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Chagigah 3
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CHAGIGAH 3 - Sponsored by the Sugerman families of Montclair, New Jersey and
Boca Raton, Florida in memory of: Malka bat Chaim, Dov Beryl ben Eliezer,
Genendal bat Mordechai Mechayel, and Israel ben Shmuel.
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1) [line 6] HAKHEL
All of the Jewish people are obligated in the Mitzvah of Hakhel once every
seven years, as it states in Devarim 31:10-13, "At the end of every seven
years, in the Shemitah year, during the festival of Sukos, when all of
Yisrael comes to appear before HaSh-m in the place which He shall choose, you
shall read this Torah before all of Yisrael. Gather the people together, men,
women and children...that they may hear, and learn, and fear HaSh-m, your
Lord, and observe all the words of this Torah." This takes place in the Beis
ha'Mikdash on the second day of Sukos in the year following the Shemitah
year. During Hakhel, the King reads from the Torah portions of Devarim, as
specified in the Mishnah Sotah 41a.
2) [line 13] B'SHIVEVUSEI D'REBBI - in the neighborhood of Rebbi
3) [line 16] U'MENAIDEI B'REISHAIHU - and they would nod their heads
4) [line 17] U'MERACHASHIN SIFVASAIHU - and move their lips
5) [line 18] ITSU - they were healed
6a) [line 18] HILCHESA - Mishnayos
b) [line 18] SIFRA - Toras Kohanim. One of the earliest commentaries on
Vayikra, which was written by Rav (circa 220 C.E.) and which follows the
opinion of Rebbi Yehudah
c) [line 19] SIFRI - the commentary of Rav on Bamidbar and Devarim, which
follows the opinion of Rebbi Shimon
d) [line 19] SHAS - Talmud [SHaS = SHishah Sidrei - the six orders of the
Talmud]
7) [line 32] BA'ALEI KABIN - leg amputees who wear a hollowed out piece of
wood over the remainder of their legs
8) [line 34] "TIRMESENAH RAGEL; RAGLEI ANI, PA'AMEI DALIM." - "The foot shall
trample it down, even the feet of the poor, and the steps of the needy."
(Yeshayah 26:6)
9) [line 49] PEKI'IN - possibly the modern Fukin, a place between Lod and
Yavneh, the residence of R. Yehoshua
10) [line 56] "HE'EMARTA" - "you have distinguished"
11) [line 57] CHATIVAH ACHAS - (a) a unique object of praise (RASHI); (b) a
unique work of art i.e. something that is recognizably unique (RAV HAI GA'ON,
cited by the ARUCH)
3b---------------------------------------3b
12) [line 1] V'AF HU PASACH - (a) and he (Rebbi Elazar ben Azaryah) also
lectured (RASHI); (b) and even he (Rebbi Yehoshua) lectured (RABEINU
CHANANEL)
13) [line 2] "DIVREI CHACHAMIM KA'DARVONOS..." - "The words of the wise are
like goads, and like nails firmly fixed are the collected sayings, which are
given by one shepherd." (Koheles 12:11)
14) [line 5] DARBAN - ox goad
15) [line 5] MECHAVEIN ES HA'PARAH LI'TELAMEHA - directs the cow along the
furrows
16) [line 8] DARBAN ZEH MITALTEL - the Darban does not stay in one place,
i.e. it has no permanence (MAHARSHA)
17) [line 9] MASMER ZEH CHASER V'LO YASER - the nail diminishes (takes away
from the wood) and does not cause increase
18) [line 13] ASUPOS ASUPOS - in groups
19) [line 18] PARNAS - a community leader
20) [line 21] AFARCHESES - (O.F. tremuie) mill-hopper, a large funnel through
which grain is channeled to the grinding area
21) [line 31] PESHOT YADECHA V'KABEL EINECHA - (a) this is a curse that he
should go blind. Since a person who rules in Halachic matters in the vicinity
of his Rebbi is liable to the death penalty, Rebbi Eliezer cursed him with
temporary blindness. A blind person is considered dead (Nedarim), and as
such, Rebbi Yosi ben Durmaskis was saved from actual death through this
punishment (MAHARSHA); (b) according to the Girsa PESHOT YADECHA *V'KAVEL*
EINECHA - Hold out your empty hands (i.e. you have said nothing new; this
Halachah was stated previously by the Anshei Keneses ha'Gedolah), and may
your eyes go dim (MENACHAM MEISHIV NEFESH)
22) [line 33] AL TACHUSHU L'MINYANCHEM - do not worry about your vote
(ruling) [because it is correct]
23) [line 39] KEDUSHAH RISHONAH KIDSHAH L'SHA'ATAH V'LO KIDSHAH L'ASID LAVO -
The first Sanctification brought about sanctity at that time only, and not
after the destruction
(a) Chazal refer to three distinct sanctities when they discuss whether or
not Kedushah Rishonah Kidshah l'Sha'atah v'Kidshah l'Asid Lavo: the sanctity
of the Beis ha'Mikdash; the sanctity of Yerushalayim; and the sanctity of
Eretz Yisrael.
(b) The Beis ha'Mikdash had to be sanctified in order for the sacrifices to
be offered there. Similarly, Yerushalayim had to be sanctified in order for
Kodshim Kalim and Ma'aser Sheni to be eaten there. Shlomo ha'Melech
sanctified the Beis ha'Mikdash and Yerushalayim. According to one opinion,
their Kedushah remained even after the Beis ha'Mikdash and Yerushalayim were
destroyed by the Babylonians and Romans. There is a Tana who argues and
maintains that when the Babylonians conquered Eretz Yisrael, this Kedushah
ceased and when Ezra returned to Israel, he sanctified it once again.
(c) Eretz Yisrael had to be sanctified in order for the Mitzvos ha'Teluyos
ba'Aretz, such as Terumos and Ma'asros, to be practiced. Yehoshua sanctified
Eretz Yisrael through conquest. According to one opinion, the Kedushah of the
land remained even after the Babylonians conquered Eretz Yisrael and laid
waste to the land. Another Tana (and Rebbi Eliezer of our Gemara) argues and
maintains that when the Babylonians conquered Eretz Yisrael, this Kedushah
ceased and the Mitzvos ha'Teluyos ba'Aretz no longer applied. When Ezra
returned to Israel, he sanctified it once again - see Insights to Megilah 10a
and to Temurah 21a.
24) [line 48] GANDERIPAS ACHDEI - he has been seized by a sickness that comes
from worry (lycanthropy, a form of melancholy, in which the sufferer believes
himself to be a wolf (or dog) and spends his nights among tombstones); alt.
he has become feverish (and is going outside to cool off)
25) [last line] BA'AL MACHSHAVOS HU - a bewildered person (RASHI to Bereishis
24:21)
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