If you were busy preparing for Pesach
Parsha Tzav is on this link: http://rabbipauli.blogspot.com/2020/04/pesach-drasha-parsha-tzav-halachos-for.html
Ble Neder we shall continue with Parsha
Shemini or a double one.
Pesach Special.
Jews come up with solutions to the
greatest problems. My grandson had a Minyan without a Sefer Torah by the
neighbors in the apartment building praying at the same hour on their porches.
My area is either private houses or semi-attached houses. Last week I barely
heard Carmel Street Prayers. This week my street had prayers 170 to 180 meters
in length from Yoni down to Dov’s boys with just a little over a Minyan. I
tired to organize a weekday Minyan. This is why Avos (Ethics of the Fathers)
states Chapter 6:7 quoting Mishlei: (3:18): "She
is a tree of life for those who hold fast to her, and happy are those who
support her." This
is why one should only live in a place of Torah as written further on in Avos
6:9: Said Rabbi Yossi the son of Kisma: Once, I was traveling and I
encountered a man. He greeted me and I returned his greetings. Said he to me:
"Rabbi, where are you from?" Said I to him: "From a great city
of sages and scholars, am I." Said he to me: "Rabbi, would you like
to dwell with us in our place? I will give you a million dinars of gold,
precious stones and pearls." Said I to him: "If you were to give me
all the silver, gold, precious stones and pearls in the world, I would not
dwell anywhere but in a place of Torah. Indeed, so is written in the book of psalms by David the king of Israel: `I prefer the
Torah of Your mouth over thousands in gold and silver' (Psalms 119:72). Furthermore, when a
person passes from this world neither silver, nor gold, nor precious stones,
nor pearls accompany him, only Torah and good deeds, as is stated (Proverbs 6:22): `When you go it
will direct you, when you lie down it will watch over you, and when you awaken
it shall be your speech.' `When you go it will direct you'---in this world;
`when you lie down it will watch over you'---in the grave; `and when you awaken
it shall be our speech'---in the World To Come. Also it says (Chaggai 2:8): `Mine is the silver
and Mine is the gold, so says the L-RD of Hosts.' " https://www.chabad.org/library/article_cdo/aid/2122/jewish/Chapter-Six.htm
Rabbi Davis of the Young Israel of
Hollywood - Fort Lauderdale, FL; a number of years ago, started writing a
Parsha Quiz at the end of his Drasha. Test your knowledge for Parsha Tzav. It
comes in PDF Form and I try to translate it into word.
"are in
difficult straits and Hashem saves us, we are grateful, and we need to express
our gratitude to Hashem. The Ktav Sofer wrote that we need to thank God as well
for having placed us in dire straits to begin with. Everything that Hashem does
is for our good. And we are commanded to say a Berachah over good tidings and
bad ones also. This is very difficult for us to accept, and I dare say I have
not reached that level myself. Even though it is never a good idea to question
Hashem, we all tend to do so. The best policy is not to question Hashem because
why ask questions that we are not able to answer. Isaiah said: My thoughts are
not like your thoughts, says Hashem. And this is correct. I can understand the
words of the Ktav Sofer, but I need not accept them! HAFTORAH SHABBAT
HAGADOL(p. 1005 Hz) (p. 1197 S) (p. 965 Hi) (p. 1220 AS)MAL’ACHI 3:4 The final
words of the Prophets conclude with a reference to the purpose of the
Redemption, which is a reminder of Hashem’s similar announcement to Moshe. “To
be My people” permeates this prophecy and the whole revelation of the Torah.
The yearly reminder of that Shabbat that headed our arising out of the pits of
Egypt parallels Malachi’s prophecy which relates our redemption in the end of
days. Malachi ended the prophetic era with words which, although they became
famous long ago, have new meaning for us in our day. “Behold I am sending you
Eliyahu the Prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of Hashem.
