Parshas Ki Seitzei: Kadesh Atzmecha Bemutar Lach

AI summary (may contain mistakes)

How does a person win the hardest battle with the yetzer hara, the one fought over what is fully mutar? The Ramban teaches kodesh atzmecha b'mutar lach, and without it a person can be a naval b'reshus haTorah. The parsha opens with going out to war and soon brings the ben sorer u'moreh, showing how thin the line is. Yaakov Avinu in Lavan's house, Esav's eating, and the seudos of Yom Tov show the mutar either brought into kedusha or not.

Key points

• The Ramban counts kodesh atzmecha b'mutar lach as a mitzvah, or one becomes a naval.
• One suggestion: this parsha holds so many mitzvos because one kedusha brings another.
• Lavan reversed spells naval, a remez brought, and Rashi reads garti as taryag.

In this shiur

1. 0:00This parsha and its many mitzvos
2. 0:35Milchemes reshus and the yetzer hara
3. 2:51Ramban on kodesh atzmecha b'mutar lach
4. 5:00Why this parsha has so many mitzvos
5. 6:11Ben sorer u'moreh as the contrast
6. 7:33Yaakov Avinu in Lavan's house
7. 10:38Esav and haliteini
8. 11:33Half laShem and the seudos of Yom Tov

Topics

• Kodesh Atzmecha B'Mutar Lach
• Yetzer Hara
• Elul