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Rabbi Moses Hidary – Shaar Habitachon Perek 4(h) | Mussar

Rabbi Moses Hidary hosts classes every Monday night at 8:15 PM at West Deal Shul. In this class, Rabbi Hidary continues through Chovot HaLevavot's Shaar HaBitachon, Chapter 4, moving from bitachon as it relates to parnasah into how bitachon applies to our relationships and circumstances with others. The Chovot HaLevavot outlines that every person finds themselves in one of two situations — either in solitude or among family and community — and Rabbi Hidary emphasizes that this is not just about hermits, but applies to any moment of loneliness or isolation we experience in daily life. When a person feels lonely, the proper response is first to find comfort in the awareness that Hashem is present, then to reflect on how the neshamah itself is always a stranger in this temporary world, as the pasuk teaches ki gerim v'toshavim atem imadi. The class then pivots to a powerful and practical idea: solitude is not merely something to endure, but an opportunity to grow spiritually, as illustrated by the Perushim, the Neviim, and the story of Elisha leaving his home to follow Eliyahu. Rabbi Hidary closes with a practical challenge — turning off your phone and sitting in silence for 15 minutes — as a way to cultivate the inner solitude that allows a person to connect more deeply with Hashem in everyday life. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (0:00) Intro: Bitachon & Relationships (1:28) Two Situations: Alone or With Family (5:38) Comfort in Loneliness: Hashem's Company (7:57) Mussar: The Soul Is Always a Stranger (12:35) The Chafetz Chaim Furniture Story (16:46) The Benefit of Being Alone (18:36) Single Life & Spiritual Opportunity (22:03) Rabbi Yishiv & Jealousy of Solitude (25:19) The Perushim & Neviim in Seclusion (26:33) Eliyahu & Elisha: Leaving Home (28:29) Phones & Creating Solitude in Shul (34:49) Challenge: 15 Minutes of Silence (37:43) Bitachon: Finding Beauty in Your Situation - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit: westdealshul.org Sponsorships: west.deal.classes@gmail.com

Rabbi Ike Hanon – Pesahim 42a-42b | Weekday Gemara

Rabbi Ike Hanon hosts classes Monday through Friday at 6:10 AM at West Deal Shul. Rabbi Hanon begins the new perek of Pesachim, Elu Ovrin, which discusses items that cause a person to violate the prohibition of owning or benefiting from chametz on Pesach. The Mishnah lists several categories including outright chametz such as Kutah HaBavli, Shechar HaMadi, and Chometz HaEdomi, as well as chametz nukshah, which is degraded or rotten chametz used by dyers, bakers, scribes, and in cosmetics. The Gemara then launches into a related tangent about the health effects of various foods, noting that Kutah HaBavli clogs the heart, blinds the eyes, and weakens the body, and contrasting foods that harm the body with those that heal it. The discussion concludes with the Talmudic principle that most foods benefit one part of the body while harming another, with the notable exceptions of ginger, long pepper, refined bread, fatty meat, and aged wine, which are said to be beneficial for the entire body. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (0:00) Intro: New Perek, Elu Ovrin (0:48) Mishnah: Things That Violate Pesach (1:19) Kutah HaBavli Explained (2:17) Shechar HaMadi: Median Beer (3:45) Chometz HaEdomi: Edom Vinegar (4:46) Bzetom HaMitzri Introduced (5:06) Chametz Nukshah: Rotten Chametz (5:44) Kolan Shel Sofrim & Cosmetics (6:32) Rule: Kol SheHu Min HaDagan (8:57) Gemara: Three Harms of Kutah (11:31) Three Things That Harm the Body (14:17) Three Things That Help the Body (17:52) All Things Have Trade-offs (18:35) Exception: Ginger, Pepper, Meat, Wine - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit: westdealshul.org Sponsorships: west.deal.classes@gmail.com

Rabbi Ike Hanon – Pesahim 41b-42a | Weekday Gemara

Rabbi Ike Hanon hosts classes every day at 6:10 AM at West Deal Shul. The class covers Pesachim 41b-42a, beginning with a beraita distinguishing two separate prohibitions regarding the Korban Pesach: eating a fully roasted offering during the day, and eating a partially roasted one at night. The Gemara raises the question of how eating roasted during the day constitutes a lav, since the Torah only positively commands eating it at night without explicitly prohibiting daytime consumption. This leads to a discussion of lav haba miklal aseh, a negative commandment inferred from a positive one, and Reb Yudah's unique position that the word lemor in a pasuk signals a hidden negative commandment, demonstrated through the case of donating unblemished animals to bedek habayit. The class then transitions to practical halachot of matzah baking, including the requirement to use mayim shelanu — water drawn and cooled overnight — and various precautions against heat, with a concluding machloket between Morzutra and Rav Asher over whether violating these stringencies renders the dough prohibited. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (0:00) Korban Pesach: Roasted vs. Partially Roasted (1:09) Two Prohibitions from the Beraita (1:57) Source for Eating Roasted During the Day (3:37) Lav Haba Miklal Aseh Explained (5:22) Reb Yudah: Blemished Animals & Bedek Habayit (8:56) Rebi Questions Bar Kapara on Lemor (11:25) Baker's Washing Water: Contradictory Beraitot (15:33) Mayim Shelanu: Water That Slept (16:13) Rav Madna's Misunderstood Class in Papunia (18:26) Heat Prohibitions When Baking Matzah (20:11) Machloket: Morzutra vs. Rav Asher - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit: westdealshul.org Sponsorships: west.deal.classes@gmail.com

