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18 March 2024

Some Questions That Need Answers

About this "fake war", it seems as soon as the soldiers get rid of some of the terrorists, Surprise! more pop up trying to re-infiltrate the so-called cleaned out areas?? [will the soldiers themselves come to this realization?]

Are they being recruited from Yehuda and Shomron? 
Are they maybe coming in from Egypt? 
Or elsewhere, to replenish those "killed or rounded up". 
And BTW where are all those "captured" terrorists being held?
Will there ever be an end to the influx of terrorists? After all, there are millions of Arabs in the world.

Who can we ask these questions of???
Who has any answers?
And will they give them to us?

The Rabbi and Yehonatan — God Gave the Jews the Land of Israel

 

Rabbi Weissman: Oct 7 — Jews fighting like lions against all odds while the IDF stood down

 Here are several more videos from October 7, courtesy of South First Responders.

In the first clip, a pereh adam hunting Jews is shot dead by an unknown shooter before he is able to finish his murderous rampage. He calls out religious prayers as he appears to bleed to death.

In the second clip, we see the terrorist holding the GoPro flee incoming fire from the community guards until he is killed. Israeli media reports say this battle at Kerem Shalom lasted for over six hours, These community guards, with help only from Hashem and not the IDF, held off a significantly larger terrorist force and prevented an even bigger massacre, surely to the chagrin of those who allowed this invasion to occur.

The Jewish guards lost two of their own in this firefight, to a terrorist grenade.

In the final clip, we see a new angle of the Gazan invaders' brutality, this time toward their own people.

During the attack, a small force of community guards (unseen in the clip) begins engaging the Arab death squad. One of the terrorists is injured (in what the terrorists themselves describe as friendly fire) and reaches out for help.

Rather than come to the aid of their wounded comrade, the savages apathetically take his ammunition and weapons, and leave him to die.

Credit: South First Responders
Main Telegram channel: https://t.me/s/southfirstresponders

No credit: The last responders who allowed this to happen and continue to give orders to our people.

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Jewish Women Fighting For Their Lives While the IDF Is Absent

Amit Soussana is a 40 year old lawyer from Kibbutz Kfar Aza, on the northern Gaza border. Amit lived by herself, and was kidnapped while hiding – with a fever – in the shelter of her home.

Despite being sick, confused, and scared, this footage shows Amit's extraordinary bravery as she fought for her life, battling seven Hamas terrorists as they beat her and dragged her across the Kibbutz fields to captivity in Gaza.

This disturbing footage was taken from the Kibbutz CCTV cameras.

At the beginning of the clip, we can see that it takes no less than five terrorists to attempt to drag Amit to Gaza.

At 00:41, we see her continuing in her heroic struggle, refusing to cooperate as she drops to her knees. For several moments she resists with all of her body weight as the terrorists continue to violently drag her.

At 01:01, as they forcefully rip her shirt, one of them hoists her onto his back. Even so, she still fights back, kicking everyone in sight. Eventually, at 01:10, she causes the terrorist carrying her to collapse on the ground. At 01:16, the terrorists start beating her, and call others to come and assist them.

Amit continues to fight for the duration of the video. Eventually it takes at least seven monsters to subdue her, before shoving her into a vehicle that takes her deep inside Gaza.

55 days of hell later, Amit was released.

All this happened in wide open land in broad daylight, over many hours, but Amit was abandoned to struggle on her own. Unfortunately for Amit and so many others, the IDF was standing down, and the WEF/American-owned puppets who knew about this all along were pretending to be surprised.

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In the second clip, taken from the gate of Kibbutz Mefalsim (near Sderot) on the morning of October 7th, we can see a woman being led away to a Hamas Toyota by terrorists on the main road.

She eventually breaks free from her Arab captors and begins to run for her life, and is shot in the back in cold blood by the side of the road.

What would happen if a Jewish soldier shot a captured terrorist in the back, let alone a civilian?

Credit: South First Responders
No credit: The last responders who deliberately allowed this to happen to justify an ongoing “war” and advance their agenda of shmad against the Jewish people.

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I wrote the following on May 21, 2021.  Unfortunately most people decided to continue talking themselves out of reality, because reality is too difficult for them to accept. 

