Ancient Manuscripts Proved This Torah Giant Right - Rabbi Shlomo Horwitz

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[music] >> You wouldn't believe what I learned about Parshas Re'eh. At the end [music] of the parsha, the Torah gives us the mitzvah of Simchas Yom Tov. It says, Besamachta bechagecha, you shall rejoice [music] on your festival. Then the Torah says, who's included in that? You, your son, your daughter, your servant, [music] your maidservant. Ata uvincha, uvitecha, veavdecha veamatecha. Who's missing? Doesn't say >> [music] >> anything about grandchildren, and it doesn't say your wife. But listen to [music] how the Rambam codifies this mitzvah. It's in Hilchos Yom Tov, perek vav, [music] halacha yud zayin. And he says, a person has to be happy, tov lev, of good heart on Yom Tov. Hu uvonav veishto [music] uvnei vanav. He, his children, his wife, [music] and his grandchildren. Grandchildren? Where did the Rambam get that from? The Torah never mentions grandchildren. This question troubled my father's beloved Rebbe, Rabbi Yaakov Kamenetzky, [music] zatzal. He said the Torah never mentions grandchildren. He theorized that maybe the Rambam is referring to the unfortunate case where a grandfather had a son who had his own kids,

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1. 0:01[music] >> You wouldn't believe what I learned about Parshas Re'eh. At the end [music] of…
2. 0:31veavdecha veamatecha. Who's missing? Doesn't say >> [music] >> anything about grandchildren, and it doesn't say…
3. 1:01his children, his wife, [music] and his grandchildren. Grandchildren? Where did the Rambam get that from?…
4. 1:31and then the son passes away, and now the grandfather has [music] to be mesameach bnei…
5. 2:02he theorized. Rather, it must be a [music] mistake. Rav Yaakov suggests that the original text…
6. 2:33B'nei Veiso to B'nei Vanim. It's an astonishing [music] piece of intuition. And Rav Yaakov is…
7. 3:04Petersburg, Moscow, who knows where. The final, most authoritative text [music] reads exactly as Rav Yaakov…
8. 3:34Rambam, and Rav Yaakov was overjoyed to see that the authoritative version of the Rambam matched…

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