Journey to Tzefas: The Minchas Elazar's Historic Visit to the Ancient Cemetery in Tzefat

This Torah class is brought to you by torahanytime.com. Okay, I'm going to have a voice day as we prepare for Parshat Beshalach. So, today we're going to do a little bit different. I'm going to read to you from a tremendous safer that we've been quoting from recently. The name of the safer is Masois Yerushalayim, the travels of Jerusalem, which was um compiled as a diary of the trip of the Minchas Elazar of Feivel Elazar Shapiro when he came to Eretz Yisrael I believe in the year 1930 when he came to visit uh Reb Elyashiv Alfandari. Actually, we are Reb Alfandari is buried in Har Hazeisim. Uh it was one of the Kvarim that we didn't get a chance to uh to visit. But we uh the other the other week we learned about the Minchas Elazar's travels to Har Hazeisim. Today I want to read to you about when the Minchas Elazar traveled to Tzfas, Eretz Kodesh. So, Hashgacha Hadera that I flipped around the Shiurim today. I want to welcome my host, Reb Shaul uh Shaul Yisrael Orbach, who hosted me this past week in Eretz Yisrael, and who took us to Tzfas this past Thursday uh we woke up 4:30 in the morning and uh we got to Tiveria like in record time, I think in hour 45 minutes. Wow. Yeah, right? I don't know if we should say that publicly because that might mean that we were driving a bit quick. But actually uh the Baal Shem Tov has certain Shemois that get you there quicker, so it doesn't necessarily mean that we sped. Kfitzas Haderech. But basically we got there 7:00 and we have a good friend in Tiveria, Reb Binyamin Kemper. He organized a Minyan for us and breakfast for us. And from there we went to various Kvarim. We went to the Kever of Rebbi Akiva and the Ramchal. I believe we went there first. We went to the cemetery in Tiberias where the Tamide Baal Shem are buried, including a Tamid of the Vilna Gaon Rabbi Yisrael Mishkolov. From there we went to the cover of the Rambam, Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai, Rabbi Eliezer ben Hurcanus, and the Shlah Hakadosh. And then from there we went to the cover of Rabbi Meir. And then from there we went to the Hamat Tiberias and to the we saw the Galilee. We actually we have there's a shear on the Galilee. Somebody asked me if I was standing in the Galilee giving that shear. You'll see the footage, it's pretty good. Anyway, from there we went to the city of Safed. And we we had a very warm reception from our good friends, the Rosen Mishpacha, Rabbi Aaron Rosen and his wife, and also we visited Rabbi Resnick, and also the chief operating officer of Breslov, Rabbi Mervis. So, hopefully I were giving everybody their kudos online over here. Um, but be it as it may, we were zocheh to to go to the ancient city of Safed. We also were zocheh to get into a shul which is not available to the public. We went to the Rabbi Yosi ben Nach shul. And inside that shul, which you can't go to, but uh there was a um an old time Safed Yid who has the keys of that shul, and in the shul is buried the Tanna Rabbi Yosi ben Nach. We were zocheh to daven there. Anyway, let's read about the in Yeah, in that makom. I mean uh you open up the door, so there's in a separate area. Anyway, let's read about when the Minchas Elazar went to Safed and he visited the kvorim of the Ari, the Ramak, and Rabbi Alkabetz, Rabbi Yosef Caro, and the Tanna Rabbi Pinchas ben Yair. Okay, so let's take a look. It should be on your page on page kuf ayin tes. So, he says like this. "Thevayenu chazar l'Safed When we return to Safed, we were assisted. We were broken to pieces. The regular show of the guy. Basically, they had a very arduous trip until now. The fire had a sister of him. Over Arab Shabbat Kodesh, even though it was after midday. The ruler of the righteous oil had a result. So, again, this was talking about Lag B'Omer. This is Lag B'Omer 5700. Excuse me, 5700. Um and uh they wanted a copper iron to go to the cover of the Arizal on Lag B'Omer despite the fact that it was come out of my Shabbos. I share hair a lot of this guy always for Rajvi. Then on this great day of Lag B'Omer, it was worthwhile for them to go to the cover of the Arizal. He, of course, was the one who