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A Lesson in Loveאחרי - קדושים
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1. In this week’s Par-
sha, the Torah com-
mands every Jew to love
his fellow as himself. The
Frierdiker Rebbe related
three teachings that Reb
Levi Yitzchok of Ber-
ditchev heard from the
Baal Shem Tov. One of
the teachings was based
on the Mishna in Pirkei
Avos that says “Any To-
rah that is without work
is destined to cease”. The
Baal Shem Tov explained
that “work” here is refer-
ring to actively having
Ahavas Yisroel. To ensure
the Torah’s eternal exist-
ence, it must be accom-
panied by genuine
Ahavas Yisroel. This
teaching had a very pro-
found impact on Reb Le-
vi Yitzchok, and as a re-
sult, he dedicated his life
to the “work” of loving
his fellow Jews.
2. Everything that hap-
pens in this world is for a
specific reason. The very
fact that this teaching
reached us, is proof that
it contains a very perti-
nent message for every-
one. Just as the Alter Rebbe made it clear that Chassidus isn’t for a specific group of people,
but rather for everyone, the same applies to Ahavas Yisroel. The Baal Shem Tov estab-
lished Ahavas Yisroel as one of the foundations of Chassidus, and every person must
realize the importance of involving themselves in it.
3. Every Jew must do his best to positively influence someone else. Through this,
ווארט טייטש ווארט טייטש
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Concepts
Must do (work) דארף טאן A second (another)
א צווייטן
A benefit also for him
א תועלת אויך פאר אים
When a rich and poor person
meet, Hashem causes the eyes of both to shine
רש ואיש תככים נפגשו מאיר עיני
שניהם ה׳
Hashem causes (it) all
עושה כלום ה׳
Through דורך Gives גיט
Which we can וואס מען קען
Learn from him פון אים אפלערנען
In his thing אין זיין ענין It is demanded מאנט מען Should give this זאל דאס געבן Who is lacking
it וועמען דאס
פעלטHe will also
gain וועט ער אויך
באקומעןThrough this דורך דעם Furthermore נאך מער
Concludes there ווערט דארט אויסגעפירט
Understood פארשטאנדיק
Without אן
Not enough ווייניק
My father in law (The Frierdiker
Rebbe) דער שווער
Told over האט דערציילט
Regarding וועגן
Three דריי Reb Levi
Yitzchok of Barditchev
דער בארדיטשעווער
Heard געהערט
One of איינע פון That is without
work שאין עמה
מלאכהIn its end, will be
nullified סופה בטילה
Involvement מיינט התעסקות
Should last זאל האבן א קיום
Must מוז
Affected גע'פועל'ט
Reached us דערגאנגען צו
אונזRelates to us אונז נוגע
Because ווארום
For the sake of צוליב
Just like פונקט ווי
Not for a group ניט פאר א כתה
It will be זי וועט זיין
Established it עס קובע געווען
Every יעדער
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he himself stands to
gain. As it is written in
Mishlei, that when a rich
man gives to a poor man
Hashem ensures that the
rich person benefit as
well. The Mishnah writes,
“Who is wise? One who
learns from every per-
son.” This indicates that
every person has some-
thing they can offer, and
in that area they are con-
sidered to be “rich”. To-
rah demands that every-
one should go out and
give of their strengths to
a person who is lacking
in that area. Hashem, in
turn, will then give that
person what he is miss-
ing.
4. The Gemara mentions
that when a person fails
to share what he has
with others, be it
knowledge, money or
anything else, Hashem
takes away his “wealth”.
From here it is quite clear
that Torah is not able to
continue existing without
Ahavas Yisroel. The Baal
Shem Tov took this idea
a step further and ex-
plained that in order for
Torah to re-
main strong,
it is not
enough to
h a v e
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Preciousness טייערקייט
Included אריינגערעכנט
Should hear זאל הערן Make the other
person יענעם מאכן
“Moist” enough that he can “moisten”
others
פאר א טופח על מנת להטפיח
Only then ערשט דאן When his recipients
ווען זיינע מקבלים
Become “givers”
ווערן משפיעים
Was internalized
נקלט געווארן
Wellspring מעין Goes also
further גייט אויך
ווייטער Regarding a pool of water
וועגן בריכה
If it stops אויב עס שטעלט
זיך אפBesides for this אויסער דעם
This also helps העלפט דאס אויך
Depend/hang תולה זיין Without placing any conditions
ניט שטעלנדיק קיינע תנאים
Novelty אויפטו
If by everyone אויב ביי אלעמען
It is demanded מאנט מען
Minimally במיעוט Will worry about
himself וועט באווארענען
זיך אלייןRun away from
there פון דארט אנטלויפן
“And I have saved my own
soul”
ואני את נפשי הצלתי
He should know זאל ער וויסן
Clarifies דערקלערט
Compared געגליכן
Business געשעפט
Businessman בעל עסק
Doesn’t think מיינט ניט He sits by himself
ער זיצט ביי זיך
In (his) house אין הויז With his
merchandise מיט זיין סחורה
Until someone ביז עמעצער
Will find out וועט זיך דערוויסן
Will come to him
וועט קומען צו אים
Buy קויפן
Opens a store עפנט א קראם
Where וואו
A lot of people pass by
עס גייען פארביי א סך מענטשן
Hangs up a sign
הענגט אויף א שילד
All passersby אלע פארבייגייער
Is found געפינט זיך
With this דערמיט
He is still not satisfied
באנוגענט ער זיך נאך ניט
Around אום
He convinces ער רעדט איין
Spoke then גערעדט דעמאלט
Same זעלבע
Do a Jew a favor טאן א אידן א
טובה
Explain מסביר זיין
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Concepts ווארט טייטש ווארט טייטש
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the basic level of
Ahavas Yisroel, rather,
this mitzvah must be car-
ried out in a manner of
“work” i.e., active effort.
