Water from the Stone

According to Rashi, what must a Kohen do before he gives the water to the Sotah?

(Stone Chumash, Bamidbar 5:25-27)

DIFFERENT EVERY TIME BY RABBI DR. MORDECHAI SALFER

At the end of Parshat Nasso, the Torah elaborates and repeats the pasukim of the offering that each nasi brought. The pasukim are almost identical and repeated twelve times, following the order of the days on

which they were offered by each successive nasi. With the exception of what appears to be very minor differences, the only differences in all of these pasukim seem to be the name of the nasi who offered his korban on that day. Why did the Torah need to repeat the pasukim so many times when it could have just written it once and said that each nasi brought that korban on his successive day? People often ask why we repeat the same identical Shemoneh Esrei three times a day. What is the difference between Shacharis, Mincha and Maariv, in regards to the Amida, which is identical in all three? Shabbos has three (even four) different Amidas, but what about every other day of the week when they are all identical? The Midrash has many pages that explain the different symbolisms between the korbanos that each nasi offered. Each nasi’s intentions when he offered his korban were unmistakably unlike those of the other nesiim. Each brought his distinctive life experiences and even those of his shevet and the predecessors of his shevet into his intentions and symbolism of the korban he offered. Different world and historical events were symbolized in one nasi’s korban that were completely different of those of any other nasi. Each nasi, when he offered his korban, infused his own personal thoughts and symbols into what appeared to be the same identical korban offered by each of the other nesiim on the other eleven days. The korban that he offered on that day, then became his completely unique korban that no other nasi offered. It may sound to us like it was identical to every other nasi’s korban, but the Torah teaches us that each nasi’s korban was unlike any other nasi’s korban, whether before him or after him. Even within each individual person, each and every day, new life events change the person’s perspective. Sometimes the event looks great and the person feels hakoras hatov; other times it may, chas v’sholom, appear bleak and the person turns to Hashem for a salvation. Then, there are endless levels in between; with a multitude of mixes of: ‘this…’ is high and something else being lower. Even different

times of the day can have us feeling and thinking completely different. Each time we do a mitzvah, we may be thinking of a different motivation, see a different perspective, grow a bit more, etc. and we are no longer the same that we were before. As such, the mitzvah is not the same as the last time we did it. As we live, we change; hopefully, in a more appreciative and higher direction. The Amida that a person davened in the morning is not the same Amida that he/she davens by Mincha time. The Mincha of today is not even the same as the Mincha of one year ago on the same date. The Mincha of erev Yom Kippur one year, will undoubtedly be different on another year. We have hopefully grown and recognized so many more things that we have to be makir tov for.

May 29, 2015 11 Sivan 5775 Parshat Nasso

Shkiah: 8:07 PM Shabbos Ends: 8:46 PM Candle Lighting (next week – Behaalotecha): 7:52 PM

Rabbi Salfer is now offering a weekly shiur (for men)

on the topic of relationships, with a focus on those between men and women. The basis of the shiur is a discussion of the Biblical foundation of each of the gender characteristics of men and women. For those who want to know why men will be men and women will be women, this shiur is for you. Held every Thursday, 8:00 PM, at Beit David Highland Lakes Shul.

At night seder, the Doresh bachurim are currently

holding shiurim on Masechta Taanis, Masechta Brachos, halachos of davening, Taryaag Mitzvos, Shnayim mikra va’echad targum, and basic Hebrew.

Live from Israel, Rabbi Aryeh Leib Salfer will be giving

a chassidut shiur via Skype on Wednesday, June 4, at noon in the Doresh beit medrash.

Thank you to everyone who agreed to host Doresh

boys this Shabbos.

STAFF

Editors: Sam Miller Yosef Benjamin

Reporters: Menachem Ayache Rafi Bausk

Avi Weiss

Photos: Abie Gornish Heshy Glick

Elchonon Skolnick

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Student Council

Overseeing: Judge Seraphin

Judge Tunis Mayor Ackerman

Dr. Feldman

Post-high school: Yoel Muken

High school: Aryeh Marder Avi Weiss Boruch Berger Yosef Benjamin Rafi Bausk

Freshman Rep.: Abie Gornish

For more info on Yeshivas Doresh:

www.doresh.com

(216)-233-0065

2676 NE 204th Ter., 33180; Highland Lakes (Aventura)

Doresh on Shavuos By Yosef Benjamin (Crown Heights, NY)

