Today
the 28th day of the month of Av is the Yahrtzeit of our Rebbi, Moreinu
HaRav Pam and I would like to share with you some thoughts connected to
ideas that he said.
One
of the things that was Margila P’pumai (things that he said very often)
regarding the Parsha of Behaimos Temaios in this week’s Parsha we have
the Parsha of the Simanim of the animal
that is Kosher. Of course the 2 Simanim are that an animal that
swallows its cud and has split hoofs is Kosher. The Torah lists the 4
animals that have only one Siman that is Kosher and therefore, are
Treif. It appears from the Posuk that these 4 animals are
somehow worse because they have one of the Simanei Kashrus.
Rav
Pam would repeat the Klei Yakar. The Klei Yakar says that a human being
too has 2 Simanei Kashrus and they are 1) Bain Adam L’chaveiro and 2)
Bain Adam Lamakom.
Serving HKB”H with things that have to do with the direct service
of Hashem such as Davening and Learning and serving HKB”H in Bain Adam
L’chaveiro in the service of other human beings and dealing with other
people. These are two Simanim of a Kosher
Jew. If a person has one Siman and not the other said Rav Pam, is
worse. In other words if you have a person who Davens well and Learns
well but when it comes to dealing with his fellow man, he is cruel, he
is miserable, or he is dishonest, it would be better
if he didn’t Learn and Daven well. He brings Chillul Hashem, a shame on
the name of Bnei Torah because people look at him as a Ben Torah who
Davens and Learns and yet in his Bein Adam L’chaveiro he is disgusting
and he is not behaving properly. The reverse
is also true. You have people who are very good, very kind, and very
nice to others. However, when it comes to serving HKB”H and being
careful in Mitzvos there is something missing. They are not careful to
Daven and they are not careful to Learn. Such a person
too brings down Sheim Shamayim because people will admire his kindness
to other human beings and will somehow feel that it is not as important
to serve HKB”H in the Bain Adam Lamakom. This was Margila P’pumai, a
common expression of Rav Pam in teaching us.
You have to have both, be kind to human beings and faithful in serving
HKB”H.
The
Rambam expands on this idea in Shemoneh Perakim. The Rambam says in
serving HKB”H there is an attitude of Rotze Ani U’ma E’se V’avinu
Shebashamayim Gozar Olai. I would like to do
an Aveira but I won’t because HKB”H said don’t do it. This attitude of
Rotze Ani that I would love to do the Aveira but HKB”H said don’t do it,
says the Rambam is not an appropriate attitude in Bain Adam L’chaveiro,
in Mitzvos Sichliyos. For a person to say
I would be cruel to someone else but I am not going to be because the
Torah forbids it this is a wrong attitude. A Mitzvas Sichli, a logical
Mitzvah, something a person should ingrain in his nature, should do
naturally. On the other hand a Mitzva of Bain Adam
Lamakom (a Mitzva between man and Hashem) such as shaking a Lulav or
eating only Kosher food, there a person should say Rotze Ani I will be
happy to eat Treif food or I would be happy not to shake a Lulav U’ma
E’se Avinu Shebashamayim Gozar Olai, but what
will I do as Hashem commanded me to do as he commanded and that I will
do. This is a strong distinction between Bain Adam L’chaveiro Mitzvos
(logical Mitzvos) and Bain Adam Lamakom Mitzvos.
We
by our nature twist things around. Most people today when it comes to
stealing they will say well I would love to steal but what should I do
Hashem forbade it and Boruch Hashem they
won’t steal. When it comes to Treifos they say pig I would never eat
bacon. It is something that goes against the nature of a Jew. This is
the reverse of the way it should be. Someone who serves HKB”H properly
when it comes to stealing it is disgusting to
him, to take someone else’s thing. When it comes to eating Chazeir
though, Chazeir is delicious. U’ma E’se V’avinu Shebashamayim Gozar
Olai.
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