Dear Shapir and Sascha.
Blessings for a wonderful marriage, and may you both live to 120 and dance at your many, many great-great-grandchildrens Weddings and Bar-Mitzves and Britois.
Not Long ago, I wrote the below speech for a couple who married in Switzerland.
A wonderful couple of chassidishe jews.
But it applies to us all, and thus I wish to also dedicate it to you.
Blessings
Yoichonon.
INCREDIBLE NEWS FROM ISRAEL! Sapir Cohen and Sasha Trupanov were kidnapped together from Kibbutz Nir Oz on October 7, 2023. Sapir was released after 55 days of captivity in Gaza, when Israel made its first deal with Hamas. Sasha remained in Gaza and didn’t think he would make it out alive. He prayed that Sapir would find another man to love. He prayed that she wouldn’t wait for him so she could move on with her life. Well, Sapir waited. Sasha was released in February 2025 after 498 days in Gaza. And today, Sasha proposed to Sapir. She said yes!!!!! Mazal tov! The nation of Israel lives!
Chukas – Cooking up a mushroom soup.
All of this Parsche is
under the canopy of the Red Heifer.
Although, the Red Heifer
was already given at the building of the Mishkan in Shemois (Ramban, Malbim,
Sifra, Raschi).
Since your Chuppe is in
this Parshe, a few observations and an attempt at carving out a basic taam of
your sivug.
1)
We see a direct link to Koirach in the Text:
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Koirach |
Chukas |
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וַיִּקַּ֣ח קֹ֔רַח
\/ חרק חקיו Read the first two words backwards. A cockroach his Chukav. |
וחקיו ….. וְיִקְח֣וּ Further Permutations : |
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במדבר י"ט:ב' ב) זֹ֚את חֻקַּ֣ת הַתּוֹרָ֔ה
אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֥ה יְ־הֹוָ֖ה לֵאמֹ֑ר דַּבֵּ֣ר׀ אֶל־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל וְיִקְח֣וּ
אֵלֶ֩יךָ֩ פָרָ֨ה אֲדֻמָּ֜ה תְּמִימָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֤ר אֵֽין־בָּהּ֙ מ֔וּם אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־עָלָ֥ה
עָלֶ֖יהָ עֹֽל׃ |
Chukas, read backwards:
Tikach – take Vayikechu – vechukav
–and his laws. And they should take to
you a Red Heifer – as Koirach took their hearts, or they thook their hearts
to Koirach, to lies and vanity, so now they take the Red Heifer to Moishe, to
truth and modesty. |
a. We
already saw in Koirach, how he, by way of his resentment and pride, made up his
own Chukim, and was absolutely willing to follow through on them and take all
of Yisroel with him with this. Since HaSchem was still very close, B`H Koirach
miserably failed.
b.
Now, in Chukas, HaSchem teaches us the ultimate Choik,
which even Shloimoi Ha Melech, Peace be with him, did not understand. This in order to teach us all:
קהלת ה':א'
(א) אַל־תְּבַהֵ֨ל עַל־פִּ֜יךָ וְלִבְּךָ֧
אַל־יְמַהֵ֛ר לְהוֹצִ֥יא דָבָ֖ר לִפְנֵ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֑ים כִּ֣י הָאֱלֹהִ֤ים בַּשָּׁמַ֙יִם֙
וְאַתָּ֣ה עַל־הָאָ֔רֶץ עַל־כֵּ֛ן יִהְי֥וּ דְבָרֶ֖יךָ מְעַטִּֽים׃
Do not open your mouth
hastily, and may your heart not run, to raise issues before the Eternal ONE, for
the Eternal ONE, HE is in heaven, and you are on the earth, therefore may your
words be few.
It is
good to have our own take on things, and it is a positive commandment to spend
oneself in learning and strain to understand the holy Toire.
It is
written in Koirach VaYikach, and it is written here Vayikchu:
Koirach
took his vanity and invented fantasy-laws, that brutally collided with reality.
He took
his heart and his brethren´s, and spoiled them.
HaShem
now orders us, according to eternal law, to take the Red Heifer and learn how
to learn, and how to live.
And it
is not for nothing that the Red Heifer lifts off the Tum´a of death. For, just maybe,
Koirach already had this Tum´a in his heart.
And it
is written in Mishlei.
משלי ו':כ"ג
כִּי נֵר מִצְוָה וְתוֹרָה אוֹר וְדֶרֶךְ חַיִּים תּוֹכְחוֹת מוּסָר.
And we
should live by way of our learning and Mitzves, and not die.
And it
is very good to remember how tiny we are before our creator, who is infinite,
as is HIS creation.
Bamidbar rabba on Posuk 1 – the great
mysteries of Toire
Or: without
gravitation, there would be no bones.
