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Shabbat Parashat Tzav| 5771

Tzav | 13 Adar Beit 5771 | 13/03/2011

Parashat Hashavuah: The Hidden Power in the Purim Story

So much having to do with Purim seems to be hidden, from the absence of Hashem’s name in the Megilla, to the true identity of the costumed children, to the very name of Esther, which in Hebrew comes from the root for hidden. Part of the behind-the-scenes intrigue is the struggle of Haman and Mordechai. While one could have claimed (Heaven forbid, on our side) that it was about overly proud individuals, it was actually their generation’s continuation of the historical struggle between ancient nations.

Ask the Rabbi: Limits on Merriment During Megilla Reading

On Purim, the level of levity during the Megilla reading seems to be ever increasing. Whereas once there were only graggers and stamping after the reading of “Haman”, now there seems to be a competition for the most audacious antics. Is that in keeping with the minhag and in line with the proper behavior in shul?

Ein Ayah: Why to Learn Torah

We read the pasuk with the double language of “shamoah tishma” (Shemot 15:26) as follows: If you listen to the old, you will listen to the new, and if your heart turns away, you will subsequently not listen.

P'ninat Mishpat: Steps Against a Uncooperative Litigant

A husband (=pl) demands that his wife (=def), from whom he has been separated for two years, receive a get, while she demands reconciliation. Pl claims that def is psychologically unstable and has been guilty of infidelity more than once. Pl wants def’s medical file to be shown to a neutral doctor for evaluation and wants to present witnesses as well as videos that were taken regarding inappropriate behavior. Def threatened the witnesses and those involved in the videos that she will have them prosecuted for breech of privacy (she works for the police) if they present evidence against her, and they backed down.

TZAV 5771

TZAV 5771

Hemdat Yamim

is dedicated
in memory of

Nachum Eliezer Ra'anan
ben Yosef HaCohen
(Larry Roth) o.b.m
who passed away on the 21st of Adar .

Hemdat Yamim

is dedicated
in memory of

Yehudah
ben

Naftali Hertz Cohen (Kamofsky)

Hemdat Yamim

is dedicated
to the memory of

Gershon (George)

ben Chayim HaCohen

Kaplan

o.b.m.

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

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).