1. 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.
2. STAFF
Editors: Sam Miller
Yosef Benjamin
Reporters: Menachem Ayache
Rafi Bausk
Avi Weiss
Photos: Abie Gornish
Heshy Glick
Elchonon Skolnick
T Tech support: Professor Ben
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.
3. OUR GRADUATES
MAZEL TOV TO AVI WEISS, ELIMELECH
PERKELVALD, AND ELIYAHU LEVIN
THIS YEAR, AT THE DORESH SCHOLARSHIP EVENT…
