Halachot Connections

(Work in Progress) Connections are based on the following study calendar:

http://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2015/03/5775-calendar-with-mishnahtosefta.html
http://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2015/03/5775-calendar-with-mishnahtosefta_16.html


Week 36

Choshen Mishpat sections for this week are about the different ways of acquiring land. It then also speaks of acquiring non-Jews and acquiring servants. This all seems very much related to our acquisition of the Torah, as well as G-d's acquisition of us as his servants (previously in the status of non-Jews, at least to some extent). (The last chapters of the Tractate of Erchin (next week) also relate to issues involving the acquisition of land and the Jubilee, year 50, like Shavuot, the 50th day.)


Week 37

The chapters of Choshen Mishpat of this week continue to focus on Kinyan, many of them focusing additional secondary items related to the property acquired. Often, the secondary items are included in the original sale, although at times those items need to be separately identified. Similar to what was mentioned above, the acquisition of the Torah is meant to be expansive, leading to the sanctification of "secondary" items, as well. bringing them from the realm of the mundane into the realm of the holy.


Week 40:


The chapters of Choshen Mishpat of this week continue to focus on Kinyan, many of them focusing additional secondary items related to the property acquired. Often, the secondary items are included in the original sale, although at times those items need to be separately identified. Similar to what was mentioned above, the acquisition of the Torah is meant to be expansive, leading to the sanctification of "secondary" items, as well. bringing them from the realm of the mundane into the realm of the holy.

Week 51 (Book 7): The Wiesel is Saying

 

The Weasel is saying, 

 

And he said to them: Why do you do the likes of these things,

Because you betrayed Me in the midst of the children of Israel

Which Your enemies disgraced, O Lord,

That I will surely obliterate the remembrance of Amalek from beneath the heavens 

 

For I hear evil reports about you, from all these people.  

At the waters of Merivath Kadesh, the desert of Zin,

Which they disgraced the ends of Your anointed.  

Because you did not sanctify Me in the midst of the children of Israel.

 

And the Lord turned toward him and said,

The Lord said to Moses, Inscribe this [as] a memorial in the book,

He gives great salvation to His king,

And He performs kindness to His anointed;

 

Let every soul praise G-d, Halleluyah!

Hallelujah! Praise G-d in His holy place,

Praise Him in the firmament of His might.

To David and to his seed, forevermore. 

 

Joshua weakened Amalek and his people with the edge of the sword.  

"Go, with this your strength, and save Israel from the hand of Midian.

And recite it into Joshua's ears,

Have I not sent you?"

 

You, who sit in the gardens the friends hearken to your voice;  Let me hear [it].

And he said to Him, "Please O Lord, with what shall I save Israel?

Praise Him with His mighty deeds,

Praise Him as befits His superb greatness.

 

Behold, my thousand is the poorest in Menasseh,

And I am the youngest in my father's household."

Praise Him with a shofar blast,

Praise Him with psaltery and lyre.

Book 7: Combining All Songs

Book 7

For each week, all the verses of the songs in Books 1-6, rearranged and combined into a single song:

Week 23: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/03/the-leviathan-is-saying.html
Week 24: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/03/the-fish-are-saying.html
Week 25: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/03/the-frog-is-saying-songs-for-week-25.html
Week 26: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/04/the-lamb-is-saying-songs-for-week-26.html
Week 27: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/04/the-cow-is-saying-songs-for-week-27.html
Week 28: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/04/the-pig-is-saying-songs-for-week-28.html
Week 29: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/04/the-beast-of-burden-is-saying-songs-for.html
Week 30: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/04/the-camel-is-saying-songs-for-week-30.html
Week 31: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/05/the-horse-is-saying-songs-for-week-31.html
Week 32: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/05/the-mule-is-saying.html
Week 33: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/05/the-donkey-is-saying-songs-for-week-33.html
Week 34: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/05/the-ox-is-saying-songs-for-week-34.html
Week 35: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/06/the-wild-animals-say-songs-for-week-35.html
Week 36: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2017/06/the-gazelle-is-saying.html
Week 37: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2017/06/the-elephant-is-saying.html
Week 38: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2017/06/the-lion-is-saying.html
Week 39: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2017/06/week-39-bear-is-saying.html
Week 40: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2016/07/the-wolf-is-saying.html
Week 41: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2017/07/the-fox-is-saying.html
Week 42: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2017/07/the-hound-is-saying.html
Week 43: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2017/07/the-cat-is-saying.html
Week 44: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2017/07/the-mouse-is-saying.html