The reality is that it's all theatre, the "leaders" on both sides are all actors following a script...and the citizens who keep going along with the narrative are all extras.

Stop being such easy prey.


The Fake War with Hamas

What, you gullible sheep really thought Israel meant business this time and was going to defeat Hamas once and for all?

Why would they suddenly grow a spine now and decide enough is enough? Why would they suddenly be outraged at the murder of Jewish civilians and decide their blood needed to be avenged?

Oh, let's not forget that while rockets were raining down on Israel, Arabs were rampaging in Lod, Jerusalem, and across Israel, and the Erev Rav thugs in police uniforms were arresting JEWS who defended themselves.

The same people who gave these orders were simultaneously not going to tolerate Jewish blood being spilled by Hamas? You really believed that?

Meanwhile, everyone forgot about the state-sponsored mass murder at Meron, coalition talks to dethrone King Bibi were conveniently scuttled, no one noticed that the Erev Rav government plans to extend its "emergency corona powers" indefinitely, and they intend to forcibly inject our children with crap.

Yeah, you were too busy trying to explain to hopeless Jew-haters that Hamas really are the bad guys. Because, among other things, they endanger children.

Now, to your great surprise (why?), Israel was pressured into a cease-fire. They really, really wanted to move in for the kill and bring Hamas down, but they were held back.

Like the guy in a bar who shoots off his mouth against a much bigger guy and his friend holds him back, otherwise of course he'd be up for a fight.

When this fake, manufactured "war" started I said that it would amount only to some Jews killed for nothing, there would be a cease-fire in a few days, and I never cared so little about a war in Gaza.

If I want to see fiction I can find a better movie, with better acting and a less predictable script.

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The Month of Adar & The Days of The Messiah - Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

 


Journey to London 2024:  PURIM ETERNAL (Edgware)


Purim: The True Tale of Vashti's Tail & Much More - Beis Yeshaya Melava Malka




Rabbi Glatstein: Recent Journey to London 2024

Journey to London 2024: The Legacy of Sefardic Leaders From Ramban to Rav Ovadiah (Hendon BBM)


Journey to London 2024: The Vilna Gaon Inflames Your Soul For Purim - Edgware Kollel

 


Journey to London 2024: Legends of the Ibn Ezra in London at the Wall of London - The Barbican


Journey to London: Goldens Green Kollel – The Machlokes Rambam & Tosfos Regarding She'hechiyanu on the Day Reading of the Megillah  


17 March 2024

The Dichotomy of Israel's Situation

As I read the following very upsetting article, inbetween the lines I hear Rabbi Weissman's razor sharp criticism. 

(JNS) Amid Israel’s ongoing war with Hamas, the country’s Defense Ministry has signaled a looming challenge, with its Rehabilitation Department preparing for the admission of about 20,000 new disabled veterans by the end of 2024. This anticipated surge underscores the devastating human cost of the war and has sparked a critical discussion about the support systems in place for those wounded during their military service.

A spokesperson for the Rehabilitation Department told JNS that the Department has already seen an influx of nearly 6,000 newly certified disabled soldiers, and is bracing for some additional 14,000 by the end of 2024, bringing the total to 20,000 by the end of the calendar year.

Surge of Disabled Vets Exposes Cracks 

in Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Dept.


According to a public statement made by the Defense Ministry toward the end of February, “The majority of the injured IDF soldiers (95%) are men. Specifically, 46% of the casualties are aged 21-30, 36% are aged 31-40, and 18% are over 40. Seventy percent of the casualties admitted to the Rehabilitation Department were reservists, 7% were active-duty, 10% were soldiers discharged due to injury, and 13% were police and security forces.”

“Most of the injured being treated today are dealing with physical injuries, but we anticipate that some of them will also face psychological injuries,” the spokesperson said. “Therefore, the focus in the first year is on rehabilitation and recovery while providing all the necessary responses—medical, psychological and economic.”

However, the Rehabilitation Department’s ability to effectively deliver on the promise of support is now being called into serious question. A recent State Comptroller’s report excoriated the department for providing substandard care that left most disabled veterans dissatisfied—citing lack of proper treatment, humiliation and distrust in how cases are handled.

