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A detailed exploration of the parsha Masei and the phrase Chazak, Chazak, V'Nischazek.
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some of the halachos that apply to this minhag of Chazak Chazak U'nischazek. Okay. So, the Beis Yosef points out that when you get called up to an aliyah, you're supposed to hold on to the Sefer Torah. Now, there are some people that get called up, they make the bracha. Hey sir, you know, hold on. You're supposed to hold on. You have to hold on. It's based on the pasuk that says Lo yamush Sefer HaTorah Hazeh. Hazeh implies the Torah that you're holding. Sefer HaTorah that is biyado. Ends off the Beis Yosef. Melameid Chaya Sefer Torah biyado shel Yehoshua she'ein lomar Hazeh ela lemisha tofeis achifetz. Ah. Okay, she'eisei when someone finishes an aliyah, omrim lo Chazak. When you finish, you say Chazak U'nischazek. Okay? Not like Ashkenazim do. We say Chazak Chazak Chazak U'nischazek. Says the Beis Yosef, you say Chazak U'nischazek. Mikan yotzei hamenag lomar From here the minhag emerged lemisayem likros HaTorah bechol pa'am Chazak. When someone finishes reading the Torah every time, underline those words bechol pa'am, then you say Chazak. Now, that certainly implies not you say say Chazak only when you finish a Chumash. Every aliyah. every aliyah you say "Hazak." In fact, the Rama brings down in Siman kuf lamed tes, "U'mizeh nohagu lomar l'mesayem likro es ha'Torah b'chol pa'am "Hazak." What do you mean "u'mizeh"? Because if you look in the pasuk in my Yehoshua, look at number three, "Lo yamush sefer ha'Torah hazeh mi'picha." This is the source that you have to hold on to the omed of the sefer Torah because it says "Hazeh." What does the next pasuk say? "Hazak v'ematz." So since in the vicinity of Hilchos Kri'as ha'Torah it says "Hazak v'ematz," from
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- 0:30some of the halachos that apply to this minhag of Chazak Chazak U'nischazek. Okay. So, the…
- 3:03Okay. So so far we have no makor, right? We have no makor yet to say…
- 5:41the reason for the minute Come on after work When you finish the tomorrow what do…
- 8:12mitzvah what was the mitzvah? >> Here the mitzvah was he he made them like a…
- 10:47to make the bracha of By the way, since it's a bracha, the minag is you…
- 13:18that that he says the minhag is to say chazak chazak. Why? Cuz the Gemara says…
- 15:51chazak chazak or should you do like everybody does and say chazak chazak venischazek? So let's…
- 18:26He says I remember that when I was a young child more than 30 years ago…
- 20:59So who's this >> Who's chazak? And we should be strong. >> fine. >> We should…
- 23:31If he wants to say the word venischazek, maybe he could say He should not say…
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