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What is the key to the central role these mitzvot play and the connection between them? A Jew makes two covenants with his Creator. Through a covenant, a servant may dedicate his life to the service of his master, which, in turn, obligates the master to ensure his servant’s subsistence. The first covenant Jews make with Hashem is brit milah, on the eighth day of life. In this covenant, etched in our flesh, we physically make a sign that we are His servants. A baby, however, is only a passive participant in his brit. Therefore, when he matures to the point of making thought out decisions, the Jew is obligated to renew his covenant with Hashem on a yearly basis by bringing a korban pesach. It is now clear why milah and pesach were chosen as prerequisites for yetziat mitzrayim (exodus).Through these mitzvot, Bnei Yisrael left their status as servants of Paroh and became servants of Hashem. Being servants of Hashem is the true redemption. As Chazal say: "... charut al haluchot- the writing is Divine writing, engraved on the tablets" (Shemot 32:16)- do not read it as "charut" (engraved) but as "cheirut" (freedom) (Mesechet Kalla Rabati 5:3).
By understanding korban pesach’s centrality, we can appreciate the harsh response to the rasha (wicked son) in the Haggada. The rasha asks, "what is this service (korban pesach) to you?" We respond that Hashem did the Exodus for us and not him. Because he removed himself from the general population, had he lived at that time he would not have been redeemed. Indeed, refusing to take part in the korban pesach meant not agreeing to be part of the covenant.
May we all pray that in the merit of the mitzva of milah, performed by such a large segment of world Jewry, we should merit to renew our yearly covenant, with the korban pesach, as part of the ultimate redemption.
P’ninat Mishpat -Ownership of an Apartment Registered in the Name of Both Husband and Wife (based on Piskei Din Rabbaniim- vol. XVI, pp.353-8)
Case: A couple purchased an apartment after being married for some time. It was registered in the Tabu (Land Registry) in both of their names. The wife claims that she contributed from personal funds, which her husband was aware of, half the cost of the apartment, and that it is the reason that it was registered in her name as well. The husband says that he paid for the entire apartment, and that it was registered in the name of both because that is what is customary.
Chemdat Yamim Moreshet Shaul: Twin Foundations
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
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P'ninat Mishpat P'ninat Mishpat: Complaints about Contractor’s Work – part II
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
(based on ruling 83037.1 of the Eretz Hemdah-Gazit Rabbinical Courts)
Chemdat Yamim Moreshet Shaul: Twin Foundations
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
Based on Siach Shaul, Pirkei Machshava V’Hadracha p. 690
D'varim Judaism’s Social Vision
Re’eh
Giving is more than an act of generosity—it is an essential part of human dignity that belongs to everyone, rich and poor alike. The ultimate goal of help is to empower others to stand on their own.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 9 - "Seeing is Believing" (parag. 21-30)
These paragraphs elaborate on the theme that seeing and knowing is better than any attempt to prove logically, and begins explaining the difference between Israel and gentiles.
Ein Aya Various Universal Stages of the Geula Process
Rav Kook examines the various stages of redemption, explaining how (in addition to the obvious oft-mentioned stages of ingathering the exiles, reviving the Hebrew language, army, state etc.) the messianic dream of world prosperity, the State of Israel and world unity can and are realistically and logically gradually coming true.
Kuzari -Rabbi Ari Shvat Kuzari class 8- "Answering Questions on the Kuzari's Proof from Mass Revelation
How do we know that the "claim" of mass revelation to 2,000,000 witnesses at Mt. Sinai is really true? This important class answers all of the questions skeptics ask about this claim of the Kuzari.