In a recent hearing of the Knesset’s State Control Committee, Knesset member Miki Levy (Yesh Atid), who heads the committee, declared that this issue will require long-term planning.

“War casualties will require long-term accompaniment and rehabilitation—a five-year plan is needed that will significantly enhance the Rehabilitation Department and the civilian health system that provide treatment for IDF disabled veterans, as their accompaniment will likely be for a very long period,” said Levy.

Attorney Idan Klaiman, who serves as the chairman of the IDF Disabled Veterans Organization, explained what the current issues are that have hindered effective rehabilitation.

“The future is not good. Before the war, there was a severe shortage of services. The current ratio of [caregivers to recipients] after the outbreak of the war is 1 to 4,000. In [civilian] healthcare, it’s no more than 1 to 1,500, where most of the recipients are healthy people. We’re talking about injured [soldiers] needing constant, chronic care. The injured feel it in terms of medical errors,” he said.

Klaiman added that a lot of the problem stems from inadequate compensation for practitioners.

“In the ’90s, doctors’ salaries [for rehabilitation] were double that of doctors in healthcare, but the situation today is reversed and there’s no chance of recruiting more doctors. They do not receive bonuses and are not part of the labor union salary agreements. I see a lack of concern from the department’s bureaucracy. The stingy and rigid hand regarding this sensitive issue will lead them in the future to indifference; there will be victims in body and soul,” he said.

Dr. Zeev Feldman, the chairman of the State Doctors Association, pointed out during the committee meeting that, “Availability is the core of the discussion. There’s no budget issue, the pressure needs to be on the bureaucracy which rejects every solution. Over the years, we’ve been trying to find solutions, and there are always excuses and threats. There are currently discussions about a collective agreement, I hope there will be a solution soon that will provide the right leverage. There are 22 positions but they are not staffed—all doctors who want to join should be allowed to. Given the existing and expected crisis, we need to provide significant salary incentives to solve the problem.”

Health representative in the Treasury Asaf Galperin responded: “The salaries of doctors in the Defense Ministry are subject to collective wage agreements. A few years ago, we approached the Medical Association to apply for a specific agreement, but it was rejected. Since there was no cooperation, we independently provided significant grants to the rehabilitation department to recruit staff. Currently, negotiations are underway with the Medical Association in various contexts. There is a widespread shortage of doctors in Israel, but particularly in rehabilitation.”

As Israel grapples with the implications of the war, those who bear its scars have been thrust into the spotlight. The stories of these injured soldiers, coupled with the inadequate rehabilitation services outlined by experts such as attorney Klaiman and MK Levy, paint a bleak picture of the looming crisis as the numbers of those requiring services continue to climb, and the need for comprehensive support within the Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Dept. only increases.

As the nation faces the prospect of 14,000 additional disabled veterans this year, the call for action is clear. If Israel can hope to provide its injured veterans with the support and dignity they deserve, the shortage of doctors and proper staff in the Defense Ministry’s Rehabilitation Dept. must be solved. This moment serves as a critical juncture, one that will likely define the nation’s commitment to its injured veterans and heroes in the years to come.

THE MOST POWERFUL WEAPON

 


The title track of Ari Goldwag’s latest album, a duet with Zevi Kaufman, speaks of the secret weapon of our soldiers which is in our spiritual power, as represented by the power of tefillin, which so many soldiers are using in their battle, and our sages say causes the nations to fear us. Zevi brought this concept to Ari and it forms the core of the song. Ari composed the intro section of the song ״בעזרת ה׳ ננצח״ at the request of the soldier Elisha Loewenstern 3 weeks into the war of חרבות ברזל. He asked for a song which would help strengthen the soldiers in their עבודת ה׳ as it manifests in their battle in Gaza. 6 weeks later Elisha Hy'd fell in battle. We decided to connect this theme with the tefillin battle song, and to dedicate the song in Elisha’s memory. Elisha’s son Eitan Loewenstern features in the music video. Join the Israel Select Tefillin Revolution here! https://thechesedfund.com/israelselec...
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But just remember these:

MY SUPPORT OF THE EXAULTED POSITION OF TORAH LEARNERS

 

