Perek 9, part 2
– different levels of hashgacha in Eretz Yisroel and dorshei Hashem vs. other contexts– HKB”H’s hashgacha is middah k’neged middah. A person is the cause of his own downfall. In the physical world, there is cause and effect, if I
Ramban- Parshas Vayikrah
– Defining theme for vaykira: kohanim and leviim– Shemos, geulah == shechina resting on us, Vayikra about korbanos, which will keep shechina here. Most korbanos on shogeg. See shogeg can also result in siluk shechina. Why? Cheit stains nefesh, even
Purim: The Power of Tefillah
Megillah, according to the Rambam, was designed as Hallel, and to emphasize that Hashem listens to the tefillah of tzibbur. Chazal saw how extraordinary the havtacha of “k’Hashem Elokeinu b’chol kor’einu eilav” is. We can bring the war in Ukraine
Perek 9
– Said on occasion of death of Labein.– Malbim, Chovos Halevavos: hard for us to fully thank Hashem, because underneath our hoda’ah is a bakasha that the good continue. Rambam (Hil. Berachos, end Perek 10) – connects hoda’ah and bakasha;
Perek 8, part 3
– Malbim would agree that the universe also points to Hashem, but man points to him even more.– Reviews arguments from the position that the universe is above and beyond man, then responds to them.– Neshama is immortal, greater than
Purim
– Hilchos Meigllah & Chanukah: the two mitzvos (mikra Megillah, Ner Chanukah) are d’rabbanan, not from minyan haMitzvos. Why does Rambam only count those two and not seudah, mishloach manos, matanos l’evyonim? Why not Hallel on Chanukah? To avoid bal
Perek 8, part 2
– passuk 2: shem Hashem is an expression of how Hashem is revealed to us. Hashem’s essence is something we can’t grasp, and His name is the angle from which we can relate to Him. All chachmei Yisroel agree we
Perek 8: Introduction
Hakdama to Malbim’s peirush on this perek: how can one think that the vast universe is all created for man? This question/attitude is wrong – the entire universe was created for us, and what happens in nature is all driven
Ramban, Vayakheil
– when/why did Moshe wear the veil– melacha on Shabbos, on yom tov which falls out on Shabbos– ne’si’us ha’lev – it required an inspired, well-placed confidence that HKB”H had given them the ability to do the melacha since they
Perek 7
– “tzidki” – actions, “tumi” – kavanas haLev.– some judgements are “stand alone”, i.e. look just at the one person in a vacuum. Some are a “mishpat tzeirufi”, i.e. x in relation to y, and its impact thereon.-Tzaddikim say shira