disciple of Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezritch. He was the pioneer of Chasidism in Lithuania, as is evidenced by the fact that in contemporary sources, "Karliner" was a local synonym for "chasid". He is remembered for the ecstatic and unrestrained fervor of his prayer, for his solicitude for the needy, and for the moral teachings embodied in his Azharos ("Warnings"). He was succeeded by his disciple Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin (1738 - 22 Tammuz 1792), after whose death the succession reverted to R. Aharon's orphaned son, Rabbi Asher of Stolin (1762 - 1826), who had been sheltered and educated by R. Shlomo since the age of 12. The dynasty still thrives today; the Chasidim are known for the volume of their communal prayers.
Connection: Seasonal--192nd yahrzeit of Rebbe Shlomo of Karlin.
The men immediately followed her to her home, but when they entered the house, her husband wasn't even there. "What is this, some kind of joke? Have you brought us all this way for nothing?"
"No, of course not, gentlemen," she replied. "My husband is on his way and will be here shortly."
Shortly after, her husband walked through the door, holding a bunch of straw. He spread the straw on the floor and laid down upon it, on his back. Then he began speaking to the burial society officials:
"My friends, it is now time for me to leave this world. I have lived a secret life as a hidden tzadik (perfectly righteous person) all my life, but the time has come for me to reveal myself. The moment that I die, go with all speed to Premishlan and bring back as many scribes as you can gather. Have them bring pens and paper, for here they will copy over my secret writings. This must be done while I am still lying here on the ground, before I am buried. Watch me, and when you see a change in my face, all writing must cease at once."
R. Yitzchak finished speaking, closed his eyes, and for a moment his face burned like a fire. Then, his lips which had been moving in silent prayer became still, and he was gone.
Scores of scribes were hurriedly brought to the cottage where the tzadik lay. Each one was given a leaf of paper to copy and they raced against time to complete their holy task. The officials' eyes were fixed on the face of the tzadik, looking for any change. Suddenly, the face lost all of its color and the box which contained his writings mysteriously closed by itself. The scratching of pens stopped abruptly, and preparations were quickly begun to ready Yitzchak the tzadik for burial.
* * *
When Rabbi Aharon of Karlin heard of the death of the tzadik and the circumstances which surrounded it, his heart was filled with bitter regret. What wondrous Torah secrets he might have learned from the deceased! He went to pay his respects to the widow and perhaps to glean some bit of knowledge from her husband's secret life.
"Well, there's nothing I can really tell you," she said. "I'm sorry, but my husband wouldn't permit it."
R. Aharon was bitterly disappointed. He wished her comfort, among all the mourners of Zion, and turned to leave. But just as he reached the door, the widow called out to him, "Wait, there's one small thing I can show you. Do you see those candlesticks there on the shelf? Well, from the day I married until the day my husband died, the candles that were lit in them burned constantly, all by themselves."
Rabbi Aharon left the cottage deep in reflection. The wondrous accomplishments of the hidden tzadik would remain one of G-d's many secrets, perhaps to be divulged only by Mashiach, himself.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Source: Supplemented by Yerachmiel Tilles from the rendition on //lchaimweekly.org (#1014).
Biographical note:
Rabbi Aharon ("the Great") of Karlin; (1736 - 19 Nissan 1772) was a disciple of Rabbi Dov Ber of Mezritch. He was the pioneer of Chasidism in Lithuania, as is evidenced by the fact that in contemporary sources, "Karliner" was a local synonym for "chasid". He is remembered for the ecstatic and unrestrained fervor of his prayer, for his solicitude for the needy, and for the moral teachings embodied in his Azharos ("Warnings"). He was succeeded by his disciple Rabbi Shlomo of Karlin (1738 - 22 Tammuz 1792), after whose death the succession reverted to R. Aharon's orphaned son, Rabbi Asher of Stolin (1762 - 1826), who had been sheltered and educated by R. Shlomo since the age of 12. The dynasty still thrives today; the Chasidim are known for the volume of their communal prayers.
Connection: Seasonal--192nd yahrzeit of Rebbe Shlomo of Karlin.
Rabbi
donates kidney to Israeli stranger: http://www.timesofisrael.com/arizona-rabbi-donates-his-spare-kidney-to-save-young-israeli/
Inyanay Diyoma
On Friday
a possible Kassam from Sinai Code Red in the Negev: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4675887,00.html It turned out to be three rockets from
ISIS.
There is
a danger of Israel’s over reliance on Egypt fighting ISIS: http://debka.com/article/24718/Israeli-policymakers-alarming-over-reliance-on-Egypt-to-grapple-with-Hamas-and-ISIS
Egypt
fears an attack on the Pyramids: http://debka.com/article/24720/ISIS-rushes-reinforcements-to-Egypt-Its-next-targets-The-Pyramids-and-Sphinx-
Extreme
left blacks are just as bad as the KKK towards Jews: http://pamelageller.com/2015/07/right-wing-jews-to-blame-for-charleston-shooting-historian-says.html/
Speaking
of KKK and the left (Nazis were National Socialists) http://therightscoop.com/this-is-epic-bill-whittle-explains-the-real-history-of-the-democratic-party/
US almost
totally giving in to Iran. http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/197755#.VZp5LJsw8eE
And the
guilty party for all the troubles in Greece is … http://www.timesofisrael.com/greeks-find-cause-of-all-their-woes-the-jews/
Egypt
claims 241 ISIS or Hamas killed in their operations: http://debka.com/article/24720/Egyptian-army-backed-by-Apaches-kills-241-Islamists-in-broad-area-between-Sheikh-Zuwaid-and-Rafah-
Did
Netanyahu ask the UK to vote against Israel? http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/197782#.VZtJTfmqqko
New
Brigade formed to fight either ISIS or Hezballah: http://debka.com/article/24722/Israel-merges-IDF-elite-units-to-form-the-new-Commando-Brigade-tailored-to-combat-ISIS
100lbs of
explosives to carry out an attack in Yarden: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4676598,00.html
Hamas and
ISIS long term strategy: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/197819#.VZwwnPmqqko
Hamas has
resupplied their rockets and are ready for the fight. Tunnel building is going
on at a feverish pace but in the meantime Israeli Geologists and electronic
experts have a solution to pinpoint tunnels. http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4677503,00.html
It is
impossible for the US to defend Europe, Korea or Israel : Army being cut down
by Obama to a ridiculously low level that it cannot fight properly: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/197837#.VZzM3Pmqqko
Don’t
need a wounded warrior project In Israel: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/197831
Russia violates
nuclear pack and white house holds up reaction to threat: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/197955#.VZ-Y_Zsw8eE
New
terror tactics sling shot explosives: http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/197950#.VZ-dc5sw8eE
Israeli
Arab and mentally disturbed Ethiopian Israeli held in Gaza: http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-4677862,00.html
Will
Kerry finally end his obsession with the Nobel Prize for Peace or it this just
a tactic? http://debka.com/article/24725/Voices-were-raised-at-the-Vienna-nuclear-talks-Wednesday-night-against-obdurate-Iran-
Good Shabbos all and have a peaceful and wonderful rest,
Rachamim Pauli
