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The Chofetz Chaim on Arvus & Accessing Bracha Through Torah

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

A Torah shiur on Arvus and accessing Bracha through Torah according to the Chofetz Chaim.

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Okay, we're going to see the Hafetz Chaim on Kabbalas HaTorah and the din of areevus by Kabbalas HaTorah. Ha-areevus b'Kabbalas HaTorah. You're Jewish social kibbutz kiyum HaTorah by loya al when we accept the Torah at Sinai we didn't just accept it for ourselves. Ela gam kol ma she yihyeh b'yecholto l'chazek es kiyum HaTorah es shaar b'nei Yisrael. We also accepted whatever we could do to m'chazek the fulfillment of Torah by other Jews. Hischayev, we're chayev to do that. V'zeh ma she'amru b'sefer HaChinuch HaNistaros v'HaNiglos lanu u'l'vaneinu ad olam. Kol divrei HaTorah as what's revealed it's our responsibility. Rashi explains the she'nasu areivim zeh lazeh. V'lachein she'kol Yisrael mitzi es chaveiro b'kiyum mitzvos.

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  1. 0:00Okay, we're going to see the Hafetz Chaim on Kabbalas HaTorah and the din of areevus
  2. 0:32also accepted whatever we could do to m'chazek the fulfillment of Torah by other Jews. Hischayev,
  3. 1:02Every Jew could be mitzi another Jew in fulfilling mitzvos. Af sh'hu atzmo even if Reuven
  4. 1:35Al y'dei Kabbalas HaTorah b'kiyumah zochin l'midas HaBracha. By the receiving of the Torah Klal Yisrael
  5. 2:08The Navi Yirmiyahu says, you want bracha baruch hagever asher yivtach bashem. Looking at the question
  6. 2:38of God. Vahayi palim Hashem davar asher einenu. Is it beyond Hashem to help us? Uvadai
  7. 3:11Recording stopped.

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