Covering the Challah - Getting ready for Shabbos Shiur with Rabbi Simcha Bunim Berger

Good evening. We're continuing the suga of kadusha shabas. I want to thank the organization known as kadusha shabas that puts out these pamphlets and teaches the of what makes shabas exciting meaningful and understanding. So as we do every week we start with a few questions. knows that they know how do they do but sometimes there are situations that come up which when you don't know why you're doing it you don't know the but if you know the reason then it makes it much more gishm it makes it much more understandable and you enjoy it I have a couple of questions for the you cover fornah you cover We cover you also cover you cover the free but what's why is there no consistency if you cover so cover by all and if you don't then don't cover when there's a a baritzvah anus The makes kdish for everybody and there on all the tables. Those bil have to be covered. Is the din of covering the when you cover the Mishna. Is it that the he who makes Kdesh has to cover his? What about all the other people and all the other tables and all the other bil? Do they also have to be covered or no mafish? Can a person cover his kalas? He doesn't have a kala decal but there's a plastic on the table. Can he stick the kala under the plastic? Is a plastic cover? Says bad it's covered. But is a plastic cover count for covering the kalus the canain? You could see it. Is the inion that there should just be something on top of it? Even plastic is good. Or does it have to be in Yiddish you would call it bahalt hidden? Is it of hiding it or is the ending of covering it? If you're covering it with a plastic, it's covered. If you have to hide it, I can see it. It's not hidden. When you make kid shabas in the morning and there's mus is there an Indian to cover that maz is it only or is it the mazinus as well? What's the what what should a person do when it comes to covering over misinas when you make kdish and if there's crackers besides for let's say cake does that also need but if you have to do you have to cover everything or you don't have to these are some of the shas like we said by shashidas does everybody have to cover all the kalas does have to be covered covered. Does it have to be covered with something that you can't see? If you see, if you see it, is it good? These are the So, let's learn the suga. So, in our handout over here, we have what we'll see three reasons of why need to be covered. Three reasons we want to share. That was last time. So, and then you have over there. So like this there's a gimmar this is page one on top over here which is three at the bottom a gra that talks about the source of covering is a source of covering in general the source of covering [Applause] excuse me they brought out a table pyus mappa they put over a map of the kdesh and he made kdesh here's where it says a source that the food was covered over while there was kdesh tus explains what's going on over here that It's you don't bring the table until you make is mas once upon a time people all ate. It was the way that they ate by the parasim that they would each one would have little tables. So there would be kdesh first and the food wouldn't be there. It would be prepared on the side in a different area and they would bring out the food. Says once upon a time when you made kdish there was no food around. The food was prepared at the side. [Music] Times have changed. We have big tables. You can't bring them in. It's too much of a heavik. So therefore, we set the table up with the food and why? What's the shabas? Means a lotion of yikra means the shabas should be that the food the nice food should have a cover over it. I'm not sure but it could mean the way sometimes when they would serve in fancyas they bring food which is covered up and then they uncover it maybe that's what he means but it has it's meant to be a for the food that's one they didn't have before it it was prepared of Shabas on Shabas it came down but excuse me it came down on Friday right we'll soon but it came down double and when it came down there was tal and tal again so it was sandwiched in so the cover that we cover over the the is which came with a cover. Indeed, if it's lemon, we can already say that if it's taken, it's not enough to just cover your kala on top. There was tal on top and there's tal on the bottom which would mean that you have to have two tablecloths below and above. And if you turn to page two second page in it says it says It's not enough to have a cover on top. That's not real. Is the way the fell the was in between in between tal on top and tal on the bottom. So if the T is then if you want to do the accurately the way it was then you have to you have to have below and you have to have above with the kala in between. Now that's the reason that tus brings down but there's another reason. So we have one reason for the covered shabas which says only a cover on top. We have the reason for which is a cover on top and a cover on bottom. And then there's a third time which the Torah brings. Page three, next page. Don't turn the page. Just look right there. First he brings over there. There were small tables. It wasn't a big deal to bring the tables out. So therefore, there wasn't an Indian of covering over. But for us where