illuminated the words of the Rajvi. Therefore, in one fell swoop, in one motion, we went down quickly in the to the valley. So, you know that the ancient cemetery in Safed is sort of toward the bottom of the mountain. The place where the people live. The shuls are higher up on the mountain. The first cover they visited cover of Ishmael Kim. Race on the Kabbalah. That was the first cover they went to. The cover of the Arizal. So, that's you turn over. The image of his cover is revealed. As is the the image of the cover of Medina but being in keepers of them. Which had some kind of dome dome of stones going over the Iraq. That's not how it looks now. You know, though his description of the cover RE is not how it looks now. The length of the cover is covered in stone the whole Allah Ashkenazi. Now there's a big question about the RE zone. Cuz with the name like Ashkenazi you know, so you would expect that he davened Nusach Ashkenaz. One thing's for sure, there are many great people who davened Nusach Ashkenaz. The RE zone was not one of them. The RE zone davened Nusach Sefard. After all, he was the one who came up with the Kabbalistic um intentions for Nusach Sefard. So there's a great debate among the Posekim. Was the RE zone an Ashkenazi or was the RE zone Sefardi? So you would think all the Ashkenazim are want to are going to want to claim that the RE zone was Ashkenazi and all the Sefardim are going to want to claim that the RE zone was Sefardi. No, it's just the opposite. All the Ashkenazim say, "No, you take him. Then he's a Sefardi." And all the Sefardim say, "No, he was Ashkenazi." Why do they do that? Cuz from here there's a there's a tremendous question in Halacha and that is are you allowed to switch Nusachs? Somebody grew up davening Nusach Ashkenaz, are you allowed to switch to Nusach Sefard? Someone who grew up davening Nusach Sefard, are they allowed to switch to Nusach Ashkenaz? So what does it depend on? Depends on the RE. If the RE zone was an Ashkenazi then we have a Raya that if you're an Ashkenazi, you could switch to Sefard. If the RE zone was a Sefardi, he never switched. So the Ashkenazim say, "No, he was always a Sefardi." I his name was Ashkenazi? Well, he may have taken on the name. He he grew up a Yosam. He may have taken on the name from his mother's side. And the the uh Sefardim say, "No, he was an Ashkenazi, and you could switch." So, bottom line, are you allowed to switch? Yes, but only one way. Which way? The Mekubalim say you're allowed to switch from Ashkenaz to Sefard. But Moshe says but Moshe says you're not allowed to switch from Ashkenaz to Sefard. I how could the Ba'al Shem Tov have done? But Moshe says, "Beats me. I wouldn't have thought I don't know. I have no idea how the Hasidim were able to change." But says Moshe, "Anyone who davens as a Sefard, they're always allowed to go back to Ashkenaz." Why? Cuz that's your real minhag. That's what you used to daven until the Hasidim changed it. That's the psak of Moshe. And the Mekubalim said the opposite, but Moshe, who is the final word of Halacha in America, he says you could switch, but from Sefard to Ashkenaz, but not the other way around. Okay, it's a old debate, old Machlokes. Anyway, we know the Ariza was nifter in the year Shaleg. What's the year Shaleg? 1573, when he was 38 years old. Move on Mamela, it is self-understood Ragshes Betzion ben Zalman in Ella. The feeling, the emotion that the Minchas Elazar displayed was awesome. The Haloi who Ayar ve Kaddish Mishmaya Nachis. This is a a description in Daniel. Ayar is an awake one, referring to an angel and a holy one who descended from heaven. By the way, on whose kever does it say Ayar ve Kaddish Mishmaya Nachis? That's what it says on the kever of the Rashbi. But the Minchas Elazar is applying this to the Ari. Legales so I am coming in a yam to uncover the wisdom of truth from the depths of the sea. Add in Cheker Sofer U'Mabit page Kof Pei, three three lines from the end on the top. The that is also clearly in all the worlds because the moral doesn't matter. The angels on high would tremble with the the holy pure spirit of his words. The narrow and nothing in him. Next to him says the safer message of this I wasn't aware of is