Parshas Mishpatim 5776

This week’s Thought is being written
in memory of a very dear friend
Habachur Ahron Ben R’ Yeshaya Halevi
Ari Levin Z”L
His memory will be etched into the hearts and souls  of his myriads of friends and his dear family. All those who know Ari, knew that he exemplified the special midddos of Simcha and the idea as R’ Shlomo Freifeld Z”L used to say your face is a Rishus Harabim, it is public property, you can not make someone upset because you are in a bad mood, and are walking around somber. Ari, Always had a smile, and that is how we will remember this precious Neshama. May he be a Meilitz Yosher for all of Klal Yisroel, whom he loved so much.
Yehei Zichro Baruch!

This Week’s “Just A Thought” is written
L’Refuah Shleima Harav Refoel Moshe ben Gittel, May he see the Yeshuas Hashem speedily with a Refuah Shleima and get back to being Marbetz Torah as has been for so many decades.
Refuah Sheleima!

This week’s “Just a Thought” is also being written in honor of the birth of a baby boy to Mordechai and Raizel Wax
May they be Zoche to bring him to the Bris of Avraham Avinu in the proper time, and may they merit to raise him to Torah, MArrige and only good things.
Mazal Tov!

We Are Special

The Doctor was doing his rounds in the hospital, and he walked into one patient, and told his family, let him eat and drink whatever he wants and then walked over to the next patient and told his family, that he had to refrain from certain foods at certain times, and certain drinks at certain times. After leaving the patients, one of the residents walking with the Dr asked him why to this one you said eat and drink all you want and to the other one you you gave very specific diets. The Doctor explained, the first patient you saw is on his deathbed, he will not survive this illness, and is going to die no matter what he eats, so I am letting him enjoy his last few days of existence. The other patient, has his full life ahead of him and will get out of this sickness, he just needs to watch his diet for now.

This story is brought down in the Medrash Tanchuma, on this week’s Parsha, The Medrash asks, why is it such a big problem is one jew takes another to a secular court to fight out monetary business? The Medrash answers with this story, and tells us That the word “Vieila” at the beginning of the parsha, is coming to add praise to the Paassuk of earlier on where Hashem says I gave the Jewish nation Chok and Mishpat, so here is the Mishpat Hashem gave the Jewish people, can’t you see it, the First Patient in the story is the secular court, who are not making it pass the dimyonos and imagination that this world portrays, but the JEwish nation who has the potential to get past this ailment of this world, and can do it, they just need to play by a different ball field and different set of rules, and keep to certain diet constrictions. The Secular courts play by different rule books and we as Torah observant Jews, need to go to a Torah court and follow their ruling.

Friends, We are special and we are different, do not mistake this to be racist, we respect every one of G-ds creations, but just like monkeys are not fish, and fish are not lions, the Jewish people are different, and unique, let us be proud of being part of the Chosen nation.

Good Shabbos,
Zevi

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