20th Yahrzeit Rav Breuer zt'l. Part 1 (May 2000)

20th Yahrzeit Rav Breuer zt'l. Part 1 (May 2000)

Breuers 2gether

Shiur on Sunday at KAJ-WH

The family of Mrs. Shirley Lerner, o.h. cordially invites friends and members of the Kehilla to a shiur in memory of their mother on the occasion of her first Yahrzeit.  The speaker will be Rabbi Fischel Schachter.  It will take place this Sunday, March 6 at 7:30 PM in the Dr. Moller Hall, 90 Bennett Avenue.

Tiferes Tzvi: Parshas Vayakhel‏

Tiferes Tzvi

A Student Torah Publication of YRSRH

Founded in 1984

והנשאם הביאו את אבני השהם ואת אבני המלאים לאפוד ולחשן. לה, כז

And the princes brought the שהם stones and the stones to be set for the אפוד and the breast-plate.
(35, 27)

The word נשאם is spelled in this פסוק without a רש"י. י explains that the נשיאים decided to wait in donating to the משכן until everyone else gave, and then they would give whatever was missing. They are criticized for this, and therefore the תורה spells the word as .נשאם 

Rav Hirsch explains what the נשיאים did wrong. They considered themselves on a higher level than the rest of . כלל ישראל That is why they did not respond when משה called upon the people to give, as they considered it beneath their honor. They therefore waited, expecting the people’s donations to not be enough, so that they will have the honor of completing the donations, as befit people of their stature. This was a great mistake, because they held themselves to be higher than everyone else. A נשיא is not supposed to consider himself greater than everybody else. Rather, they should view themselves as part of the whole nation. Since they did not act as a befitting ,נשיא the תורה takes away from their name and spells it as .

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Linked Article: In My Own Write: Yekke par excellence By JUDY MONTAGU

"I can count on the fingers of one hand the times I ever saw my father attired in anything but a suit and tie. Visiting me in Israel one summer, he went out on the first day wearing some fine leather sandals bought specially for the trip – and later returned having agreed to sell them to a man who had admired them in a Tel Aviv cafe. Though he laughed at this “deal,” his relief at redonning his formal black lace-ups was evident.

"Dress was only part of it, of course. Decorum and politeness were paramount to him. He was orderly and punctilious, and never as much as a minute late for an appointment.

"He shared, in short, many of the traits exhibited by the “yekkes” – which might help explain why I have always felt a great warmth and respect for these Jews of German origin who arrived in Israel in 1929-39. Educated, cultured and courteous, they have left their mark in many spheres of Israeli life."

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Lectures on Hirsch

These lectures by Professor Marc Shapiro are worth a listen. While most camps claim R' Hirsch as their own, these lectures allow him to be German Orthodox and sui generis within it.