A Torah Thought
We request in our daily prayers that Hashem should rebuild Yerushalayim and the Bais HaMikdash quickly in our days. There is a difference of opinion among the sages concerning the construction of the third Bais HaMikdash. The Rambam states in Mishneh Torah (Hilchos Melochim 11:1,4) |
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We begin the seder with the “kadesh” and then proceed to “urechatz”. Our sages ask: Why do we first sanctify ourselves with “kadesh” and only afterwards purify ourselves with the “washing”? The usual order of this process is, as it says in Tehillim (34:15), “Turn away from evil and do good,” suggesting that we should first purify ourselves and then we can do good and achieve holiness. In fact, Chazal compare those who try |
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The Haggadah states: “The Torah speaks of four sons, one wise, one wicked …” HaGaon Rav Yisroel Lubchansky asks: Why does the Hagaddah identify the son as a chacham-- wise? It would seem that the title of tzaddik, as the opposite of rosho, would be more appropriate. Chazal tell us in Mesechta Tamid 32a |
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