Lead with Sechel
4:1 – How is taking care of oneself physically midarchei Hashem? In addition, how do this and 3:3 flow from perek 1? HKB”H is in a constant state of perfection. We’re supposed to lead with sechel, not emotion, and act
Pre-Selichos 5782
Hilchos teshuva 6
Defining a Chacham
5:1 – ksehm…kach – but aren’t these things defined as being part of middah beinonis in earlier perakim, and are not distinct from it? How are these things additional for the chacham? 5:2 is clear that they are distinct, but
Torah Sheb’ksav & B’al Peh
– Hashem taught Moshe the Torah sheb’ksav and then it’s b’al peh peirush. Torah sheb’al peh called “Mitzvah” because it makes the Torah actionable, and “horaah” refers to Torah sheb’al peh as well. – That Torah sheb’al peh can’t be
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