it's a big you can't pull out such a table. So therefore because the food the table was there and as mentioned it's covered shabas that your table should be set and it's covered shabas that the kala should be there already but now I have to make I have to go ahead and cover it over. [Music] What's the pir in parishes talks about the mile of state? It's a land that has tell us if the is certain things in the Tyra puts it first like a like a there's an Indian of you mention something first because it has the first thing mentioned in the is and afterwards it says it should be appropriate it to make a new. So I have in front of me I have good stuff. I have that and that's before and I'm making so it's a in a sense to the way that when we talk about to the maybe we mean also to the that gave the for the so it's not like that fellow who said the kala with the wine are talking to each other it has to do with the thera gave kash to bread. So if you want to be mash what the is being so then you should make a on the bread first because the gave it that and you're not doing that is was cover it over. So this is another reason and therefore you do. So that's one reason. Then says the tour which is in a box. So the isma very clearly if it's because of bush only I don't need a map on the bottom that's not necessary has nothing to do it's just to make sure on top but because the top there's another reason because of now you have to have two that's if you have to have two or not depends on what the reason is. And there's another grace in Afkamina. Go back to page two. Go back to page two for a minute to the moan on the that we read earlier. The moan says a fascinating. If the Indian is ba when a person lo Shabas makes kdesh and then he says so until now the has been covered. Why? Because but now that you made the that's it. It's over. You can take the cover off of the kala the of since the kala wasn't around. So there was no Indian of so till now it was an Indian of abusha but the second of kadusha shabas why shouldn't you make it when the kala is in front of you if it's a well I didn't eat it yet it's still keep the cover on if the if the time is only would only be because of the making the out of order And I should be able to take the kala deco off of the kala. Look inside what the what the Morgan says. If it would have been open, if it would have been revealed because it comes before because the was [Music] You can take the decal. You can take the cover off. Why not make the rest of right? Why don't you say it on the itself too? says the Shabas should have if it's the reason of the then leave it on. If it's the reason of because of the bush, then fake it. Now you made the and I'll tell you something even more. What happens if a person doesn't have wine to make kdesh and do you cover the should I cover the now I don't have to cuz if the was the it's no make on the but if the is the cover it anyway that's anina if you learn It's only because of the now that you're making on the there's no wine. That person doesn't have any wine. So make why should you cover it? There's no busha because there are it's not the only reason isn't the only reason for covering your time brings there's two other reasons. There's a reason also of the and because of the way the came. So then even if you are making kesh on bread you're still on you still cover it up and as I would come out okay and let's take us see that inside take a look at page number four moving along the Mishna. So already what's that four over here are seven at the bottom right. So we've already learned this in we saw the now let's see the we're going to learn tonight from and we'll finish it off like with all the questions that we asked what about making the as well that's also I can already tell you now what do you make a miso comes from which type of food? Wheat. Wheat. If the of wheat comes first, right? So then you should be covering the maz as well. Even though it's not even though it's not per se, but it's not because of the it's because of the that it's made out of. So if it's if it's kosher laes cake so then you would it's not a problem you make a shahak so you don't so it's not in the pik so you don't have to cover kosha pesak cake because it's a shahak but if it's regular good old cake so then and the bra is based on the that it's made out of so then it should require a cover we'll soon see all right now Let's take a look today that we have hollow boards and then we have a cover on under and us I don't know if I have such a fancy one myself but I take care of both of them. As we saw the reason you have to cover it on top is because of the Since the of has precedent, it should really come first. Like we mentioned earlier, you wouldn't have to go and cover it over. The tour himself said another reason. So that would be quite clear that cover and raba you understand the fact that the tour said both reasons they're not mutually exclusive. These two reasons be also for this and also for that. We want to do and we want also not to say the wrong first according to all reasons. It's enough that it's covered till you finish making which is not by [Music] which would mean and I feel if you do make Kdish like the but they make it later inside over there by it goes fer you don't make kdesh first they make in middle of the of