And he will return the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the hearts of
the children to the fathers...” (v.23-24). In the era of Moshiach, not only
will children return to the tradition of their ancestors, but parents will return
to the religion of their children, who have already preceded them in returning to
Torah and Mitzvot. (Rabbi S.R. Hirsch, and the Ponivitcher Rav.)SHABBAT
HALACHAH The category of objects that are declared Muktzeh (set aside that we are
not permitted to touch) is expanded on Yom Tov, lest we see Yom Tov in a
lighter manner than Shabbat. On Shabbat anything to which a person allots a
fixed place on account of its special value, and which one is particular not to
move about lest it be damaged, is also Muktzeh. Examples normally would be a
wall clock or a valuable painting. Today we could also include the Shmurah
Matzah as a Muktzeh item. The Shmurah Matzah is special because we intend on
fulfilling the mitzvah of eating it at the Seder. Our custom is to prohibit
eating any Matzah now. Hence the Shmurah Matzah is Muktzeh. On Yom Tov the
Chametz is also Muktzeh.
QUESTIONS
FOR PARSHAT TZAV5780 by Rabbi Edward Davis.
From the
Text1. The same sacrifices are discussed again as they were last week. What is
the difference?
2. Did
the Cohanim wear underwear when working in the Holy Temple?
3. Where
did the Kohan put the ashes from the Altar? (6:3)
4. What
did they do with the leftovers from the sacrifices brought by Aharon and his
sons? (8:32)
5. Where
were Aharon and his sons confined for the week of their consecration? (8:33)II.
From Rashi
6. What
was the last sacrifice offered each day? (6:5)
7. How
frequently was the Meal Offering of a Kohan brought in the Holy Temple by a
regular Kohan? By the Kohan Gadol? (6:13)
8. How
was the Meal Offering by the Kohan prepared? (6:14)
9. Which
of the sacrifices could be eaten for two days? (All other sacrifices could be
eaten for a day and a night.) (7:16)
10. Moshe
worked in the Mishkan for the entire week of consecration. What clothing did he
wear when he worked as a Kohan? (8:28)III. From the Rabbis
11. A
Kohan was in the Temple at the time of a sacrifice. Was he allowed to eat of
the sacrifices (or was it given only to the Kohan(im) who worked that
sacrifice)?
12. How
many loaves of bread were brought as part of a Thanks-giving Offering?
13.
During the time of the Moshiach, which of these sacrifices will still be
brought? (Midrash)IV. Haftarah. HaGadol. Malachi
14. Who
will herald the coming of the Moshiach.
V.
Relationships)
Shem
-Aram
Yosef
-Mupim
Yocheved –Kehat
Gershon
-Amram
Moshe
–Pinchas
ANSWERS
FOR PARSHAT TZAV 5780
1. Last
week the discussion was directed to the people. This week it is directed to the
Cohanim.
2. No
3. Next
to the Altar
4. They
burned it.
5. They
were confined to the entrance of the Tent of Meeting.
6.
Nothing could be offered after the afternoon whole burnt offering. (The Olat
Tamid of the afternoon.)7. A regular Kohan brought it on the first day that he
served in the Holy Temple. The Kohan Gadol brought it every day.8.It was
scolded in boiling water, baked in an oven, and then fried in a pan. (According
to Rashi in the Talmud, Manachot 50b, it was then baked after the frying.)
9. The
Shlamim (Thanksgiving)
10. He
wore the clothing of a regular Kohan.
11. He
may eat of it as well.
12. Forty
loaves.
13. Just
the Shlamim (The Thanksgiving). No sin offerings will be needed, since no one
will sin anymore.
14.
Eliyahu the Prophet.
Relationships
Father
Shem
Uncle
Yosef
Brother –Sister
Uncle
Gershon
Great
Uncle Moshe
Passover
and the eleventh Plague by Rabbi Benjamin Blech Shlita
The
linkage between Pesach and Tisha B’Av offers us tremendous hope and comfort in
this tragic time.