5. The Frierdiker Rebbe
explains must be carried
out in a similar manner
to running a business. A
businessman does not sit
in his house with his
merchandise and wait for
people to come knock-
ing on his door asking to
see what he has. A busi-
nessman opens a store in
an ideal location where
people pass by, and
hangs a sign advertising
what he is selling. Fur-
thermore, he goes
around publicizing the
great advantages of what
he is selling, and tries to
convince people to buy
from him. This is how a
person must view his re-
sponsibility to perform
Ahavas Yisroel. He must
make every possible ef-
fort to do a favor for an-
other Jew, and share the
talents and gifts he was
given. He must explain
the value of Torah and
Mitzvos to another Jew,
and enable
others to hear
words of Chassidus. It is also his duty to help another person transform into one whom
will himself go out and affect others. Because, only when the recipient shares with
others, can the giver be certain that he truly affected the other internally. (This
Translations ייטש'ןט
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Concepts
Lesson in life אנווייזונג אין
לעבן
When he comes
ווען ער קומט
A specific place א געוויסן ארט
He should make
ער זאל מאכן
Your son דיין זון
Daughter טאכטער
Private benefit תועלת פרטית
Will have from it
וועט דערפון האבן
Besides for this אויסער דעם
Help out מיטהעלפן
To bring ברענגען
The master (Moshiach) will
come קא אתי מר
Previous פריערדיקער
Also hinted אויך מרומז
Which we say וועלכע מען זאגט
Between צווישן
Beginning אנהויב
Mentioned דערמאנטע
Should I give up זאל איך אפגעבן
My time מיין צייט
Lesson אנווייזונג
We cannot know
מען קען ניט וויסן
Who is higher ווער איז העכער
It is dealing with עס האנדלט זיך
One cannot make such calculations
טאר מען אזעלכע חשבונות ניט
מאכן
Placed on him אויף אים
ארויפגעלייגט
Gave the strength
געגעבן כוחות
Came to Bavel זיינען געקומען
קיין בבל
This means ד.ה.
)דאס הייסט(
Prepared מזמין געווען
They should need
זיי זאלן מוזן
A number of places
א צאל ערטער
Lacking געפעלט
Observance אפגעהיטקייט
Different פארשידינע
Is labeled ווערט באצייכנט
Valley בקעה
A valley א טאל
An open place אן אפענער ארט
Lower נידעריקער
Straight surface גלייכער
אויבערפלאך
Established a (spiritual) boundary
אויפגעשטעלט א גדר
History דברי הימים
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It could be עס קען זיין
An opposite world
א פארקערטע וועלט
He thinks מיינט ער
Not worthwhile ניט כדאי
A clear world א קלארע וועלט
Show ארויסווייזן
With whom he dealt
מיט וועלכער ער האט צו טאן
Surely זיכער
Always אלעמאל
The love one has for himself covers over his
sins
על כל פשעים תכסה אהבת
עצמו
Do not believe in yourself
אל תאמין בעצמך
Now איצטער
Pay back אפצאלן
Take out מען נעמט ארויס
For his sake צוליב אים
Become his Rebbe
ווערן יענעמס רבי
is why the term
“wellspring” is used in
reference to the spread-
ing of Chassidus. A
spring constantly flows
further and further out-
wards, and never stops.)
6. One must also reach
out to his fellow Jew in
the physical sense, and
ensure that he is taken
care of materially. Be-
sides for the fact that this
is included in the Mitz-
vah of Ahavas Yisroel,
this will also help to
bring him closer spiritu-
ally. This does not mean
that one should only
help another Jew physi-
cally, if it will bring to
spiritual results. Rather,
one must help in what-
ever manner he is physi-
cally able, without plac-
ing any conditions. This
was one of the novelties
of the Baal Shem Tov and
was the Avodah of the Hid-
den Tzadikim.
7. If this level of Ahavas Yisroel is demanded from every single Jew, how much more from those
in a place that needs strengthening in Torah and Mitzvos. One under the impression that he
should avoid helping in order to save his own soul, should be aware that it’s a matter of
(spiritual) life and death. In such urgent circumstances, it is forbidden to make calculations. Being
found in that situation is the Heavenly sign that it is your mission to help others attain greater
spiritual heights. Obviously, G-d provides all the necessary strengths required to achieve
success.