the camera of the son of that result who's that of Moshe been Rubenstein. Says the master of the sign. Let's say you can only come to this world for half hour. You land in the ancient cemetery in you dive in by the and then back to wherever you live die. It's enough. Meaning if if let's say you you were you had you went there for a week and you had a half hour and you went to the and the rest of the time you had to visit your relatives. So basically you you know what did you accomplish already? It's enough. You got in the camera the matter of What? He's not saying what's better. He said if this is all you do it's enough. The one catcher stood there in his prayer for a rabbi always by your believe in Vegas. With many thoughts of unity of God and fear with a heart full of emotion and longing. The this is the great lion I should be the rest of the year that we involve ourselves in day and night of the nation meaning especially among the kingdom who emphasize the study of the as understood by the time I mean them that the Baal Shem Tov sort of brought down to the people the knowledge of the Kisvei Ari and this was a an especially poignant moment for the Minchas Salazer. Okay, we move on. Who is the next kever? The next kever was Ramash Cordovero. Now, just as an aside, Ramash Cordovero, the Ramak, had a different system of Kabbalah than the Ari Zal. In fact, in the Sefer Kesser Roi'sh of Rabbi Chaim Vital he writes that where philosophy ends, Kabbalah begins. Where philosophy ends, the Kabbalah of the Ramak begins. Where the Kabbalah of the Ramak ends, the Kabbalah of the Ari Zal begins. The Ramak had a very important system of Kabbalah. Who was the greatest talmid of the Ramak? Reish. Someone who never saw him. The Ramam Mipano. Ramam Mipano purchased the rights to the Kesuvim of the Ramak from the widow of the Ramak and she could not she would not release it until the Ramam Mipano sent money to the Beis Yosef and the Alshich to prevail over her to send to Italy his writings. In fact, the Chida we have in the Chida we have the exact amount of money the Ramam Mipano had to send the Alshich and the Beis Yosef to convince he had basically had to pay them to work for him to convince the amana of the Ramak to give to send his Kesuvim. Did he have you there he also prayed? Maybe. Let's see what it says here. Acher Nechaz Beshavach Sechaneinu Veasireinu Berada, then we poured out our prayer in trembling by the Ari. Next to the Ari. Next to him amash Le'Oyler Tefilah LeMoshe. To pray the Tefilah LeMoshe Hu Menuchas Maran Hakadosh Elokei Rabbeinu Moshe Cordovero Zechus Yagen Aleinu. UMoshe Alah LeMarom. Moshe went up, meaning that Moshe Cordovero passed away. Passed away on a Wednesday. 15 Tammuz Shnas Shin Lamed. What year is Shin Lamed? 1570 1570 1570. Yes, remember the formula. You add the number to the year 1240. So, the Ari Zal was nifter in Shaleg. And the Ramak was nifter 3 years earlier. So, you could sound like you know something. All you have to remember is the Ari Zal Shaleg and the Ramak is 3 years earlier. While he he was nifter still while the Ari was alive who holak l'avoisai He went to accompany the Re Ari Cordovero Or Tzaddikim B'amita Torah B'ein Shamayim Ari Zal K'shnei Amudim Shel Eish Holchim Saviv Mitat Shel Ramak Acharei Histalkuso. When the Ramak passed on, two pillars of fire went around the bed of the Ramak. And that's how he went up to Shamayim. And he is also buried under this dome like the kever of the Ari. Now, if you go there today, I'm not familiar of any dome that is there in that area. They both have separate kevarim. Okay. When when did you go? When was this written? This is written in in Tav 30 Reish Tzadi So, Tav Reish Tzadi is 630. Except here's the 690. Add 1240 is get 1930. Now, by the way, who was the Ramak? Do you know what I mean? Who was he? He's the Ramak. He's a Moshe Cordovero. Now, come on. We're in Tzfat now. Talk the language. What? They write the Perush HaSulam. No, no. No, the Sulam is more more recent. The author of the Sulam The author of the Perush HaSulam was Ashlag. Ashlag. Ashlag, thank you. Rabbi Ashlag. The Ramak wrote Alima Rabbasi and the most well-known safer that the Ramak wrote is the Tamar Devorah. Right? So, he brings