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Shabbat Parashat Emor 5773

Emor | 17 Iyar 5773 | 27/04/2013

Parashat Hashavua: The Seat of Justice

Between Yom Ha’atzmaut and Yom Yerushalayim, we have decided to write about different elements of the building of ancient Yerushalayim at the time of King Shlomo. In addition to the classical parts of the Beit Hamikdash that mirrored the functions and sections that were found in the Mishkan erected by Moshe, Shlomo’s Mikdash also had a very different section: “He made a hall for the chair where he would judge, a hall of judgment did he make; it was covered with cedar wood from the ground to the ground” (Melachim I:7:7). By providing a whole hall for it, we see that the matter of justice held a very central position within the functioning of the Temple.

Ask the Rabbi: Delay Between Birkat Kohanim and Sim Shalom

I, a kohen, turn around at the end of Birkat Kohanim when the chazan starts Sim Shalom. Recently, a chazan chanted a tune between Birkat Kohanim and Sim Shalom. Was that proper? Were we supposed to turn around when he started chanting or when he said Sim Shalom?

Ein Ayah: General Praise Built on Specific Ones

I might think that for all blessings we receive, there should be one praise of Hashem. Therefore, the pasuk says: “He is exalted above every blessing and praise” (Nechemia 9:5) – [understood as] one should praise Him for each blessing.

P'ninat Mishpat: Rent on Ruling Based on Unclaimed Claims

The defendant (=def) worked as a construction supervisor for the plaintiff (=pl). Pl claims that def’s negligence caused damage in the construction and is seeking damage payment. Beit din did not find sufficient correlation between def’s negligence and any damage but recognized that def did indeed not work as he was contractually obligated.

Refuah Sheleimah

for

Rabanit Itah bat Chana

Ehrenreich

amongst the sick

of Klal Yisrael

This edition of
Hemdat Yamim

is dedicated
to the memory of
R' Meir
ben

Yechezkel Shraga Brachfeld

o.b.m

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

This edition of
Hemdat Yamim
is dedicated to the memory of

Rabbi Shlomo Merzel o.b.m,
who passed away
on Iyar 10, 5771

Hemdat Yamim
is dedicated
in memory of
Shmuel Rosenhak
o.b.m
who passed away
Iyar 6, 5773

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).