When we recite the plagues
during the Seder, we spill a drop of wine from the cup before us. As a little
boy my father taught me the rationale for this beautiful custom. Although the
Egyptians were our enemies who brutally enslaved us, we need to remember that
they were still human beings. And when human beings suffer our cup cannot be
full, our joy cannot be complete. There needs on our part to be at least a drop
of compassion for the pain of others.
How much wine should we
then spill from our cups this year during our global pandemic?
A friend of mine put the
problem of celebrating Passover this year into stark perspective. “It just
doesn’t feel like Pesach this year – it feels much
more like Tisha B’Av.”
Tisha B’Av is the saddest
day of the calendar year. The list of tragedies it commemorates, the terrible
events that occurred precisely on this Hebrew date are a statistical
improbability of the highest order, beginning with the destruction of both
temples on exactly the same day. Passover, on the other hand, is the most
festive and widely observed of the Jewish holidays. In Israel 93% of Israelis
participated in a Seder last year, according to the most recent survey. The
Seder has always been a synonym for joy – the finest expression of Jewish love
for family, for home, for the glories of our past and for the hopes for a
future.
Surely the observation that
the current plague can elicit the feeling that this year’s Passover seems more like Tisha B’Av
is cause for weeping. And yet strangely enough Jewish tradition made this very
connection between the saddest day and the most joyous day long ago: both occur
on the same day of the week. What is the meaning of this linkage? It is a
connection that offers us tremendous hope and comfort in this tragic time.
Tradition teaches us that
the Messiah who we hope to welcome on Passover will be born on Tisha B’Av. From
the tragedy of the one comes the redemption of the other.
Passover reminds us that
despite our challenges, there is a higher plan that is unfolding.
We may not comprehend the
ways of God and understand suffering. We may sit perplexed in our homes, unable
to go out, mystified in the very same way biblical Job had to contend with his
inexplicable misfortunes. But there is one truth we cannot abandon. The name of
the month of our collective tragedies is Av. Av means father, and no matter
what befalls us we continue to believe our Father in heaven will never forsake
us. Which is why Tisha B’Av has within it the seed of the holiday of Passover.
We will set a cup for Elijah at the Seder with full confidence that on the 15th
of Nisan, the month of miracles, he will personally appear to prepare us for
Messiah’s arrival.
At the Seder we have a
tradition of eating a hard-boiled egg. Some commentators explain it to
commemorate the meal of mourning immediately prior to beginning the fast of
Tisha B’Av. Once again it is meant to remind us that from tragedy will come
redemption.
We do not unfortunately
know when Messiah will come. But the rabbis have prophetically left us one clue
to alert us to his imminent arrival. It is recorded in the Midrash by way of a
mesmerizing parable.
A student once asked his
rabbi: “We have been waiting so long for the Messiah to come, yet he still has
not made his appearance. How will we, the Jewish people, know when he will at
last reveal himself? What is the sign we can look for that will announce his
imminent arrival?”
The rabbi responded, “I
will answer you by way of a story. A father and son journeyed together on a
long trek through a desert. Their destination was a faraway city. Weary from
the trip, the young boy pleaded with his father to give him a sign so that he
might know when they were close to their final destination. In response, the
father told the boy, ‘This will be a sure indication before you. Remember this
sign. When you will see a cemetery, you will know that the city is near.’ This
parable,” the rabbi continued, “is the answer to your question. When you will
see a cemetery, you will know that redemption is near. So too did God reveal to
his children that in the aftermath of being beset by horrible tragedy, death
and destruction, the Almighty will have mercy and answer the prayers of the
Jews, as it is written (Psalms 20:4) ‘And the Almighty will respond to you in
the day of great hardship.’”
And it is the Tisha B’Av of
today’s plague that may perhaps be the cemetery of the parable.