down in a footnote, you ready for this? Kasa Besiva Golem that the Ramak was none none other than Zechariah ben Yehoyada the Navi. Who? The new Also, some say he was the source of Eliezer Avraham. That's a Now, I'll tell you a different thing. Actually, in the Shaar HaGilgulim it says that the Arizal told the Ramak that he had the Oh, no, excuse me. We'll get to that. Weiter. So, the Ramak was Zechariah ben Yehoyada was Zechariah ben Yehoyada the Navi. Some say he was the source of Eliezer Avraham. Next, V'gam Panina ben Levi, we then went to the Levi. N'ima Tzion, the sweet singer Kedushas Maran Elikia Kodesh, Rabbeinu Alkabetz. Who's Rab Alkabetz? He wrote Kabbalat Shabbat. He wrote Lecha Dodi. He was actually related to the Ramak. Rabbi, the Rebbe, the Geisai, and the brother-in-law of the Ramak. In fact, Rab Alkabetz wrote a famous commentary on Megillas Esther. What is it called? Manos HaLevi, which he sent to the Ramak, his brother-in-law, as Shaloch Manos. That would sure I I'd rather people send me Seforim than send me a Laffy Taffy. Okay. U'movo b'Shulchan Aruch Kodesh The kids would rather have Laffy Taffy. Is it minhag? Is that a good good minhag or not? Yeah, I'm not going to start up. It's all cherry. It's the kids, they'll go to Laffy Taffy. But Seforim they can't eat. We have to eat. They can't eat them. That's true. U'movo b'Shulchan Aruch Aruch. It's brought in the Shulchan Aruch Michtav that Reb Alkabetz was with the Beit Yosef one night of Shavuot. Um and we know that they had a giluy from a malach who told them that Hashem was very pleased with their learning. Baal Hashirim, I share turn to page kuf. Pay dalet. L'Shlomo Alkabetz is the author of Lecha Dodi that was accepted in all um well, far-flung areas where the Jewish people have lived. L'Shlomo Alkabetz that spells out rashei teivot Halevi. He's also the Baal Hamachaber Sefer Menorat HaLevin Esther. U'Pelech HaMaseh Shevi'i B'Sifrei Te'urei Eretz HaKodesh. Me'ir HaKodesh Me'ir Rav Shimon Rav um Shimon ben Gav- Gabirol. Sh'Me'ir Chochmasi. Niskaneh b'Umei HaOlam. There's a story that Reb Alkabetz was so wise that the Umei HaOlam were jealous of him. Yishmael Achal Haragoi. And a Ishmaelite killed him. B'Minat Achas Ilan B'Gan Shulai. B'Yedei She'His'ana She'Ateina Chunto Pagah Kodem Z'mano Chok Ruba Chino D'Davar B'Nisla U'Ritzach Alaisa Ilan. Muva B'Sefer Kol HaKavod al amar Rav Alkabetz. So basically the story goes that that the they basically they the Umei HaOlam hated Reb Alkabetz so much, they were so jealous of him that they killed him and they buried him under some kind of fig tree. And the fig tree bore fruit early before its time. And because of that, they said, "What's going on with this fig tree?" And they checked underneath it and and sure enough, the Reb Alkabetz was buried there. And they hung the murderer on that particular fig tree. Now, he brings over here in Otiot Daled on the bottom on page Kuf Pey Daled that we know that the Reb Alkabetz sent as a gift Shalach Manos to his father-in-law and his brother-in-law before his marriage. And it's such a beloved love letter, um he he brings it over here. Which page? Pey Daled. Pey Daled. Pey Daled. Pey Daled is just showing that I'm not going to the front. So, he writes over here that he sends it to his father-in-law. Chais Chotani Gevir and he says, "Reb Yitzchak will kindly allow you in. K'she Chavalim Nafli b'Naimah skochi b'Goral Nachlas Avi. I'm sending you this beautiful Perush on Megillas Esther." Okay. So, let's go. Let's continue. On page Kuf Pey Vav. U'Shlosha Ro'im Yisrael Malachei K'manal K'vodam u'M'komam Munach These three shepherds, who are they? The Ari, the Ramak, and Ramash Cordovero. Uh the Ramash Cordovero and the Reb Alkabetz Yachdav Smuchim l'Adonai hem together forever. B'Tziyunam l'Roshom in their Tziyunam. And the Remez is Zashemei. Shemei stands for Moshe, Yitzchak. of course is Reb Alkabetz. Moshe is Moshe Cordovero. And Yitzchak is Reb Yitzchak Luria. And that is their eternal resting place. Okay, he continues on. The mission. Not far from there. We went to the house of Joseph. When was Carol this didn't realize this is on You'd give me a Nissan. The year Shin hey. So I'm a Shin hey. Shin hey what 1570? That