Shavuos: The Mitzvah of Greeting Your Rebbe on Yom Tov

this Torah class is brought to you by Torah anytime.com okay good morning the is fast approaching and we're going to begin by discussing which is relevant really to all the and that is one is obligated to go greet their rebi on the Y like the P says in this is what the husband of the is says to her why do you need to go to today is not so we see from here that on and you're obligated to go greet your REI now it's interesting never said you're obligated to greet your REI on shabas and he said you're obligated to greet your re on yam but the source that he brings it from is from the husband of the is who says to her why you going to the nvi today is not so the first thing we need to understand is number one why why do you have to greet your rebi on Jam if it would say well you need to learn so I would understand you have to go greet your otherwise how you going to learn the but it doesn't say that it sounds like even if the Reb is not giving Shear there's a specific obligation to go welcome and greet your rebi on yam why what is unique about yam that there is such a Mitzvah and number two is this standing today does this apply because for some odd reason it is not brought down in the nowhere in the does it say that there's a that if you need to go greet your Reby so that's the question ask question doesn't it doesn't so that's part of what we asked that only said yam but the source that he's bringing it from is Ming her today is not shabas today notes which is you do have to go okay there's another went to greet his re in the what are you doing you don't rest on the in other words you're supposed to stay home on y you're not supposed to go out and about I praise the lazy people see even lazy people have accolades sometimes why they don't leave their homes on lazy people they don't leave their homes on so rebar asked on um reab why you coming to greet me you should be at home on with your family so asks on but it's not true says cites what we just learned in R how do I know you have to greet your depends if you could make it back home the same day you can make it back home the same day you should have to go greet your RI if you can't make it home if you can't make it home the same day if you're can have to stay overnight and not be with your family then you should not go greet your reie and he was going to L he was he traveled all the way to L so was an overnight stay he's had to stay over in the Howard Johnson's on the way on Route No 7 so but say you should go or you should go let's you could go whenever you want you have to say hello to the re on y on but provided that you could get home the same day so there is a famous cha here CH in amazing CH and this who by the way was a physically impressive individual he was the tallest man in the generation he was Flack his T says he was the tallest man of the generation and his his um thumb alone was twice the size of anyone else that's might explain the of but the is a very very tall person but as great as he want in physically he was even greater spiritually before you were born and was in the 18th century okay so talking that more than 200 years ago and he says right does you you weren't born then right right for so this letter he wrote to in Berlin sh P was the the um one of the contributors to the side of the he made on the side of the he said leaves out the and if you look in without any right when we asked on rebar what do you mean why is your greeting you but said say I don't hold that Mitzvah apparently everybody holds the Mitzvah and yet the does not bring it down but the r does bring it down the r brings it down but the ra brings it down in a very interesting place he does not bring it down in he brings it down in which is also odd is it it's a it's a or is it a so the prefaces his interpretation with the following that was the question we asked said you're obligated to greet your and what's the proof said to his wife why are you going to greet the rabbi it's not it's notab you should proof in that you have to go greet your every so says ask this question feels that the words of and therefore he offers the following you can't obligate somebody to do this why when the rebi walks in and out let's say he walks in and out 100 times during the sh you have to get up every time no you don't all to get up more than once in the morning and once a night why not cuz you can't honor the rebi more than you honor Hashem and you only honor God twice a day shma in the morning and shma in the evening and even though even though you should fear the Reby like you fear God but not more than God and since God you don't give this honor to more than twice a day one should not stand up for the re more than twice a day that's why many people are M never to do it just in case they might do more than twice so so okay just a joke okay so what does that mean rash explains because you're not M Hashem more than twice a day therefore um if you stand up for the rby morning and night you can't do it more so too that's why you can't obligate someone to greet the re on Shas why cuz since we only go to three times a year to greet you can't obligate someone to greet the re then it will come out that they're greeting their Rabbi more than they're greeting God and therefore even though even though really you should greet the rabbi shabas but we can't be to do that it would not be right because we only greet God three times a year show up now we don't necessarily hold this way we hold you do get up for the rabbi every time even though there's an opinion that the fact that you get up for the rabbi every single time doesn't mean you're honoring him more than God but by the way by a parent there is such a it's actually whether you get up for the appearent more than more than twice a day um if I'm not mistaken ashim are more lenient than the but y they would agree it's like that they say our opinion is the fact that you stand up for a rabbi okay it's not believe me it's not the biggest covet in the world not not doing that much for him so therefore don't don't be afraid that you're honoring him than