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Shabbat Parashat Ki Teitzei 5777

Ki Teitzei | 11 Elul 5777 | 02/09/2017

Parashat Hashavua: You Wipe Out and I Will Wipe Out

We find two p’sukim in the Torah about wiping out Amalek: “You [Bnei Yisrael] shall wipe out the memory of Amalek” (Devarim 25:19); “I [Hashem] will certainly wipe out the memory of Amalek” (Shemot 17:14). There seems to be a contradiction as to who is responsible to rid the world of Amalek – Bnei Yisrael or Hashem? The Tanchuma (Ki Teitzei 11) answers that until Amalek raises his hands against the divine throne, Hashem leaves it to us; afterward, Hashem takes the matter into His own hands. In explaining how a human can raise his hands against the divine throne, the midrash answers that this is by destroying Yerushalayim.

Ask the Rabbi: Reflecting on a Socio-Religious Trend

I ask myself – What religious trends have I been noticing, both through questions received and by observation, and what is our reaction toward them?

Ein Ayah: Perfection Near Leaders, Not of Leaders

Four people died due to the plot of the [biblical] snake (i.e., without sin), and these are the people: Binyamin, the son of Yaakov; Amram, the father of Moshe; Yishai, the father of David; and Kilav, the son of David.

P'ninat Mishpat: End of a Rental

Pl has been renting an apartment to def; the rental was set to end on 30/9/2014. Def claimed that the two agreed orally that he would continue to rent until after the Tishrei holidays. The first hearing dealt only with vacating the apartment. It was decided that if def would pay pl 6,000 shekels by 10/12/2014, he could stay until 31/12/2014, and he did pay. The contract states that rent is 6,000 shekels if def pays by the first of the month for the coming month, and after that point, the rent is 7,200 shekels. Due to financial problems, def paid only until the end of July, and pl let him stay at least until the end of Sept., but, according to pl, he was supposed to leave at that time. Pl demands 400 shekel a day from that point on due to a contract provision that sets this as rent for unauthorized occupancy. Also, def’s checks for arnona (municipal tax), whose account is still in pl’s name, bounced. Def made counter-claims due to flaws in the apartment, to which pl responded that it was a brand new apartment, which def got at a good price, and certain flaws that need to be fixed are to be expected.

We daven for a complete and speedy refuah for:

Lillian bat Fortune

Eliezer Yosef ben Chana Liba

Yehoshafat Yecheskel ben Milka

Ro'i Moshe Elchanan ben Gina Devra

Together with all cholei Yisrael

Hemdat Yamim

is dedicated

to the memory of:

those who fell

in wars

for our homeland

Eretz Hemdah's beloved friends

and Members of

Eretz Hemdah's Amutah

Rav Shlomo Merzel z”l

whose yahrtzeit

is the 10^th of Iyar

Rav Reuven Aberman

z"l

who passed away

on 9 Tishrei, 5776

Mr. Shmuel Shemesh
who passed away on

Sivan 17, 5774

R' Eliyahu Carmel,

Rav Carmel's father,

who passed away on

8^th of Iyar 5776

Mrs. Sara Wengrowsky

bat R’ Moshe Zev a”h.

who passed away on

10 Tamuz 5774

Rav Asher Wasserteil z"l

who passed away on

Kislev 9, 5769

R' Meir ben

Yechezkel Shraga Brachfeld

o.b.m

R ' Yaakov ben Abraham & Aisha

and

Chana bat Yaish & Simcha

Sebbag, z"l

R' Yitzchak Eliezer

ben Avraham Mordechai

Jacobson a”h
on the occasion of his yahrzeit, Elul 15

Rav Benzion Grossman

z"l

who passed away

23rd of Tamuz 5777

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).