Chassidus: Sfas Emes Chanukah
Rabbi YY Jacobson
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Chassidus: Sfas Emes Chanukah
Rabbi YY Jacobson
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Heshie Klein, MD -3 years ago
Tzara’as in Today’s World
Dear Rabbi YY,
You taught, tonight, thatThe Sfas Emes (S.E.) says that there is no Tzara’as today. The Torah says “Adam ki yihiye v’ohr b’saro s’eis oh sapachas . . . and, Nega Tzaras ki sihiyeh b’adam, v’huva el ha’koehin.
There are 4 names that man is referred to as: Adam, Ish, Gever, and Enosh.So, the S.E. says that Tzaras only occurs when a person is a complete “Adam”, and there is an imbalance inside of him, then because he is a complete ”Adam”, that imbalance has to come out on the skin.
Today, he says, there is no complete “Adam”. Since the destruction of the Batei Mikdash, there is no “Adam” who is so holy that he can’t function with conflict within.
I humbly and respectfully disagree. There is, in fact, a form of Tzaras today. We call it sciatica, back pain, torn meniscus, Parkinson’s, Cancer, Depression, Chron’s, et al.
When a person has stuck, unresolved emotions, these emotions fester, and eventually work their way out as an illness, a pain, a disease, etc.
I would call these body, mental, emotional (depression, etc.) and spiritual manifestations of inner turmoil, a modern form of Tzaras.
The CDC said that 85% of all illness, including cancer, is caused by emotions and stress.In my experience, they were short 13%. It’s closer to 98%. The proof is found in Parshas Bereishis . . . if you know where to look.But it’s too long to write in a comment.
A Freilichen Chanukah!!!
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Anonymous -3 years ago
Please Do More Sfas Emes
These Sfas Emes shiurim are incredible.
Please continue to do more on the Parsha, thanks!
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Sarah Goldberg -3 years ago
The yidden won the war and then used that victory to glorify Hashem
And not like lowly blood thirsty nations that gloat in victory
Notice that our "Medina shel chesed" after winning WW2, also did not gloat or dominate or subjugate the losing nations. America's Marshall Plan, perhaps also a G-dly thing, actually rebuilt the losing countries of Germany and Japan.
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Sarah Goldberg -3 years ago
We were partners in establishing the new month
So why did Chazal take that partnership ability away from us by fixing the calendar? We're still partners for Shabbos and bris.
Sure, the Sanhedrin no longer existed but was that the only way for yidden, i.e. witnesses, to testify that they saw the new moon, thereby establishing the new month, fixing the date of yom tov and being partners?
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Sara Metzger -3 years ago
Someone asked...
How can people desire to opress another human being?
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