Isru Chag: The Chasam Sofer & Kedushas Levi Reveal the Unique Status of the Day

Okay, welcome everyone. Great to see everybody. Hope everybody had a nice Yamiff is we're going to speak a little bit about is today. Before we begin, please consider enhancing your zman with the safar the fire and the soul about the mystical power of and the and it speaks a lot about the already on the eth day of the and you have 25 days to really upgrade and enhance your understanding of Okay. Today is what is called where is mentioned in it's the carbon. Anyone who makes a binding to the Yumptiff with eating and drinking is considered like he built an altar and he was a carbon like it says in we say it in what does that mean? So Rashi in his first says something that many are not familiar with. It is not talking about the day after Yam is says Rashi is talking about you want to connect to the with eating with drinking that you're called. So in other words according to the first rashi is refers to enjoying the it's not enough to daven it's not enough just to eat. You have to enjoy the with however Rashi brings a second shot brings aim that it's referring to after the with other words according to Rashi's second interpretation you need to attach to the yumptiff by eating fatty animals by being suda so it's Not in a not chicken, not turkey, not lean beef, fatty behem. And it will be considered like you were built the mak and you brought a carbon. Why? Cuz through these sudis the day after yumptiff will be like the yumpt itself and by doing so you are connecting to the yumpt. So according to Rash's second it's referring to what we refer to as the in he brings that when you're the in the was the sim the meat of the shame and your nephesh would be miss spoiled and it would then connect to Hashem even on the next day and we know the schlam was eaten for two days. So not only would you eat from it on day one, you would eat from it the next day. So it's considered like you extended the yumpt besides the carbon. It's like you built the misbehim was eaten for two days. So therefore in all probability you still had leftovers that was a fulfillment of this idea of isuag. So this is the second shot of Rashi. The according to the first shot of Rashi there is no source at all in the for the source is only in the second shot of Rashi. What is the of it would seem like the isi there we find in the Mishna that three days before their holidays it's user to do business with them. holds even the three days afterwards and the usi brings a reasoning for the usami says buryada meaning after the they would make a sim and they would rejoice as if it was a bay thei continues we find that when bau returned from the gullus they observed rashashana they observed sukus And then it says on the 24th day of the seventh month of tish ben Israel gathered to fast and to cry and to put down sackcloth and to confess their sins. The issami asks what they wait for why don't they do this on the 23rd thei answers burri deayada the explains they were accustomed to rejoicing even on the day after sukus. So we say we see the day afterwards is to the by the way the also brings and the cites this and the brings it namely it is user to fast even because of and the says calls it the son of the moy. So there are two permani either the son of the maid that the maided continues or it refers to the suda after the maid. Okay. So the source of is the second per of rashi in base and it is also sourced in the usi on what is the rationale what is the logic of is many people after yiff the first thing they did was they went on to the scales they went on to the to weigh themselves how much did they gain over pes friends that was the first mistake If you waited until to go on the scales, then you're not going to get a basa. I guarantee you, if you didn't look at the scales until after Yam, you're not going to see basur to on the scales. The goal is you need to look at the scales right after the first days. Okay? You need to look at the scales right after the first days. Many people say that they want to be the mitzvah of it's true. It is a mitzvah. It's a mitzvah to eat basar. It's a mitzvah perhaps even the to eat basar on the days of yam perhaps even on it's a it's a obligation to drink wine on yiff even on but there's also another obligation the obligation is to live and to be healthy. So therefore that requires you have to make sure that even during the yumptiff you're not uh you're not becoming a um what we called you know what rashi said to eat shme the beho should be the that's not a mila only it's a mil for a behema to be it's not a mila for an adam to be so a person has to be careful and um but still there's a mitzvah on is what is the logic? What is the logic of is so let's begin uh with the the following we know the suk says that that he that is called like a king who invites his son to a meal for a finite number of days and when the when the visit is over the father says my son I request of you stay with me one more day so that would In a certain sense, the logic of we spent seven days in is 8 days in 8 days in and it's hard to take leave. We want to show how beloved it was. We want to show how how much we enjoyed it. How hard it is to depart from is like the minor writes in even one day a person has to honor the and to be for so that you're not showing that you're disgusted. You know enough with the Yumpt already. You want to show how difficult it is to take leave of the Y. Actually the writes in the in that you should try to make a nice. But now friends I want to share with you something out of this world. Where is it a greater sim of Yam init or in? So I'm going to say something very challenging now. I know what you would have thought. You would have thought Yamiff is a bigger than it is in Well, I'm glad you would have thought that. So now you have a good reason to come to the sh because we're going to learn that is a greater in than it is in why do I say that the writes in he says first says what is greater the performance of the mitzvah or the sim that one engenders doing the mitzvah So says the that a person is by doing a mitzvah is greater than the mitzvah