Putting Out Crumbs for the Birds on Shabbos Shira - Shiur by Rabbi Nachum Scheiner from 2017

This shabas one of the many things that we have it's tashvat one of the many things is it's shabashira which they use a minute a old minute to put out bread for the birds [snorts] why why to put out bread so the birds a minig because to remember when we went this week is a shirro which means we went through the yam stuff we said shirro so it's brought that when we went through the yam the birds The shamay also said shir. So to remember that to remember we put out bread for the birds. I would like I'm going to be discussing today two things about putting out bread for the birds. One is putting it out on shabas and one is putting out food for animals. Putting out bread on for the birds. The mig used to be this minnig brought in the mugram used to be to put it out on chabas. That's was the mik. It could be someone like that to put out the bread on chabas which tomorrow we're going to read the shir. So to remember the shir we put out bread for the is it's brought in the brings the to feed animals on shabas. Not your own but animals outside. You live in Monty and you like the deers to come to your backyard. You're not allowed to put out food. Feed the animals. Your own animals. You're allowed to. Let's say if you have birds at home, you have a fish tank, you're allowed to feed them. You're allowed to feed your own animals. Even your own animals, if they're not dependent on your food, which means they can take care of themselves and get food in the yard without you giving, then you're not allowed your own food. You're your own animals. Let's say you have a bird birds. You're allowed. Not only you're allowed to feed them and not only to feed them, you have to give them first. If somebody made an and he spoke at him, he said, "Did we give our birds to eat that? It's not a half. It's not a half because it's [clears throat] part of eat before you feed your birds." So, why you not allow feed animals that are not yours? Says, to feed them. It's work feeding the animals. So if it's your animals, they they're dependent on you. So then you have to give them. But if it's not your animals, you're not allowed to give on Shabas. You're not allowed to give them to eat. Says the mission of Shabas. He brings the mo. The says to give some to give kernels of wheat to birds on which would mean tomorrow. But says the it's not the right thing. It's incorrect to feed birds on you're not allowed to feed them because you're not to feed them. If it's your own birds, that's okay. Which would mean this issue that the has about [clears throat] feeding birds shabashir is if it's not your birds. If somebody has a cage of birds in his house that's not a problem but to go out to feed birds outside that's not right like we saw the issue because it's a brings I'll read you the that are people that are to give bread kernels of in front of the birds. you're not allowed. So therefore, our kids are going to come home to put out for Shabashira, make something and put out for the birds. So many who have the minute, you put it out Friday to take care of the issue. The minute used to be to put it out on Shabas because tomorrow is Shabashira. So maybe we put it out Friday to take care of it. >> Today, >> what say no school today? >> What's the to be mic? What's the mic which many at least were no to put it out tomorrow to put out the bread. So these many different the first is the brings this and he brings out the says why we're not being to feed the birds. That's not the reason why we're doing it. We're doing for ourself. Why? What's for ourel? Because we're doing it to remember the sh makes us happy. That's why we're doing it for the birds. So we're doing it for ourself. So this that you feed animals on Shabas because it's a that's to be for someone else for something else for the animals. But if you have benefit from it, you you have an enjoyment from it then then it's mut. So therefore, it's up to be mut to put out breadcrumbs, kernels of wheat on shabash because when are you not to feed animals when you're doing it for animals? If you're doing it for yourself, it's mut that's one mock to explain the meaning of putting it out on chabas. another is brought in the which is the he says that the only isser is only the only time it's asser is only if you put it out in front of the animals which would mean if somebody has deers in his backyard and he goes out and he puts down the food in front of them that's when it's asser of course the reason is and is even if there's no animals but they only asser when we see the which means you go to your backyard you have years it's so beautiful. You want to go and feed them. That's when it's user. But if you put out the food stamas, you put it outside and then animals come to eat it. That's going to be mut. That's number two. If you don't put it out while the birds are there, you just put it out outside on your porch and then later birds come if you'll have birds come in the winter. But if birds come, but that's only later. That's going to be mut. another terret is brought in the tabas and he says is because it besides a mitzvah since we do it out it's a it's it's like we're doing a mitzvah he says what says there used to be a mig that they used to throw fruits all over and the kids used to come with baskets and take the fruits now it's not fruits it's candy but they used to come with baskets and collect the fruits and put it in the basket so the rabbit takes issue. How how are they able to do it? It's really it should be of collecting the fruits into a basket should be so how are you allowed to do it? So says he says or mitzvah a little bit like but he says that you're allowed to do it. The reason why you're allowed to do it is because we're not doing it for gathering it. It's more it's a fun thing. And says the the shamas over here. The reason why we're putting out the the the kernels outside is from mitzvah. What's the mitzvah? The mitzvah is or the mitzvah is the we do it to remember the and just uh like we