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The words "Torah Tavlin" are best known from a phrase in the Gemara in the tractate Kiddushin: "בראתי יצר הרע ובראתי לו תורה תבלין" - "I created the Yetzer Hara, and I've also the Torah Tavlin" - as an antidote; it is only in this passage that the context compels this translation. The word “Tavlin” has many understandings in the teachings of Chazal, but it is literally translated as “Spices.” Just as a master chef will employ a refreshing blend of spices and ingredients to make his culinary creation into a masterpiece, so too, does Hashem blend together a Divine brand of seasoning - “Tavlin” - into His Living Torah for us to absorb, each according to our individual understanding. Through the countless pages of our commentators, from thousands of years ago up to the present day, we “taste” these spices in every word and posuk in the Torah, and our intellectual senses are overloaded. It is the “Sam Hachaim” - the elixir of life, and the truest manner to experience the Torah.
THE WEEKLY MESSAGE
Parshas Beshalach (Shirah)
"Ashira L'Hashem" - praise to Hashem!
This Shabbos is Shabbos Shirah! The words “Az Yashir” that Moshe Rabbeinu and Klal Yisroel sang at the Yam Suf, is cited as one of the biblical sources for the concept of Techiyas Hameisim (Resurrection of the Dead).
The Gemara says that in fact, the words “Az Yashir” allude to a future event, after the time of Techiyas Hameisim, when Moshe and the Children of Israel will sing a beautiful song of thanks. The Shelah HaKadosh writes that every Jew should thank Hashem even before he or she sees a salvation. If one is undergoing a difficult period in his or her life, thank Hashem - say “Hodu L’Hashem Ki Tov” or sing a song of Shirah - and this will encourage the yeshuah to come. It takes a great deal of emunah to praise and thank Hashem while still in the throes of danger and suffering, but those great people in Klal Yisroel who managed to accomplish this, did indeed see the Yad Hashem in its full glory.
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