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Humans vs. Fallen Angels

By Rabbi Yitzi Hurwitz

In the portion of Shelach, we read about the spies, who toured the Promised Land and gave a twisted report aimed at getting the Israelites to doubt that Moses—or for that matter, G-d—would be able to conquer the land.

One of the arguments they used was, “And there we saw the nefilim . . . children of the giant . . . and we were as grasshoppers . . . ” Who were these nefilim? Why would they spies even consider that they would be too powerful for G-d to conquer, especially after all the miracles they witnessed?

Rashi explains that the nefilim are the descendants of Shamchazai and Azael, two angels that assumed material form and descended to earth in the days of Enosh, in the generations before the flood.

They came down with pure intentions, but their involvement in the physical world corrupted them so much so that they were involved in the beginnings of idol worship. Hence, they are called nefilim, “fallen.”

When the flood came and killed all the people, the children of the nefilim survived.

The spies felt that involvement in the physical would take the Jewish people away from their spiritual focus. They would be better off staying in the desert, where they were free of all material pursuits and the difficulties of making a living. In the desert, all their needs were taken care of, and they were free to bask in spirituality. Entering the land meant having to work the land for food; it meant the need to make a living and achieve other

physical requirements that would take them away from their spiritual pursuits.

This is what the spies meant with their argument, “we saw the nefilim!” If these great angels, with pure intentions, fell so low, then we, who are like grasshoppers compared to them, don’t stand a chance.

The answer to this came from Joshua and Caleb: “If G-d desires us, He will take us to this land . . . G-d is with us; don’t fear them.”

First of all, we are different than these angels because G-d wants us. He wants us in the land, submerged in in the physical. It is there where we are meant to accomplish our purpose.

Secondly, we are greater than angels because G-d is with us. Unlike angels, we have a human neshamah, a G-dly soul that is actually a part of Him. While angels are spiritual beings, we are G-dly beings, with the ability to fuse the physical world with spirituality and G-dliness. We don’t have to fear entering the mundane physical world. We need to embrace it and uplift it to holiness. This is why G-d created us. We can do what no angel can because we are greater than them.

We need to recognize our abilities, and the fact that we are special. This in itself gives us the strength to overcome so much and fills us with a sense of obligation to the world—to keep to higher standard, and to be G-d’s ambassadors to the world. To bring out the G-dly essence of the world and uplift it.

May we witness our accomplishments soon, with the coming of Moshiach.

A Soul From The World Of Atzilus

THREE WEEKS ON CHAPTER 53

The Frierdiker Rebbe related on the second night of Shavuos 5703:

“After teaching me chapter 53 of Tanya in the course of three weeks, my father instructed me to master the laws of all the avodos, the regular sacred services, that were carried out in the Beis HaMikdash on behalf of the Jewish people at large. (The personal sacrifices, by contrast, varied with the requirements of the avoda, the divine service, of the individual involved.)

“...My father then explained how each of those sacred services has a corresponding mode of avoda in the spiritual lifework of every individual Jew. He then said: ‘A Rebbe does the work of the Kohen Gadol.’”

(Sefer HaSichos 5703 (English ed.), Ch. 23)

THE ARON IS IN MEZHIBUZH

Before the Baal Shem Tov went to Mezhibuzh, Rabbi Wolf Kitzes, who was connected to the Baal Shem Tov, served there as a maggid.

R’ Wolf yearned for Eretz Yisrael but when he asked the Baal Shem Tov about it, the latter did not consent. Since he greatly desired to go, R’ Wolf decided to go anyway.

R’ Wolf left the town on Friday morning. On his way, he met the Baal Shem Tov heading for Mezhibuzh, who asked him where he was going. R’ Wolf said he was overcome with longing for Eretz Yisrael and he began his trip.

The Baal Shem Tov said R’ Wolf should not stop because of him but he asked R’ Wolf to

spend Shabbos with him in Mezhibuzh and leave after Shabbos. R’ Wolf said he had little money and could not afford the expense of another Shabbos in Mezhibuzh. The Baal Shem Tov told him that he would take care of all the expenses except for immersing erev Shabbos.

R’ Wolf went back with the Baal Shem Tov and after they washed in the bath house, the Baal Shem Tov said to R’ Wolf that he should immerse in the mivka first. Upon coming out, R’ Wolf told the Baal Shem Tov that he changed his plans.

“When I immersed with my eyes open, as is my practice, I saw my entire trip to Eretz Yisrael, my coming to Yerushalayim, to the Azara and Heichal. When I asked where is the Aron Kodesh, they told me that the aron is in Mezhibuzh.”

(Otzar Sippurei Chabad, vol. 14, p. 4)

THE CAT AND I ARE EQUAL

When the mashpia, R’ Shlomo Chaim Kesselman wanted to illustrate the concept of ein aroch he would repeat what R’ Shmuel Dov of Borisov would say about his Rebbe, the tzaddik, R’ Hillel of Paritch.

“The distance between me and R’ Hillel is like the distance between me and a cat. I don’t mean that the distance between me and a cat is the same as the distance between me and R’ Hillel; rather, compared to R’ Hillel, a cat and I are equal!”

(R’ Shlomo Chaim p. 443)

Recipe of the week

Crustless Red Pepper Quiches

By Chef Zissie, Kosher.com

INGREDIENTS

3 tablespoons Bartenura Extra-Virgin Olive Oil

2 red bell peppers, sliced

1 chili pepper, chopped, seeds removed for less heat

2 purple onions, sliced

2 cups milk

2 cups grated Gouda cheese

1 cup grated Parmesan cheese

1 teaspoon Gefen Himalayan Pink Salt

1/2 cup fresh basil, chopped

6 eggs

PREPARATION

1. Preheat the oven to 325 degrees Fahrenheit.

2. Prepare a sauté pan on high heat. Add the olive oil and heat it up. Add the peppers and onions and sauté for five minutes, mixing periodically.

3. Place in large bowl with the rest of the ingredients and mix well.

4. Place muffin cups on a sheet pan with Gefen Parchment Paper. Drizzle oil or spray the muffin cups. Using a large spoon, put the mixture evenly into the cups.

5. Bake for 30-35 minutes.

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תוכלה .הדגהה חסונ .ח קרפ ב-א םיקרפ בלולו הכוסו רפוש ח קרפ

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