the in middle of shalashidas a cup of wine they drink a cup of wine they say right they say but but therefore the there the of coming first so there's that's why those people who said I don't cover it by sudishes for the reason because there's no busha because here you're doing the in the right order correct but you're missing out the lemon ines by not covering it over he adds another we just said he says no but for the until you don't eat it actually it still represents the so wait till after nowad we said that the was if you're making kesh on bread and then you wouldn't have to go ahead and cover it over. But on the other hand, we did say you should. So here says the mission of how we pass based on the here's what you do in case you don't have wine and you have to make on pass. Here's what you should do. Just like when you'd make kdesh on wine, you'd hold the cup of wine. I'm not asking you to pick the bread up in your hand to where you pick up because by the is that a person supposed to pick the up. It's one of the that a person right you pick up the but what is there however put your hand on top. [Music] You should uncover the So right. If you don't have wine, let there be let it be uncovered and it's brought down. You should pick up the bread. It's brought down brings down. You have 10 fingers. They represent esseris 10 mitzvah that you do before you have a bread. There's 10, but they also represent and of his 10 words as well. I think the Torah brings it down. So you have you're putting the whole has 10 components, 10 words in it. You take all the 10 fingers, you hold them together, right? You bring with the number 10, you're bringing, you're being miler, the whole match, the whole situation. Then you finish the put it down. cover it over again. Put your hand and continue making kdish. So fascinating when a person indeed is doing making kdish. In those rare instances where a person doesn't have any wine and the only way to make kdish is on the kala, you'll cover for the first part with your hand on top. uncover and hold them. Pick them up for the braha. Put it down and then recover it again for the second half of kdeshinstein. Page five. In our introduction, we asked what should you do if you're invited le shabas or even shabas in the day a hotel and one person is making kdish over there in the head table and everybody's sitting around and everybody sits in one dining room over there where the is or that's where the kdish is over there. One of the boys are baking and everybody's do you have to cover all the and all the tables just he's the one make let him cover his what about everybody else sitting in the dining room says Rabb Misha Feinstein every table you're you're in yeshiva make sure all the are covered that's what says [Applause] that every is so your on your table is no less than the on the head table. It's all so why shouldn't you all have to cover your kala and like we said when it's there's there's a tablecloth on the bottom tablecloth on top and the inside in between that's the reason the of is not because of the it's because of the so all of them which is that you should have audi who came should be the same thing the holy you you uncover the bread when you're ready to eat it. That's when you uncover it. You have to cover over until you hear the kdes. So it also be that reason. But if you hold the tour's reason, which is the Stop that on all the other tables no one's making kdish. So the kdish and the of the kdish is only happening on the head table where the b is making kdish says the top of the next page [Music] of the embarrassment. So all the are not making [Applause] you're being you can't really see on this table. Yeah. from a distance but it's not in the face over here of the person and of the so it's had said that once upon a time they used to have the tables prepared in the other room and you had kdish over here and then after kdesh they brought out those tables over there weren't covered over because it wasn't in the same room so Misha was thinking about selling the same idea is not happening on this table. It's so therefore the other tables maybe they don't have to go and cover it over. It doesn't even know from this from where they're sitting it's not evident what the kdish is on. So therefore there would be a to say according to that reason you do not have to cover it concludes Since at the end of the day, nobody's making on this table. If they didn't want wine, then they would have made kesh on the bread and you're not making kdish on the bread. So, it's kind of that the bread is being left over because of the kdish of the wine. So, therefore, concludes since the reason you're not making here on the bread is because there's another table making. So therefore, you should cover this bread. Bottom line says according to all reasons you should cover it over. That's his conclusion. On the next page, if you see in he brings down he brings down in letter in the bold letters. When you're in a yeshiva or you're in a place where people are not there's one person making he who makes it should be covered over there by other places but because tak to cover it over it's all right even though as we said and he himself said like and the reasons you should go ahead and cover it over but at least the bush is Not here. You should cover it if you