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Rav Asher Weiss @TC: Krias HaTorah (Parshas Beshalach 5786)

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Rabbi Asher Weiss

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So, this week is parshas beshalach. Parshas beshalach is shiras hayam. But, today we will be discussing a mitzvah which is so relevant to all of us. And I usually prefer discussing mitzvahs which are part of our daily or weekly routine of avodas hashem. What is krias hatorah all about? Krias hatorah Monday, Thursday, shabbos. hatorah Monday, Thursday, shabbos. Right after bnei yisrael said shiras hayam. Vayasa moshe es yisrael miyam suf, vayaitzu el midbar shur. Vayeilchu shloshes yamim bamidbar velo matzu mayim. They were three days wandering in the desert and they didn't find water. And chazal's pshet in this pasuk is interesting. Source number one on our sheet. As on the corners taken Ezra. She As on the corners taken Ezra. She kohenim bemincha beshavis vekohenim besheini vechamishi. And the gemara asks Vahu meikara demetakna? This takana comes way before Ezra. Disanya >> [cough] >> Vayeilchu shloshes yamim bamidbar velo matzu mayim. Dorshei reshus amru ein mayim ela torah. Shenemar Hoiy kol tzome lechu lamayim. Keivan shehalchu shloshes yamim belo torah nilu. nilu. They became exhausted and tired and weak, shvach. Amdu nevi'im shebeineihem vetiknu lahem sheyei korim batorah. Beshavis besheini vechamishi kedei shelo yalin shloshes yamim belo torah. So, nevi'im shebeineihem right after krias yam suf umetaknin krias hatorah. So, how could you say Ezra was the one? And the Gemara answers Nevi'im she beneihem Nevi'im she beneihem were metaken the original takana, but their takana was a minimal one. Three people each reading one pasuk, or one person reading three psukim. Ezra expanded that takana, and he was metaken a minimum of 10 psukim and three people that are oila l'Torah. So, the original takana was from earlier generations, Nevi'im she beneihem, Dor

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  1. 0:00So, this week is parshas beshalach. Parshas beshalach is shiras hayam. But, today we will be…
  2. 3:02we notice two differences between the Yerushalmi and the Bavli. When the Bavli says, "Nevi'im Rishonim,…
  3. 6:10Moishe was metaken 345 as well. But in those days, the Bene Kforim didn't come in…
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  5. 12:14But I want to hear a very simple argument. Who says that the Kona of Moshe…
  6. 15:51Mahalach in learning, maybe we would have more than the fact that he was entirely Meshubid…
  7. 18:57And I have time to say this. If it's a civil there is no if you…
  8. 22:03in Hilchos Avel. So, the reason you don't remember because it's not Bavli, it's only Yerushalmi.…
  9. 25:13But, after three days without Torah, and everything was falling apart. Which shows the importance of…
  10. 28:26Is the water. And my other water. So the water is symbolic of the long day…

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