Week 48: https://www.kabbalahoftime.com/2017/08/the-scorpion-is-saying.html

Chassidic Concepts (Links)

The Two Levels of Love for G-d

Spiritual Acquisition

How this World Brings the Soul to a Greater Love and Fear of G-d 

Sacrifices, Prayer, and Creating a Dwelling Place for G-d in the Lowly Realms

Tests and Elevating Holy Sparks

Leviathan and Shor HaBor, Tzadik and Beinoni

Chomer and Tzurah, Ohr Yashar and Ohr Chozer

Spiritual Ascent and Heavenly Descent

Yitkafia and Yit'apcha

Chassidic Concepts: Acquiring a Master Quotes from the Rebbe's Sicha on Purim 5747 (1987)

 B"H

The Rebbe writes about the qualification of a Rav (close to Moshe Rabbeinu's Yahrzeit):

This is one of the reasons for the recent stress on the Mishnah’s statement, ‘Make for yourself a Rav.’ Since the Rav is neutral and uninvolved, he will certainly be able to give sound advice.

Even with this advice, however, a person might complain that he’s unsure whether or not he chose a proper Rav. Here again, the Torah provides guidance, in a verse which also speaks of the pre-Messianic era (Malachi, 2:7), ‘...seek Torah from his mouth, because he is an angel of G‑d.’ The Talmud explains, ‘If he resembles an angel of G‑d, then ‘seek Torah from his mouth,’ and if he does not, then don’t.’

But how can one tell if the Rav resembles an angel of G‑d; one never even saw an angel of G‑d! Here again, the Torah provides guidance, in the works of the Rambam, where he describes the lives of angels: ‘there is no eating or drinking...no jealousy, hatred or enmity.’

Therefore, in order to tell whether or not someone is fit to be a Rav, one must see if he fits this description. Is his spiritual life governed without influence of physical factors (corresponding to ‘no eating or drinking’)? Is he free of jealousy, hatred, etc.?

Of course, as always the Evil Inclination comes along with another objection — and one ‘according to the Torah’ (since it likes to conceal its true motives in the holy garb of a ‘silk kapote’). ‘Isn’t one of the signs of a true talmid chacham,’ claims the Evil Inclination, ‘that he is ‘vengeful like a serpent’?’ According to this reasoning, peaceful behavior would not be a correct way of identifying a qualified ‘Rav’!

Fortunately, the Torah also answers this clearly. When is it proper for a talmid chacham to behave in this way? Only when someone has shamed him publicly, and a general insult to the Torah is involved. However, should he be insulted in private, the Torah requires the exact opposite response. In the words of the Rambam, the way of talmidei chachamim is to ‘listen to insult without answering back; and furthermore to forgive the person who uttered the insult.’

Aside from these signs of a Rav, there is an obvious prerequisite: that the person has the signs indicative of a Jew in general. As the Talmud says, ‘This nation has three signs: they are merciful, bashful, and kind.’ Since these are called ‘signs,’ it is impossible that a person practice them only in private. To be considered a sign, the person must actually behave in these ways.

It should be reiterated that this process of choosing a proper Rav is associated with the necessity of having everything ‘clarified, refined, and purified’ — both regarding choosing the Rav and regarding his guidance in clarifying ambiguous cases.

https://www.sie.org/templates/sie/article_cdo/aid/2508080/jewish/Purim-5747-1987.htm