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BYRABBIRAFAELZAI
DENBERG rulesthatev erys i
ngle person isobl igated i
nl ear
ning
Torah ev eryday,ev en the v eryr i
ch or poor .Chazal
L’
ILUINI
SHMATHI
SMOTHER: teachest hatoneoft hefirstthreeques ti
onsaJ ew wil
lbe
RACHELBATCHANAZ’
L askedwhenhegoesupf orhi sjudgmenti nHeav enisif
yous etdai l
yt i
mest olearnT orah.Also,thefirstthingthe
Heav enlyt r
ibunalwi llbeex acting judgmentupon t he
per s
on, i
sasar esultofhislackofl earningTorah.
Thisweek' sPar sha,Bechukot ai,startsoffwithHas hem' s
TheMi s hnai n PirkeiAv ott eachest hatt hel earni ng of
blessingst ot heJ ewi shpeopl ewhent heywi l
lfoll
ow Hi s
Torah isnott he mai nt hi ng butr atherper f
ormi ng its
Torah pr oper l
y .Ras hiHakados h poi ntsoutt hatwhen
laws .Howev er,i
t'
sobv i
oust hatt heonl ywayt opr operly
theopeni ngv erses ay st hatwes houl dfoll
ow Has hem' s
decr ees,i
t’sseemi nglys uperfluous ,ast henextwor per form anyoft heMi tzvoti st olearnaboutt hem.T his
dsar e
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e my commandment s'
'
.So whatdo t he holdst rue notonl yf orMi tzvott hatwe hav en'
tbeen
wor ds'foll
owi ngHas hem' sdecrees ’reall
ycomet oteach raised wi th,butev en Mi tzv ott hatwe al ldo,one wi l
l
us?Ras hiexpl ai
nsi tmeanst hatwe mus tengage i n nev er come t o pr operlyf ulfilland under stand t he
i
nt ensiveT orahs t
udy .T hent henextwor dsofthev erse, Mi t
zv ahwi thoutl earningabouti tthor oughl y.
obs ervi
ngHi scommandment s,fit sper f
ectl
y,asfollows . RebbeNachman ofBr eslov( SichotHaRan 19)t eaches
Whenwel earnt heT or ahintens ely,withtheintentionof thatev eryone s houl ds ethi ms elfa dai ly program of
obs ervi
ngandper formi ngitslaws ,theny ouwillmer itto Torahs tudy .Thisappl i
esev ent opeopl ewhoar efarf r
om
receive allt he bl ess ings ment ioned i nthe f ol
lowi ng holines sand s inr egularly
.Sogr eatist hepoweroft he
verses. Torah t hati tcan freet hem f rom t heirs i
ns .I
fev en the
wor s tsinnerwoul dt ake on hi ms elftos tudy a fixed
We al lhav etot ake a s tep back and cont empl ate on amountev eryday ,hewoul d beabl et oes capet heev i
l
whatRas hiHakados h expl ained.We know t hatt he trap.T he poweroft he T orah iss o gr eatt hati tcan
commandmentt ol earnT orahi sl
ear nedf r
om adi ff
erent accompl i
shev erything.
verse,sot hisi
deai sr eall
ys omet hing compl etelynew!
We' r
el earni
ngf r
om her ethati nor dert oreceiveal lthe Addi ti
onall
y,he teaches (SichotHaRan 28)t haty ou
blessi
ngs ment i
oned i nt he T orah,we hav et o be shouldt r
yt ogothroughal lourholybooksi nthecour se
“amei l
im baTorah”,tolear nTorahi ntens el
y.Notj ustlearn ofyourl i
feti
me,sot hatyouwi llhavevisi
tedev eryplace
Torah,andnotj us tfulfillMitzvot.Rat herlearnT orahwi th i
nt heT orah.Wealt
hypeopl econs t
antl
yt r
avelfrom place
ourf ulles
tef f
ortsand i ntensity,in ordert ot ake that toplace,spendingenor mouss umsi nordert obeablet o
knowl edgeandf ulfilltheMi tzvotint hebes tway . boas taboutwher etheyhav ebeen.I nthes ameway ,in
thi
sl i
feyous houldv i
si
tallthehol yplacesint heTorah.
Thiscanobv iousl
ybedonei nmanydi ff
erentway sand Theni ny ourfut
urelif
ey ouwi llbeablet otakepr i
dei n
onanydi ff
erentl evel.Forsome, toi
li
ngi nTorahcanbet o havingv i
sit
edeveryplaceinourhol yli
terature.
Forint he
j
us tcomeands i
tthr oughacl ass,orlearnands truggle worldt ocomey ouwi l
lrememberev erythingy ouhav e
tounder st
andt heT orahonas i
mpl elevel
.Forot hers,t
his everlearned.
objecti
vehasnol i
mi ts,andonehast oknow whati shis
l
eveloft oil
ingi nT orah.Chazalev en gos of arast os ay RebbiNat an ofBr esl
ov teaches i n Li
kuteiHal achot
thatTorahs tudywi llnev erbetrulyacquiredbyaper son (
HilchotTal mudT orah3)t hatthemai neff
orti nl
ear ning
unlesshe ki ll
shi ms elfoverit!There are placesi nt he Tor
ah s hould be focus ed on l earning f
ort he s
ake of
wor l
d wher eonecan wal ki
n and seet hatt hel evelof Heaven,t o grant Hashem pl eas uref r
om our T orah
Torah s
tudyi sofav eryhigh and holycal i
ber.Howev er
, l
earning.One' slearning should notbe f ort he sake of
wher emanyofusl ive,wear enotus ed tot hi
sl evelof
himself.Meaning,forhisowns ake,tobegi v enhonoror
Torahstudy. Eit
herbecaus eonedi dn'tgrow upwi thitor
tobecal leds mart,wise,oraRabbi .Rather,ones houl d
onedi s
tancedhi ms elffrom i
t.
l
earnT orahandper f
ormi t
sMi tzv otinordertodot hewi l
l
Themai nthingonecandoi sstar
t. ofHashem andgi veHi m pleasur e.
TheYetzterHarai san
expertonhow t okeepapersonawayf rom trulycomi ng
closertoHashem andHi sT
orah.Thereareunf ort
unat el
y Mayweal
lmeri
ttolear
nHashem'
sTorahwithl
oveand
manypeopl et hatst
artanew job,career
,schedul e,etc. f
eari
nor
dert
ofulfil
landper
for
m al
ltheMit
zvot
!
and pus hTorah st
udyas i
de prett
ymuch compl etel
y.
Thisisext
remelydangerousformanyr easons. ShabbatShal
om!