didn't. Now question. Yeah. Table with let's say or whatever this or even cake that's sitting on the side table. They're eating kes over here to be covered over. You're going to take the kala from there soon. It's just sitting there. What's it doing there? It's just it's in my house. I have my kids have their cakes there or whatever it is. They they And you're not going to be eating from it now? Not soon. then it doesn't have to be covered then because this first of all it's not part of the suda so is not there you tell me the answer we just learned the three it's not part of my suda if I'm not making part of and I'm not eating it now I'm not making a on it so all three reasons don't apply there's potential that I'm going to then then you're asking a different shil if there's potential is what about that's opened up that doesn't make that's a separate whether you should make a onl or not but it doesn't make a difference regarding the of comes first whether it's aus or it's not because of that let's see another two two pieces before we run out of time now fascinating if the reason that you're covering During your is how many days of the month follow six days. Every day you eat bread. Why don't you make a [Music] bet? Why you only remembering the every day? They had the [Music] the of Shabas. What is the of Shabas? So the the we saw last week when we did Mishna we said over from the whose yard site is in another two days. So we said over the says says that is only going to happen much later on. What does it mean? So he explained we saw that the idea of the man was that shabases needs food. Whatever was needed for Shabas happened before Shabas. It was the time that a person was able to took care of you at Shabas was I you could sit and just be the Mishna showed how Shabas was a certain that from the because of this day you are gibbench that during the week you'll be able to enjoy your shabas because your mil will be done for you were ready beforehand. So it's not about just getting the m it's getting the of the it's being taken care of in such a way that you have no daggers whatsoever. When you're taken care of on a daily basis of what's tomorrow but if you're taken care of in such a way that you have for today and you have for tomorrow also that's the mission. So I'm not covering per se. I'm covering of the month. It's a Gmorra says today's says is full of eyes, right? eyes upon and that's because says the moral because eyes have a of being like I in horror eyes of being when something when there's when some when when you expose things to other people that's when you lose the a person has to make sure that whatever he want should be the says when you start counting the money and you start telling people then you lose the opportunity for brah if you want a good business deal to go sour share it with somebody else doain will be the reason it won't go well so in order this is there we have to cover it over that's the symbolism of it that's what it means [Applause] late this time that it's a even though as we mentioned earlier many people do not cover the onlicious we said why not the terret says if the time is because of bush so there's no kdes so bush is only by by le shabas and shabas in the learning cuz that's when you're doing out of order what it says in the P instead of making the on the you're making the on the so therefore there's an that's why everybody's to cover Shabas and Shabas in the morning they don't make don't have to cover you're right that is a when you have someone so why shouldn't be my I always cover the even for Okay, let me get right there. Page 10. Passon pass. It looks like this on this page. Passon seeth through cover. Kalas on the table. Who's the king? There's Who's that? It's from Carellas. There's plastic on the table. There's kalas on the table. There's no there's no table cover. There's no there's no uh napkins. Can you take the kalas and put them underneath the nylon? Now put it underneath. It's covered. It's covered, but you can still see it. The time isn't see it's not considered covered over. It's you can see it. The was you have to be able to make a the right it's I see it right over what does the nylon help the nylon doesn't help in such a case it has to be with something that you can't see that's the means page 12 page 12 kids. Why? It's not the bread. It's the it's the Tyra was mim this item. So thera gave it we said earlier it's not the bread that got embarrassed was this type of food by putting it first in the so you're not following what it says in the was that's the of the [Music] page 19 when you have as well. So is no it's not it's not the from you wouldn't have to cover it over from but here's the the final in you have to have two covers top and bottom why because the towel came on top and the bottom but you don't have to on the bottom just have on the top for the misus you don't have to have on the bottom for the misus it's enough only on top because there the only reason that sh is only the of so when shabas in the morning and you have you have plates crackers or cake which are which has the so it's not it's not but there is the kash of the you should have made with that. So you should go ahead and cover up. Once again, like we said in our introduction, when you know the time, when you know the reason, then all the