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Parshat Ki Tisa
The heart of a wise man is to his right....
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אַחַת
הַמִּצְווֹת הַמֻּזְכָּרוֹת בְּפָרָשַׁת כִּי תִשָּׂא הִיא
מִצְוַת שַׁבָּת.
One of the commandments mentioned in the Torah portion of Ki Tisa is
the commandment to keep the Shabbat.
וְאַתָּה דַּבֵּר אֶל בְּנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל לֵאמֹר: אַךְ אֶת שַׁבְּתֹתַי
תִּשְׁמֹרוּ כִּי אוֹת הִוא בֵּינִי וּבֵינֵיכֶם לְדֹרֹתֵיכֶם לָדַעַת
כִּי אֲנִי יי מְקַדִּשְׁכֶם.
(לא:יג)
"And you, speak to
the Children of Israel saying: But My Sabbaths you shall keep
because it is a sign between Me and you for generations to know that
I am God Who sanctifies you."
(31:13)
הַשַּׁבָּת הִיא יוֹם מְנוּחָה לַנֶּפֶשׁ וְלַגּוּף.
נָהוּג בְּשַׁבָּת לִלְמֹד הַרְבֵּה תּוֹרָה וּבְכָךְ
לָתֵת מָזוֹן רוּחָנִי לְנֶפֶשׁ הָאָדָם.
אֲנָשִׁים גַּם נוֹהֲגִים לִישֹׁן קְצָת
בְּמֶשֶׁךְ הַיּוֹם כִּי לַמִּלָּה "שַׁבָּת" רָאשֵׁי תֵּבוֹת "שֵׁנָה
בְּשַׁבָּת
תַּעֲנוּג".
Shabbat is a day of rest for the soul and for the body.
It is customary on Shabbat to learn a lot of Torah and so to
give spiritual sustenance to a person's soul.
People also have the practice to sleep a little during the
day, because the word "Shabbat" is an acronym for
"Sleep on
Shabbat is a delight."
מְסַפְּרִים עַל רַבִּי חַיִּים מִוּוֹלוֹזִ'ין שֶׁנִּכְנַס פַּעַם
לַיְּשִׁיבָה בְּשַׁבָּת וְרָאָה קְבוּצָה שֶׁל תַּלְמִידִים
שֶׁלֹּא לָמְדוּ תּוֹרָה וְהָיוּ עֲסוּקִים בְּשִׂיחָה
בְּטֵלָה. A
story is told about R' Chaim of Volozhin, that he once entered the
yeshiva on Shabbat and saw a group of students who were not learning
Torah and were instead involved in chit-chat.
אָמַר לָהֶם רַבִּי חַיִּים: עָדִיף כְּבָר שֶׁתֵּלְכוּ לִישֹׁן
וְכָךְ תְּקַיְּמוּ
שֵׁנָה
בְּשַׁבָּת
תַּעֲנוּג. R'
Chaim said to them: it is preferable that you go to sleep and thus
you will fulfill
"Sleep on Shabbat is a delight."
עָנָה לוֹ אַחַד הַבַּחוּרִים: אֶצְלֵנוּ מְקַיְּמִים
שִׂיחָה
בְּשַׁבָּת
תַּעֲנוּג.
One of the students answered him: we are fulfilling
"Conversation on Shabbat is a delight."
אָמַר לוֹ רַבִּי חַיִּים: עָלֶיךָ כְּבָר אָמַר הַמֶּלֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹה
בְּסֵפֶר קֹהֶלֶת
לֵב חָכָם לִימִינוֹ וְלֵב כְּסִיל לִשְׂמֹאלוֹ.
(י:ב) R'
Chaim said to him: King Solomon already said in the Book of Kohelet
(Ecclesiastes) about someone like you:
"The heart of a wise man is to his right and the heart of a fool is
to his left."
(10:2)
הוּא הִתְכַּוֵּן שֶׁהַמִּלָּה "שֵׁנָה"
כְּתוּבָה עִם "שׁ"
שֶׁמְּנֻקֶּדֶת בְּצַד יָמִין, וְהַמִּלָּה "שִׂיחָה"
כְּתוּבָה עִם "שׂ"
שֶׁמְּנֻקֶּדֶת בְּצַד שְׂמֹאל. He
meant that the word
"sleep"
שֵׁנָה
is written with
a "shin""שׁ"
which has the dot on the
right side, and the word
"conversation"
שִׂיחָה
is written with
a "sin"
שׂ
which has the dot on the
left side.
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