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Shabbat Parashat Haazinu 5776

Ha'azinu | 13 Tishrei 5776 | 26/09/2015

Parashat Hashavua: Societal Improvement, Clouds, and Canopies

In our d’var Torah for Yom Kippur, we dealt with the mishna (Taanit 4:8) about the women going out to be seen by the men on Tu B’Av and Yom Kippur in simple white garments so as not to embarrass those of lesser means. We claimed that the men also went out in white clothes for the same reason and that in general a major focus of the day was on matters between man and his fellow man. Part of the idea was that in this merit, the Kohen Gadol, who was also dressed in white on this day, would succeed in bringing atonement. After all, atonement on Yom Kippur is conditional on fixing our sins between man and man. Our thesis also explains why the mishna includes words in the masculine grammatical form in that context.

Ask the Rabbi: Obtaining Arba’ah Minim for the Sukkot after Shemitta

How does the consumer approach buying a lulav and etrog set this year?

Ein Ayah: Who Is Rich?

Our Rabbis learned: Who is rich? Whoever has nachat (a good feeling) from his wealth – these are the words of Rabbi Meir. Rabbi Tarfon says: He who has 100 vineyards, 100 fields, and 100 servants. Rabbi Akiva says: Whoever has a wife whose actions are pleasing.

Pninat Mishpat: What to Do with Abandoned Jewelry

A long time ago a young woman (Sarah) hired herself out as a housekeeper at Reuven’s house. She placed gold jewelry by him as a guarantee that she would do the job, but she did not arrive on the job or reclaim the jewelry. Reuven wants to know what the moral thing to do with this jewelry is. Some people in town claim that Reuven did not act properly. They claim that Sarah wanted to back out of the employment, and Reuven refused and withheld the jewelry, and that he is inquiring out of embarrassment (as a worker is allowed to quit a job, and it is wrong to withhold a poor woman’s jewelry). They claim he is a thief whose obligation to return the object is pressing.

Hemdat Yamim

is dedicated

to the memory of:

those who fell in the war

for our homeland.

Rabbi Reuven Aberman Zt”l

Member of the board

who passed away on

9 Tishrei, 5776

Mrs. Doris Moinester

a"h

who passed away on

Elul 23

Mrs. Sara Wengrowsky

bat R’ Moshe Zev a”h.

who passed away on

10 Tamuz, 5774

R' Meir
ben

Yechezkel Shraga Brachfeld

o.b.m

R ' Yaakov ben Abraham & Aisha

and

Chana bat Yaish & Simcha

Sebbag, z"l

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).