במדבר רבה מחולק לפסוקים במדבר י"ט:ב'
[א] זֹאת חֻקַּת – זֶה שֶׁאָמַר הַכָּתוּב:
מִי יִתֵּן טָהוֹר מִטָּמֵא לֹא אֶחָד (איוב י"ד:ד'), כְּגוֹן אַבְרָהָם מִתֶּרַח,
חִזְקִיָּה מֵאָחָז, יֹאשִׁיָּה מֵאָמוֹן, מָרְדְּכַי מִשִּׁמְעִי, יִשְׂרָאֵל מֵעוֹבְדֵי
כּוֹכָבִים, הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא מֵעוֹלָם הַזֶּה. מִי עָשָׂה כֵּן, מִי
צִוָּה כֵּן, מִי גָּזַר כֵּן, לֹא יְחִידוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם, תַּמָּן תְּנִינַן, בַּהֶרֶת
כִּגְרִיס בָּאָדָם, טָמֵא. פָּרְחָה בְּכֻלּוֹ, טָהוֹר. מִי עָשָׂה כֵּן, מִי צִוָּה
כֵּן, מִי גָּזַר כֵּן, לֹא יְחִידוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם. תַּמָּן תְּנִינַן הָאִשָּׁה שֶׁמֵּת
וְלָדָהּ בְּמֵעֶיהָ וְהוֹשִׁיטָה הַחַיָּה אֶת יָדָהּ וְנָגְעָה בּוֹ, הַחַיָּה טְמֵאָה
טֻמְאַת שִׁבְעָה וְהָאִשָּׁה טְהוֹרָה עַד שֶׁיֵּצֵא הַוָּלָד. הַמֵּת בַּבַּיִת הַבַּיִת
טָהוֹר, יָצָא מִתּוֹכוֹ הֲרֵי הוּא טָמֵא, מִי עָשָׂה כֵּן, מִי צִוָּה כֵּן, מִי
גָזַר כֵּן, לֹא יְחִידוֹ שֶׁל עוֹלָם. תַּמָּן תְּנִינַן הָעוֹסְקִין בַּפָּרָה מִתְּחִלָּה
וְעַד סוֹף מְטַמְּאִין בְּגָדִים, הִיא גּוּפָהּ מְטַהֶרֶת בְּגָדִים. אָמַר הַקָּדוֹשׁ
בָּרוּךְ הוּא, חֻקָּה חָקַקְתִּי גְּזֵרָה גָּזַרְתִּי, אִי אַתָּה רַשַּׁאי לַעֲבֹר
עַל גְּזֵרָתִי.
,
הָעוֹלָם הַבָּא מֵעוֹלָם הַזֶּה
This is a great mystery
revealed in a small side-sentence.
How is it, that eternal Oilam
Habo is actually built from Oilom HaSe??
The Mahara`l in his foreword
to דרך חיים starts with the above cited Mishlei, and
expands on it, I highly recommend reading the whole piece.
What he
is revealing is a little more depth on how HaShem gives us, his Children,
powers beyond our imagination to actually build Oilam HaBo.
He uses
the candle and the light and shows: The candle is in this world, it burns down
and does not come back. But the Light of Toire is eternal. And by using the
candle, we attach to the eternal Light.
And
maybe, we could also say the following:
Mitzvot are like mushrooms or flowers:
They form, they present
themselves to us.
A mushroom blooms within a
few hours, it stays a few days and then decays.
But if we pluck it and dry it
– it stays good and edible for many years.
And we can later on make
tasty mushroom soup from it.
Mitzvois and learning, on the
other hand, stay eternally. And while Mitzves are often elusive and grow within
seconds, or even less: If we pluck them, they are transformed into Oilom Habo,
into eternity. From nothing. Yesh me Ayin! And it is us who are
priviledged to build it!
And thus, by making Chassenes
and uniting in Kiddushin, HaShem has endowed us with the might of building the
world!
Chiskiyahu and
free choice
Question:
How can it be, that HaShem restricted Chiskiyahu HaMelechs free will and free
choice?
For: HE,
Boruch HU, threatened to kill him, because he declined fathering children!
This
because he saw in his prophetic vision, that Menashe the Roshe would decend
from him.
Thus he
declined having children, saying: I am a Tzaddik, and from me, such a roshe
should come out?!
No! From me, such suffering will not emanate.
Told him
the prophet Yeshayahu: Who are you to tamper with HaShems plans?!
We
learn: It was Chiskiyahus Yetzer, Gayve, that drove him. He was not ready, he
the big Tzaddik, to bear the shadow of such a descendent.
And we
learn from this: The Keter of Toire is Hefker. Every generation must
fight for it anew, there are no guarantees, only tefillois. For, if there were
guarantees, free will and free choice were to fall, and all of Toire with them.
But what about Chiskiyahus free will?
Lev Ha
Melech be Yad HaShem.
And he
had free will. He could have chosen to die rather than give in.
And by
giving in and admitting his error he taught all of Yisroels generations how to
live by Toire and Mitzves, and that the Keter Toire is Hefker.
Furthermore:
The king has a special function in the people. He is the ultimate leader. To
him, everyone looks up and therefore, masses of simple folks will emulate him.
Therefore, He has a much heavier burden to carry when it comes to “lifney
Iver…”.
Dear Jungeleit, dear newly wed couple, אברהם ומרים you are now Melech ve Malka.
You are very important to HaShem, and to Am Yisroel.
With your loving relationship,
learning, your mitzves, your Shulem Bais and your future children you build
Oilom HaSe AND Oilom Habo! And you lead, together with all other newly weds, Am
Yisroel in this holy endeavor.
May you pluck, dry, cook and eat many, many mushrooms!
יהי רצונ מלפני המקום שאהיה לכם בניין אדי עד
שהו יתברך תשמור אותכם מתחת כנפי שחינתו תמיד
ושתזכו להרגיש ולראת את השגחתו תמיד
שלום וברכה
יוחנן וזויה צוויג
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