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The Chofetz Chaim on Arvus & Accessing Bracha Through Torah

229 views · May 14, 2026

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. 0:30kiyum HaTorah es shaar b'nei Yisrael. We also accepted whatever we could do to m'chazek the…
  3. 1:02Every Jew could be mitzi another Jew in fulfilling mitzvos. Af sh'hu atzmo even if Reuven…
  4. 1:34Yisrael. Al y'dei Kabbalas HaTorah b'kiyumah zochin l'midas HaBracha. By the receiving of the Torah Klal…
  5. 2:04get some kind of segula to get a bracha. The Navi Yirmiyahu says, you want bracha…
  6. 2:34lachas bashem Hashem. We should just take refuge in the name of God. Vahayi palim Hashem…
  7. 3:04Everyone should have a bracha v'hatzlacha b'chol ma'aseh yadecha. Recording stopped.…

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