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SADVI
CE HALACHA
TORAH STUDY CLAPPI
NGANDDRUMMI NGON
ATABLEON SHABBATANDYOM TOV
1)Trytogothroughallourhol
ybooksinthecourseof
T
he Gemar
ai n Mas echetBei
tzah (
30a)s
tat
est hatone
yourli
fet
ime,s
ot haty
ouwi l
lhavevi
si
tedever
yplacei
n maynotdr
um,cl ap,ordanceonShabbatlestonecome
theTorah. t
ofixamus i
cali
ns t
rument(ibi
d.36b).
2)ThebestwaytolearnT orahisbyst
udyingf air
lyrapi
dly Our Sages t heref
ore forbade clappi
ng one’s hands,
withoutanal
yzi
ngev erys i
ngledetai
l.Studybr iskl
yand dancing (
aswes hal
lsoon discus
s),and drumming on a
si
mpl y:
seektounderst
andeacht hi
ngini tsowncont ext tabletotherhythm ofas ongonShabbat ,f
oral
lofthese
withoutconf
usi
ngy ourselfabouthow itrelatestoother thingsar
eincludedinthepr ohibi
ti
onofpr oduci
ngsound
subject
s. onShabbatandYom T ov.

Wehav eal
readyment i
onedt hattheconcernofourSages
Ift
hereiss
omethingyoudonotunder
stand,iti
susuall
y thatone wi l
lcome t orepaira mus i
calinst
ruments ti
ll
bestnottodwellonitf
ortool
ong.
Keepgoi ng.I
nmos t appliesnowaday s
,formus i
cianscommonl y“repai
r”thei
r
casesyouwil
leventual
lycometounderst
and itinthe i
ns t
rument sbytuningthei
rinstr
ument sandtheli
kewhi l
e
li
ghtofwhatfol
lows. theyareplaying.