is all in 1573 and they say 1575. So he says Robin show me Robin show me. The remedy of our remedy. In Niguel. After praying. Where do we go? Now what do you do if there's a between these two great luminaries? That is all. And the way you say. In how long huh? What do you do? And there are many of them. What do you do when you have a between these two of them? The and the way you say. The truth is they both knew Niguel and they both knew that. goes safe. We know you knew that cuz he had a malach who came to teach him Kabbalah. Like a whole safer was composed. Like it says Magain May Shorim. That they revealed him in a shamayim rosh and ilan. And we know that Arizal knew nigleh like it's brought in the safer Divrei Torah that the Munkatcher writes in Hilchos Yisrael name of the Ari that he wrote he learned halacha gufei Torah six times in nigleh and the seventh time nistar. But doyros olam, the Ari is known for his nigleh. It's for his nistar and the Beis Yosef for nigleh. So what do you do when the two of them argue? So this is one of the most incredible machlokesin. In halacha in halacha. So the Chida writes that if the Beis Yosef argues on the Arizal you pass like the Ari. Why? Because if the Beis Yosef would have known what the Arizal said he would have changed his mind. Cuz the Ari had Eliyahu. The only reason that Beis Yosef argued is cuz he didn't know the Arizal's position. If he would have known the Arizal's position, he would have changed his mind. He would have been chozer. Comes Rav Ovadia Yosef. He says, "Who told you Chida that the Beis Yosef would have changed his mind? Why? Just because the Ari had Eliyahu? Why would the Beis Yosef have changed his mind? Why would the Beis Yosef have cared that the Eliyahu visited the Ari? Who cares? It doesn't matter. Not in not in nigleh. The Beis Yosef wouldn't have cared about what what Eliyahu Hanavi said. Lo bashamayim hi. Says Rav Ovadia, "If the Beis Yosef paskens against the Ari, we pass like Beis Yosef." And this is a very major machlokes in Sefardic world between Rav Ovadia and Rav Yaakov Hillel. Rav Yaakov Hillel will follow the psak in of the Ari which is a more of a Kabbalistic approach and the Mavadia always follows the Halachic approach of the Beit Yosef cuz he felt the Beit Yosef was Marah D'Ara D'Yisrael. Okay. Later, chof. So they finished, they went to Ari, the Ramak, Rash Mal Kabitz, Beit Yosef. By the way, there's some other great kvorim there. We went to the kever of the Ba'al Shem of Avraham Ibschits and very next to him in the cave is the uh cave of Rav Dovid. Now I can tell you a chiddush. I've been giving this shiur for a long time and every time I quote this individual, I pronounce his name um um Ibschits. It's probably this one is probably pronounced Ibschits. So okay, that's a chiddush. But over here we have an ois chof acharei kach lo yish Beit Sachai anachnu ragleinu omdu b'Mishor hayotzei d'Avshalom. They went all the way to the bottom. They hoyu l'neged eineinu. And who was there on the bottom? It illuminated opposite our eyes Kedushas Ben Yair who Menuchas haTanna Rav Pinchas Ben Yair, Chosnai Shel Rashbi. The father-in-law of the Rashbi. Now there's a machlokes was Rav Pinchas Ben Yair the father-in-law of the Rashbi or the son-in-law of the Rashbi. But that's for a different time. So um all the way in the bottom we we didn't have a chance to go down there. It was a very tight schedule. But all the way in the bottom of the hill is the Tanna Pinchas Ben Yair. What's the famous maimer of Rav Pinchas Ben Yair? Tanya Rav Pinchas Ben Yair omer haTora m'vi l'yidei z'hirus. Haz'hirus m'vi l'yidei z'rizus. Z'rizus m'vi l'yidei n'kiyus. N'kiyus m'vi l'yidei prishus. Prishus m'vi l'yidei tahara, Kedushah, Ruach Hakodesh, Techiyas HaMeisim. Okay. The Sha'arei Orah of the Maharal of Prague says in the Ma'amar Pinchas ben Yair was the one who cried bitter tears when he came out of the of the cave. K'mo ba'avor ba'sefer Shabbos The Gaon Shaul Anochi Sefer Orah Ah. Now, look on the page kuf pei tes, second line. Rabbeinu Hegeid The Munkatcher said over Shema Kolo MeTzaddikim that there's a tradition from the Tzaddikim last days Hakafos to make Hakafos al Kever Kedushas Rebbe Pinchas ben Yair that