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Shabbat Parashat Toldot 5778

Toldot | 29 Cheshvan 5778 | 18/11/2017

Parashat Hashavua: Belief Solely in the Merciful G-d

The midrash (Bereishit Rabba 63:2) says on the pasuk, “So said Hashem to the house of Yaakov, who redeemed Avraham” (Yeshaya 29:22) that Avraham was saved from the furnace into which he was thrown in the merit of Yaakov. What makes Yaakov so great?

Ask the Rabbi: Reliability Regarding Kashrut

Does “one witness is believed in matters of issurin (what is religiously forbidden/permitted, including, kashrut)” apply even if the witness has a personal interest, such as a store or restaurant? Does it apply to a woman? Must the person be a yareh shamayim? How is a mashgiach better than the owner if the business pays him?

Ein Ayah: Lashon Hara and the Davidic Dynasty

Rav said: David accepted lashon hara. [The gemara then surveys the p’sukim about David originally seeking out Yonatan’s son Mefiboshet with the help of Shaul’s servant Tziva and drawing him close. Later, David believed Tziva when he claimed that during Avshalom’s revolt, Mefiboshet was awaiting David’s overthrow. As a result, David gave half of Mefiboshet’s property to Tziva.]

P'ninat Mishpat: Disputed Commitment to Sell

The plaintiff (=pl) rented a run-down apartment inherited by several brothers (=def; brother N lived closest and was most involved with pl). In return for doing extensive repairs/renovation, pl received 7,000 shekels, an exemption from rent for 6 months and an arguably lower than standard rent during a five-year contract. During the rental, pl continued to make renovations (which he claims cost him 250,000 shekels; all agree he continued after doing the renovations for which he received the aforementioned financial considerations). Pl claims that N and other brothers assured him he would be able to stay in the apartment for low rent and/or buy the apartment at a discount price. After the contract expired, def want to sell the apartment for 1,000,000 shekels, and if pl does not want to pay that price, he should vacate it so that they can sell it.

Toldot 5778
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Toldot 5778

We daven for a complete and speedy refuah for:

David Chaim ben Rassa

Lillian bat Fortune

Yafa bat Rachel Yente

Eliezer Yosef ben Chana Liba

Yehoshafat Yecheskel ben Milka

Ro'i Moshe Elchanan ben Gina Devra

Together with all cholei Yisrael

Hemdat Yamim

is dedicated

to the memory of:

those who fell

in wars

for our homeland

Eretz Hemdah's beloved friends

and Members of

Eretz Hemdah's Amutah

Rav Shlomo Merzel z”l
whose yahrtzeit

is the 10th of Iyar

Rav Reuven Aberman z"l

on 9 Tishrei, 5776

Mr. Shmuel Shemesh z"l

Sivan 17, 5774

R' Eliyahu Carmel

Rav Carmel's father,

8th of Iyar 5776

Mrs. Sara Wengrowsky

bat R’ Moshe Zev a”h.

10 Tamuz 5774

Rav Asher Wasserteil z"l

Kislev 9, 5769

R' Meir ben

Yechezkel Shraga Brachfeld

o.b.m

R ' Yaakov ben Abraham & Aisha

and

Chana bat Yaish & Simcha

Sebbag, z"l

Rav Yisrael Rosen z"l
who passed away on
Cheshvan 13, 5778

George Weinstein z"l

Gershon ben Yehudah Mayer,

a lover of the Jewish Nation Torah and Land.

Rav Benzion Grossman

z"l
who passed away
23rd of Tamuz 5777

Hemdat Yamim
is endowed by Les & Ethel Sutker
of Chicago, Illinois
in loving memory of
Max and Mary Sutker
and
Louis and Lillian Klein, z”l

A weekly divrei Torah leaflet: A Glimpse at the Parasha, Ask the Rabbi, From the writings of Harav Avraham Yitzchak Hakohen Kook, zt”l, Pninat Mishpat (Jewish Monetary Law).