Yahrtzeit Yomi #866!!
יט כסלו (Shabbos)
Maggid of Mezeritch
רב דֹּב בֶּער ב״ר אברהם
המגיד מִמֶּזְרִיטְש
(1704 - 1772)
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Shabbos, 19 Kislev, marked the 251st Yahrtzeit of Harav Dov Ber, the Maggid of Mezeritch ZTL
(1704 - 1772).
Rav Dov Ber was the foremost disciple of, and ultimate successor to, the founder of Chassidus, Rav Yisroel Ba’al Shem Tov.
A brilliant child prodigy, he went to Lvov to learn under the great Pnei Yehoshua, while still a youngster.
After the Ba’al Shem Tov’s petirah, the authority of Rav Dov Ber was recognized by one and all.
Among his illustrious talmidim were: the Rebbe Reb Shmuel Shmelke HaLevi Horowitz, and his brother, Reb Pinchas HaLevi Horowitz, the Ba’al Hafla’ah; the Rebbe Reb Zushya and his brother, Reb Elimelech of Lizhensk; Rav Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev; Rav Nachum of Chernobyl; and the Ba’al Hatanya, Rav Shneur Zalman of Liadi.
I would like to share a wondrous illustration of the great brilliance of Rav Dov Ber, which he exhibited as a mere child.
When Dov Ber was a young boy in Yeshiva, the Rebbi was teaching the talmidim the dispute between Rashi and Tosafos regarding the correct conduct for one who finds himself in the middle of his “silent shemoneh esrei” (עמידה), when the chazzan is reciting קדושה:
Rashi (סוכה לח: ד״ה הוא אומר ברוך הבא) is of the opinion that he should stop davening and listen to the chazzan, and it will be considered as if he himself recited the words (שומע כעונה).
Tosafos (ברכות כא: ד״ה עד) object to Rashi’s statement, because if his listening is considered as though he himself actually said the words, that would constitute an interruption in his personal shemona esrei!!
(״אדרבה - אי שומע כעונה, הוי הפסקה אם שותק!!״)
Young Dov Ber proposed an ingenious answer to Tosafos’ question:
“Chazal teach us that when it comes to Mitzvos, Hashem considers a thought like it’s an actual deed, but when it comes to Aveiros, He does not - ״מחשבה טובה הקב״ה מצרפה למעשה, וכו׳״
(See Kiddushin 40a).
“So”, said little Dov Ber - “as regards the Mitzvah of saying Kedusha, it is considered as if he said the words, as that is a Mitzvah.
But as regards the sin of interrupting his Shemoneh Esrei, since that act is an Aveirah, it would not be considered as an interruption!!” (עיין משנה ברורה סימן קד, ס״ק כח)
(NOTE: Ultimately, Tosafos end up agreeing with Rashi in practice, and that is the how the Shulchan Aruch paskens in 104:7 -
״אינו פוסק לא לקדיש ולא לקדשה, אלא ישתק ויכון למה שאומר שליח צבור ויהא כעונה״!!)
זכותו יגן עלינו!!
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