Parshas Vayigash

וישימני לאב לפרעה

לא"ב is roshei taivos (acronym) אשירה לה' בחיי אזמרה לאלקי בעודי
through shira and zimra we can escape and be released from the clutches of Par'oh

Likutei Imrai Chaim

ZemirosShabbos wrote on 29 Dec 2011 21:01:
I like this vort already .

ZemirosShabbos wrote on 29 Dec 2011 21:01:

Does she do computer codes at aish hatorah? WOW!

Nice vort!

gibbor120 wrote on 29 Dec 2011 21:23:

thank you Gibor for your kind words and for reading my posts
my daughter found it after i challenged my kids to find the letters of chanuka in the parsha. i gave them some hints and promised some sugary stuff, the exact details i have since forgotten. while looking for the Shiltei Giborim's remez she found another one.

Parshas Vayigash

Vayisa yisrael vechol asher lo.

The Midrash says that Yakov went to cut the cedars that Avrohom planted in Beer Sheva.

How can we understand this seemingly bizarre idea?

Kol Hashem shover arazim, vayeshaber Hashem es arzei halevanon. Some trees are planted in a place where instead of producing fruit and reaching their fulfillment they produce inferior and faulted produce. These arazim are nishmos yisrael that Avraham 'planted' in Beer Sheva. Yakov went to uproot them and bring them down to Mitzrayim in order to fulfill their mission there and to sustain and strengthen the yidden in galus and ultimately to build the Mishkan from these very arazim.

Ohev Yisrael from the Apta Rav zy'a

Sometimes we may feel uprooted and out-of-place in a lowly environment, but ultimately the RBSO is building His mishkan through us.

Parshas Shmos

Lama harei'osa la'am hazeh ki may'az basi ledaber bishmecha hayra la'am hazeh

The Midrash gives a mashal to a king whose subjects acted disrespectful to him and incurred his wrath.
The king's faithful minister, seeing how angry he was at the people, went and slighted the king's honor in some small manner.
He went to the king and confronted him, saying "if you're angry at the people you should be angry at me too".
The king had no choice but to forgive all parties.

Moshe Rabeinu saw that the RBSO was angry at the yidden for not believing Moshe and for complaining so went and joined them in a way, in order to placate the RBSO (keveyachol) by doing so.

The RBSO told Moshe "ata sir'eh", now you will see what I will do to Mitzrayim.
Rashi says, that the meaning is that now you will see, and not the war of the 31 kings which will take place when the yidden enter Eretz Yisrael.
This is usually understood as a punishment to Moshe Rabeinu.

Perhaps it can be understood somewhat differently.
Chazal say that Moshe Rabeinu is buried in the midbar and not in Eretz Yisrael because he will lead the Dor Hamidbar into Eretz Yisrael when Moshiach comes.

So what the RBSO is saying may be this: You stood in solidarity with the yidden when they were down and out.
I am giving you another opportunity to do so, when the Dor Hamidbar will be forced to remain in the desert and not be allowed into Eretz Yisrael you will remain with them too and ultimately lead them into Eretz Yisrael.

Shovavim

There are numerous tikkunim for pegamim in kedusha, but the greatest tikkun of all is Shabbos Kodesh, and especially the shabbosim of shovavim.

Divrei Shmuel - Slonim

Parshas Shmos

someone (from kentucky....) sent this to me as a gift

here it is:

אם יאמר לך אדם היכן אלקיך, תאמר לו בכרך גדול שברומי, שנאמר אלי קורא משעיר. נמצא שזה האדם ששאל היכן אלקיך, בוודאי הוא משוקע במדור הקליפות, כי הוציא א״ע מן הכלל וכפר בעיקר, שאמר היכן אלקיך ונדמה לו שבמקומו אין שם אלקיס, בכן תאמר לו אפילו במקומך, שאתה משוקע במדור הקליפות, ג״כ שם תוכל למצוא אלקותו, כי הוא מחיה אה הכל כמ"ש ואתה מחיה את כולם, ומשם אתה יכול לדבק את עצמך בו ית׳, ולשוב אליו בתשובה שלימה, כי לא רחוקה היא ממך, אלא שבמקומך שם רבו הלבושים:


Likutei Moharan 1, 33

Beautiful - zem.

I gotta check in to this thread more often.

Yasher Koach - And a good Shabbos!

ZemirosShabbos wrote on 12 Jan 2012 22:21:


zemmy i think you're being a bit t5oo liberal in dispensing klopps. in bardichev they don't klop so often
so what's the klop?
reb reuven margaliot in his sefer margenita dreb meir brings from reb meir of premishlan: teven ein nitan leavdecha even though we don't have sechel [tevuna] to do teshuva, ulevenim omrim but our white hairs remind us.... וד"ל

hi TZ, that vort is from bards, not my own, and he is the powerbroker in bardichev and decides how many klops are de riguer

Parshas Mishpatim

וכי יזיד איש על רעהו להרגו בערמה מעם מזבחי תקחנו למות

In the Siddur Ha'Ari he quotes the Ramak who quotes Eliyahu Hanavi with a segula to banish improper thoughts.

If a thought enters your mind say the possuk: אש תמיד תוקד על המזבח לא תכבה

This can be merumaz in the posuk. Vechee yazid ish - the Yetzer Hara, al re'ehu - on his companion in a person's heart, the Yetzer Tov, lehargo be'armah - to destroy him, may'im mizbechi - with the posuk of 'aish tomid tukad al hamizbay'ach lo sichbeh', tikachenu lamus - you can banish him.

Avodas Yisrael - The Koznitzer Maggid zy'a



In a similar vein one can possibly say:
Vechee yazid ish - the Yetzer Hara, al re'ehu - on his companion in a person's heart, the Yetzer Tov, lehargo be'armah - to destroy him with 'armah' milashon eirom... lust, may'im mizbechi - with sacrifice and letting go of self/ego, tikachenu lamus - you can banish him.

Two great vorts in one post Zemmy.
Thanks a million.

ZemirosShabbos wrote on 15 Feb 2012 22:51:








-Matisyahu

Purim

Pitachta saki vatazraini simcha.
The Chidushei Harim said on Purim: all year long the Yetzer Hara keeps us in a bag and we don't see reality. on Purim the bag is opened and we have simcha.

Siach Sarfei Kodesh