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15 Cheshvan, 5775
November 8, 2014
Parshas Vayeira
AVOS U’BONIM
Begins in 5775
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WHY IS THIS MONTH CALLED MAR-CHESHVAN?
Revised From BYSO Archives
At the end of this week’s Parsha, Avrohom Avinu is tested with the
Akeida when Hashem asks him to bring his son Yitzchak as a sacrifice.
Avrohom traveled with Yitzchak to the mountain that Hashem had
designated, and they began walking together. The Posuk says ‫וילכו‬
‫שניהם יחדו‬- “and the two of them went together.” Rashi points out
that the Torah is highlighting the greatness of Avrohom. At this point
Yitzchak had no idea that it was he who was to be the sacrifice; he assumed they were going to slaughter an animal. So he was certainly going with enthusiasm to fulfill the word of Hashem. Avrohom knew that
he was going to sacrifice Yitzchak, yet the Torah equates the two and
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‫ישראל‬. That is what Klal Yisrael stand for: always working on eradicating
any ‫ ספק‬through our enthusiasm for Mitzvos.
It isn’t so challenging to perform the Mitzvos of the Yomim Tovim
with enthusiasm. They are Mitzvos which occur only once a year, and
they are very exciting to do. In the month of Cheshvan, though, there
are no Yomim Tovim. For the entire month, we just have a regular
schedule, going through each day performing the daily Mitzvos, without
any unique Mitzvos – not even a fast day -- to generate enthusiasm. The
concept of ‫ ספק‬which means the lack of enthusiasm might possibly
creep in. This is the challenge of this month, and perhaps that is the idea
of the addition of the name ‫ מר‬which has the same value as the word
.‫ספק‬
Our job is to learn
from Yitzchak and
not fall into a monotonous routine,
but rather keep our
enthusiasm strong
even for the seemingly “regular” everyday
Mitzvos.
During this month,
when we have no
Sukkah, Arba Minim, or Matzah to
occupy us, we
should concentrate
on re-energizing
our observance of
the everyday Mitzvos – Tefilla,
Limud Hatorah,
Tzedaka, Tzitzis,
Tefillin, Kashrus,
Taharas Hamishpacha – and ignite
in ourselves the
same enthusiasm
for them that
comes more naturally with the seasonal Mitzvos.
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says that “they went together.” Avrohom’s enthusiasm was no less
than that of Yitzchak.
After Yitzchak is informed by his father exactly what is about to take
place, that it is he himself who is to be sacrificed, the Torah repeats
and says ‫וילכו שניהם יחדו‬- “and the two of them went together.”
Rashi explains that even though Yitzchok was now aware of what
was going on, their hearts were equal, meaning to say that his enthusiasm was comparable to Avrohom’s, and his excitement for the Akeida was just as great as his father’s.
The Ohr Gedalyahu quotes R’ Naftali Tropp that we have a rule
that ‫אין היקש למחצה‬. When we compare two things, the comparison
has to be reciprocal. If the word ‫( יחדו‬the first time) tells us that
Avrohom’s enthusiasm was equal to Yitzchak’s, it also teaches that
Yitzchak’s enthusiasm was just as great as Avrohom’s, even though
he wasn’t yet aware of the true intention of his father. Avrohom was
aware what a great Mitzva he was about to perform, and the level of
his enthusiasm was certainly commensurate with the greatness of the
Mitzva. Yitzchak, though, was under the impression that they were
planning on performing a regular sacrifice. Even so, his enthusiasm
matched that of his father.
We are being taught a tremendous insight into how the Avos lived
their lives, investing the utmost effort into performing every single
Mitzva, big or small. This is an important lesson for us to learn. Every Mitzva requires the same level of enthusiasm. Even the Mitzvos
that seem to be “small” or “everyday” should be carried out with the
same enthusiasm as the ones that seem to be “big” or “important.”
The current month of the Jewish year is Cheshvan. The Minhag is to
call it Mar-Cheshvan. Mar is translated as bitter, signifying that the
fact that this month doesn’t have any Yomim Tovim..
I would suggest (as I mentioned one Shabbos morning) that perhaps
there is something more behind this appellation. The numerical value
of the word ‫ מר‬is 240. The nation of Amalek tried to destroy the
Jewish people. ‫ עמלק‬also has the numerical value of 240. The
word ‫ ספק‬which means doubt also equals 240. We know that words
that share the same numerical value are related in some way. Amalek’s whole purpose was to destroy our relationship with Hashem.
They therefore endeavored to introduce Safek, doubt, into all that we
did. When one is not sure of himself and of what he is doing, he can’t
have the proper enthusiasm for what he is doing. It is the enthusiasm
with which we do the Mitzvos that really forges our relationship with
Hashem. We say that a person who is enthusiastic is “on fire.” The
word ‫ אש‬has a numerical value of 301. If we take the situation of ‫ספק‬
(240) which Amalek tries to create, and add the enthusiasm, the) ‫אש‬
(301 we come to a total of 541, which is the numerical value of