{"id":1790,"date":"2015-10-01T00:39:25","date_gmt":"2015-10-01T00:39:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1790"},"modified":"2015-10-01T00:39:25","modified_gmt":"2015-10-01T00:39:25","slug":"tazria-5766","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/?page_id=1790","title":{"rendered":"Tazria (5766)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Drash\u00a0Cards for Tazria (5766)<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Marc Mangel<\/p>\n

\u2022 By the usual rules for naming a parsha, we should called this “Eesha” not “Tazria”, which the Rebbe said we should read as ‘delivered’<\/p>\n

\u2022 Rashi notes that R. Simlai noted we can rearrange the letters of Tazria to Zechut — merit<\/p>\n

\u2022 We have two kinds of merit: that which is inherited (our soul) and that which is acquired through our behavior.<\/p>\n

\u2022 The Alter Rebbe said that man is lower than all creatures because we can sin<\/p>\n

\u2022 When humans are created, we only have inherited merit, but the ability to sin gives us the potential for great achievement and merit that can be acquired?<\/p>\n

\u2022 How do we acquire merit? Through good deeds in this world.<\/p>\n

\u2022 R. Simcha Zissel of Chelm said “A person who is bitter and depressed in this world ought to worry about the world to come. ”<\/p>\n

\u2022 The truly righteous enjoy every moment in this world since it is here that we acquire merit<\/p>\n

\u2022 R. Solevetchik said that there are two traditions needed for merit: \u00a0formal compliance with the law and living experience; without the latter, the former is empty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Drash\u00a0Cards for Tazria (5766) by Marc Mangel \u2022 By the usual rules for naming a parsha, we should called this “Eesha” not “Tazria”, which the Rebbe said we should read as ‘delivered’ \u2022 Rashi notes that R. Simlai noted we can rearrange the letters of Tazria to Zechut — merit \u2022 We have two kinds … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":51,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"full-width-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1790","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1790","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1790"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1790\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1791,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1790\/revisions\/1791"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/51"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marcmangel.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1790"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}