Compendium for שביעי של פסח

RIDDLE   Which ים did the בני ישראל cross on שביעי של פסח?   Yam Hatichon- Mediterranean Yam Suf- Red Sea Yam Ukyanus –Atlantic Ocean Yam Hamelach – Dead Sea Yam Kinneret None of the above All of the above ------------------------------------------------------------------------        Putim descendants of Foot וּבְנֵי, חָם--כּוּשׁ וּמִצְרַיִם, וּפוּט וּכְנָעַן." (בראשית, פרק י', פסוק ו ויתחכמו עליהם פוטים להשחותם  - סילוק שביעי של פסח Kalir* (חסדי ה' אזכיר) refers to the Mitzrim as פוטים even though פוט was a brother to מצרים.  תוספות Bechoros 5b  "חמרא לובאה" the ערוך translates "חמור מצרי" based on the Yerushalmi**. The פוטים are  Libyans. They intermarried with the Egyptians Therefore, Kalir refers to them as the Mitzrim. * On אחרון של פסח, other Paytonim use the term פוט & פוטים for the מצרים. ** Mentioned in the past, Kalir generally follows the Yerushalmi  ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------   *איש הנקרא בעל השעיר     R. Avrohom  (from) Troy writes in the הקדמה to his Sefer, "He once dreamt on Friday night, פרשת בשלח, that he sat at a table with a very old man with a white beard and long hair. The old man asked him, " Who is the greatest נביא and R.AT replied "משה רבינו." The man then questioned why Moishe waited to sing the שירה until after קריעת ים סוף, noting all other נביאים  delivered their נבואה before the event. R.AT answered that משה רבינו was concerned that the בני ישראל who weren't strong in their אמונה won't believe him and won't say the שירה. He waited until after קריעת ים סוף. Only then did it become ויאמינו בה' ובמשה עבדו - אז (when they believed) ישיר --.   "The old man accepted the answer with simcha."   R.AT continues that he always felt that the old man in the dream was אליהו הנביא.   One day, he (R.AT) saw the תשובת מהר"ם who wrote the following story.**   רבינו אפרים (baalei hatosfos). had a dream that an old man who was hairy (long hair) had a הדרת פנים and a long beard, served him a bowl of insects.   R. Efraim asked him why he was serving him טריפות. The old man answered that, being He eats Barbuta fish, which is not kosher, he deserves a bowl of שרצים. R. Efraim said that the old man was אליהו הנביא. From then on, he refrained from eating Barbuta fish.   R.AT writes that after he saw this story and the description of the old man, he became convinced that the old man he saw   (with the long hair) in his dream was אליהו הנביא   * piyut motzei shabbos ** Part of this story is brought down in Hagahos Oshri (Rosh avoda zarah Perek 3 Siman 41) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------             ANSWER TO RIDDLE   Which Yam did the Bnei Yisroel cross? Yam Hatichon- Mediterranean Yam Suf- Red Sea Yam Ukyanus –Atlantic Ocean Yam Hamelech – Dead Sea Yam Kineret None of the above All of the above According to Tosfos, the correct answer is # 6, "none of the above" תוספות מס' ערכין ט"ו  ד"ה כשם The בני ישראל did not cross the ים סוף and emerge on the other side of the ים סוף. Rather, when they arrived at the Sea, they were surrounded by the Mitzrim. Hashem opened up a path for them in the ים to bypass them and emerge on the same bank of the ים סוף.. (further south)   NO PROBLEM WITH קול אשה According to the רמ"ע מפאנו*, both men & women were obligated to sing and sang the שירה at the ים סוף. There was no problem with קול אשה being there was no יצר הרע at that time & that place. מאה קשיטה פ"ד                     EVERY YID WITH HIS DOG   According to The מדרש תהלים כ"ב, During קריעת ים סוף, every single Yid owned a dog.

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*ובני ישראל יוצאים ביד רמ"א *The one & only day of the year ר' יוחנן wore Tefilin, was on חול המועד פסח. ( רא"ש ברכות פ"ג ס' ל"א (ע"פ נוסח הרושלמי שהיה להרא"ש* R. Akiva Eiger zt"l brings a ראיה (proof) from a Rashi in Sukah 46a that one is obligated to wear Tefillin on  Chol Hamoed. The תנא קמא holds if one has many Mitzvos to perform, (at the same time) he should make one Bracha "על המצות" Rashi gives an example of how one has many Mitzvos at the same time, for instance, לולב סוכה תפילין ציצית The son in law of R Akiva Eiger Zt"l, R. Shmuel Birenbaum zt"l writes when he came the first time to his Shver (R. Akiva Eiger zt"l) on Chol Hamoed Pesach. His Shver insisted, he put on Tefillin**, even though his family was from a Chasidic background and didn't wear Tefillin on Chol Hamoed. R.A.E. claimed that in Germany & all the surrounding countries, it was accepted to follow תורת משה, the רמ"א, in all his Pesakim, wherever he argues on the בית יוסף. *Chasam Sofer Oc"h 31:2 **from then on he wore Tefillin on Chol Hamoed ,   with no Bracha and made a Tenai The מהרש"ל was not too concerned with the זהר who writes that one who wears תפילין בחוה"מ  is חייב מיתה

