Friday, May 13, 2011

Parshas Behar


Liyluy Nishmas Elchonon Tzvi ben R' Yisroel Menachem. Z'keini Moiri R' Baruch Moshe Aryeh ben Harav Zev Yehuda, My cousin Zev Yehuda ben Rav Shmuel Mordechai. Avraham ben R' Yitzchak Zev, R' Dovid Meir ben R' Shmuel..

In perek chaf Heh posuk chaf ches the end of the posuk says, " v'yatza bayoveil v'shav la'achuzaso" "In the Yovel, it (the field) shall leave and return to his ancestral heritage".

 The Torah commands us that land that we acquire by any means, must be returned to the initial owner by Yovel.

 The Mefarshim write that the mitzva of yovel is from the  "mitzvos sichliyus", the mitzvas that make sense to us.
 The Ramban explains that the reason why the Torah commanded to return the field by yovel was because a man is totally reliant on his field, because from that is his means of supporting his family. Therefore the Torah has mercy on the seller, and commands that the field eventually be returned to him.

The Rambam in his hakdama to mishnayos (Avos:Vav) explains that it is expected of people to keep the "mitzvos hasichliyus" not only because Hashem commanded them, but also because they should understand with their common sense, and believe in their heart that is the correct thing to do. This means that when someone buys a field, he should feel in his heart, that it is correct to return the field to the seller when yovel comes, because it is the sellers means of parnassa.

 The Rosh Yeshiva ztl asks, How is it possible for the buyer to feel this way? Maybe the buyer is a poor fellow and the seller is wealthy and the buyer needs the field to support his family much more than the seller does. How can the Torah expect someone to feel that even without Hashem commanding it, it is what they would do?

 The Rosh Yeshiva explained that we see from here that even when things may be difficult for us, it is possible to put our feelings on hold and to focus and feel for another person and for their needs and worries. It is possible to care about another person so much that even if things are difficult for us, we can still feel for the other person.

 This is not something that many people in Klal Yisroel could do, or even what most people can do. This is something that every single person can accomplish. That is why the Torah considers the mitzva of returning the field a "mitzva sichliyus", a mitzva that can only be fully accomplished with the correct feelings toward another person.
 Good Shabbos.


 

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