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Matos: Doing Teshuva Is Like Kashering a Pot - The Chofetz Chaim's Classic Analogy

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Rabbi Daniel Glatstein

An exploration of the parsha Matos and the analogy of teshuva to kashering a pot.

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Progress. >> Okay, good morning everyone. Chofetz Chaim on parshas Matos. Vayoimer Elazar Hakohen el anshei hatzava haboim lamilchama zo is chukas hatorah ach es hazahav es hakasef. Says the Chofetz Chaim, din hechsher keilim mefurash umatchila tzricha linaokes es hakli. The din of hechsher keilim is in The din of hechsher keilim is in Shulchan Aruch. First you clean the kli. Lishafshufi to rub it ulahaser es hazahav to remove the rust kodem shegalenu before you boil it. Vedarshu zeh milashon ach shelo yihiyeh sham chaluda. There can't be any rust. Ach hamat choyis yihiyeh kimoyis shehu. It has to be the metal as is. Acharkach tzrichin mahashishin es hakelim kiderech tashmisham. Then you need to kasher it in the way it's used. If it's used through fire, you need to If it's used through fire, you need to pass it through fire. If it's used in hot water, you kasher in hot water. This is classic Chofetz Chaim. You know, what what could you learn out from dinei hechsher keilim? Here you have a pot that's put directly on the fire, you got to kasher it through the fire. You have a pot that you boil water, you kasher by boiling. What what leima, what takeaway is there from here? Says the Chofetz Chaim, Vichein tzrichin liyas gam taras

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  1. 0:00Progress. >> Okay, good morning everyone. Chofetz Chaim on parshas Matos. Vayoimer Elazar Hakohen el anshei…
  2. 0:30The din of hechsher keilim is in Shulchan Aruch. First you clean the kli. Lishafshufi to…
  3. 1:00If it's used through fire, you need to pass it through fire. If it's used in…
  4. 1:31Chaim, Vichein tzrichin liyas gam taras benei adam mitumasam umechalasam umechusam. The same with purifying people…
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