you honor God but they would agree the is RAB so we get out for that's not your you know everybody say right yeah so you have your rebi but do it apply to who don't have the status of your rebi well do they all have status of rebi even though you you don't interact with them as much if they're if they're a genuine they all have the status as Rabbi I believe but we hold that you do keep on getting up for the rabbi but but that doesn't mean it's greater than okay but they would agree everyone would agree that that's to stand up for the rabbi but to go to their house and greet them that you can't do more than you do for God and therefore since you only go to hashem's house three times a year you can't obligate someone to go greet their Rabbi more than okay so it comes out beautiful when you would go to three times a year you were obligated to go greet your REI on the Y why because there's a that you need to greet your Rabbi on y you can't do it every shab because then it be more than God but as much as God you do need to do but nowadays that we don't have aash and there's no more then you can't say there's a anymore to go greet your Rabbi on on regel why because then you're going to be honoring the rabbi more than you honor God that's why it's not brought down in that's why it's not brought down in the tour because it's not you can't be anyone to visit the the re why cuz then you're going to make the covet of the rebi greater than covet of God so why does the Raman bring it down so this is a very important that there's a fundamental difference between the ra and is only bringing down monetary laws laws involving but there's no doesn't bring down only but the ra brings down all so the r brings down the they have to greet your because that when now we still didn't explain what the reason for this Mitzvah is take next logical step we don't have the issue of so do we ever have today to be cover no we're talking about no we're talking about a special inion of Covenant and that is to go there's a a special way to be someone where you go out of the way and you travel to them just to like behold their their appearance and their presence we can't do that anymore for Hashem so therefore we can't obligate you to do that to your Rabbi I mean let's say yeah that that's no there's no in you you don't go it's not you you wouldn't you wouldn't be able you want to see how the is done so you wouldn't be able to do it you're allowed to go any day you're allowed to go every Jew is only to his RAB for all the UN is he doing something I more than no he's not over but it's not he you can't be you can't if you want to go to your re you're allowed to go to your re let's say I'm not going to go to my to the rebba because it would be like an AV to yeah that's what I'm getting to travels from Israel he comes in for a for young so the is just saying we can't obligate you to do something but you're allowed to you're allowed he says like this the next page that is only in the even though yes I'll I'll pee I'll it would be a nice thing to go on and you can't obligate you so that the cover of the re is not great but nowadays that unfortunately destroyed the and you'll say the is there so it's not it's not like so you would say what do you mean I'm going to go to my but I can't go to hasem because hm's not home no it's not the's not home hasem is home is there and if I'm not going to go visit the re by the way there are opinions that it's there are such opinions but that's not necessarily how we there's definitely no but therefore if the is there desite the only time you're to go is with a carbon we can't place you can't put a on the person just to go to greet the rebi ACC to that no more is there a to greet the the rabbi so then why is the gamar asking on rabiar right Reb Lesar says to RAB why are you greeting me you should stay home and says what do you mean why you should stay home he has to greet the rebi why do the say like that what no answer is because they lived the was standing and in those days was so obviously must be talking about in because the re was in and and the was in if they weren't in then I suppose there would be no apparently reab Lazar was not didn't didn't go he was in L why rebar was in L why wasn't ital that was beyond the scope of today's here maybe had to do with his wife bias um well you have to know RAR at a certain point was in and his to go to and he has lean on but the M of is you don't have to be in the entire y you have a MIT to be there you don't have it doesn't say was doesn't say it was I know but you can't do it three times because sh it's impossible so what you could do like this you bring the carbon you sleep over and then you go you travel during the day but um so says the so says he concludes the following in the future built and we're going to make an appearance then will return that's why the r brings down the why she bring down all even stood the r and the rush also were they bring down allas that are ever relevant um that are even if they're not but the the not just bringing down the of the but rather they only bring down what's relevant therefore leaves it out so I just want to bring up one added thing what's the in of greeting the rabi Apparently from the fact that the ran brings it down in that implies it is a of not of the in other words it's not a it's not one of the but it's the following the idea is that as are called we have special meeting times with and TR and like the ran says in the the the are the are the channel of and through them that spills over to all of us and because is closer to us and therefore it's a greater opportunity to learn what do you mean you say well I know it already no the is even more so therefore it's it creates a it's not it's a now the more POS possible it is for one to gain in learning the more your obligation is so since there the Torah is being showered down in Greater Bounty therefore it's a greater opportunity and that's the inion of the mitvah which to does not apply man but it will apply when the will be built the mitvah of okay you've just experienced another Torah class brought to you by Torah anytime.com