3 Sharp Divrei Torah on Parshas Nitzavim {Pninei Kedem}

Okay, good morning friends from Aleichem, Parshas Nitzavim. Reb Baruch, it was nice of you to let people come join the shear. Okay, very good. >> [laughter] >> Um, three sharp divrei Torah in Parshas Nitzavim. Ve'eis asher einenu po imanu hayom. Perek kuf tes, pasuk yud daled. And this covenant is also with those who are not with us today. The Gemara in Shabbos kuf mem vov teaches that this pasuk is referring to geirim who will be added to the Jewish people throughout our history. They are included in eis asher einenu po. Also, the Gemara in Shavuos daf lamed tes says likewise. Now, says Hagoin Rebbi Yeshua Falk, the author of Emek Yehoshua, from where do Chazal derive that eis asher einenu po is referring to geirim specifically? Maybe it's just future generations. It's mevorer in the pasuk. The Gemara in Kiddushin says on daf ayin mem beis that an advantage that the native Jew has over the convert is that by the Jew, the native Jew, it says "First I will be to you as a God, and then you will be to me as a people." By geirim, it says "You will be to me as an am, and I will be to you as a God." In this pasuk, it says laman hakim oscha hayom la'am vehu yehiyeh lecha le'elokim. So, first it says you will be a nation to me, and then I will be to you. So, that itself indicates that what we're referring to is geirim. Okay. Then the pasuk says "Vehisbarech bilvavo leimar shalom ye'aleh ki bishrirus libi elech." You will bless yourself in your heart saying "Peace unto me. I will go according to the whims of my heart." The Medrash says the generation of David were baalei Torah, tzaddikim, but they were talebearers. They were ba'alei lashon hara, and they would fall in war. The generation of Achav were wicked, but they had shalom, and therefore, they would be victorious. Like the Gemara says in Bava Metzia daf nun tes, Amora Papa, hainu d'amri inshi kan mashlim sha'ara mikada nakat tigrei bibeisa. Therefore, explains Rebbe Shmuel Falk as follows, v'hisbareich b'vav vov leimar, you know what you're going to Why you're going to bless yourself in your heart? Cuz you're going to say shalom y'alei. We all get along, so therefore, we're impervious to any punishment, like the generation of Achav. Maybe what it means v'hisbareich b'vav vov leimar shalom y'alei. You'll just You'll pat yourself on the shoulder and say, "Don't worry, even though we don't observe, but at least we have peace. We all get along." Therefore, that will lead us to ki bishriros libi aleich. So, the pasuk says, "No, no, no. Hashem will get angry, and there will be famine, and when there's no food, there's a reason why the war the words for war and strife is matzah and lechem. Matzah means strife. Lechem is war. You know, that's what all Fighting is when there's not enough money. So, but the what will precipitate your congratulating yourself is you'll say shalom y'alei. Then the pasuk says, "The haniglos lanu ul'vaneinu." Says the Gemara in Sanhedrin daf mem daled, Rebbi Nachman holds that we were not accountable for the open sins of other Jews until we crossed the Jordan. >> [clears throat] >> But on the hidden sins, we were never punished. We are never punished on someone else's hidden sin. From like the Gemara, why were we punished for Achan taking from the spoils? It was a hidden sin, says the Gemara, because his wife and his children know know about it. That's not hidden. If your wife knows about your sin, then she should reprimand you. That's not hidden. Then there's Arvus. Once your household knows about your sin, there's Arvus. Which means the Niglais the community doesn't need to know about it. Even if it's just revealed to your wife and your children, it's called Niglais. Even then it's called Niglais. That's the meaning of the possuk. The HaNiglais, you don't need Achairim. Even if it's Lanu Ol Uvaneinu, even if it's just to us and our children, that's already Niglais. The HaNiglais is even if it's Lanu Ol Uvaneinu. Okay, those are three divrei Torah on Parshas Nitzavim. We'll do one on Vayeilech. >> Recording stopped.