DVAR TORAH In this week’s parasha, we learn the laws of a special form of a “peace offering” - the korban todah - the Thanksgiving offering. This offering was brought when a people recovered from illness, was freed from captivity; safely crossed the sea or the desert, and it consisted of both an animal sacrifice and 40 loaves of bread – the "lachmei Todah".
However, what is interesting about this Thanksgiving offering is that unlike other peace offerings, which were eaten over a two day span, the Thanksgiving offering had to be consumed on the very day it was offered. But how could a single individual eat an entire offering and 40 loaves of bread in just one day?
According to the Netziv, that was the point! Because the only way that so much food could be eaten was if the person invited many others to share a meal with him. Which he explained was the goal of the Thanksgiving offering - to create a public event, where G-d’s goodness and protection is celebrated!
In fact, using this idea, the Netziv offered a beautiful insight to a verse in Hallel: "To you I will offer a Todah sacrifice and I will call out in the Name of the L-rd. My vow to Hashem I will pay opposite the entire congregation. In the Courtyard of the House of G-d, in the midst of Jerusalem" [Tehillim 116:17-19]. The vow (the Korban Todah) I have to pay, but it will be in the presence of everyone! It is offered privately in the Courtyard of the House of G-d, but it is also eaten in the midst of Jerusalem so that everyone should know of my thanksgiving expression to the Almighty.
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HALACHA OF THE WEEK: How extensive does the search for chametz have to be? According to the Shulchan Aruch, one must perform an exhaustive search of the entire house on the night before Pesach - including any and every place where chametz may have been brought [Shulchan Aruch, Orech Chaim 433:3]. Based upon this criterion, many hours should be set aside to perform a halachic bedikat chametz.
But, with some exception, that is not the common practice. Rather, most people perform the search for chametz in a relatively short amount of time. If so, how do they fulfill the obligation to search for chametz?
According to Shaarei Teshuva [Shulchan Aruch, Orech Chaim 433 s.v. "v'chol adam"] since the house has already undergone such an extensive pre-Pesach cleaning, by the time the night of bedikat chametz arrives, those rooms may be halachically considered as "a place into which no chametz has been brought." [see further: Chochmat Shlomo 433:1 and Kinyan Torah 2:122].
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MAZAL TOV * to Larry and Sharon Chambers on the birth of a great granddaughter.
* to Hillel and Leah Shapiro on the birth of a granddaughter. The proud parents are Nisan and Lani Moses. Special Mazal Tov to great grandmothers Mrs. Eva Gertzfeld and Mrs. Elizabeth Shapiro.
* to Naomi Samber on the birth of a great granddaughter.
* to Barry and Elaine Semer on the recent marriage of their daughter, Naomi to Jeff Kabak.
REFUAH SHLAIMA * to Rachel Silverman who is recuperating at home.
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