8. The Gemara tells a story that Rav & Rav Kahana ended up in Bavel at a time when
there was a great deficiency in observance of even the basic mitzvos, like Shabbos
The other person will
claim
וועט יענער טענה'ן
Without אן
Settle אוועקזעצן
Always אלעמאל
Now איצטער
Wait ווארטן
Pay back אפצאלן
The youngest דער אינגסטער
Oldest עלסטער
Pay back צאלן-צוריק
Make sure באווארענען
Not think ניט מיינען
My strength and the power of my
hand accomplished
this for me
כחי ועוצם ידי עשה לי את החיל
הזה
Remember געדענקען
And so on א.א.וו.
און אזוי ווייטער()
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with a linear translation
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טייטש ווארט ווארט טייטש ווארט טייטשIf by everyone אויב ביי אלעמען
it is demanded מאנט מען
“Involvement” in Ahavas
Yisroel,
התעסקות באהבת ישראל,
all the more so איז מכל שכן
by those who ביי די וועמען
Hashem brought
די השגחה העליונה האט
געבראכט
in a place אין אן ארט
that Torah and Mitzvos
וואס תורה און מצוות
is there minimally.
איז דארטן במיעוט.
“In a place where there are
no men”
במקום שאין אנשים
the responsibility is
upon them
ליגט אויף זיי א חוב
(and the merit) )און זכות(
of “Strive to be a man”.
פון השתדל להיות איש.
his physical (help) in the
spiritual (outcome)
גשמיות אין רוחניות דוקא,
“on condition etc.” ,'בתנאי כו
Rather one must act,
נאר מען דארף טאן
also in the physical realm,
אויך אין גשמיות,
without placing ניט שטעלנדיק
any conditions. ,קיינע תנאים
This was וואס דאס איז
דאך געווען
the novelty דער אויפטו
that was started
וואס איז נתחדש געווארן
by the Baal Shem Tov
פון בעל שם טוב
in the path of Avoda
אין דעם דרך העבודה
of the hidden Tzadikim
פון די צדיקים הנסתרים
in the year 5472.
בוא תבשנת רכה.בליו ע
One of איינע פון
the things to work on
די עניני השתדלות
to bring a Jew closer
צו מקרב זיין א איד
is to do the other person
איז טאן יענעם
a physical favor.
א טובה אין גשמיות.
Besides for this אויסער דעם
that it alone וואס דאס אליין
is included גייט אריין
in Ahavas Yisroel,
אין אהבת ישראל,
this also helps
העלפט דאס אויך
to bring the other person
closer
צו מקרב זיין יענעם
to spirituality. .לרוחניות
One must not wait
מען דארף ניט ווארטן
and “hang” און תולה זיין
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himself, rather than trying to influence others. This is why the Mishna informs us “Every Jew
has a share in the World to Come”. It is impossible to know in this world, which person is really
greater. It may very well be that in the World to Come, it will be evident that the person he was
reluctant to help, was actually greater than he was. Every person who one deals with certainly has
a place in the World to Come. It may happen that the person he helped will be sitting in Gan
Eden and he will be found in a place that is less great. Only on account of his student’s demand
that his teacher must join him, will he be pulled out of where he is and be seated in Gan Eden.
11. This does not mean that the reward for helping others is limited to the World to Come. A
person will also be rewarded in this world. Moshiach is about to come and when he does, the re-
ward for such action will take place in this world.
12. A person must always realize that the power he has to fulfill this obligation is not his own. He
must constantly remember that this strength comes from Moshe Rabeinu, and the Moshe of eve-
ry generation, as we see in the first Mishna of Pirkei Avos that everything stems from Moshe.
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Show Off Your Knowledge! 4. What does the Rebbe tell us about doing a material favor for someone?
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5. What are three outcomes mentioned in the Sicha that will come from helping another?
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6. What do we learn from the Mishnah 'Every Jew has a portion in the World to Come'?
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1) How is every person considered rich?
2) How did the Frierdiker Rebbe compare Torah and Mitzvos to business?
3) When is someone certain that he successfully influenced another?
4)What does the Rebbe tell us about doing a material favor for someone?
5)What are three outcomes mentioned in the sicha that will come from helping another?
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and kosher. These Rabbis made it their mission to set higher
standards of religious observance. This story acts as a lesson to
us- wherever a person finds himself, he must realize that he was
sent there with a mission. It is now upon his shoulders to do
whatever he can in order to improve the spiritual state of those in
his surroundings. Through him giving of himself to others, he will also be rewarded by Hashem,
as it states in Torah Ohr “His mind and heart will become refined one thousand times over”.
Through spreading Yiddeshkeit, he also hastens the coming of Moshiach, which is connected to
the wellsprings spreading outward.
9. This concept is also alluded to in the Mishna “Every Jew has a share in the World to Come” and
the first Mishna of Pirkei Avos “Moshe received the Torah from Sinai”. We learn Pirkei
Avos as a preparation for the receiving of the Torah and the beginning of the prepa-
ration is Ahavas Yisroel, as we will see from these two Mishnayos.
10. A person may think that he will make by use of his time by sitting and learning
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