Hilchos teshuva 7
The Bein Adam lachaveiro of a Chacham
5:7 – speaking very loudly or very softly looks like gasei haRuach. – makdim b’shalom, dan lekaf zechus – required of a chacham or of everyone? There are cases that are a middah chassidus – maybe for the chacham, those
Kinnos, 2022
What, and How, Moshe Taught
– Details regarding how Moshe taught Bnei Yisroel (4 times, etc.) – Is knowing who taught who just history or is it talmud Torah? – What details Moshe taught vs. what was developed afterwards – re: Peirushim mekubalim from Moshe,
Ramban – Parshas Vayechi: Commitment. Malchus Beis Dovid.
– What Edom (Christianity) & Yishmael (Islam) have in common is that they seek to supplant us as the am hanivchar.– We brought galus Mitzrayim on ourselves, just like we brought churban bayis sheni on ourselves by inviting the Romans
Ramban – Parshas Vayigash: Teva, Miracles.
– Ramban quotes Ibn Ezra disagreeing with Chazal about pshat in when Yocheved was born, and says he must reply since Ibn Ezra was saying Chazal’s pshat was not nittan l’hei’omer. Ramban explains that a Neis Nistar predicted by a
Q&A (Dec. 6, 2021)
Ramban: Vayeshev
– Yaakov chose to live in E”Y under others’ rule rather than elsewhere under his own sovereignty. This fulfilled “ger yihiye zar’acha…” HKB”H’s telling this to Avraham at bris bein haBesarim highlights that being Am Hanivchar involves suffering/sacrifice. Accomplishment is
Ramban: Vayishlach
Ikar 5, 6
– Ikar 5: serve only Hashem. No intermediaries. Davening for others. – Ikar 6: nevuah. Definition of nevuah is that it’s experienced by an adam hashalem.