13:22 כב וַיַּעֲלוּ בַנֶּגֶב, וַיָּבֹא עַד-חֶבְרוֹן, וְשָׁם אֲחִימַן שֵׁשַׁי וְתַלְמַי, יְלִידֵי הָעֲנָק; וְחֶבְרוֹן, שֶׁבַע שָׁנִים נִבְנְתָה, לִפְנֵי, צֹעַן מִצְרָיִם There is a Drasha from Chazal from Maseches Sotah 34b (20 lines from the top), ויעלו בנגב ויבא עד חברון ויבאו מבעי ליה אמר רבא מלמד שפירש כלב מעצת מרגלים והלך ונשתטח על קברי אבות אמר להן אבותי בקשו עלי רחמים שאנצל מעצת מרגלים. This is when Calev went to Daven at the Meoras Hamachpeila. From here we learn that there is a benefit in gong to Daven at the Kever of a Tzaddik and this is the only Mekor in Tanach for such an idea.
The question of course is how does it work and why is it better to Daven at the Kever of a Tzaddik as opposed to when one Davens wherever he is, in the Zechus of a Tzaddik or even asking that the Avos should be Mailitz Yosher?
Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz in his Sichos Mussar explains, (this is the Sichos Mussar that was printed in Taf Shin Samach Bais that has added the Shmuzzin that were delivered during the 6 day war.) There he discusses how a person gets inspired by that which he sees and he says an incredible thing. We find in Parshas Vayechi in 48:7 ז וַאֲנִי בְּבֹאִי מִפַּדָּן, מֵתָה עָלַי רָחֵל בְּאֶרֶץ כְּנַעַן בַּדֶּרֶךְ, בְּעוֹד כִּבְרַת-אֶרֶץ, לָבֹא אֶפְרָתָה; וָאֶקְבְּרֶהָ שָּׁם בְּדֶרֶךְ אֶפְרָת, הִוא בֵּית לָחֶם This is when Yaakov Avinu excuses himself to Yosef for burying Rachel at the side of the road. The reason he did so is two parts. One is that the Yidden leaving to Galus would have a place to Daven and secondly and more primary that Rachel would cry for Klal Yisrael as is found in Yirmiyahu 31:14 - 15 יד כֹּה אָמַר יְרוָר, קוֹל בְּרָמָה נִשְׁמָע נְהִי בְּכִי תַמְרוּרִים--רָחֵל, מְבַכָּה עַל-בָּנֶיהָ; מֵאֲנָה לְהִנָּחֵם עַל-בָּנֶיהָ, כִּי אֵינֶנּוּ As we know, Hashem responds in the next Posuk, טו כֹּה אָמַר יְרוָר, מִנְעִי קוֹלֵךְ מִבֶּכִי, וְעֵינַיִךְ, מִדִּמְעָה: כִּי יֵשׁ שָׂכָר לִפְעֻלָּתֵךְ נְאֻם-יְרור, וְשָׁבוּ מֵאֶרֶץ אוֹיֵב So Rav Chaim says, a Neshamah is also more inspired to Daven better if it is in the place of the Tzar and sees the Tzar. The Koach Hari’iyah (seeing) inspires. Therefore, it wouldn’t be the same if Rochel was buried in Chevron which is not so far away as it is when Rochel is buried there and the Yidden gong to Galus were passing by. The Koach of Ri’iyah (seeing) is such that even after Petira the Neshamas Haguf is inspired when those in Tzar are standing right there. Of course this explains why standing at the Kever Hatzaddik is greater than Davening somewhere else and being Mispallel exactly the same way. This concept of the Koach Hari’iya Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz explains, certainly applies to people who are alive.
We find by Moshe Rabbeinu in Shemos 2:11 יא וַיְהִי בַּיָּמִים הָהֵם, וַיִּגְדַּל מֹשֶׁה וַיֵּצֵא אֶל-אֶחָיו, וַיַּרְא, בְּסִבְלֹתָם; וַיַּרְא אִישׁ מִצְרִי, מַכֶּה אִישׁ-עִבְרִי מֵאֶחָיו Moshe went out and saw the pain of Klal Yisrael. Rashi says וירא בסבלתם: נתן עיניו ולבו להיות מיצר עליהם Moshe put his eyes and his heart on the difficulties of his brothers.