Rabbi Ike Hanon – Pesahim 41b + Tzitzit | Weekday Gemara

Rabbi Ike Hanon hosts classes Monday through Friday at 6:10 AM at West Deal Shul. The class continues the discussion in Pesachim 41b about the laws of Korban Pesach, focusing on how the time of day affects liability for eating a disqualified offering. A Berayta establishes that eating partially roasted (na) Korban Pesach during the day carries no punishment, while doing so at night does, and a properly roasted one eaten during the day neither fulfills the mitzvah nor disqualifies one from eating with his group. The Gemara then entertains two opposing kal vachomer arguments — one suggesting punishment should apply during the day, and another suggesting no punishment should apply at night — both of which are disproven by the verse Ki Im Tzli Esh, which repeats the requirement to eat it roasted and teaches that the prohibition against eating it partially roasted is tied specifically to the nighttime. Rabbi's opinion is also discussed, deriving from the double language of "bashel mevushal" that cooking is prohibited both day and night and that non-water liquids are also included. The class concludes with a thought on Tzitzit from this week's parasha, citing the Chafetz Chaim's teaching that just as a shopping list only works if you know what's on it, Tzitzit can only remind a person of the mitzvot if he has already learned them. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (0:00) Intro: Korban Pesach issues (0:27) Eating na during the day: patur (1:44) Eating roasted during the day (3:19) RSVP and chaburah rules (5:29) Eating roasted at night: disqualified (6:38) Second Berayta: kal vachomer (10:38) Reverse kal vachomer argument (13:58) Torah disproves both arguments (16:16) Questions on partial roasting (19:19) Rabbi: cooking by day and night (21:08) Parasha: Tzitzit and seeing (22:33) Chafetz Chaim: Tzitzit reminder - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit: westdealshul.org Sponsorships: west.deal.classes@gmail.com

Rabbi Moshe Tobal – Perasha Shelach | Weekly Parasha

Rabbi Moshe Tobal hosts classes every day at 6:30 AM at West Deal Shul. In this class on Parashat Shelach, Rabbi Moshe Tobal explores the deeper motivation behind the Meraglim's distorted report — their fear of losing leadership once the Jewish people entered Eretz Yisrael. Drawing on the Chafetz Chaim in Shemirat HaLashon, he explains how the spies cunningly argued that because the Jewish people were full of sins, Hashem lacked the "power" to help them against the mighty Canaanite nations — a twisted reading of the concept of Tinu Oz Lelokim. The Vilna Gaon affirms that the Canaanites were indeed supernaturally powerful, connected to forces of tumah, and that only through a special Malach severing those connections could the Jewish people prevail in battle — a secret only Yehoshua could perceive, as illustrated by the failed campaign led by Yair Ben Menashe. The response of Yehoshua and Caleb, as highlighted by the Chafetz Chaim, is that a person who sins but does not rebel against Hashem can still have full bitachon and expect only good from Him. The practical lesson for everyday life is to resist the Yetzer Hara's attempt to push us into despair, and instead trust that Hashem, who gave the Torah to human beings precisely because He values our struggle and recovery, is always ready to bestow blessing and growth. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - (0:00) Intro: The Meraglim's Secret Plan (0:55) Why the Spies Feared Losing Leadership (1:01) Chafetz Chaim on Selling the Bad Report (1:46) "Tinu Oz Lelokim" — Giving Power to Hashem (2:29) The Meraglim's Twisted Argument (2:50) Vilna Gaon: The Jews Truly Couldn't Fight (4:01) The Malach of Yehoshua's Wars (5:00) How the Malach Enabled Jewish Victory (6:00) Only Yehoshua Could See the Malach (6:10) The One Battle They Lost — and Why (8:35) Yehoshua & Caleb's Counter-Argument (9:03) Bitachon Even With Sins (10:30) Lesson: Never Despair Before Hashem - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Visit: westdealshul.org Sponsorships: west.deal.classes@gmail.com