Rosh Hashana 5787

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I want to take the opportunity to wish everyone a Chassi v'Chassi Matev, a Guggenbrenn shiur. I'm going to quickly say over, if Varte wants it over before, which is why is the laning on Rosh Hashanah, the laning, why did they choose the laning that we chose? We all know that V'Hashem Pachad Esavram, that's of course happened in Rosh Hashanah according to Chazal. That makes a lot of sense, because we talk about Hashem in Zakhrenes, remembering, and the Pekidas, that makes a lot of sense, why we laning on Rosh Hashanah. It also makes a lot of sense why we laning the story of Yishma'on B'asher Hu Shom on Rosh Hashanah,

because one of the big enyan of Rosh Hashanah is being able to tap into the fact that there is a tshuvah process which allows Hashem to dine us, to see where we're holding at that point, B'asher Hu Shom, the way you are at that moment. That's what we learn actually from Yishma'on. The question over here is, and we're going to just stick to the first day for a second, is why do we laning the whole story of Avram and Avimelech and all the psikim there back and forth, why we need that in Rosh Hashanah? And that's the first question, just jump to the second day for a second, the second day we laning the Akedah, that makes again so much sense, so much sense, the Akedah.

But then the last Aliyah after the Akedah we learn a little bit about the Yichas, the Yuchsen, and also over there, the Yer Shalom, why we have to lane those psikim. So first of all I do want to point out very quickly for those who think that I'm just making a big deal out of this, Chazal never felt you have to start something and then go straight the whole way, and that's the pshat why we lane it. Sha'arei, the biggest, Tainas Sibra, we skip, we don't lane straight the whole time. Also, if it's not relevant, we won't lane it because we see by Purim, and what it wasn't relevant to lay more than what we lay, and we only lay in those nine psikim, we don't lane anything else, which is a

big Kiddush, but that is the Psakh Kalacha that we only lay nine psikim, a big exception. So why do we choose, why did Chazal choose this? And it's, don't think of this as like it just happened, so to speak, no, Chazal deliberately chose the Kriya on the Yom Toivim, that we see from the Mishnah and the Gemara and the Megillah, so they deliberately chose this, so why is this deliberately chosen? So I actually do believe, so I actually do believe, so I actually do believe, so I actually do believe, that there's a wonderful answer for the first day of Rosh Hashanah, which is that, there's another

question, why isn't every single Shemana Esveh that we'd have in a Bracha Levatolah, we don't mention Melech HaEilom, and Kol Bracha She'enim HaShem HaMalchus ain't a Bracha. The whole entire Shemana Esveh should be a Bracha Levatolah, we don't say Melech HaEilom, there's no She'en HaMalchus. This is a catch that Rishai Demas, 19 Bracha Levatolahs every Shemana Esveh, and not just once, but 57 Bracha Levatolahs every day, sounds pretty terrible, right? Rishai Demas explained that there is a Melech HaEilom, where? Like at Tisis and the Torah brings and others, because we say Eloikei Avraham, and Avraham was the one who brought Malchus into this world, so because Avraham brought Malchus into

this world, that's why we say Eloikei Avraham, it's like we say Melech HaEilom, where exactly did Avraham bring Malchus into the world? Maamish in the Psikim that we lay, in the Psikim that we lay, in the Esveh, why did we lay in it? That's where Chazal Talasi brought it, that we end the Eliab, and then the story with Avimelech, Yitah Avraham Eshem, Ve'er Sheva, and we know that Avraham, that Avraham made the Eshem, that is where he taught everyone that there is a king of the world, and that's why he brought Malchus. So the Iker Mitzvah, so to speak, the Iker idea that we have to contemplate in Rosh Hashanah, is to make a Kodesh Baruch Hu, our Melech, what is more fitting than to be able to

speak about the Psikim, but we see that Avraham Avinu was Zeichah to bring a Kodesh Baruch Hu and be Maam Lechem in this world. Now, we look at the beginning of the Psikim, there's actually a very fascinating point, because it says over there Avimelech Talas Avraham Eloikei Imcha B'chah She'a Ta'oisa and I really believe that Chazal wants us to learn the whole story, because that's part of understanding what it means to have Malchus. It's one thing to talk about it, but it's not a thing that every single action, when someone looks at you and says, oh this is a person who's acting for Hashem. So here's these five Psikim or ten Psikim, whatever it is, that we start, we ask why do we lay in it?

It seems to be the least important thing to lay in Rosh Hashanah. The Pekidah of Sarah makes sense, Bashar of Yishmael and Shuvah makes sense, the Akedah makes sense, but why are we laying in this Psikim? Tarek says you can't find something more appropriate than the whole entire Chumash. This is about Avraham Avinu both in his speech and in his action. If we could be a dogma that people should realize that everything we're doing is to represent the Avaidahs of HaKadosh Baruch Hu, then we'll be b'zaycheh timam lech HaKadosh Baruch Hu properly. I did ask, and I'll just end on this, after that

Kedah we lay in a few more Psikim, why do we lay in those Psikim? If you look through Chazal they point out that Nocher over there had eight children from his wives and four children from Palaakshim, exactly what Yaakov Avinu had. Yaakov Avinu also had eight and four, and from here we see a concept like a foil, like this le'uma zeh, this compared to that, and there's a concept over here that everyone could technically be that one, everyone could be that one. Nocher fell then Yaakov Avinu went and he was b'zaycheh and became Yaakov Avinu. But the point being is is that nothing is set in stone, everyone can have the kleyches to properly step up to the plate as they say.

And bimam lech HaKadosh Baruch Hu, and to help be a dogma for others, ksivach sima tov, gege ben shon, hatzlacha to everyone with the davening and hatzlacha with all of the shteging both on Rosh Hashanah and throughout the year.