DVAR TORAH At the beginning of this week's parasha, as the Torah lists the 12 men who were chosen to tour the land of Israel, it adds that Moshe changed the name of one spy, from Hoshea to Yehoshua.
Why change his name? To offer him the protection as he was about to set out on this fateful mission. But why add a "yud"? According to Chazal the "yud" from the name of Sarah, who was originally was called Sarai, and when her name was changed, the final "yud" was replaced with a "hey."
But still, what does the "yud" from Sarai have to do with protecting Hoshea?
Rabbi Menachem B. Sacks, z"l, in his Menachem Tzion explained, that if there was ever a personality in Tanach who had the inner strength to stand up to adversity and fight bad influences, it was our Sarah. For when Sarah saw Yishmael as a bad influence for her son Yitzchak, she took decisive action and removed Yishmael from Avraham's home.
It was that strength and fortitude that Yehoshua would need to stand up to 10 great men who would view the land and see only dangers. It was the "yud" of Sarah, that Moshe prayed would remind the newly named Yehoshua, that a single person has the ability to stand tall and firm.
HALACHA OF THE WEEK: Cotton and Synthetic Tzitzit The Shulchan Aruch [Orach Chaim 9:1] writes that only four-cornered garments made of linen or wool are Biblically required to have tzitzit. However, the Rema argues and maintains that four-cornered garments made from any material require tzitzit.
As a result, Ashkenazim will wear a tallit katan and gadol made of fibers other than wool and linen (e.g. cotton). While this was the practice of the Vilna Gaon [Maaseh Rav Birchot HaShachar 17], the Chazon Ish [Shoneh Halachot 9:1], and the Steipler Gaon [Orchot Rabbeinu Volume 1 p. 18]; the Mishna Berura writes [Orech Chaim 9 note 5] that a “yarei shamayim” should be stringent and wear a woolen garment for both tallit gadol and tallit katan
(The obvious question is, why the Chazon Ish and others did not act stringently as suggested by the Mishna Berura. While there are many answers suggested, Rabbi Chaim Kanievsky - the nephew of the Chazon Ish and son of the Steipler Gaon - explained that the Chazon Ish was concerned that a typical observant Jew might be discouraged to wear tzitzit if a cotton garment was not an option. Therefore, he specifically wore cotton tzitzit to demonstrate that it was acceptable [Tzitzit: Halacha Pesuka, note 26]).
However, a leather four-cornered garment does not require tzitzit. The reason is that a solid piece of leather, or even a woven leather garment is not consider a “beged” [Mishna Berurah 10 note 11, Igrot Moshe Orech Chaim 2:1]. It is due to this halacha, that many poskim debate the status of synthetic garments - if they require tzitzit or not. In general the consensus is that a synthetic sheet - (e.g. a rain ponch) does not require tzitzit. However, a woven synthetic garment remains the subject of great debate, with those who permit such garments to be used for mitzvah [Mahari Shteif Orech Chaim 28, Har Tzvi 1:9 and Halichot Shlomo: Tefilla 3:16], those who permit them, but without a bracha [Tzitz Eliezer 12:3] and those who forbid it [Igrot Moshe 2:1, Even Yisrael 9:1].
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MAZAL TOV * to Michael and Tracy Aberman on the upcoming wedding of their son, Noah to Tamar Safran. Mazal tov to grandparents, Art and Sandy Aberman, and Fran and Ron Schwartz. * to Marc and Ruki Halpert on the bar mitzvah of their son, Benny. Mazal tov to grandparents, David and Gayle Aronin & Mitchell and Nancy Halpert. * to Dr. David and Rachel Spindel on the upcoming marriage of their granddaughter, Chana Nusbacher, to Binyamin Romm (Jerusalem, Israel). * to Rabbi Hillel and Faye Meyers on the birth of a granddaughter. The proud parents are Dafna and Adam Haimowitz. * to Brad and Tali Widwaer on the birth of a daughter. * to Scott and Anna Abramowitz on the birth of a son. * to Leo and Sylvia Feigenbaum on the birth of a granddaughter. * to Dr. Avy and Yisraela Dachman on being honored by Ida Crown Jewish Academy.
REFUAH SHLAIMA * to Esther Meyers
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