Another thought on the end of the Parsha. As you know, the end of the Parsha is the Parsha of the
וַּיִקֹּב בֶׁן-הָאִ שָ ה הַּיִשְ רְ אֵּ לִית ) 24:11 in says it as Hashem Sheim the Nokeiv was who one the of ,Mekaleil
לֵּלַּּקְיַּו ,ם ֵּשַּה-ת ֶׁא(. Moshe Rabbeinu says put him in jail because I don’t know what to do with this
וַּיְדַּ בֵּר מֹּׁשֶׁ ה, אֶׁ ל-בְ נֵּי יִשְ רָ אֵּ ל, וַּיֹוצִ יאּו אֶׁ ת-הַּמְ קַּּלֵּל ) him tells H”HKB Parsha the of end the at then and man
וְ רָ גְ מּו ) congregation whole the by death to stoned be should he That .)אֶׁ ל-מִ חּוץ לַּמַּ חֲנֶׁה, וַּיִרְ גְ מּו אֹּתֹו אָ בֶׁן
.(אֹּתֹו, כָל-הָעֵּדָ ה
In the same Parsha Hashem tells Moshe Rabbeinu other Mitzvos. He says 24:17 ( -לָכ הֶׁכַּי י ִכ ,שׁי ִא ְו
ּומַּ כֵּה נֶׁפֶׁׁש -בְ הֵּמָ ה, יְׁשַּ ּלְמֶׁ נָה--נֶׁפֶׁׁש, תַּ חַּת ) 24:18 .dies somebody kills who Someone .)נֶׁ פֶׁׁש אָ דָ ם--מֹות, יּומָ ת
שֶׁׁפָנ(. Someone who kills an animal has to pay. Someone who injures a person has to pay. Someone
who injures an animal has to pay. It goes through the whole Parsha and then ( יֵּנ ְב-ל ֶׁא ,ה ֶׁשֹּׁמ רֵּב ַּדְיַּו
end whole The .order of out totally is it ,belong t’doesn It .)יִשְ רָ אֵּ ל, וַּיֹוצִ יאּו אֶׁ ת-הַּמְ קַּּלֵּל אֶׁ ל-מִ חּוץ לַּמַּ חֲנֶׁה
of the Parsha doesn’t work. We are in middle of the story of the Mekaleil and then Moshe is told
to take him out and kill him which starts in Posuk Yud Aleph and then in Posuk Chaf Gimmel they
took him out and killed him and in between from Yud Zayin to Chaf Beis there are a bunch of
other Halachos that don’t belong here. Tzorech Biur!
The answer lies in a big Yesod that it says in many places but I saw in the Chofetz Chaim by the
Parsha of Ir Hanidachas. By the Parsha of the Ir Hanidachas the whole city is put to death. Then it
Chofetz the Zagt .you on mercy have will Hashem that) וְ נָתַּ ן-לְָך רַּ חֲמִ ים וְ רִ חַּמְ ָך) 13:18 Devarim in says
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Chaim there is a danger. When Klal Yisrael has to Rachmana Litzlon has to put a city to death it
makes death much more acceptable to people. It weakens a person’s sense of Rachmanus. ( ךְָל-ן ַּתָנ ְו
ךָ ְמַּח ִר ְו ים ִמֲח ַּר(. Hashem says it is going to damage you. If you are going to put a city to death, you
have to do it because it is a Chiyuv and a Mitzvah but be careful. It is going to do damage. So
Chofetz the in believe I is That .Rachamim you give will I .)וְ נָתַּ ן-לְ ָך רַּ חֲמִ ים וְ רִ חַּמְ ָך) promised Hashem
Chaim Al Hatorah. The same thing here. Hashem told Klal Yisrael take him out and kill him. It is
a danger, it is going to weaken the feeling of Klal Yisrael towards the horror of killing somebody.
HKB”H says at the same time tell Klal Yisrael if you kill somebody you are Chayuv Misah, if you
kill animals there are consequences. Not only kill, if you injure a person there are consequences.
Not only injure a person, if you injure an animal there are consequences. Warn Klal Yisrael so that
they should have Chizuk.
Any time a person is in a situation where a Mitzvah gives him an opportunity that would otherwise
be an Aveira it is a danger that it is going to weaken the person. For example, if you say Lashon
Hora L’toeles when there is a situation that you have a Heter to say Lashon Hora, and you say it.
Be careful, it is going to weaken the wall that you have in front of you, the barrier you have, the
Siyag you have not to speak Lashon Hora. So be careful. You have to strengthen yourself. If it
comes to a situation like that you have to strengthen yourself.
If you are in a situation when you are a Rebbi and you have to punish a Talmid, be careful.
Punishing, it is a terrible thing to inflict hurt on somebody. You have to strengthen yourself
afterwards, you have to be Mechazeik yourself afterwards because even when you do it B’heter
you have to be careful. That is the lesson at the end of the Parsha.
At the end of the Parsha we are told (לֵּלַּּק ְמַּה- ת ֶׁא אֵּוצֹה (and then Posuk 17 – 22 that tells us Moshe
Rabbeinu you have to kill the Mekaleil and tell Klal Yisrael these Halachos and then that is what
they did. Then they took him out. The lesson being that the situations where you are allowed to do
it needs a Chizuk
Anybody who is in Hatzolah will tell you that even when it is a Mitzvah to be Mechaleil Shabbos
but anybody who is in that situation where it is a Mitzvah and he is Mechaleil Shabbos many times
needs Chizuk in Kavod Shabbos. It is that way. Even when a person does the Mitzvah you have to
be Mechazeik yourself. And so two lessons from the end of the Parsha.
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