they have an ancient custom they would go around and around. They make Hakafos on the Kever of Pinchas ben Yair. B'chein Osina, and likewise we did this. U'maran Sad Bereshach Berurah The Minchas Elazar took the lead by Amiras Charuzei Anav Bekayach. The Oishev Beseser Nachman ben Yair Zayin Pa'am. They went around seven times. So, we didn't have a chance to do that. So, hopefully have to go back there to make the seven Hakafos hopefully next time. Ve'sarei'ach Chaya Alah Chafli There's a great arousal there of connection to Hashem K'viyachol Nimtza So, Achdus Balanah She'eino Ba'al HaMoiser Einenu Tishkachna MeKodesh Tzion Rachmana Itgalan Kiyumei DePinchas ben Yair K'viyachol HaMoiser Bigvuras Olam. By the way, once we're on the topic there's a famous story about Rebbe Pinchas ben Yair. And the story goes like this. And you say, "I didn't hear a dvar Torah in the parsha yet." So, it's a good thing uh you stuck it out until now. And that is Rebbe Pinchas ben Yair was an expert in the mitzvah of Pidyon Shvuyim. In fact, it says in the Sefer Tanya that anytime a person goes to uh do the mitzvah of Pinyan Shvuyim, they'll be in a slavish with the neshama of Pinchas ben Yair. Fine? So, he comes to a river called Har Ginai. And he says, "Ginai, split." And the river split. Okay, so you say, "Big deal, you know, I've seen that before." So, the river said, "By the way, why should I split for you? I'm going to do the will of God. You're going to do the will of God. I know if I flow, I'll be doing the will of God. You might not be successful in being Pinyan Shvuyim." So, Pinchas ben Yair says, "You Pinchas ben Yair, split now, otherwise I'll dry you out." So, he split. Now, there's a guy walking behind Pinchas ben Yair carrying wheat for Pesach. He said, "By the way, split now for this guy." And now the river knew that he's not going to mess with Pinchas ben Yair, so he split for the guy. There was an Arab that was accompanying them. He said, "Split now." And he split. Says the Amora Yosi in the Gemara in Chulin daf zayin, "Kama nafsh gavra mi Moshe u'shishim ribo?" How much greater is this person than Moshe and 600,000? There for Moshe and 600,000, it only split one time. And for Pinchas ben Yair, it split three times. Fine? So, this is what the Gemara is saying, that Pinchas ben Yair was greater than Moshe and 600,000 Jews. So, we actually we were on Har Hazeisim, and we said over this question, it's a question of the Leshem. Question is, how in the world could Pinchas ben Yair be zocheh to be on a higher level than Moshe and 600,000 Jews? Let's talk about when Moshe Rabbeinu came to the Yam Suf. Did Moshe have an easy time splitting the Yam or a hard time splitting the Yam? It was hard. Moshe wanted to split. Hashem said, "N'tei yadcha." What did the Yam do? Nothing. So, what did they have to do? Moshe showed the Yam Aroina shel Yosef. Didn't budge. Moshe showed the Yam Bracha of Rabbi Yishmael. Didn't. Nachshon ben Aminadav had to jump in up to his nose. Finally, it split. So, Moshe Rabbeinu is having his much as he trying to to split the Yam and Pinchas ben Yair says, "Split now, otherwise I'll dry you up and you'll you know, you'll never be the same again." And it split for him, for his attendant, and for some Arabah that was behind him. What's going on? How could Pinchas ben Yair accomplish what Moshe Rabbeinu was not able to accomplish? So, there's a famous piece in the Leshem, Rabbi Elyashiv who lived from 1841 to 1928. By the way, the Leshem, Rabbi Aryeh Levin writes about the Leshem, it's not on your sheet, that the Leshem could not really move his right hand except when he wrote his Chidushei Torah. When he wrote his wrote his Chidushei Torah, his hand moved like miraculously. By the way, um by the end of his life, he dictated his Chidushei to his grandson. Um who's his grandson? His grandson was none other than Rabbi Yosef Shalom Elyashiv. Be it as it may, the Leshem who wrote the Sefer the Sefer Leshem Shvo ve'Achlama in something called Klalei Hishtapshus ve'Histalkus Klalei Anaf Gimel Eishes writes an amazing thing. That the reason Moshe Rabbeinu had such a difficult time splitting the sea is because it was before the Torah was given. Before the Torah was