Thomas Cahill, the Irishman
who wrote the best-selling book The Gift of the Jews, claimed that Jews
should be given credit for gifting the world with the idea of history, that we
were the first to grasp the significance of the past and the relevance of
memory. What he should’ve added is that Jews joined the idea of destiny to the
meaning of history. History has a purpose. History has a plan. Better put,
history fulfills a divinely ordained order meant to lead us to a prophesied
destiny. The word for order in Hebrew? It is Seder, the very name given to the
most important Passover ritual.
One of the most powerful
prayers recorded during the Holocaust was the prayer of a rabbi who beseeched
God with these words: “Heavenly Father I do not ask you to explain why. I know
that Your thoughts are not our thoughts. I understand that our finite minds
cannot grasp Your management of the universe. Please do not tell me why. I ask
only that you reassure me that there is a why.”
That is indeed the ultimate
message of Passover. To celebrate it is to reaffirm our belief that history is
His story, that even sorrowful events are part of a divinely sanctioned Seder,
a destined order, that even the tragedies of Tisha B’Av are somehow a prelude
to the ultimate Passover of final redemption.
Holocaust Memorial Day is coming soon.
Nancy sent this:
Made in Auschwitz (2019) WEBDL
This chilling documentary uses intimate survivor testimonies,
archival footage and legal records to tell the story of the over 400 young women
who underwent medical experimentation in Auschwitz under Carl Clauberg, an
enterprising, sadistic gynecologist. Clauberg, who had already made a name for
himself as a research scientist who volunteered his services to Heinrich
Himmler of the SS to both help eradicate future generations of Jews and to
avail himself of a pool of captive research subjects. These experiments, which
sterilized many of the women, was also what spared them from the gas chambers.
Many of the women, who were deported to Auschwitz from across Nazi-occupied
Europe, were so young that they did not understand their reproductive systems
before suffering their destruction. This admirably crafted film traces the
history of the survivors and the subsequent attempts to bring Clauberg to justice,
which includes examining his -and these women’s – enduring contribution to
research …
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Ganz may ask for a two week extension to form government.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/modern-day-plague-wont-break-our-ties-rivlin-tells-world-jewish-leaders/
BDE Corona claims the Kalisher Rebbe: https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/1778870/levaya-of-kalisher-rebbe-of-flatbush-harav-yosef-rosenbaum-zatzal.html
Inyanay Diyoma
IDF intelligence drafted to fight Corona. https://www.ynetnews.com/magazine/article/Bk6nFPMP8
Corona in Israel 7,851 with 45 Z”L. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/V12IAWDER
After toilet paper, paper towels, eggs and now
plastic utensils. https://www.ynetnews.com/environment/article/rkDmeWMD8
US pulls carrier out of Iraq and closes base as oil
prices fall and Corona hits other carrier. https://www.debka.com/us-forces-quit-habaniya-base-in-iraq-pull-truman-carrier-out-of-mid-east/
IAI turns out ventilators instead of anti-missiles.
https://www.jns.org/israeli-missile-production-line-starts-churning-out-much-needed-ventilators/
Possible
antibodies engineered as Corona cure. https://www.foxnews.com/media/immunologist-possible-cure-for-the-coronavirus
Modiin Illit and other places to be closed. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278275
Turkey curfews youths. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278266
Corona suggests a one State solution. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278263
22year old in grave condition. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278248
17 hr. rescue flight 8 pilots. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278240
Pakistan wants to free murderer of D. Pearl. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278226
8018 Corona patients 46 died 447 recovered. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/DYEP0POSB
Europe to peak soon US rises. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/S1a78lDv8
Need
more testing but there are no materials left. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278292
Survivor says “Hold your head high we live in our
land.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278296
Labor breaks away from partner party. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278285
Three critical posts move left. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278278
When Papa Kennedy was the Ambassador to the UK, he
fought against saving Jews in WWII, as a result he brought on him the curse of
Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn. Another Kennedy tragedy. https://www.foxnews.com/us/rfk-granddaughter-40-and-son-8-presumed-dead-after-chesapeake-bay-mishap-family-says
US Theodore Roosevelt crew petitions for
reinstatement of Captain. https://www.foxnews.com/us/capt-crozier-of-uss-roosevelt-facing-disciplinary-action-despite-support-of-crew-and-petition-for-reinstatement
When the people leave lockdown is not dependent on testing.
