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Daf Ditty

A wide-ranging commentary on the daily page of Talmud.

Sinai, from the Copenhagen Haggadah, 1739, by Uri Feibush

Chagigah 3: Hakhel

jyungar February 12, 2022

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A passage on our daf is quoted in the name of Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria, expounds the pasuk (Devarim 31:12) which describes how every Jewish person – man, woman and child – is obligated to travel to Jerusalem once in seven years for the mitzvah of hakhel (assembly).

While the men and women come to learn and to listen, what is the purpose of bringing children?

Rabbi Elazar ben Azaria explains that it is so that extra reward can be given to those who bring them.

We bring a number of commentators who attempt to explain this unique halachah, including the radical teaching of the Mei hashiloach Reb Mordechai Leiner the Izhbitzer Rebbe.

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This is Julian Ungar-Sargon's personal website. It contains poems, essays, and podcasts for the spiritual seeker and interdisciplinary aficionado.​