Who
Who is the first person mentioned in the Maamer?
Rabbi Eliezer
What does it say in our Teffilin?
Shema (& 3 other Parshiyos)
Where does it speak about the oneness of the Yidden?
In Hashem's Teffilin
Why does the Passuk say:
"Hashem teaches us HIS laws?"
All Mitzvos that He commands us to do He Himself does
When Hashem chooses to be uninvolved in the world, He's compared to someone?
Sleeping
Who is like the nation of the Yidden (please complete this statement)?
One nation in the land
What are 2 things the Torah is compared to in the Maamer?
1) Water
2) Magnify glass
Where does it speak about the conversation between the Yidden & Hashem regarding Torah/ Teffilin?
Medrash Tehilim
Why does it say that we are גוי אחד בארץ (Who does אחד refer to)?
Our job is to bring down the Oneness of Hashem into this earth
How do we explain the statement: "Torah came 2000 years before the world?"
In level, not time
Who do we bring as an example for needing someone else in order to express our Middos- feelings?
Avrohom Avinu
What is strange about the expression- אלפיים שנה קדמה תורה לעולם?
Time didn't exist then!
Where does the Torah come from?
Hashem's Mochin- mind
Why does it say כי ששת ימים עשה (& not בששת)?
It's teaching us that the world was created with the 6 Middos
When a person expresses his Mochin- mind, does he need someone else? (Explain)
No.
(We see many people learning on their own)
Who was the first one to say this Maamer?
What are the 3 meanings for the world אלף?
1) 1000
2) The letter Aleph
3) To learn/ teach
Where does the world come from?
Hashem's Middos (feelings)
Why must the Teffilin straps of the Shel Rosh come down very far?
We won't to show that our mind rules over our heart
When a Yid puts on Teffilin it causes 2 things (the 3rd is EC)?
1) Hashem to put on Teffilin
2) The Yidden to become greater
(E.C. 3) The Mochin (mind) to be drawn down to the Middos (feelings))
Who is called An איש- man in the Torah?
Someone over 13 (Levi)
What's a child missing & therefore can't wear Teffilin?
Mochin Degadlus- A fully developed mind
Where are the first 3 Bar Mitzvahs hinted to in the Torah?
1) Yitzchok (200)
2) Yaakov & Esav (200)
3) Levi (100)
Why does Hashem say: If you can't learn Torah put on Teffilin (the way it's explained in Ois 3)?
Both bring down Mochin (mind) into Middos (feelings)?
How did what we learn in the Maamer change your understanding towards Teffilin?
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