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Shabbat Parashat Tetzaveh 5772

Tetzaveh | 9 Adar 5772 | 03/03/2012

Parashat Hashavuah: For Now and for Generations

In the context of the oil used for the Mishkan, the Torah writes, “tzav (command).” Chazal tell us that this implies a commandment that was to be carried out immediately but was also to apply for generations to come and that it is also a term that is used when there is a need to deal with an outlay of money (Sifrei, Bamidbar 1). The connection between Hashem and His Torah and Bnei Yisrael is a natural one. “I will never forget Your instructions, for through them You have given me life” (Tehillim 119:93). They are natural for us. As the Mahari Mintz says on the pasuk, “For it is not an empty matter for you,” it is not something that can be emptied out of you.

Ask the Rabbi: Repeating Questionable Words in Zachor and Megilla

In Parashat Zachor and Megillat Esther there are words with variant readings and most shuls read them twice. Should one repeat the word, the phrase it is in, or the whole pasuk?

Ein Ayah: The Impact of Great People on Their Surroundings

Rav Yehuda became very sick and recovered. Rav Chana of Bagdad and the rabbis came to visit him and said (in Aramaic): “Blessed is the Merciful One who gave you to us and did not give you to the earth.” [Rav Yehuda] said: You have exempted me from thanking [saying Birkat Hagomel]… How could it be, since [Rav Yehuda] was not the one who made the blessing? He answered “Amen.”

P'ninat Mishpat: School Recess that Disturbs Neighbors – part I

A Talmud Torah (elementary school that focuses on Torah studies) (=def) has been operating from the beginning of the year in an apartment building, which shares a large play area together with another apartment building. The plaintiffs (=pl) are neighbors who do not object to the presence of def but to the “unbearable noise” made during recess, when the children play in the outside play area. This is especially troublesome to one of pl, who is on maternity leave and needs the morning for catching up on sleep and regaining strength. Pl demand that the children go to some public playground for recess. Def says that it is not feasible to go to another playground, primarily because it would take extra time and would include crossing streets to get there. Since the halacha is that they are allowed to operate wherever they desire, this must include the ability to give normal recesses to the children, without which it is impossible for them to learn.

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