בקיאות- פרק טז

רש''י א You must bring the קרבן עומר in the spring. If it’s not spring, you must add on אדר ב.

ח In ספירה, there is a מצוה to count the days and the weeks.

יא ושמחת- what does it mean to be happy? To make others happy. The opposite of this is הוללות.

רש''י לוי... אלמנה- I have four כנגד your four. If you make my four happy, I’ll make yours happy.

רש''י יב וזכרתי כי עבד היית- you were free so that you should go and do these מצוות.

ספורנו וזכרתי כי עבד היית- remember where you are coming from. In מצרים you had nothing so you should give to those with nothing.

רש''י יג באספך- סוכות comes out at the time of fall at the point when you are bringing the fruit of the summer into your house. We also learn out from here that you must cover your סוכה with something that grows from the ground.

רש''י טו והיית אך שמח- it’s not a צווי, but a ל' הבטחה. אך שמח is telling us that שמיני עצרת by night, you have an ענין to be happy.

וולנא גאון The only thing you have for שמיני עצרת is to be happy.

רש''י יח שופטים ושוטרים- שופטים decide and tell us what the דין is and שוטרים enforce it.

רש''י יט ולא תקח שוחד- even to judge correctly.

חזון איש He can’t take even if both sides give, because it’s being עובר on an אסור.

רש''י כי השוחד יעבר- because it’s important that it won’t tip the judgment in his favor.

רש''י כב ולא תקים לך מצבה¬- a מזבח of one stone, even if you are bringing קרבנות to ה'.

אשר שנא- used to be allowed to, but when people started bringing קרבנות on it, ה' hated it because the כנענים use it bring קרבנות to ע''ז.

כ ספורנו צדק צדק תרדף- You must appoint the judge who will be best for the position, don’t look at his outside appearance and his height.

כא ספורנו לא תטע לך אשרה- three things that seem beautiful, but don’t do it because it’s נמאס with רוחניות.
1. אשרה- supposed to make things beautiful, but it’s used for ע''ז. So too, the שופט could look beautiful but if inside he isn’t good, you shouldn’t pick him.
2. מצבה- at one point it was good, but at one point it wasn’t. The שופט always has to have been good.
3. קרבן- it could be beautiful and expensive, but if it has a tiny מום even that the naked eye can’t see, you can’t use it. But an animal that’s worthless but doesn’t have a מום, it can be used. You can’t choose a שופט based on if he’s rich or not.