given, there was nature. And if you want to change nature, you're going to have a very hard time. But once the Torah was given, the Torah is the architectural plans of the universe. Along with the giving of the Torah is control of the universe. And the control over the universe was given to the Chachmei ha'Torah. But then the Leshem says an even bigger Chidush. He says, "We find that after the Torah was given, there were more miracles that were performed. So, for example, how many times in Chumash do we find T'chiyas HaMeisim? The answer is zero. Nobody brought anybody back to life in the Chumash. And in the Nevi'im, we find Eliyahu, Elisha three times. Why is that? The answer is Elisha twice, I think. The answer is, says the the Leshem, after the Torah the after the Torah was given, the masters of the Torah had complete mastery over the Bri'ah and over creation. However, one amazing phenomenon that we note is that while Eliyahu and Elisha were only able to be Mechayei Meisim a few times, in the the Amoraim in the Gemara were able to be Mechayei Meisim every Monday and Thursday. Anybody who died they could wake up. In fact, there's a tradition that if your name is mentioned in the Gemara, you could be Mechayei Meisim. That's why sometimes we'll say, "Ha hu Gavra." There was a man, what's his name? Can't say his name. He he couldn't be Mechayei Meisim. But if it says your name, what So, how is it possible that only Eliyahu and Elisha were able to be Mechayei Meisim, and every single Tanna and Amora was able to be Mechayei Meisim? And to that, the Leshem says that the Ikkar Torah is the Torah SheBe'al Peh. And the Ikkar Z'man of the giving of the Torah SheBe'al Peh was during the Second Beis HaMikdash. And from the period of the Tannaim going into the Amoraim, the completion of the Torah was given. The that was the Z'man that the heavens were open to give over to the world um the Sodois of Torah SheBe'al Peh, and along with that came the absolute mastery and control over the Bri'ah. That's the uh that's why Reb Pinchas ben Ya'ir had an easier time doing what Moshe Rabbeinu had a more difficult time doing. Okay, so be it as it may, uh that's what we mention over here. We're talking about the Tanna Rab Pinchas ben Yair, and he quotes over here the story of what happened to him in Chullin on daf zayin. Okay. Let's do one more oise, and then wish you again Shabbos. Chaf alef, page kuf pay tes. Bal oise say am in a har. When we went up the mountain to Tzfas, we came by the kever of the Tanna Rab Yeshua. So, what do you mean Rab Yeshua? Hoshea? No, it's not Hoshea. Hoshea is not buried there. He says, um, even though the oilam says that it's the kever of Hoshea ben Be'eri, the Minchas Elozar said in the name of the Arizal that it is not him, but rather the Tanna Rab Yeshua. Okay, and then he writes how they went up the mountain with the koach of all these tfilois. Look in the parentheses. We He says we went back on Sunday to daven by Maran Ha Oisech, and Rab Yaakov Abuav, and the say the author of the Be'er Mayim Chaim, and the Yinuka, and, um, we went to the mikvah of the Ari that is in Tzfas. Tzfas Achino Liga Biya Dayim Bimeiha Mey Mey Hadas. And then, um, the Munkatcher said as follows, there's something I didn't get a chance to say yet. Actually, I think with this we did mention. That we have a tradition from the Ari that how many Jews are buried on the mountain in Tzfas, twice as many that left Mitzrayim, 1.2 million. Miyaleh Bahar Zeh. Umiyamneh Bnei Yisrael Roiveh Yisrael Bitzal Dayim Ladas. Uh, an amazing, uh, place. He says, after Acharei Amo Yisrael, Banu very tired all of our vertebrae were protruding from the weary day. Without any rest for the weary awaiting the great day of Shabbos. Okay, Marabou say So the writes and we actually we went to his cover in Chevron. And the ancient was a grandfather of the Torah. That if somebody passes away in the air is so clear that the the soul goes quicker to Garden than any other place in the world. So it's a very big school to be buried in it's even a bigger school to remain alive and to learn Torah. So I wish everybody a good Shabbos. Baruch Hashem. You've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by torahanytime.com.