3 Sharp Divrei Torah on Parshas Nitzavim {Pninei Kedem}

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Daniel Glatstein’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Okay, good morning friends from Aleichem, Parshas Nitzavim. Reb Baruch, it was nice of you to let people come join the shear. Okay, very good. >> [laughter] >> Um, three sharp divrei Torah in Parshas Nitzavim. Ve'eis asher einenu po imanu hayom. Perek kuf tes, pasuk yud daled. And this covenant is also with those who are not with us today. The Gemara in Shabbos kuf mem vov teaches that this pasuk is referring to geirim who will be added to the Jewish people throughout our history. They are included in eis asher einenu po. Also, the Gemara in Shavuos daf lamed tes says likewise. Now, says Hagoin Rebbi Yeshua Falk, the author of Emek Yehoshua, from where do Chazal derive that eis asher einenu po is referring to geirim specifically? Maybe it's just future generations. It's mevorer in the pasuk. The Gemara in Kiddushin says on daf ayin mem beis that an advantage that the native Jew has over the convert is that by the Jew, the native Jew, it says "First I will be to you as a God, and then you will be to me as a people." By geirim, it says "You will be to me as an am, and I will be to you as a God." In this pasuk, it says laman hakim oscha hayom la'am vehu yehiyeh lecha le'elokim. So, first it says you will be a nation to me, and

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1. 0:00Okay, good morning friends from Aleichem, Parshas Nitzavim. Reb Baruch, it was nice of you to…
2. 0:31who will be added to the Jewish people throughout our history. They are included in eis…
3. 1:01Kiddushin says on daf ayin mem beis that an advantage that the native Jew has over…
4. 1:32then I will be to you. So, that itself indicates that what we're referring to is…
5. 2:04they had shalom, and therefore, they would be victorious. Like the Gemara says in Bava Metzia…
6. 2:34impervious to any punishment, like the generation of Achav. Maybe what it means v'hisbareich b'vav vov…
7. 3:07Matzah means strife. Lechem is war. You know, that's what all Fighting is when there's not…
8. 3:38the Jordan. >> [clears throat] >> But on the hidden sins, we were never punished. We…
9. 4:09Which means the Niglais the community doesn't need to know about it. Even if it's just…
10. 4:41Lanu Ol Uvaneinu. Okay, those are three divrei Torah on Parshas Nitzavim. We'll do one on…

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