 [From A Drusha by Rav Avigdor Miller zt”l on Parshas Pekudei


The King’s Scroll-Room and The Great Mesivtos of Bavel


– And it was on the

first day of the first month of the second year in the wilderness and the

Mishkan was erected (Shemos 40:17). The greatest day in the history of the

world had finally arrived. On the first day of Nissan the dwelling place for

Hashem was established and the Presence of Hashem would now rest

among His chosen people. The Mishkan was now going to be the place for

the revelation of Hashem in this world, the fulfillment of Hashem’s

promise: “And I will dwell among them” (ibid. 25:8).  And what was the 

first thing that Moshe did after spreading the roof over the Mishkan? 

He set up the kodesh kodoshim, the holiest space on the face of this earth, 

the room where the Presence of Hashem would dwell most intensely.


[…]  Hashem commanded that into this holiest part of the Mishkan, 

the room that symbolized His place in this world, should be placed 

the two stone tablets engraved by the Hand of Hashem, and 

afterward the Torah itself was put alongside the luchos 

(Devarim 31:26).


A Mountain In The Little Room

And that’s what Dovid Hamelech said in Tehillim (68:18):

“Hashem has settled among the Am Yisroel.” And how did He do that? 

“Because Har Sinai is now in the Mishkan.” That great day of the

Giving of the Torah at Har Sinai is now found in the kodesh kodoshim. 

The Sanctuary was the heart of the nation, and it was the Word of Hashem,

the stone luchos and the Torah, that were at the heart of the Mishkan.


What we’re learning here is that preparing a home for Hashem to live

among us, really meant preparing a home for the Torah to reside among

us. And the Mishkan in its entirety was actually an altar of devotion to the

Word of Hashem. And so instead of a throne for Hashem to rest His

Presence on, the revelation of Hashem in this world came by means of His

Torah. And the Am Yisroel in the midbar lived according to that revelation.


What Did They Do All Day?

I’ll explain that. Because really we have to ask ourselves: What was

the Am Yisroel doing in the midbar for forty years after all? They ate what

fell from the clouds; they didn’t have to go to the factory to get a paycheck.

And so we have to understand that for forty years they had nothing to do

except to study Torah. The entire nation actually became one big yeshivah.

And it was a yeshivah where they studied day and night; they didn’t

have newspapers to read, or radio to listen to. And even if they would

have been able to get their hands on something – let’s say a ben Yisroel

would try to pick up a newspaper from a neighboring tribe, from Midian

– you couldn’t get away with such a thing in the machneh Yisroel. You

were in a kollel, and every kollel has a mashgiach. And this kollel in the

midbar had more supervision that any kollel since then! Every nine men

had a mashgiach who watched them, the sar asarah, and so they had to

behave. And every forty nine men had a super mashgiach, the sar

chamishim. Every ninety nine men had a super super mashgiach, the sar

mei’ah. And every nine hundred and ninety nine had a super super super

mashgiach, that was the sarei alafim. You couldn’t sneak anything past

this army of mashgichim. And Moshe Rabbeinu with his watchful eye was

overseeing the whole thing, the whole Yeshivas Hamidbar.


But the mashgichim didn’t have a very difficult job, because they

were serious yungerleit in that yeshivah. Never, in any subsequent era,

was the Torah so supreme and so studied as under the forty year rule of

Moshe Rabbeinu, the Torah teacher par excellence. “You should speak in

the words of Torah when you sit in your house, and when you walk on the

road, and when you lie down and when you arise” (Devarim 6:7) wasn’t

merely a possuk, a mitzvah, or even an aspiration to yearn for – it was

their way of life! The sole occupation for the Dor Hamidbar was Torah

study. The midbar was actually a forty year kollel, a Torah Academy.


And it was that kollel that would define what the Am Yisroel would be

forever. The Gemara in Sanhedrin (92a) says:… that the word sarid, 

“leftover” or “the one who remains” refers to a talmid chochom. 

Now that’s a puzzle, why is a talmid chochom called a “leftover”?

He’s not the leftover; he’s the main dish after all!


