Parshas Emor

Liyluy Nishmas Elchonon Tzvi ben R' Yisroel Menachem, Zekaini Moiri R' Baruch Moshe Aryeh ben Harav Zev Yehuda, My cousin Zev Yehuda ben Rav Shmuel Mordechai, Avraham ben R' Yizchak Zev, R' Dovid meir ben R' Shmuel....

In perek chaf veis posuk chaf ches the posuk says, " V'shor o she oso v'es b'no lo sishchatu b'yom echad" "An ox or sheep/goat, it and its child you may not slaughter on the same day".

 The Medrash brings down, Rav Barchay said in the name of R' Levi "Yodea tzadik nefesh b'hemto" "The righteous one knows his animal's soul (their needs) this is Hashem, who wrote in his Torah "lo sikach ha'eim al habanim" "do not take a mother on her children (kill both on the same day). "V'rachamim rishaim achzari" "but the mercies of the wicked are cruel. this is Sancheirev who wanted to kill the mothers and children of Klal Yisroel on the same day. Alternatively the same limud is learnt out from a different mekor with Haman as the bad guy for wanting to destroy of all Klal Yisroel in one day.

The Maharzu explains that the reason why Hashem commanded us not to slaughter an animal on the same day as its child is to place within our hearts the mida of rachmanus and to distance us from the mida of achzariyus. Sancheirev and Haman however, at a time when it was correct to act in a mercifull way acted in a cruel fashion, and wanted to kill mothers and children on the same day.

It seems from Chazal that there was a taayna on Sancheirev and Haman harasha for not acting in a merciful manner. Even though they wanted to completely annihilate the jewish people they should have acted with some rachmanos and not plan to kill the parents and children on the same day..

 The Rosh Yeshiva ztl explained that even Rishaaim gemurim like these that wanted to wipe Klal Yisroel off the face of the map have entrenched somewhere deep in their hearts the mida of rachamim, for they too were created with the tzelem Elokim, and that is something that is impossible to run away from. Therefore it was a taayna on Sancheirev and Haman not only for trying to kill Klal Yisroel, but also for not plannin their genocide in a more merciful fashion.

Even these terrible Rishaim had their natural ingrained yesodos because they are a tzelem Elokim, and therefore were held accountable for fighting their nature. Imagine one of the Bnei Avraham Yitzchak and Yaakov, and how special each and every one is for not only being a Tzelem Elokim but for being the true Am Hanivchar.
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