This past Shavuos in Doresh was packed with shiurim, siyumim, and seudos galore. We also had the honor of having several of the Doresh alumni joining in the festivities, including Asher Levin, Malachi Muskal, and Yosef Selmar, as well as former Doresh Bucks linebacker Shalom Selmar and former Doresh rebbe Michoel Gray. On Friday night, we davened and ate by Rabbi Salfer’s house, where we met up with Rabbi Bukspan, Rabbi and Rabbanit Behar, and longtime acquaintance of the Salfers Mrs. Rachel Leah Victor and her fiancée Evan Finkel. We had a delicious flaishig seudah before heading back to our dorms for the night. The next morning, we davened at Beit David Highland Lakes Shul, then headed to yeshiva for a seudah of challah, cold cuts, cholent and kishke, and much more. That night, which was motzai Shabbos and the first night of Shavuos, we

davened and had a milchig seudah at Beit David, filled with fun, zemiros, and a game of charades based on scenes from the Torah. After the seudah, we had a short break before we began our learning marathon. First, at midnight, we headed over to Ner Avraham Bukharian Center, where Rabbi Daniel Kalendareva spoke about his days in yeshiva, the fall of the Soviet Union, and his and his friends’ experience with Ouija boards and séances. Then, at 1:00 AM, we returned to Beit David, where we learned b’chavrusa. At 2:00, we had siyumim on Mishnayos Sukkos, Makkos, and Shekalim, just to name a few. Sam Miller made the Kaddish on Sanhedrin. After that, at 3:00, we had a shiur from Rabbi Bukspan on “emotional homicide”, where he quoted sources who argue that publicly embarrassing a person is tantamount to killing him, and that one should be prepared to give up his life rather than do such a thing. Next, at 4:00, Rabbi Salfer related a story from the Gemara in Gittin about Shlomo HaMelech and his dealings with Ashmedai, king of the shaidim. At the end of the learning marathon, we did Kabbolas Ol Malchus Shamayim at 5:25, then davened Shacharis at 5:30, after which we headed back to our dorms for a short nap. At noon, we had a milchig seudah and ice cream party at Beit David. That night, we davened Mincha at yeshiva, after which we learned b’chavrusa again and had a barbecue seudah with steaks and chicken wings. We even had a surprise visit from Asher and Shalom. The next morning, after a beautiful Shacharis at Netive Ezra, we went to Rabbi Salfer’s house for another great seudah. That night, we returned to yeshiva, where we davened, had a few more siyumim, and made Havdala. Many thanks to Beit David, Ner Avraham, Netive Ezra, and the Salfers for hosting us so warmly and generously; to Rabbi Salfer, Rabbi Bukspan, and Rabbi Kalendereva for their wonderful shiurim; and to Ms. Victor, Mr. Finkel, Yosef, Malachi, Asher, and Shalom for making our learning and celebration that much sweeter with your presence. In addition, a hearty Mazel Tov to everyone who completed a Masechta and made a siyum.

My Art Exhibition By Aryeh Marder (Lakewood, NJ)

At the beginning of this zman, Mrs. Salfer came over to me and asked if I would be willing to put some of my paintings up for exhibition at the upcoming Scholarship event.

Thus, last week, at the Doresh Scholarship Event, I and my friend Meir Kaye ran an Art booth as part of the Real-World Innovation exhibit. There, I displayed several of my paintings, including landscapes of a snowy mountain and an island at sea, and even sold some of them, including ones of the Kotel and a sefer Torah, to Rabbi Michoel Gray and Rabbi and Mrs. Gornish, respectively. Thank you to Mrs. Salfer for encouraging this exhibition, to Meir Kaye for providing support at my booth, and to Rabbi Gray and the Gornish family for purchasing my artwork and enabling me to continue in my passion.

Bowling at SpareZ

By Moshe Perel (Toronto, CAN / Lakewood, NJ)

This past Tuesday, Yeshiva Doresh was treated to an exciting game at SpareZ Bowling Alley in Davie, Florida. We each split into teams of four or five people each. We bowled a lot of great plays, including strikes spares, double strikes, and even turkeys. Before we left, we met

the owner, Joe Schumacker, who was a guest at the Doresh Scholarship Event and sponsored our trip, and will next year be providing an internship for our own Meir Kaye. After the trip, we headed back to the yeshiva

and were all treated to ices by Ms. Oullette. Thank you to Ms. Oullette and Mr. Schumacker for organizing

this amazing trip.

OUR GRADUATES MAZEL TOV TO AVI WEISS, ELIMELECH

PERKELVALD, AND ELIYAHU LEVIN

THIS YEAR, AT THE DORESH SCHOLARSHIP EVENT…

OUR HONOREES