There are various pshatim, but the simple pshat is that originally the

whole Klal Yisroel were chachomim; the entire Dor Hamidbar was a big

kollel of talmidei chachomim. And therefore, anyone who studies the

Torah today is a ‘leftover’ from those days in the midbar. Because it was

then that the Am Yisroel in its entirety recognized the truth that the goal

of every Jew is to be a talmid chochom.


And from then on, the study of Torah became the national vocation

and pastime. Never did the Am Yisroel, in all its subsequent history, ever

use their leisure time for anything else but Torah. There was no telling

stories of adventure and war, and no playing sports. There were no

theaters or stadiums and no amusement parks either. We found everything

we wanted and everything we needed in the study of Torah and in the

raising of families to be ohavei Torah. The word entertainment doesn’t

exist in the lexicon of our people.


Why Are We Still Here?

And that’s what Rav Saadia Gaon meant when he said (Sefer Emunos

V’deios 3:7) […] , that we are a nation only as a Torah nation. 

It means the following: We have no right to exist. We should have

long ago disappeared. Where is Edom? They disappeared! Where is

Amon? They disappeared! It’s all gone! Where is Ancient Mitzrayim? All

gone! Ancient Greece is all gone, everything is underground. You’re going

to need a lot of shovels and you’ll have to sweat a lot before you can see

all the ancient nations of the world.


So why are we still here? We’re also one of the ancient nations, so

why didn’t we also disappear along with all the others? And the answer is

that we are only here because of the Torah. We are a Torah-nation and

that’s the cause of our existence. It’s the study of Torah that defines the

Am Yisroel; it’s our life-breath, our way of life. We are a nation of Torah

learners and that’s why we are forever. Hashem is forever, His Torah is

forever, and we who study His Torah will be forever.


THIS IS THE EXPERIENCE THAT SHOULD BE REPEATED IN OUR DAY TO UPLIFT THOSE IN LEARNING AND IMPROVE THE RESPECT GIVEN BY THE REST OF AM YISROEL AND THE NATIONS.


The Pageant In The Mesivta

You know that in Bavel there were great Mesivtos, great yeshivos

where the chachomim gathered to study and to teach. There was a Mesivta

in Sura where Rav was, and there was another Mesivta in Naharda’eh

where Shmuel lived; two big Mesivtos that were the center of the Am

Yisroel. And there were other Mesivtos too that functioned in Bavel.

But the Mesivta wasn’t a place where you just learned Torah and

heard shiurim. It was a very interesting experience, the Mesivta.

Everything was done with a procedure. They used to march into the beis

medrash at the beginning of the session; the chachomim marched in first,

and then the talmidim marched in behind them, and everyone took his

place; each one of the chachomim had his particular place. And there

were designated people who would make the announcement, “The

chachomim are coming in now; they’re entering into the Mesivta.” It was

mamish like a pageant; that’s how they opened up the Mesivta.


Babylonian State Of The Union

And not only in the beginning of the zman; every day was like that. It

was done with a certain panoply, like in a royal tribunal, with certain

procedures, formalities and announcements. Like in the Congress l’havdil

or in a king’s palace; it was done with the greatest kind of ceremony. And

we should ask ourselves: What was this for? Why all the fanfare?! Why

couldn’t they just get busy with learning already? Isn’t that what they

came for? It wasn’t the State of the Union address after all; it was a

yeshivah! And they didn’t do this once a year; it was every day!


And the answer is that this pomp and the ceremony was vital for an

understanding of the place of the Torah in the Am Yisroel.

In the midbar, where they all saw the Mishkan, and they all knew that

hidden inside, in the room that Hashem chose to reside in, was the luchos

and the Torah, so the entire nation lived with a tangible understanding

that it was the study of the Torah that was the core function of our people

– everybody was learning in kollel, and there was no question in anyone’s

mind that limud Torah was the function of our people. But in order to

keep that fire of kavod haTorah alive forever and to understand the

centrality of the Torah to our nation, the nation had to see with their own

eyes the glory of Torah. And so the Mesivta functioned with the

prominence it deserved and the Am Yisroel learned that the aristocracy

of our people were the ones who were studying the Toras Hashem in the

beis medrash.