itself. You'll get more reward for the of the mitzvah than the mitzvah itself. Therefore, we know there's a mitzvah of that's for sure true sure that's the mitzvah. But if that's the mitzvah, then you're that to be that you're to do the mitzvah oft. Listen carefully. Greater is the you have that you could do a mitzvah than the mitzvah itself. The mitzvah of is rejoicing over the greater than that is rejoicing that you to rejoice on says. You know why we have a second day of Yam in very simple he says if you observe big deal that you observe it's our land we're in so you observe the and you you observe okay so you have the day after what's It's you're rejoicing that you were to rejoice on not only did you do the mitzvah of rejoicing on now you're rejoicing that you rejoiced on. So says is basically a fulfillment of something greater than the mitzvah. You're fulfilling that you're to you're you're rejoicing that you're to the do the mitzvah. The same way the sim that you have doing the mitzvah is greater than the mitzvah itself. If the mitzvah of is rejoicing on then greater than that is rejoicing that you were to rejoice that's but if you were to rejoice on insat in the gullus in in persecution in anti-semitism in challenging times in difficulty that is such a source of joy it's not enough just to have is you need to make that you are to rejoice on Yam. That's yolio. You know why we have a second day of yam in golus? Because it's such a to be able to keep in that we're to make that we were to rejoice on y in it's not such a joy big deal you kept the yumpt. So you can't you don't have another day of yam. just have in it's such a to rejoice on a yumpt that you need to make a yumpt that you to keep y that's the idea of is of y of shenias which is a beautiful idea of yumptal now I always say I have a feeling that on the second day of yamt some people may have forgotten that the reason why there's a second day is that they're rejoicing that there was zo to rejoice the first day. I have a feeling some people may have forgotten to have that kavana. But the good news is there's something called retroactive kavana. It's not perfect. It's not ideal, but it has some value. So right now after Yamtiff is over and you already took off all the um plastic covering from your kitchen counters and all the all the um aluminum foil has been taken off from the refrigerator and you're coming back to life like it was you should have kavana now. Say yesterday when I had yumpt of shenolio my I'm supplying kavana now that yesterday when I had my suda it was with a kavana that I was rejoicing that I was to rejoice the first day where do we learn this from says we learn this from shik here a guy dropped a bundle at the time he dropped it he wasn't even aware of it afterwards he remembers and he says I dropped it okay let it go to From there we learn that retroactive kavana could be meaningful. My son Schlommo here is listening to sh. He likes the word retroactive. Right. Anyway, so retroactive is you know where else it applies? Let's say I was to uh I went to a bris this morning of my a good friend of mine son David Kupchuk's grandson um and grandson of Alicia graph and it was nice to be at a brisma it was good to see IO especially after pes you know we have a tradition that will happen in uh the month of Nissan. And I'm sure you're all wondering why is there grass on the floor in my office? That's a little weird. No. Here, why would I have grass on the floor in my office? Well, I'm going to tell you about a very interesting custom. Yes, there's gr basically there's a minhug to spread grass on the floor of your house. And the reason is since we have a tradition that will happen in Nissan and the the minus after uh someone goes to a ke a you throw grass behind you which is that the dead will sprout forth like the grass. So too since in Nissan Rebel Yoh of Ismir explains since in the month of Nissan we have a tradition that the gula will come and that there will be aim in Nissan there's a a custom to spread grass on the floor of your house. So I wasn't aware of that custom and it's not my custom but then I saw it's from reo is and my family comes from rebar. So I I decided I'm going to try it. And um so it was good to see Leo at the bris today. And why am I telling you about the bris? Because you know I have a question a personal question from you for you. You know when you had a brisma did you tell them I've been waiting for you for seven days. I'm so happy you're here. can't wait until this very enjoyable procedure. No, you didn't do that. You might say now that's what you did, but we all know you were kicking and screaming. So, I have a question. You get imagine if somebody ties you up. Imagine if your grandfather came, held you down, wrestled you down, tied up your hands and feet, and he put fill it on you and you're you're screaming. You're screaming so loud that the rabbi made an announcement. We want everyone to know that it's now an ace rat for everyone to din. Why? Because the guy is kicking and screaming because we're tying fill in on him. You know, you didn't want to have that. You were crying so loud the made an announcement that everyone should dab in during your crying. So what kind of do you get? Sir Miller would say you'd use retroactive when you say in when you thank Hashem in benching that that that we have a we say look we between the two of us we know at the time I wasn't really having the best kavana but now I supply retroactive kavana so if you didn't have this kavana yesterday on the second day of yam now you could supply retroactive kavana that when You rejoiced yesterday. You're rejoicing that you were to the mitzvah of Yam on the first day. And that's the idea of you're rejoicing that you you had the to be the mitzvah of the in the writes on the if you will arouse and stir the love until it is desired. The Ramban writes in that when a person has an inspiration of love of Hashem, he should translate it immediately into a mitzvah. And by translating it immediately into a mitzvah, it will become a cle to his love. That's what it means. If you just have love, it's fleeting. you need to translate it and concretize