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Shabbat Parashat Ki Tavo| 5770

Ki Tavo | 18 Elul 5770 | 28/08/2010

Parashat Hashavuah: “You Shall Call Out and Say”

The bringing of bikurim (first fruit) to the Beit Hamikdash is accompanied by a unique declaration that the Torah mandates with the command “v’anita va’amarta” (you shall call out and say) (Devarim 26:5). The declaration includes not only a short description of Jewish history from the exile in Egypt, as they were becoming a nation, but also goes back to the roots of the nation at the time of the forefathers (“Arami oved avi”).

Ask the Rabbi: use of a goy shel Shabbat

We have a local goy shel Shabbat (Shabbos goy). I do not know how and when I am supposed to use him for things other than emergencies. Is it sufficient just to hint to him, and then he can do whatever I want?

Ein Ayah: The Need for Divine Sacrifice in Bnei Yisrael’s Restitution

Vayechal Moshe” (he prayed; [the unusual root hints at other meanings]) – Abayei said: This teaches us that Moshe prayed until he “made Hashem sick (choleh).” Rava said: …until Moshe nullified Hashem’s oath (Rashi- to destroy them).

P’ninat Mishpat: Support Payments from a Brother-in-Law Refusing to Do Chalitza

A woman (=pl) lost her husband in the Yom Kippur War without having children. The deceased’s oldest brother (=def) refuses to do chalitza and says that the same is true of his younger brothers, unless pl gives a significant sum of money to carry out the process....

Hemdat HaDaf Hayomi: Mar'it Ayin (Avodah Zarah 12a)

This week in the Daf Hayomi we continue learning the halachot of idolatry. One of the prohibitions listed in the Gemara is mar'it ayin (the appearance) of idolatry. For example, if one dropped coins before a statue of idolatry, it is prohibited to bend down to pick them up, because it will appear as though one is bowing down to the idol.

Hemdat Yamim is dedicated
to the memory of

the beloved friend of

Eretz Hemdah

Doris (Doba) Moinester
whose Yahrtzeit is 23rd of Elul

This week’s Hemdat Yamim is dedicated in loving 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.

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).