This idea is explained by Rav Tzaddok in Tzidkos Hatzadik Os 205 where he says when someone gets information through his ears it affects primarily his mind. When one gets information with his eyes it is more than information, it inspires the persons imagination and Leiv and therefore has a greater Hashpa’a.
That is this idea. When one sees even if it only through the Neshamah it has a bigger Hashpa’a than it would otherwise have.
With this we can understand a Maharsha that we once discussed on Parshas Ki Sisa. The Maharsha asks why Moshe Rabbeinu broke the Luchos only after he came down if the Ribbono Shel Olam already had told him what had taken place. Moshe Rabbeinu undoubtedly believed the Ribbono Shel Olam. So if he felt that it was proper to break the Luchos he should have broke them right away, why did he wait until he came down?
The Maharsha answers that when he saw with his own eyes what was happening it inspired him even more and he broke the Luchos, as it says in Shemos 32:19 יט וַיְהִי, כַּאֲשֶׁר קָרַב אֶל-הַמַּחֲנֶה, וַיַּרְא אֶת-הָעֵגֶל, וּמְחֹלֹת; וַיִּחַר-אַף מֹשֶׁה, וַיַּשְׁלֵךְ מִיָּדָו אֶת-הַלֻּחֹת, וַיְשַׁבֵּר אֹתָם, תַּחַת הָהָר
Rav Moshe in a Teshuva in Orach Chaim Cheilek Gimmel Teshuva Nun wonders if it could be that Moshe Rabbeinu was more inspired from seeing than from hearing the same thing from the Ribbono Shel Olam himself.
Rav Tzaddok’s Yesod is yes, when someone sees something with his eyes, he is more inspired to move and to Daven and do things based on what he saw.
The Pirush HaGRA on Megillas Esther Perek 5footnote 18 says this idea that emotions are mostly influenced by the eye. He actually brings that that is why Moshe Rabbeinu broke the Luchos there. This idea that the eye has a separate ability to be Mashpia, Rav Chaim Shmuelevitz writes it regarding the Koach Hatefilla, that if you see a need and see a Tzorech you will daven better for it and that concept is probably the reason a miracle took place at Har Sinai as it says in Shemos 20:14 יד וְכָל-הָעָם רֹאִים אֶת-הַקּוֹלֹת וְאֶת-הַלַּפִּידִם, וְאֵת קוֹל הַשֹּׁפָר, וְאֶת-הָהָר, עָשֵׁן; וַיַּרְא הָעָם וַיָּנֻעוּ, וַיַּעַמְדוּ מֵרָחֹק Why did Klal Yisrael have to see the voces and the sound? The idea is that when a person sees it has a special effect on a person. We see it is even so regarding a Neshamah L’Acher Petira as well.
A second thought regarding the Koach Hari’iya is brought in Rav Schwab’s Sefer Maayan Beis Hashoeiva on Parshas Shelach (pg # 324 on Perek 14:1) it refers to the Gemara in Maseches Sanhedrin 104b (12 lines from the bottom) (פצו עליך פיהם אמר רבא אמר רבי יוחנן בשביל מה הקדים פ"א לעי"ן בשביל מרגלים שאמרו בפיהם מה שלא ראו בעיניהם) that asks why in Megillas Eicha where the Pesukim are written in the order of the Aleph Bais does it have two letters out of order, the Pei and the Ayin. In the first Perek the Ayin is first and the Pei Pei
Rav Schwab asks that this is not so, we don’t see in the Pesukim that they said any lies. You can see the exchange that takes place at the end of Perek 13. They reported that there are giants there and powerful people there which were true. The Aveira was that the Meraglim lacked Bitachon that Hashem couldn’t conquer the land.
Rav Schwab answers that it all has to do with sight. A person can look at something with physical eyes or with a view that is spiritually inspired. When Avraham Avinu came with Yitzchok, Yishmael, and Eliezer to perform the Akeida, in Beraishis 22:4 when he saw the mountain from the distance ד בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁלִישִׁי, וַיִּשָּׂא אַבְרָהָם אֶת-עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא אֶת-הַמָּקוֹם--מֵרָחֹק Rav Schwab brings that Avraham saw that this mountain has the Shechina. He asked Yitzchok what do you see? He answered I see it has the Shechina. Then Avraham asked Yishmael and Eliezer what do you see? They answered that they see stones, trees, and perhaps buildings on the mountain. Two people can look at the same thing and see totally different things. It depends how one looks at it.