mentioned before is also a we're happy to do it. reminds us of the of so therefore it's another another is brought the reason why you're allowed it was just like the is right here in Shabas a dog you're allowed a gift to eat even if it's not your dog and why is that because the whole is that it's a and your animal you're not allowed or why your your animal not allowed their food is on you. Other animals, they could take care for them. They could take care of themselves. Like the lash is they could go into the into the woods and they could go get food. So therefore, don't be m a dog. It's very their food is very limited their food and it's very hard for them to find food. Therefore, you're allowed to feed a dog on chabas. It's clearly allowed to feed a dog on chabas even if it's not your dog. Ma ma said ma the same thing is going to be about feeding the birds since in the winter it's hard for them to find food it's much harder it's not their food therefore you're allowed to feed so it's not only for this shabit it's a during the winter which their food is not you can't find their food so much therefore it's going to be mut to feed them it's going to be mut to feed them says you can be on his grandfather the's grandfather the lavush that says that you're allowed to give all birds the whole winter you're allowed to feed them on chabas because birds have a very hard time during the winter I mean they really they move away from the cold weather but if they're here they have a much harder time finding food and therefore it's mut to feed birds even if it's not not your birds and therefore shabashira it's mut to give them to feed them to put out the kernels another two study hatters is brought in the of Rome. He says first of all this is not on over here in he says he says that this is which is that [clears throat] you're allowed to do it a carton is not that any is a cotton is a lad but this a cotton is allowed to do it if somebody again if kids came home with the projects of and you forgot it was a busy Friday afternoon you forgot to put it out this would be a h they should put it out which they'll more than happy to put it out. That's their project that they made. But that's another heather that a cotton is allowed to put it out. A cotton is allowed to do it. Another sad heather is that if you put it out, if you put it out regularly, not even regularly, but if you put it out in a place that you're really throwing it out, so it's not nicker that you're doing it to feed the birds, it's mut. Like Yi mentioned to me before, he does it on a regular basis every week. His old he throws out, he puts out. So since he puts it out and you put in a regular place wherever he puts it every you put in every wherever you put it every week, it's going to be mut to do. But because you're not doing it, you're not doing it to feed the animals. It's like really getting rid of it. And it happens to be the animals are coming. That would be giving good advice to all. >> Yeah, we're going to get that's very good. That's what I started. That's going to be part two. handling even not on chabas even doing it today but we'll just finish up in a minute the says and this is the final final to feed give out the food even tomorrow even on chabas the brings a ram the ram says why you feed The therm says that this whole that you're not allow feed animals on shabas is only if what you're giving to them they could find on their own which means you're giving them let's say kernels and those kernels they could find elsewhere that you're not allowed to feed. But let's say if they could only [snorts and clears throat] go in the woods and they find grass and you're going to give them something better something that they can find that you're allowed to feed even on chabas even though we saw the reason it's but if you're giving it's just because they could find the food anyways but if you're giving them something that they can find it's m to give on shabas that's the say that this ra is not because the riff and the ram don't bring this to differentiate and make and what type of food you want to serve the animals if it's mut on chabas. However, the says I hold that it's that you're allowed to give birds. He's not talking about chabash. We're talking about any week of the year. You're allowed to feed birds something or any animal something that they're not going to find out in the woods. I Why doesn't the raom and the bring it? So he says the rambom and the riff the rambom that say the reason why you're not allowed is because you could they could find the food in the woods. So obviously if they can't find that food then it's going to be to give. So says clearly that's the which means one could feed his birds or any animals food that he's not going to be able to find elsewhere. That's gonna be mut. So ma ma the the birds that fly around it's true they could find different food but the bread or the kala and food that you put out that's food that they're not going to be able to find elsewhere lets m to put out even shabas. So we saw many different stud why one is allowed to feed even on shabases birds shab some of the reasons are reason exclusively dka for this shabas and some reasons to be m any shabas of the year you ought to put out food before going into what asked about every single day even in the middle of the week I want to just bring another two reasons why the minus to feed the birds on shabashira whether tomorrow or Today one we saw already brings brought in other piskim as well that you you give food to the birds. So we remember the shir that the birds that the birds said bashants they went went through the we went through the yams. Another reason is brought >> because of the very good the it's that brings it to that's the Friday night told us that we should Friday take double that's why we have to remember that and wanted to go against it and they went out and they took all the leftover money and they spread it all around and hoping that in the morning even if it's not going to be enough for all of Clausrol but they'll prove prove mohenu