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'''tractate Megillah''' has four chapters and thirty and a half pages. The tractate deals with the laws of reading the Megillah. | |||
In this | In this masekhet, it explains that one who holds a Torah scroll without a cover will be buried naked. The Gemara asks, "Could it literally mean naked?" The explanation is that since it's not possible for a spiritual transgression to result in a physical punishment, as burial without clothes would only be a punishment for the body, the punishment must necessarily be spiritual - for the soul. However, even regarding the second answer, the Gemara immediately raises the question "naked without mitzvot?" Because it's not possible that for neglecting one mitzvah one would lose all their mitzvot, the Gemara concludes that the punishment is being buried without that specific mitzvah. | ||
Tosafot are divided on this matter. Some hold that one loses the reward for the mitzvah of holding the Torah scroll. However, the Tosafot authors question this approach, since it's obvious that one won't receive reward when the mitzvah wasn't properly fulfilled, and therefore Tosafot explains that the memory of Torah reading is completely taken from them. | Tosafot are divided on this matter. Some hold that one loses the reward for the mitzvah of holding the Torah scroll. However, the Tosafot authors question this approach, since it's obvious that one won't receive reward when the mitzvah wasn't properly fulfilled, and therefore Tosafot explains that the memory of Torah reading is completely taken from them. | ||
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== Explanations of Chabad Rebbes == | == Explanations of Chabad Rebbes == | ||
* The Tzemach Tzedek Rebbe, " | * The Tzemach Tzedek Rebbe, "tractate Megillah," '''Tzemach Tzedek on the Shas''', Brooklyn, 5755 (1995), pages 152-158, on the HebrewBooks website | ||
== Keser Shem Tov == | |||
Daf Gimmel amud aleph - In Sefer Keser Shem Tov, section 120, the Baal Shem Tov explained that the feeling of fear that Chananya Mishael and Azariah felt connects to feeling in tefillah. Sometimes a Jew may pray with such devotion that they will cry without control. This is caused by their "Mazal" who sees the judgements against them. | |||
[[Category:Mishnah and Talmud]] | [[Category:Mishnah and Talmud]] | ||
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