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October 19, 2009

Kiddush HaChodesh (2009)

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Aggada: Mekalkel al Menat Letaken (2005)

1) Universal: – בריאת העולם עפ"י האר"י – שבירת כלים. 2) ירידה לצורך עלייה – בעיקר בחסידות – The Zaddik must forgo the exquisite experience of his own דבקות I-o to tend to his floc, to raise them up and tend to their needs. 3) Greatest exemplar = Abr, acc חת"ס בפיתוחי חותם – אברהם לא זכה לדרגת הנבואה של ישעי' וכו' כי היה טרוד בלימוד אנשים פשוטים שזה עכשיו פרשו מאליליהם, ולא חס על בזבוז שמנו ודרגתו, ולכן היה כל כך אהוב ע"י הקב"ה (כלומר, דרדקי וקירוב רחוקים). 4) Source of this concept = עברה לשמה in הוריות י' ע"ב – ואמר עולא: תמר זנתה וזימרי זינה, תמר זנתה – יצאו ממנה מלכים ונביאים, זימרי זינה – נפלו כמה רבבות מישראל
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For Parshat Ha-Hodesh (1963)

The month of Nisan is called by that name, according to the author of Benei Yisaskhor, because it comes from the word nes – miracle. Furthermore, the Hebrew word for miracle, nes, stands for the initial letters of the two words nofel and somekh – falling and supported or uplifted. The miracle of Jewish survival is that although we have often fallen and seemingly been crushed to death, nevertheless we have always shown remarkable ability to rise again. This, too, is the idea expressed in the Torah reading for parshat Ha-Hodesh, namely “this month is unto you,” which stands for the moon – and the moon goes through the phases, rising and falling, thereby symbolizing the very same thing.
Parshat Hachodesh General Jewish Thought

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