wrong that there wasn't he said man is not going to fall you see man fell happens to be maybe it's a little less but once you prove a little bit wrong you already got your point across so they spread m all over Friday night and a neess when came [clears throat] the birds came and ate up all the m there was no m whatsoever so for that we put out bread shabas morning to remember what the birds did and ate up the m this nest to to prove that like Mosher said that there's going to be no more falling shabas. A a third reason brought is brought in the Alexander says a third reason why we put out bread on Shabashi and he says like this there's a difference between when a cow eats so a cow works for his boss. So he thinks the reason why he's getting food is because he worked for his boss and then he is his boss is giving him food to eat. A bird doesn't think like that. A bird is a free rider and dry goes all around and finds food and gets food. So for us to remember which is also a mus of demon that we just got the not because we worked and we earn money and therefore we get it. [clears throat] It's just to remember that the gives us our parasa. So to remember that we put out food for the birds to show just like the birds eat and the reason they eat it's not because they worked and therefore they earned their food. The reason why they're eating is because Hashem gives them food. We should all remember that when we eat and we have and we make money, it's not because we worked so therefore we earned our money. It's because everybody that's a third reason why we put out food which the is that idea that a person gets food not because he worked for it. Now to go into this topic is it's a garra. The Gomorrah says it's a garra in the Gomorrah says. You're not allowed to food. You're not allowed to give food for to an animal right here. You're not allowed to give food. This is very important. You have regular good food that's edible to a person, you're not allowed to give that food to it's a rashi explains why you're not allowed to give. I would think baby give Rashi says the reason why you're not allowed to give food to be says Rashi is because it's being in the Hashem gave you food to eat and you go and you give it to animals. You're not you're not appreciating what the food that Hashem gave to you. That's why you're not allowed to give food. Your food you're not allowed to give to animals. That's rashi and it's brought in the interesting enough doesn't bring this but the in the brings it's brought brings and thiser to give food to to give food to an animal regular good food. So the question is how are we to put out bread to the bird that says that you're not to feed good food to an animal it's it's so one answer is brought in the parad from the which is which is an answer which most of us technically rely on that the is is when it's food that's edible for a person. But let's say you would anyways throw it out. The leftover bread, the leftover bread which anyways would be thrown out. So instead of throwing it out, you're feeding the birds. That's gavaldic. That's excellent. He he tes that's a you give it afterwards the leftover food that's not edible. And he also brings a different which you give later to the behemoth. The question is what do you mean you give it later? You're supposed to give your behemoths first. So he says of course you give your beahus first but food your food you're not allowed to give to your behemoth because it's busy and therefore you're allowed to. So that would come out that if somebody's putting out today, if you want to accomplish this, somebody's putting out bread, don't take fresh bread that you would anyways eat because it's busy. Take something that's leftover bread you're anyways discarding, you're throwing out. That would be mut to do. However, most of the say that this this is not the brings that it's not I'll just bring you read to you the it's brought in only but I have it over here the he brings the mistress the hill not like the mo that one is allowed to feed even regular good food to animals. It's mutter. It brings a ride from the Mishna musers. The Mishna speaks about when a person starts when it begins the micers when it's when it ready it's considered that a person starts eating from it. At the end at the end the Mishna says which means you didn't it wasn't you didn't bring it inside your house. says you're allowed to give your because it's not if you bring down to give your animal it's considered that you're not done yet you're going to bring back the rest. So says the yitz that you see clearly that one is a lot of feed regular good food that you would eat before maesters you would eat it it's just before misters you would eat it and you lot to go and feed it for behemoth so you see says the not like the one is allowed to feed food even though it's edible food for a person you allow to feed it to be what come out that one is allowed to put out today bread for the birds even regular good bread because we don't pas like the mug rum del also the same thing says that it's not he brings the stop theor says I think it's holds that you're not allowed he says it's mash that it's only that holds like that but we don't pass like that one is allowed to it's one is allowed to put out even editable food and as well brings that the first pair that we learned recently. He says that it's the it's so to sum up we had three points. We had one point is putting out the food on Shabas the says one should not do it because you're not allowed to feed animals that are not yours on Shabas. We saw many star they had but a fe most are no to put it out today. If you forget these many yes to put it out tomorrow. Then we saw these a few reasons why the miners either either because of the sh or for us to remember and then we said that maybe there's an issue even to put out the bird to put out food for the birds even today if it's good food. So to put it out if it's not good food like and even and even um and even if it's good food it's mut to put it out the food for Shabas. Have a good Shabas.