Shabbos Hagadol

Liyluy Nishmas Elchonon Tzvi ben R'Yisroel Menachem....... The Lekach Tov brings down, that there's a Medrash that says, that the reason why this week is called "Shabbos Hagadol" is because anyone who did an aveira and is mischareit and does Teshuva, Hashem will be michaper on all his aveiros. The author of the "Kometz Hamincha" asks, What does teshuvah and kaparah have to do with Shabbos Hagadol? He explains as follows. The Medrash says that Klal Yisroel in Mitzrayim were serving avodah zarah. Hashem told Moshe, "as long as bnei Yisroel are serving avodah zarah, I will not take them out. Go tell them to remove themselves and do teshuvah" As it says in Parshas Bo "mishchu uki'chu lachem"  withdraw from avodah zarah and take the god of Mitzrayim and bring a karbon Pesach. The day that Klal Yisroel withdrew from avodah zarah was on Shabbos yud Nisan, right before they brought the Karbon,
 right before the left Mitzrayim. This day was a tremendous day for our ancestors, it was kimat a Yom Kippur and that is why its called Shabbos Hagadol, and that's why anyone who is mischareit on this holy Shabbos, Hashem is michaper all their averios. We should be Zoche to utilize this special Shabbos Hagadol and go into the chag of Pesach completely pure. Good Shabbos and Chag Kasher V'sameach....

Parshas Vayikra

Liyluy Nishmas Elchonon Tzvi ben R'Yisroel Menachem..... In perek alef posuk gimmel it says "Im olah Karbano min habakar zachar tamim yakrivenu el pesach ohel moed yakriv oso li'ritzono lifnei Hahem."  Rashi says, yakriv oso teaches us that the guy doesn't want to bring the korban, we force him.  He continues that you might think we make him bring it against his will, so the posuk says "li'ritzono" to tell us that they force him until he says "rotzeh ani".  The Gemorah in Kidushin says the same idea when it comes to a person who Beis Din is trying to make divorce his wife.  The Rambam in Hilchos Geirushin brings down the Halacha and asks, how could this be a good get?  We know that if someone beats a guy until he sells him something it doesn't work, so what's the difference between being forced into a sale you don't want or being forced into doing the right thing against your will? The Rambam answers with an unbelieveable yesod.  This guy who doesn't want to divorce his wife, wants to be a part of Klal Yisroel.  Deep down he wants to do the mitzvos and stay away from aveiros and do the right things.  Elah mai, something is blocking that internal feeling, but that is what is truly inside of him.  Therefore, when Beis Din forces the guy until he says he wants it, its not a fake desire, the force had the koach to remove the yetzer harah that was blocking his true feelings and now his real pnimi'is can break through.  The Rosh Yeshivah Ztl explained that we have to understand how far this goes.  We're not only discussing the regular "frum" jews that we know.  That we learn with and sit next to in shul. The bums who are koifer b'ikar, the lowlives that don't keep a word of what the Torah says, are included in this.  These rishaim have a deep internal yearning to be a part of klal
 Yisroel.  To keep all the mitzvos, and stay away from aveiros.  They too want to listen to the Chachamim when they are told to divorce their wife, even though they probably love her and are close to her and on the other end have no "external" positive feelings towards Yiddishkeit.  This is a tremendous lesson for all of us.  When we realize how connected we truly are to Hakodosh Baruch Hu, and how lucky we are that we don't have to push so far to show our true colors, we can find the koach to make that push, however big it is and to truly serve Hashem "bi'ritzoneinu"... Good Shabbos

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AVrohom Vegh

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AVrohom Vegh

Parshas Vayakhel Pekudei

Liyluy Nishmas Elchonon Tzvi ben R' Yisroel Menachem..... In perek lamud ches posuk chf beis it says "U'Betzalel ben Uri ben Chur l'matei Yehuda asah eis kal asher tziva Hashem es Moshe" Rashi explains, that it doesn't say "asher tziva oso Moshe" what Moshe commanded him, rather what Hashem commanded Moshe, because even things Moshe did not tell him he figured out. Moshe told him to make the keilim and then to build the Mishkan, but Bezalel asked "isnt it the norm to first build the house and then build furnishing for it? Moshe responded that Betzalel was correct and that Hashem had told him to make build the Mishkan before the keilim, and praised him saying "Btzeil keil Hayisa" you were in the shadow of Hashem when he told me. Therefore, Betzalel first built that Mishkan and then the Keilim. The Gur Aryeh and others discuss how it was possible that Moshe Rabeinu made such a mistake, and actually forgot a part of his nevuah. However even with that issue resolved, the Rosh Yeshiva Ztl was bothered by a seemingly obvious question. Why would Betzalel question  Moshe's command? Did he not believe that     Moshe was receiving his nevuah directly from Hakadosh Baruch Hu? The Rosh Yeshiva explained, that obviously Betzalel believed what Moshe was telling him was one hundred percent true, however he felt there was something he was lacking because he did not understand what Moshe was telling him. Building the keilim first didn't seem right to him, and therefore he asked Moshe so that he could fully understand his command. Many people make the mistake of thinking, that needing to believe what their Rabbeim tell them means just to take everything they say and listen without ever asking. This is a tremendous mistake! True one must listen to their Rebbe, and not react with the famous lines of "He just doesn't understand my situation, of course he'd agree with me if he did." or "he didn't understand what I was asking", however there is no crime in trying to understand what it is your Rebbe told you to do. The more you understand how your Rebbe thinks and acts the more you can grow. Betzalel's questioning allowed him to reach the madrega of "btzeil Kel" being in the shadow of Hashem. We should all strive to understand what our Rabbeim say, in Torah, Halacha and everyday Hashkafas Hachaim.... Good Shabbos

Ki Sisa

Liyluy Nishmas Elchonon Tzvi ben R'Yisroel Menachem..... In perek lamud beis psukim alef and dalid it says "Vayar ha'am ki boshesh Moshe laredes min hahar...Va'yaseihu eigel maseicha vayomru eileh elokecha."  Rashi says that it doesn't say "eileh elokeinu," "this is our g-d", rather it says "this is your g-d".  From here we see that the instigators for the eigel were the eirev rav, and they were the ones that made it, and only after Klal Yisroel was nicshal and follwed along.  Rav Chaim Shmulevitz ztl asks, we see that Klal Yisroel would not have sinned if not for the eirev rav, but what about the eirav rav themselves?  They were part of the dor deah, part of a tremendous generation.  Chazal say, "Ra'asah shifcha al hayam ma shelo ra'ah haniviim." The eirav rav were there too.  They saw the shchina; They were included in "vayiru ha'am es Hashem va'ya'aminu ba'Hashem uvi'Moshe avdo."  How
 could they stoop so low?  Reb Chaim answers, "ra'asah shifcha", the shifcha saw the shchina!  She was a part of tremendous nisim.  Wouldn't you think that at the end of the day she would be greater than the neviim?  Yet she remained a shifcha.  The tremendous nisim that occurred did not change who she was.  We see from here a tremendous yesod.  It is not being a part of great events that makes you great.  No outside source can make you grow.  True growth comes from working on yourself, your midos, your learning, your mentshlichkeit, on the things that will help you become a bigger eved Hashem.  The eirev rav saw a lot, they were part of many nisim, but it was exterior, it was not a part of them, and so they remained on their madrega, and were able to be machti the rabim with an eigel.   But a Navi Hashem's spark comes from within, his growth is not exterior and therefore it helps him grow to greater heights.  We can see how important it is to truly work on ourselves to grow from within and reach our true potential... Good Shabbos