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Some of the Halachos heard on the phone  during Covid 19 from מורי ורבי הרה"ג ר' שלמה מילר שליט"א   at his במקום שבת הגדול דרשה 1) One should not order Chametz before Pesach from Amazon, etc., to be delivered after Pesach. 2)  Garbage bins belonging to the municipality may be filled with Chametz if put out on the curb before Pesach. 3) Burning Chametz requires a one-piece כזית or combined smaller pieces totaling a  כזית but then it needs to be in one כלי.  4) One can do ביעור חמץ by placing a כזית חמץ on a fork and burning it over a candle. 5) According to some, you can't Kasher a quartz countertop. Some consider crushed stone as חרס. 7) The Torah specified only כלי חרס can't be Kashered. Anything else could be Kashered. Therefore some hold one may Kasher even plastic etc. 8) Most alcohols in hand sanitizers are not made from grain, and one can rely on רוב that it's not חמץ.                 9) Those who Daven מוסף ביחידות on the first day of Pesach should stop saying משיב הרוח ומוריד הגשם at  מוסף (not at Mincha) (Even Nusach Ashkenaz in Chutz Laaretz)  However, If you did say משיב הרוח at מוסף, there is no need to repeat the מוסף. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ My Rebbie's חומרא for Pesach- Don't be מקנה the מצות to your guest at the סדר Mori V'Rabi Harav Hagaon R. Shlomo Miller Shlita said,*  "Food that the owner has a right to eat, even if there are some restrictions on them are considered to belong to him. Therefore, one is   עובר על בל יראה ובל ימצא on לחמי תודה being it's considered enough of לכם just by having the right to eat them (רשות אכילה)  Similarly, one is יוצא אכילת מצה with מעשר שני, and it is considered his just because he has  רשות אכילה even though there are other restrictions on מעשר שני. Accordingly, if one is invited to the Seder, there is no need  for the host to be מקנה the Matzos to the guest. There is no need for the Matzos to fully belong to the guest. Having a רשות אכילה is enough ownership to be יוצא." Since it is not necessary to be מקנה, R.S.M suggested that perhaps it is better not to be מקנה the Matzos on Yom Tov. Doing a קנין on Yom Tov is only allowed when it is a Mitzvah. If there is no need to do it then there is no Mitzvah and one may not do a קנין. דרשת שבת הגדול תשע"ט"                                                           אליהו הנביא                Can he show up at the Seder?     Many believe that אליהו הנביא actually appears at every Seder table on Pesach Night. Some believe we open the door at שפוך חמתך so he can enter and drink from the כוס that was prepared specifically for him. כוס של אליהו is not mentioned in Bavli, Yerushalmi, Rambam, or Shulchan Aruch. The first to mention it is the חק יעקב  ( O Ch. 480).* The משנה ברורה writes it is called כוס של אליהו to remind us, the same way Hashem redeemed us from מצרים, so too will he redeem us and send אליהו הנביא with the בשורה of Moshiach's arrival. (not on Yom Tov) Others say that the reason is because there is a מחלוקת if you need 4 or 5 cups. אליהו הנביא will solve this dispute. The ערוך השלחן writes, "Some have a מנהג to stand up and say ברוך הבא. All this is to strengthen the אמונה. In ניסן Hashem redeemed us, and in ניסן, he will redeem us again. Opening the door is also to show our אמונה in ביאת המשיח. Hopefully, אליהו הנביא will appear in the very near future ויבשר לנו בשורות טובות. However, there is no מקור that אליהו הנביא actually appears at the  Seder. According to the גמרא (Eruvin 43a), אליהו הנביא can't & won't appear on YomTov or Shabbos.      *The פסקי תשובות quotes the מהר"ל (70-80 yrs. before theחק יעקב)  in דברי נגידים. The truth is that the דברי נגידים is a forgery and not from the מהר"ל but R. Yidel Rosenberg's z"l  own invention. --------------------------------------------------------------------------         THE FIFTH SON         אחד1 חכם - אחד2 רשע -     אחד3 תם - ואחד4 שאינו יודע לשאול  The last Lubavitcher Rebbe, R.M.M. Schneerson zt"l, said The sequence of the four sons goes in order from good to bad to worse. The רשע is in a better position than the the & תם   שאינו יודע לשאול. The רשע can turn over and become a Tzadik בשעה אחת in a very short time. Whereas to stamp out ignorance and עמי הארצות, takes lots of time, energy & effort.  The Rebbe said there are different levels of עמי הארצות. We have a תם  and a שאינו יודע לשאול who both attend the Seder. They at least know it's Yom Tov and the need to sit down to a Seder. There is, however, a fifth son who has absolutely no knowledge at all of Pesach, of a Seder, or any Mitzvohs, etc. This son is even more of an ignoramus than the שאינו יודע לשאול he doesn't even attend a Seder.  (ע"כ) -     -     -      -     -     -     -      -     -     -    - The תורה speaks of only 4 sons  כנגד ארבעה בנים דברה תורה Perhaps the fifth son is the  מכה אשר לא כתובה בתורה  In the הגדה, we can find the 4 stage instructions on how to deal with the fifth son.   We start with  כל דכפין ייתי וייכול. All we ask him  to do is to join us for a meal and nothing more. Then we get to 2) את פתח לו open up to him which will get him to 3) וכאן הבן שואל. He will start questioning By now, you can get to stage 4) אף אתה אמור לו כהלכות הפסח and you can teach him תורה This is the עבודה at the Seder, stamping out עמי הארצות, & being מבער ignorance.  והגדת לבנך Teach the children.  אמבצי ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- רבי, תלמידו, ותלמיד תלמיד * R.Shlomo Habavli (10th century Italy)   R.Meshulam (Talmid of R.S. Habavli)   R.Shimon  (Talmid of R. Meshulem)   ו There are 3 גאולות (Yotzer said before גאל ישראל) all starting with "ברח דודי" written by 3 different פייטנים*.  They are recited on the first and second day of Pesach  and on Shabbos Chol Hamoed (Pesach). * -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

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