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204 בלה תובשחמ idea! “I swear in the name of Hashem (he dosen’t say bli neder) that tomorrow I will wake up on time to say shema.” If he happens to be learning Nedarim (shout out to Marc Merrill - who always wakes up on time) then our oath taker is fully aware that his words will have no consequences according to the Ramban. After all, this is a sh’vua on a mitzvah, which is not chal (effective)! So when the alarm goes off in the morning, since thoughts of his masechta are going through his dreamy head, he will hit snooze until the princes wake up. If so what is the point of the sh’vua? In his youth the Steipler, Rav Yaakov Yisrael Kanievsky zt”l, answered this question in a rather clever way with an important insight into human behavior. He points out that it is natural for a person to try to make life easier for himself. When there is a challenging mitzvah, a person will seek a heter to avoid doing the mitzvah. He will come up with all sorts of reasons to justify why it’s okay for him to slack off. We are all good people and would never blatantly cast off the yolk of Torah and mitzvos. But what we are willing to do is to fool ourselves that we are patur from the mitzvah for some reason or other. The Steipler explains that if one views mitzvos as optional and not as an obligation, as far as Hilchos Sh’vuos are concerned the mitzvah becomes a devar reshus, an optional act. And while the Ramban says that a sh’vua cannot apply to a mitzvah, neither to obligate him to bring a korban nor to receive lashes, in this man’s views the mitzvah is only a reshus, an optional act. Accordingly, a sh’vua will be binding on this mitzvah much as it is binding on any non-mitzvah. Going back to our example, even though a sh’vua to say kerias shema cannot work because it is a sh’vua on a mitzvah, since our bachur holds that saying shema on time doesn’t apply to himself, it becomes a devar reshus and his statement, “I swear in the name of Hashem that tomorrow I will wake up on time to say shema,” will in fact be a binding oath! (For further discussion see the Kehillos Ya’akov, Nedarim siman 10.) This important insight of the Steipler Gaon is relevant to many decisions we make on a daily basis. If we are confronted with the need to find significant time to learn Torah we hold that we are patur from learning because we are involved in earning a parnasa. If we don’t want to feel obligated to help a poor man we will
205 בלה תובשחמ say we are patur because tzedaka doesn’t apply to this particular person. We are even patur from tefilla when we receive a text message because we behave as if the mitzvah of tefilla does not apply when our hip vibrates, telling us that someone wants to get in touch with us. When we honestly reflect on our role in this world and our priorities in life, deep down we know what Hashem want from us. All too often we allow ourselves to be fooled into giving ourselves unmerited exemptions and baseless dispensations.
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3 Shalom U’v racha! Preface We pr
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5 בלה תובשחמ Vayeishev A S
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7 בלה תובשחמ Emor Sefirat
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9 Machshavot Mo’adim בלה תו
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11 With gratitude and admiration of
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13 In the zechus of a refuah shelei
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15 In honor of our son Adam Berman
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17 Mr. & Mrs. Stuart Adler Dr. & Mr
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19 Bereishit The Greatest Partnersh
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21 Bereishit Responsibility David P
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23 Noach Your Own Food Rav Natanel
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25 בלה תובשחמ and He alone
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27 בלה תובשחמ after knowin
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29 בלה תובשחמ ל רכשכ
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31 Lech Lecha The Avot and Shemoneh
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33 Vayera Tea for Two, Two for Tea
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35 Vayera The Power of Ten Noam Whi
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37 Chayei Sarah Two Titles Rav Dani
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39 בלה תובשחמ figuratively
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41 בלה תובשחמ in Hoshea (1
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47 Vayeitzei Ascending and Descendi
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53 Vayishlach The Hip and the Yetze
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57 Vayishlach And Ya’akov Was Lef
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59 Vayeishev A Short Diversion Gary
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61 בלה תובשחמ of Potifar
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69 Vayigash Memory, Emotion and Odo
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73 Firstly, God tells Abraham: בל
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79 Shemot םוגרת דחאו אר
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81 ”ךיפב ’ה תרות הי
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85 Va’eira A Divine Wedding Rav J
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91 Bo Pyramid Scheme Rav Michael Cy
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93 בלה תובשחמ This concept
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97 Beshalach The Story that Should
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101 בלה תובשחמ Why do Bnei
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103 Mishpatim Are You Listening? Ra
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105 Mishpatim Commandments and Mish
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107 Teruma Teruma - Join Our Staff(
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109 Teruma The Poles of the Aron As
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111 Tetzaveh Placement and Purpose
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117 Ki Tisa Shattered Fragments Rav
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121 Ki Tisa Luchot and Leadership J
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127 Vayakhel Gracious Giving Jay Co
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129 Pekudei Donations and Atonement
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131 Vayikra Adam the Initiator Rav
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133 Vayikra Giving to the Giver Yeh
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135 Shemini Obedience and Creativit
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137 בלה תובשחמ achilat mat
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141 Tazria Partners with God Noam W
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