Don’t Give It Personally Parshas Reeh Posted on August 29, 2019 (5779) By Rabbi Yochanan Zweig | Series: Rabbi Zweig on the Parsha | Level: Intermediate Beginner “Rather, you shall open your hand to him; you shall lend him his requirement…”(15:8) The Torah instructs us to be open-handed with our destitute brethren. Initial assistance should be in the form of a gift.1 However, continues the verse, if the recipient is reluctant to receive a gift, we should offer assistance in the form of a loan, thereby allowing him to maintain his dignity. The next verse warns that although the seventh year of the Shemitah cycle cancels all outstanding debt, we should not be deterred from issuing the loan. 2 Why does a person who has already shown his willingness to assist the destitute without any compensation require a warning not to hesitate if the assistance is in the form of a loan? When a person gives a gift he experiences a sense of ...
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Rachmatsrivka Rebbes
(Here is a Pic from the col.org.il) Here is a picture of Rachmatsrivka Rebbe of Boro Park Shlita may he live a Long Life at the Chasuna of Nephew Rav Nachman Yosef Twersky Shlita may he live a Long Life as well who is standing in between His Father The Previous Rachmatsrivka Rebbe of Yerushalayim Ztl and Rav Moshe Ashkenazi Ztl, Rav of the Chabad community in Tel Aviv. Rav Nachman Yosef Learned in the Slabodka and Brisk Yeshivas before becoming a Chabad Chosid.
THE SHMUZ ON PARSHAT RE’EH
From theshmuz.com Life: The School of Growth This is an excerpt from the Shmuz on the Parsha book. “See I have placed in front of you today a blessing and a curse. The blessing: if you will listen to all of the mitzvahs of HASHEM your G-d as I have commanded you today…” — Devarim 11:21 There are two paths in front of you…In these posukim, the Torah sets out two divergent paths. One path leads to ultimate success and blessing, and the other to devastation and curses. If you follow in the ways of HASHEM, you will be richly rewarded. You will look back at your years of sacrifice with enormous joy and satisfaction, saying to yourself, “Whatever price I paid was so worth it. I am now being compensated beyond anything I could have imagined.” On the other hand, if you don’t follow the Torah’s ways, there will come a time when you will deeply regret your mistake and you will look back and say, “Woe is me! How could I have been so foolish? How could I have chosen so poorly?” A moshol ...
Rav Miller on Parshat Re'eh
From Torasavigdor.org EAT AND REJOICE! In Parshas Re’eh Hashem commands the Am Yisroel to bring korbanos to the Beis Hamikdash : ואכלתם שם לפני ה’ אלקיכם ושמחתם בכל משלח ידכם, ”You shall eat there before Hashem your G-d and you shall rejoice” (12:6-7). To eat and rejoice! Although this may imply singing and even dancing, yet these activities are never explicitly mentioned in the Torah. And therefore, we understand that the eating of the korbanos in itself is the rejoicing that Hashem speaks about here. And Hakodosh Baruch Hu wants you to rejoice not merely by eating meat, but by eating meat lifnei Hashem Elokecha, in the Presence of Hashem. Now, although we have read these words many times, we should stop for a moment and appreciate the significance of this lesson. It is remarkable that Hashem considers eating as the fulfillment of a person’s desire for happiness before Hashem. And if the Torah i...
Bederech Gedolim
Rav Shteinman Zt'l with Rav Aharon Schechter Shlita (Picture from theantitzemach blog) Rav Shteinman Zt'l with Rav Shmuel Auerbach Zt'l (Picture from theyeshivaworld site) Rav Aharon Schechter Shlita with Rav Yerucham Olshin Shlita (Picture from hefkervelt blog) Rav Aharon Schechter Shlita identifies more with Rav Shmuel Zt'l camp while Rav Yerucham Olshin Shlita Identifies with Rav Shteinman's Camp. But they are still on friendly terms. This should teach us that we can agree to disagree and still be on good terms with each other.
Rabbi Sacks on Parshat Re'eh
From rabbisacks.org Collective Joy Re'eh 5779 PDF (English) PDF (עברית) Audio Read online in other languages Click below to download the accompanying Family Edition If we were to ask what key word epitomises the society Jews were to make in the Promised Land, several concepts would come to mind: justice, compassion, reverence, respect, holiness, responsibility, dignity, loyalty. Surprisingly, though, another word figures centrally in Moses’ speeches in Deuteronomy. It is a word that appears only once in each of the other books of the Torah: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, and Numbers.[1] Yet it appears twelve times in Deuteronomy, seven of them in Parshat Re’eh. The word is simcha , joy. It is an unexpected word. The story of the Israelites thus far has not been a joyous one. It has been marked by suffering on the one hand, rebellion and dissension on the other. Yet Moses makes it eminently clear th...