The Great Kiddush Hashem

In Bavel they also established the Yarchei Kallah together with the

Mesivta. Twice a year there was a yarchei kallah, a kiddush Hashem of

remarkable proportions. You know they were almost all farmers in Bavel,

so when the farming season was over, two months a year, tens of

thousands of people came to the Mesivta. The town was overflowing with

Jews. They slept on the streets, on the roofs, and in cellars, and they were

learning all the time. The entire month they were learning Torah. And the

chachmei haTorah were there to test them, to see if they knew it!

Everybody was learning the same thing – it was a scene to behold – they

were all learning the same mesichta and the chachomim farherred them.


And it wasn’t little children we’re talking about; these were adults,

men in their forties and fifties, older than that too, men with families.

From where did this fire of dedication to Torah come? How could a nation

of so many different personalities: workers, wise men, simple folk,

intellectuals, rich and poor alike all humbly submit themselves before the

chachmei haTorah?


And the answer is that it wasn’t something that began in Bavel; 

it was already engraved on our souls from the Dor Hamidbar. 

The same way the Dor Hamidbar submitted themselves before 

Moshe Rabbeinu, the Am Yisroel continued that practice always. 

And therefore there was always a tremendous outpouring of 

Torah learning, a tremendous demonstration that Torah is 

everything for the Am Yisroel. We are always a nation of

Torah learners


Nothing But Torah

Once upon a time Jewish men didn’t stay home at night. They weren’t

at the movies either; they were in the study halls, in the shuls. When

fathers and sons would return home at night from the beis medrash they

would bring all their baggage of Torah with them. Mothers and sisters

would hear nothing but Torah. And therefore the Jewish street used to be

a street of Torah.


Even a certain writer, an enemy of the Torah – I won’t honor him by

saying his name here – when describing Cracow in the times of the Rama

he said that the children in the street “babbled Torah.” And the truth is

that it wasn’t only Cracow. That’s how it was in every Jewish community;

every town was a yeshivah town.


I remember when I was a little boy in Baltimore, when the new

immigrants arrived, they used to laugh when they saw that the shuls were

locked during the day. Locked?! “Aren’t there people learning all day in

the shuls?” And it wasn’t the talmidei chachomim who laughed; it was the

peddler, the poor working man trying to eke out a living. It was something

impossible to them! Because in Europe, even a hundred years ago, they

were still emulating the Dor Hamidbar, and still learning the lessons of

the Mishkan. Some were there all day, some would come in for an hour

here and there, but to close the shul?!


No Seats Available In Shul!

When I was in Lithuania I once visited a shul in a small town and an

old melamed, a remnant from the old generation, said to me, “Before

World War I there was a time when if you came a little bit late to this shul

on Thursday night you couldn’t find a seat. It was filled with people

learning late into the night. Every night the shul was filled with people

learning.”


In Slabodka, a bachur whom I learned with b’chavrusa once told me

that in Beers, his hometown in Lithuania, there used to be a chevrah

mishmarim. This was a group of people who were peddlers all week; it

was their bitter lot in life to put a pack of merchandise on their backs and

trudge through the gentile hamlets and villages to peddle merchandise

among non-Jews. Now in those days a Jew still looked like a Jew, so the

gentiles would set their dogs on the Jews as they passed through the

town. It was a hard life, a wearisome week of work. And where did they go

when they finally returned home? They gathered in the shul in Beers

where they would spend all Thursday night learning to make up for the

time they missed during the week. That was the chevra mishmarim!


And as a young man in New York, I saw echoes of those great days. I

once tried spending the whole night learning in a chassidishe shtiebel on

the Lower East Side on Montgomery street. I tried staying awake, but I

kept dozing over the Gemara. But I couldn’t sleep anyhow because the

Poilisheh chassidim started coming in while it was still dark. They put on

their gartels, took down their Gemaras, and started learning before the

morning came. Early in the morning when it was still dark, the shtiebel

was packed with Jews sitting and learning. And in the Gerrer shtiebel I

used to watch a Litvishe Jew standing and learning Mishnayos by heart all

night. Once in a while he would look into the open Mishna to refresh his

memory. That’s a remnant of the older generation; once upon a time the

Jewish nation studied Torah.


