Hello from Israel!!!!!!!!! wanna hear some toyrah?????//greeeeeeeeeaaatttttt vvvvvoonnnnnnndeeeeerrrrrrrrrrfulllllll
This weeks parsha we have the ZECHUSS of laining, learning and following the parsha of Ki Tavo.
According to the חינוך there are 6 mitzvot and the last of these, to his count, its the 611th! BARUCH HASHEM! which is the mitzvah of to go and emulate the ways of G-d. והלכת בדרכיו.
I am going to focus on one particular mitzvah which is the first mitzah in ki tavo that talks about the bracha that accompanies the bringing of the first fruits-ביכורים. The Torah in parshas mishpatim says the following: "the first fruits are to be brought to the בית המקדש" (that is to be rebuilt tonite so ill see you all there and B"H we will bring bikurim tommorow!...if thats how it works) which the rabbis point out is the 7 haminim. In addition, in this weeks parsha we have the bracha that the holy jew said when bringing the bikurim. This bracha is familiar to us because of a mishna in pisachim that says it serves with the come of the text that we use on the night of the pesach seder to thank Hakadosh Baruch Hu for the redemption from Egypt and we anilayz(how do u spell that) the pisukim begining with ארמי עובד אבית, which we see in the begining of this weeks parsha. But when a jew brings the bikurim he has a summerization of only 5 piskuim of ALL jewish history. He says:ארמי עובד אבי and begins by saying that lavan wanted to kill yaakov and Hashem went ahead and protected him. Then yaakov goes down to Egypt with not many people and they become huge in Egypt. In Egypt they afflicted and hurt and pained the jews and we cried out to Hashem and Hashem saw our pain and heard our voices and took us out בזרוע נטויה מורה גדול אותות ומפוסים and finally ויביאנו אל המקום- the jew who brings the bikurim proclaims that Hashem took us out of Egypt...ועתה הנה הבטאתי את ראשית פרי האדמה.
So i ask the following question...why does the bracha need to add this? after all he recited shema earlier in the day and mentioned in the last paragraph that hashem took us out! why mix bikurim with the freedom of leaving Egypt?
So i heard two beautiful answers that i want to share with my plu's!
1) the רמב"ן at the end of parshas bo says a very famous principle...he sayd from all the miracles a man recongnizes the nisim hanistarim which is the foundation of our torah...and a man cant be counted as part of the jewish people until he recognizes that all which has been done is from MELECH MALCHEI HAMILACHIM HIMSELF!!!!!! but one could chas vshalom make a mistake and say fruits come every year, that its a natural finamina. So its a thanksgiving to the fruit and a decloration that He took us out of Egypt with great awesomness and signs as proof that he brought us out of the land and is no less a reflection of signs wonders and awesomeness
2) A jew connects himself to his anncestors. Why? because if its not for the sacrafice on their behalf we would not be able to perform this or other mitzvot. The one who brings bikurim says we were freed from Egypt- and if not for thier sacrafice I would not have brought the bikurim. This repeats throughout history. Bubbe (who makes finaminal cholent) and zaide (who doesnt) sacraficed to give us a home and a jewish education and now their grandchildren are big תלמידי חכמים and they o it all to them!
I would like to thank my Papa my grandfather who gave me this divar torah itself. I heard it when i stayed at there house after shul on tuesday he has torah tuesday and then...what do u know he says the same thing on his weekly parsha thing on the radio...but you should all go if you get the chance to its free breakfast! on the radio shiur he says a bit more. He talks bout the bracha of michayey hamesim and puts something in there from the satmar rebbe...you should all check it out
As for my week. I would like to thank effie lerer and bloomy for letting me stay at there houses when i was in galus! i had a great time with all of u and it was great seeing u guys! all the tischs were amazing!all the ball the food the chillin...sketchy rides with daynish and getting caught by the police and thought we were high...for some reason im always with daynish when any drugs are brought up... and thanx to some uplifting words of advice, alot of toilet thinking and some coin flipping (shout out to akiva) i am on the market baby!and so is shmeel!!!! daynish...see if chavaha has a frend for the 2 of us...I appreciate everyones help and care on the matter its been a long run...but yudin...out! i made my way back to Eretz hakodesh baruch hashem again alone but at the airport i saw a girl i know from beit shemesh so i had a frend...in barcelona they made me take out my whole bag to check for bombs...i felt so cool! my families still in USOFA'S so i have the house to myself! i havent slept since im back but its great to be home i miss you all so much and please come visit soon! or just come bc mashiach is coming and well have a reunion at my house! but if chas vshalom it doesnt well go to carlos and gabbys next time with the blue buzzers!
shabbas kodesh is coming the siren is blowing! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
you should all be zoche
love you all
spanky
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