https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278346
Uncertain that Israel will be back to work after
Pesach. https://www.timesofisrael.com/top-public-health-official-no-return-to-work-after-passover/
Cases 8,611 and the dead 51 rise but B”H not too
many on life support. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278347
COMPLETE LOCKDOWN EREV PESACH. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278344
Corona tests too many false negatives. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278345
Annexing Area C good for Israel. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278323
NY losing Roshei Yeshivas. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278303
Boris Johnson in Hospital. Queen says “We’ll meet
again. I don’t know how or when but we’ll meet again someday.” https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278325
Earth shaking events in Israel. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/H1HjkfwPL
8 cities under semi-complete lockdown Ashkelon may
be soon. https://www.timesofisrael.com/ministers-to-rule-on-closure-of-8-cities-parts-of-jerusalem-to-stem-outbreak/
Lions & tigers get virus. https://www.timesofisrael.com/tiger-at-nycs-bronx-zoo-tests-positive-for-coronavirus/
11 plane loads of medical equipment arrives from
China. https://www.timesofisrael.com/with-11-planes-israel-airlifts-huge-quantities-of-medical-equipment-from-china/
Ganz may ask for a two week extension to form government.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/modern-day-plague-wont-break-our-ties-rivlin-tells-world-jewish-leaders/
Gaza running out of Covid-19 tests. https://www.timesofisrael.com/gaza-running-out-of-coronavirus-tests-warns-hamas-run-health-ministry/
Generals are in and out of quarantine. https://www.timesofisrael.com/after-three-idf-generals-come-out-of-quarantine-another-goes-in/
Hezballah commander found dead in S. Lebanon. https://www.timesofisrael.com/hezbollah-anti-spy-commander-killed-in-south-lebanon/
Ed-Op the worst failure of the Health Minister was
to carry the message of the danger to his own community. https://www.timesofisrael.com/litzmans-worst-failure-to-explain-the-pandemics-horrors-to-his-own-community/
UK Labor Chief tries to woo back Jews. https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-uk-labour-chief-sends-condolences-to-jewish-community-for-high-virus-deaths/
Corona patient breaks quarantine and rides public
transportation: https://www.timesofisrael.com/covid-19-carrier-arrested-on-bus-suspected-of-deliberately-spreading-virus/
France: Since 1347 the Jews have been blamed for
plagues. https://www.timesofisrael.com/anti-semitic-conspiracy-theories-an-odious-symptom-of-frances-virus-crisis/
Except for non-Jewish areas for the first time
since the year 2448, Jews are quarantined to their immediate city or town. https://www.debka.com/netanyahu-passover-curfew-but-hope-for-staged-exit-from-coronavirus-closures/
As Italy and Spain peaked, the US close to Covid-19
peak. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278402
Years ago I heard out west of somebody warning on
the radio of the Yellow Peril and that we should nuke them. He was a lone voice
but now from Brazil comes a warning on Chinese world domination plans. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278407
Are bonds safe now? https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278398
Biden calls Trump a 15 min call. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278394
Warning all Zoom videos go through China for the
program is written that way! Israeli Philharmonic sends greetings. https://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/278391
9,006 had
virus 113 respirators 59 victims. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/K5AXZ93Q0
Passover lockdown
extended. https://www.ynetnews.com/article/SJVeRFtD8
Again a
healthy, happy and wonderful Pesach even if home alone. NEXT YEAR IN A REBUILT
YERUSHALAYIM.
Rachamim
Pauli
