Parshas Hashavua – Rabbi Shimon Zonnenfeld · Lesson 20 · 13 Sivan 5782
Shelach: 5782 - Rabbi Shimon Zonnenfeld with a wonderful idea for the weekly parsha: "We remembered the watermelons and cucumbers that we ate in Egypt for free" - from here to Shabbos candles, as found in a surprising Midrash. …
Guest: Shimon Zonnenfeld
Episode description
5782 - Rabbi Shimon Sonnenfeld with a wonderful idea for the weekly parsha: "We remember the watermelons and cucumbers we ate in Egypt for free" - from here to Shabbos candles, so says a puzzling Midrash. The idea was presented at the conclusion of the Daf Yomi class of Rabbi Betzalel Mizrachi in Nachlah. Watch:
Machine translation into English of the automatic Hebrew transcript.
00:00 Speaker 1 Please help me.
00:02 Speaker 2 The parsha tells how the complaining Israelites came and said, “We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for free.” There’s a puzzling Midrash that says: “We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for free—from here we learn that Shabbos candles are from the Torah.” What’s the connection? Rabbi Yonasan Eibeshitz gives a very interesting explanation. First, he asks: What was their complaint when they said, “We remember the fish we ate in Egypt for free”? After all, the manna could taste like anything in the world. If they wanted to taste fish, it tasted like fish.
00:37 Speaker 1 It’s all connected.
00:38 Speaker 2 So what was the problem? What were they complaining about? They tasted the fish, but they couldn’t see it. That’s where Shabbos candles come in. What are Shabbos candles for? So you can see your food. If you can’t see what you’re eating, you don’t enjoy it. So from here we learn that Shabbos candles are from the Torah.
00:59 Speaker 1 Nice.
01:00 Speaker 3 Nice!