OU TORAH Vayakhel-Pekudei By Rav Moshe Twersky, HY"D
1 – Morah Shabbos ביום השביעי יהיה לכם קדש שבת שבתון לה’ לה:ב
The Sefer Yereim has a unique opinion that one of the taryag mitzvos is morah Shabbos. He obviously had that as his girsah in the Gemara when it makes a hekesh between Shabbos and the Mikdash, based on the pasuk in parshas Kedoshim (19:30). Just like there is a halacha of morah Mikdash, behaving in a manner of respectful awe when you’re in the Mikdash, so too does that apply to Shabbos.
Now, as far as the Mikdash is concerned, how this respectful awe must express itself is explicit halachos. Most of them are delineated in the end of Maseches Brachos. For example, not wearing shoes or carrying a purse. And so on. However, as far as Shabbos is concerned the Gemara leaves it undefined.
The Yereim says that the expression of this morah is to be involved and concerned with kavod Shabbos. To act in general in a manner befitting of Shabbos. Of course, that is in addition to the most basic concern of observing all of the halachos of Shabbos properly.
The understanding of this is based on an idea that we mentioned previously. Namely, that just as there is kedusha in the dimension of space, so too is their kedusha in the dimension of time. The Mikdash is the particular space which is reshus Gavoha, the reshus ha’yachid of Yechido shel Olam – the domain of Ha’Kadosh Baruch Hu. Even though la’Hashem ha’aretz u’meloah, still, v’ha’aretz nasan l’vnei adam. That means that in general we have permission and have been granted a license to make ourselves at home, as the saying goes, here in this world. Hashem gives it to us to be ours, even though really it’s His.
But when you go into reshus Gavoha, into the domain that Ha’Kadosh Baruch Hu sets aside exclusively as His, then one does not have a license to behave in a “make yourself at home” type of way. He is in the domain, kavayachol, of Ha’Kadosh Baruch Hu, and he therefore must conduct himself accordingly with the appropriate sense of respectful awe.
Shabbos is the reshus Gavoha in the dimension of time. It is a time frame that belongs exclusively to the domain of Ha’Kadosh Baruch Hu. It therefore requires the same demeanor of respectful awe.
The truth is, though, that this really is an opportunity to be “normal”. To be who we really are. Throughout the week we are pushed and pulled in so many different directions by all types of considerations that, in a very real sense, are estranged from our true essence. But on Shabbos, which is kulo kodesh la’Hashem, you get a chance to be normal; like a mensch! So it is not a burden, but a pleasure.
1 – Morah Shabbos ביום השביעי יהיה לכם קדש שבת שבתון לה’ לה:ב
The Sefer Yereim has a unique opinion that one of the taryag mitzvos is morah Shabbos. He obviously had that as his girsah in the Gemara when it makes a hekesh between Shabbos and the Mikdash, based on the pasuk in parshas Kedoshim (19:30). Just like there is a halacha of morah Mikdash, behaving in a manner of respectful awe when you’re in the Mikdash, so too does that apply to Shabbos.
Now, as far as the Mikdash is concerned, how this respectful awe must express itself is explicit halachos. Most of them are delineated in the end of Maseches Brachos. For example, not wearing shoes or carrying a purse. And so on. However, as far as Shabbos is concerned the Gemara leaves it undefined.
The Yereim says that the expression of this morah is to be involved and concerned with kavod Shabbos. To act in general in a manner befitting of Shabbos. Of course, that is in addition to the most basic concern of observing all of the halachos of Shabbos properly.
The understanding of this is based on an idea that we mentioned previously. Namely, that just as there is kedusha in the dimension of space, so too is their kedusha in the dimension of time. The Mikdash is the particular space which is reshus Gavoha, the reshus ha’yachid of Yechido shel Olam – the domain of Ha’Kadosh Baruch Hu. Even though la’Hashem ha’aretz u’meloah, still, v’ha’aretz nasan l’vnei adam. That means that in general we have permission and have been granted a license to make ourselves at home, as the saying goes, here in this world. Hashem gives it to us to be ours, even though really it’s His.
But when you go into reshus Gavoha, into the domain that Ha’Kadosh Baruch Hu sets aside exclusively as His, then one does not have a license to behave in a “make yourself at home” type of way. He is in the domain, kavayachol, of Ha’Kadosh Baruch Hu, and he therefore must conduct himself accordingly with the appropriate sense of respectful awe.
Shabbos is the reshus Gavoha in the dimension of time. It is a time frame that belongs exclusively to the domain of Ha’Kadosh Baruch Hu. It therefore requires the same demeanor of respectful awe.
The truth is, though, that this really is an opportunity to be “normal”. To be who we really are. Throughout the week we are pushed and pulled in so many different directions by all types of considerations that, in a very real sense, are estranged from our true essence. But on Shabbos, which is kulo kodesh la’Hashem, you get a chance to be normal; like a mensch! So it is not a burden, but a pleasure.
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