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Immersing in Mikveh on Erev Shabbos | Pele Yoetz | Hachzek Day 117 · The Torah Sparks Podcast

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  SPEAKER_00: How are you?
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  SPEAKER_00: A Guten Moye Wednesday, day 117, Pelyotes.
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  SPEAKER_00: Today we're going to Bazushem and complete the section of O S Tess Letter 9 Letter Tess.
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  SPEAKER_00: And then Mirzashem tomorrow we're going to pick up with a new letter, Os Yud.
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  SPEAKER_00: Very, very exciting.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay.
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  SPEAKER_00: A person has to be very vigilant regarding the purity of the place in which he prays, in which he studies, or in which he's reciting blessings.
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  SPEAKER_00: That place should be clean and empty from all excrement and urine.
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  SPEAKER_00: Especially in a situation in a place where there is small children around, you have to be very careful because these things are more common.
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  SPEAKER_00: You can't enter into the class of it being in the realm of scorning the word of Hashem.
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  SPEAKER_00: Or in the class of those amongst whom it says that those that scorn me, meaning Hashem, will be accursed Chasesholm.
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  SPEAKER_00: But tia tfilos of Limudu Birchhosov to Eva Chasoshom in that realm, in an unclean place, the tfilos and the Torah learning and the Brachos will be considered Chasashal and an abomination.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vazara, by the way, that word abomination is one of, I don't know.
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  SPEAKER_00: There's a couple words that might have mentioned this to you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Juxtaposition is one of them.
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  SPEAKER_00: Abomination is up there.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a very long word.
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  SPEAKER_00: It sounds smart.
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  SPEAKER_00: It just like does justice in what it's describing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Anyways, I just want to give a shout out to the word abomination.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's a fantastic word.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vazara, Mutellas al Isha Yesimina ish.
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  SPEAKER_00: This responsibility to ensuring the cleanliness of small children is more in the domain of woman than it is so for men.
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  SPEAKER_00: Every man has to educate his wife, because they might not know this regarding this integral matter.
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  SPEAKER_00: He should make it known each day the stringency of this matter, so that way the woman in his life will safeguard it and perform it properly.
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  SPEAKER_00: More practices as related to Tahara, because that is the topic at hand.
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  SPEAKER_00: Says the Pelio, it's the chatzarh lizar bitaras, gufo, shiloye cli tsaya.
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  SPEAKER_00: A person has to be careful to purify his body, that after he relieves himself, um, he shouldn't be considered like a vessel, Molitsaya, Veloyavar, Malivdoikats Mobik, he must a person should try to go use the facilities every single morning, um, in addition to when he needs.
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  SPEAKER_00: Somebody holds back from going to the bathroom, he transgress he transgresses a prohibition of uh Bautashaksu.
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  SPEAKER_00: Nimtsina loin shimitami sanefish, and as a result, doing in this way can actually defile his soul.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vrabur Vasenu Zakhar, as we mentioned, that the soul and the body are connected.
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  SPEAKER_00: This is like the element that connects us, the Tumanatara.
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  SPEAKER_00: The Tumablaksanatara connects.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vamura Basinus Racha Lodi Readam Kido Kadosh Shroy Basaihmea of a person should regard himself as if Hashem rests within him.
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  SPEAKER_00: In your midst is holy.
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  SPEAKER_00: Vamura Bizarre Kadosh de Kihi de Tisha Shinto Alohi, like it says, in the zire to allow the shinah to rest upon you.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mibile as is the harub is the kuso de Garme is the kuso demashkine.
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  SPEAKER_00: In order to do this, to allow the shinah to rest upon a person, the person has to be very particular regarding the purity of his body and the purity of his abode.
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  SPEAKER_00: Uve Upshita ki ekelnarts besode Kidoshim Ramba Vinura.
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  SPEAKER_00: It's known that Hashem, who is dreaded in the great council of the holy angels, and he's awesome, Lo Yikra of Ella El Hasha Shutar.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's not going to be drawn close except to those who are pure.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mitsu Gerais Mitzvah, one mitzu leads to another, somebody who efforts who applies effort to purify himself regarding the physical body and his clothing.
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  SPEAKER_00: Messiah no summonashamayam Lava Nulasku Batara.
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  SPEAKER_00: This will actually be a sagula for him to um it to become educated and to become clear in his understanding of Torah's dari.
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  SPEAKER_00: And to um serve Hashem in more of a complete way.
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  SPEAKER_00: And to fear and to love Hakur Shbaru with a fear and love that is pure.
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  SPEAKER_00: We explained that going to the mikveh is very important.
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  SPEAKER_00: Alakas come and come, but Arieshabas Aviam Tab Everish Khodesh, how much more so is this immersing in a mikvah on Air of Shabbos, Ariv Yantva, or on Averish Khadesh?
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  SPEAKER_00: It's so important, Shitarh Lasus Hakana.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have to do a achanah for these spiritual opportunities.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have to be a vessel that's ready to accept this spiritual radiance, Vitaisavas Kadusha, and this abundance of holiness.
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  SPEAKER_00: Aya read this hila matta biyamila, which comes down, which descends now during these special days.
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  SPEAKER_00: You have to be able to grasp it, but like we said, the ability to grasp it comes from being clean.
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  SPEAKER_00: And so when a person immerses in the mikvah, he becomes that cle that's able to accept it.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um and from the glory of these holy spiritual days, Yum Shakh Kedusha, Nav Sharucha, Yam, holiness will spread to that person's soul, to his spirit, to his nishamah, and the spiritual radiance that comes down during these days will hopefully remain during the rest of the year.
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  SPEAKER_00: There are disciples of the reza who talked about the importance of actually going to the mikvah on Shabbos morning.
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  SPEAKER_00: Um not everybody does it, not everybody does this, some people do.
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  SPEAKER_00: Because there comes, there's an added measure of soul, spirit, of nisham that's added to a person from the actual kadush of the essence of Shabbos itself, from Shabbos Day, from Amusha Isha Shaloya Taravloitpo, Loyaklo love, Shama.
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  SPEAKER_00: Okay, um, who can hear all these things that we're talking about and not guard himself, not make himself strong, buckle himself up like a like a warrior.
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  SPEAKER_00: To immerse a per to immerse himself in the mikveh at these times without fail, a person should strive to do it.
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  SPEAKER_00: He's not gonna he's not gonna lose out.
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  SPEAKER_00: Rakim Hu anus de Rachwana Patri unless there's a specific reason that he can't go that will exempt him.
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  SPEAKER_00: If not, he should go to the mikveh, especially during these times, Av Shabbas, Av Yoddiv, Ervash Kodesh.
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  SPEAKER_00: This concludes our section of Tess, of Tara.
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  SPEAKER_00: Mirzashem tomorrow.
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  SPEAKER_00: We'll pick up with a new topic, the topic of Yud, very exciting.
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  SPEAKER_00: Have a fantastic Moed and a beautiful Chagzman Hussein.