When you st
udy,t hemai nt hi
ng i
st oread t
hewor ds Howev er,theTosafotwr i
tet hatt
hereasonforthisdecree
al
oud and in order.Unders
tanding wil
lthen come of no longerappl i
ess o much nowaday sand ass uch,itis
i
tsel
f.Donotconf useyours
elfbytryingtocompr ehend customar yto actl enientl
y nowadays.The Poskim deal
withthismat t
erlengt hil
yregardi
ngwhet herornotwes ay
ever
ythi
ng atonce.You wi l
lhav e much di cultyand thatoncet hereasonf orthedecreenolongerappliest
hen
endupunder standingnothing. thedecr eeistherebynul l
ified.
Simpl yfocus yourmi nd on whaty ou ar estudyi
ng, Halachi callys peaki ng,t he Rambam ( Chapt er 23 of
reading the wor ds i
nt heir corr
ect order and with Hil
chotShabbat )andMar anHa’ Shul chanAr uch( Chapt er
enthus i
asm.Under s
tandingwi l
lcomeofi ts
elf
.Whaty ou 339)r ulethati tisf orbiddent ocl apone’ shandst ogether
donotunder stand atfirst,you wil
lcompr ehend l
ater. onShabbatl estonecomet or epairamus icalins trument .
Eveni ft
herearethingsyoucannotf ull
yunder s
tand,thi
s The Rama not eson t hispointt hatnowaday st her e are
thos ewhoar elenienti nt hisregar dandt her eas onwedo
i
suni mportantbecaus e broad knowledge outweighs
notpr otes tthisisbecaus eitisbet terf orpeopl et odos o
everythi
ngel s
e. unint ent i
onal lythan t o do s oi nt entional ly.T hismeans
thats i
ncet hos ewhoar ecus t
omar ilyleni entint hisregard
Byst udyingrapidl
yy ouwi l
labsorbagr eatquant i
tyand willnotl is
tent ousi fwes ayitisf orbi dden,i tisbet tert o
youwi llbeabl etoreview eachwor kmanyt imes.What keepqui etandnott opr otest.Headdsanot herr easonf or
youdi dnotunder standatfir styouwillgras
pt hesecond l
eni encybas edont hewor dsoft heT os afott hatt her eason
orthirdt i
mer ound, andev entuall
yyouwi llunderst
and fort hedecr eeno l ongerappl iesnowaday sand t herei s
everythingthatitispos s
ibl
et ounders t
and. ther eforer oom f orl eniency.( Itisf ort hisr eas on that
sever alAs hkenazi m and s ome Chazzani m ofMor occan
des cent ar e cus t
omar i
lyl enient ,for t hey r ely on t he
Byfoll
owingthispathy ouwillcompl
etemanyv ol
umes opini onoft heT osaf ot.
)
and have a bettercompr ehensi
on t
han one who is
over
lypreci
se.Suchaper soncanbecomeveryconfus
ed Even t hos e who ar e cus tomar i
lyleni entand r egarding
andmayev encomet oabandonhi ss
tudi
escompletely, whom t heRamawr it
est hatwedonotpr otest
,thisonl y
endingupwi thnothing. appl i
est oclappi ngone’ shands ;howev er,wit
hr egardst o
actual l
ypl ayi
ng mus i
calins trument s,t hePos ki
m ( Sha’ ar
Accustom your s
elftolearn quicklywithouttoo much Ephr aim, Chapt er36andMar anzt ”
linhi sChazonOv adi a
attent
ion t
o det ai
l.Thi
swayy ou willt
rulyacqui
ret he writeslengt hil
yont histopi c)wr it
et hatt hereisonlyroom
for leni ency r egarding cl apping. Howev er,regarding
Torahand coverenor mousgr ound.Youwi l
lbeablet o
actual l
ypl ayi
ngani nstr
ument ,suchasawhi st
le,bell,or
compl et
etheTal mud, Codes,Bible,Midras
h,Zoharand drum,t hi
si s certai
nl yfor bidden ev en nowaday s,ev en
otherKabalis
tictextsandalltheot hersacr
edwor ks
. accor dingt otheopi ni onoft heT osafot.

I
tisunnecess
ar yt
or evi
ew everyt
hingimmedi atel
y.I
tis Thus,halachi
cal
lyspeaking,oneshouldacts t
ri
ngentl
yand
bet
tertocompl et
eeach v ol
umeasr apidlyaspossi
ble not clap one’s hands t ogether on Shabbat .Thisi s
f
rom beginni
ng to end and then toreview t
heent i
re especial
lyt r
ue inI sr
aelwher ethe r ul
ings of Maran
workasawhol e. Ha’ShulchanAruchhav ebeenaccept edands incethi
si s
based on thewor dsoft heRambam whowast hechi ef
halachicauthor
ityinallMiddleEaster
nlands .
Don't be anxious ify ou ar e unablet o compl ete
everyt
hing.One can be a f aithfulJew ev en without Summar y:Ones houl
d notclapone’shandsonShabbat .
being abl
et olearn atall
.Onecan beaTzaddi kev en Ones houl
dlikewis
enotdrum ont het abletother hy
thm
withoutbeingas cholar.I
tistruet hatdeepper ception ofat uneonShabbat.Howev er,i
tisper miss
ibletodos o
cannotbe at t
ained withoutTal mudics cholar
ship,yet onShabbatinanunus ualmanners ucht hatthisdoesnot
even thesi
mpl estJew can beaTzaddi k."You arenot resemblethewayonewoul ddos odur ingtheweek, such
obli
ged to compl et
et hewor k,butnei therarey ou at asclappi
ngthebackofone’ shandi nt
ot hepalm ofone’s
li
bertytodesis
tfrom it
"(Av ot2:16). otherhand ordrummi ng on t
het abl
ewi t
ht hebackof
one’shand.

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