It is the same thing with the Meraglim. The Meraglim came to Eretz Yisrael and saw with Gashmiyusdika eyes and everything they reported was true. However, what they said with their mouth is not what saw with their eyes. They said what they failed to see which was that they failed to see the great Ruchniyos of Eretz Yisrael. This is another lesson about what one sees. The Cheit Hamiraglim is very much alive today. People who visit Eretz Yisrael today can see very different things. Some people see the shops, the tours, and the fun while others see only the Kedusha. This is another tremendous insight into the Koach Hari’iya.
A third insight into the Koach Hari’iya. 15:39 לט וְהָיָה לָכֶם, לְצִיצִת, וּרְאִיתֶם אֹתוֹ וּזְכַרְתֶּם אֶת-כָּל-מִצְוֹת יְרוָר, וַעֲשִׂיתֶם אֹתָם; וְלֹא-תָתוּרוּ אַחֲרֵי לְבַבְכֶם, וְאַחֲרֵי עֵינֵיכֶם, אֲשֶׁר-אַתֶּם זֹנִים, אַחֲרֵיהֶם The next Dvar Torah is said over from Rav Mordechai Druk the late Maggid of Yerushalayim in his Sefer Darash Mordechai (pg # 136). Rashi explains the Posuk by saying העין רואה והלב חומד והגוף עושה את העבירות The eyes sees and the heart desires based on what the eyes sees. The problem is shouldn’t the Posuk be in the reverse order that Lo Sasuru Acharei Eineichem V’acharei L’vavchem? The order of the Posuk does not seem to be consistent with the Drasha that Rashi is bringing?
Rav Druk explained that two people can be walking down the street at the same time and one sees something improper and notices it while another person doesn’t notice it. It is true that when you see something with your eyes as a result the heart desires. But what a person chooses to see and notice is based on his Hakdama of preparing his Leiv to be a Leiv Chomeid. It is a cycle the eyes see and the heart desires and then the eyes see and notices again. A person who prepares his heart properly has a Siyata Dishmaya not to see things that he should not be seeing.
Eisav goes out to fight and the Posuk says in 33:5 ה וַיִּשָּׂא אֶת-עֵינָיו, וַיַּרְא אֶת-הַנָּשִׁים Eisav noticed the women. When Yitzchak went out to Daven Mincha and Rivka was coming back with Eliezer the Posuk says 24:63 סג וַיֵּצֵא יִצְחָק לָשׂוּחַ בַּשָּׂדֶה, לִפְנוֹת עָרֶב; וַיִּשָּׂא עֵינָיו וַיַּרְא, וְהִנֵּה גְמַלִּים בָּאִים Yitzchak didn’t even notice that Rivka was there. He didn’t see anything he should not have seen. Depending on where a person is that affects what a person sees.
Rav Druk said over that the Nesivos when he would walk into the Bais Medrash would do Teshuva on what he had seen before he started to learn so that what he saw on the streets wouldn’t affect his learning. We who walk through streets that are far less pure than what the Nesivos saw just sit down and start to learn right away. It has to do with where a person is coming from and the orientation of a person. We see all the time that two people can go through the same experience and can see, observe, feel, or even Daven for very different things.
Why is the Parsha of Tzitzis together with the Parsha of the Meraglim? The idea of Tzitzis is Uri’isem Oso to see the Tzitzis. Two people can look at Tzitzis and see different things. One person can see just strings and someone else sees the Taryag Mitzvos, the Mitzvos of Hashem in the Tzitzis.
Rebbi mentioned how he used to see Rav Moshe say Uri’isem Oso and lift the Tzitzis before his eyes and look at them. He saw more than just strings in the Tzitzis. People who only see strings stop looking at their Tzitzis by Uri’isem Oso because they don’t even realize that they are saying Uri’isem Oso. You have to train yourself. When the Leiv has the right desire than the Ayin Ro’e, then the eye sees properly.
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