Rabbi YY Jacobson
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Leilu Nishmas Reb Eliyahu Tzion ben Reb Chananya Niasoff ז״ל
And in the merit of our partner in Torah, Yigal Yisroel ben Sofia, שיחי׳
The Mishna and Gemarah define the seventh day of Sukkos as the day designated to the mitzvah of Aravah; the Zohar sees it as the final day of judgement and atonement. But why this day? How did Hoshana Raba become a day of atonement?
It was the Rogatchover Gaon who in a letter suggested a dazzlingly novel idea. It was the day that the entire Jewish nation brought an offering of atonement for a major sin they all committed by mistake: eating and drinking on Yom Kippur.
At the peak of the celebration for the dedication of the First Beis Hamikdash, the Supreme Court of the Jewish people made a terrible miscalculation. They needed atonement. And that gave us the holiday of Hoshna Rabah. Not only did this major collective failure not destroy the joy; ultimately it transformed the people of Israel into Baalei Teshuvah, and allowed them to reach even greater spiritual and emotional heights.
Rabbi YY Jacobson
Leilu Nishmas Reb Eliyahu Tzion ben Reb Chananya Niasoff ז״ל
And in the merit of our partner in Torah, Yigal Yisroel ben Sofia, שיחי׳
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Anonymous -1 year ago
Question
If they brought a par helem dovor, why isn't something that significant worthy of being mentioned?
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Chaim Goldstein -2 years ago
Rabbi Y Y. shlitoh
The shiur of The secret of Hoshanoh Rabboh .you bring from Gemorrah Yumoh 57a that R Elozor Ben Yosi saw the peroches in Rome with the blood on.
The first Bais Hamikdosh didn't have a peroches and Rome destroyed the 2nd Bais hamikdosh.
So how does it fit in with Par He'lem Dover from Shlomoh
Pls advise ?
YASHAR KOACH
chaim Goldstein
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Yosef Yitzchak Jacobson -2 years ago
Great questions. See Tosefos ibid. Yuma 57a
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Anonymous -2 years ago
Rabbi Y Y
Many thanks for pointing me to the Tosfos
Hatzloch and Yasher Koch
Chaim
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avraham -6 years ago
a radical perspective
Was listening to the shiur from the Rogatcher on Par helem dovor….
What a radical approach- yet sounds very much like Pshat by the time all the questions are resolved.
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