it into something concrete. So too aniff we all had great expressions of love. We had different cababalo that we took upon oursel. Nevertheless, we need to translate it into action. That's the idea of says it's brought in the name of that it's called because on is elevated to great kaduca and they have holy thoughts. One has to be concerned that after the when enters the week they'll forget everything. Therefore commands that we need to tie the yam into the weekday that even in the week you can't forget all of your holy thoughts. or the way of would say that it's like a you know is a sewer a uh a a tailor. If you sew a stitch but there's no knot at the end it will unravel. So too by the time Yamiff is over we've we've ascended so many levels but you need something to so to speak tie it down so that it will not unravel in would explain is like the says in that someone who dins he needs to wait an hour after the so after the you so to speak need some time to come back down to earth. So let's ask a very interesting question. Is there a concept of malava mala on isag? Were you supposed to eat a malava mala last night? Another question is if there is a concept of why don't we have is shabas. Let's start with malava maka. It is not brought in or any of the piskim to have malava maka. Although you might ask well if there's a concept of continuing on the yumptiff should there be a malava mala it's brought to say for that said was no to eata even now does that mean he did it as a maybe he did it cuz he was hungry you know because by the time you eat lunch and there are many many hours pass until the night time But explained that that indeed the held the Indian of is would dictate to have um would would dictate to have Maka as well in the pan ragri they asked the grizz if there's and he said why not why not it's explained the says that just like there's a mitzvah to honor and to be. like it says and by it says now just like on part of is to set the table shab so too if there's an Indian of by then that should dictate an a observance of malava mala the sam of bells also was mak to make malava mala mat yam he would say sudas malava mala of Shabas is Sudas. Sudas is sudas. And in the le of chumades, he said that the chum sades would set his table shabas, he would not eat. He would only eat um during the day, not night. So let's try to explain why in fact is there did the pisk not bring down a of y and let's go to the shakasha that's the kash of this is a question that is addressed by none other than the kadusha and the the kaduca slavy and the shami A very beautiful question, a very gishmaka question. And here it goes. Here goes. Is there an ont? We know we don't blow bis right mom. We don't blow bamim on yam. The reason we blow bamim is because after shabas we lose the nama. So we lose the we want to restore it. We blow bamim. Yeah. We blow bamim. So we we we smell we smell bamim. We don't smell bamim. That would seem to indicate there's no. So fractus if there's no say on Yamiff. So then why shabis going into Yamiff? Do we not smell basim right this year? Why um why shabas going into why don't we smell if there's no there's no if there's we should smell and if there's no ont we should smell shabas going into yamt so says there's no on yamt but yt itself is a quasi so you don't have to smell Bamim um going from Shabas into Yam in other words if you don't smell basim cuz you didn't lose. So why from shabas going into yamt do you not smell bisim you lose says even though you lose yamt itself isn't but the kadusha says something very interesting says no has so if y has why don't we smell says because there's a difference between shabas and y shabas As she comes, so she goes. Shabas is shabas. The kadusha comes from the kadusha comes and the kaduca goes. And there's nothing really you could do to hold on to it. Therefore, there's no shabas. You can't tie it down. She comes down from heaven and she leaves. We're the ones who create the the kadush of yam. So we're the ones who create the kadusha. We can hang on to it. That's why we have therefore we don't really there's no but we don't smell bum because we have the ability to hang on to the yumptiff. And that's the concept of according to this kadusha. We could explain that's the reason we don't eat malava mala mats shabis shabas is leaving. So we escort her out. We don't have a malava mala because why should we escort her out? We're holding on to her. We're keeping her. We still have Yamiff a little bit the next day. So this would explain why the the of Malava Mal is not cited when it comes to Yam. And it gives us a deeper idea of what the tas of is namely to be able to hang on to the yumptiff just a little bit more. So that's another uh beautiful idea regarding is in other words the purpose of is to be able to hang on to the yumptiff just a little bit more. So tell us anyone who is on um isu they were built the in uh in now it's interesting what about in we are we're no two days what are the effects of is The rami pano in the safer says is only init but inteni is instead of which by the way will fit in very well with that we learned you see init it's not such a joy to keep y it's not so they rejoice in modestly the next day that there was to keep But in where it's a great joy to keep y we have a y that we to keep y but says no it's quoted by invir says that if there Is is in certainly there's in because since the second day is needs need which is very interesting that he holds that there is certainly a is a says Um the third day since the second day is only the would not be Medina. In any event, we certainly observe a certain element of because we don't say not only in but even inesh which indicates that we do observe a certain of is and the idea is we're grateful that we have the to rejoice on yumptiff wherever we may be. We're grateful we had the opportunities and all the great spiritual benefits of the of Pes and we know that the days at the end of Nissan are reserved for the of the third mikdash. So we hope that these days will be uh enjoyed for their intended purpose. I wish everybody a and in the upcoming have a good day everyone calling back to you. Thank you.