The Greatest Mitzvah

There are two pesukim in Mishlei: One says […] “All of the things 

that you desire cannot equal to the Torah” (Mishlei 3:15). All

the things that people love in this world – people love wealth, they love

honor, they love food and all types of pleasure – it’s nothing compared to

the Torah. Everybody desires things in this world, all good things; health

and happiness, nachas, long years, and wealth. But nothing compares to

one word of the Torah.


But there’s another possuk, […] (ibid. 8:11). Here it doesn’t say 

chafatzecha, your desires; it says chafatzim, all desirable

things, even the things that Hashem desires, […]  cannot compare to

the Torah. What does that mean? It means that even all the mitzvos of the

Torah cannot compare to the mitzvah of studying Torah (Moed Kattan 9b).


Of course if you have to do a mitzvah, and there’s no one else who

can do it, you have to stop learning and do the mitzvah; but the mitzvos

of the Torah are not as great a privilege as the one mitzvah of studying

Torah. […], all the things that you consider important, […]

and even all the things that Hashem considers important, all the mitzvos,

[…], they don’t equal one thing of the Torah.


One line of Torah is more important than all the mitzvos put together.

How can that be?! It’s astonishing! All the mitzvos together, the tefillin and

mezuzos and tzitzis and matzah and korban pesach, all the obligations of

the Torah cannot compare to one thing of the Torah. You sit down, open

a Gemara and learn one line, it’s such a tremendous happiness, such a

great achievement, that it eclipses, it far outdoes all the good things

together. If you can open the Gemara for one line, you should know what

you’re doing for yourself in this world. I’m not saying you’re a talmid

chochom already; that takes work after all. But you’re already joining the

aristocracy of the Am Yisroel; you’re emulating the upper class, the elite

of our nation. You’re becoming a Torah Jew; because that’s the function of

a Jew in this world.


In Europe, before World War l, there were a lot of Jews who moved

into the shul in the morning, and they didn’t move out till late at night.

There was a whole population like that all over Eastern Europe. It stopped

with World War l, it began to disintegrate little by little. But way back,

throughout our history, all the shuls had a big populace of learners. Many

men were driven away to the shuls by their wives. These dedicated

women, the noshim tzidkoniyos, said “Don’t work; you sit and learn and I’ll

take care of the parnassah.” All over Eastern Europe it was a frequent

thing. Even when I came to Europe in 1932, when it was already ruined, I

saw it. The wife stood in the store and her husband sat in the beis medrash.

[…]


That’s what the Gemara says:  

[…] “The young men of Israel will in the future emit a fragrance like the 

forest of Levanon” (Brachos 43b). The time will come when the young talmidei

chachomim, the yeshivah men who spend their days and nights learning,

will issue a sweet fragrance like the cedar trees of the Levanon. It means

that one day the world will recognize the truth; the whole world will learn

to look through the Eyes of Hakodosh Boruch Hu. And everyone will see

that it is the Torah learners who smell pleasant, that they are the ones

who give off the sweetest of fragrances in this world.


But we are expected to recognize that truth even today. When you

see a yeshivah man, you should imagine that he smells like sweet smelling

roses. Let’s say you see a group of yeshivah boys walking in the street.

Now, there is nothing especially attractive about them. They’re all wearing

the same uniform, white shirts, and black pants; nothing special. So what

about it? What’s so important?


But if you understand this lesson of Parshas Pekudei, you understand

that these yeshivah men are the aristocrats of our nation. Because it was

in the midbar that the Am Yisroel learned that our nation is only a Torah

nation. That’s the lifeblood of our people; it’s what we are. 

[…]  


Our nation is a nation only because of the Torah.” 

And it’s those who keep pumping the blood of Torah through the veins of our nation, who are keeping us alive. And therefore it’s the Torah learners who are the aristocrats of our nation, the ones whom we admire and emulate.


Once you understand this, you have gained a new perspective on the Am Yisroel, and you’ve learned to see our nation the way Hashem sees them!




MAIN SOURCE:  https://torasavigdor.org/

BASED ON: https://torasavigdor.org/parshah-booklets/pekudei-5784/

(some omissions, and some of the Hebrew due to the font)



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