Parsha Perspectives for Today (Ki Seitzei, 5784) - One Mitzvah Leads to Another

00:00 – Introduction & Title: Parsha Bullets on Ki Seitzei 5784 – One Mitzvah Leads to Another – Rabbi Efrem Goldberg 02:45 – What Is the War Being Discussed at the Beginning? The Rachmastrisker Rebbe, in the Name of the Or HaChaim, Understands the War as a Personal War Over Our Inner Animal Self. 06:40 – R. Simcha Bunim: This Is Not Just a Derash. 10:30 – Eishes Yefas Toar: The Alshich Comments That When We Fight Our Yetzer, It Represents Going Into the Beis Midrash. 10:48 – R. Simcha Bunim on Indulgence: What We Do Can Be a Blessing and a Way to Serve Hashem, or It Can Be Just for Indulgence. 15:20 – How Do We Fight Our Yetzer? Rebbe MiLublin Reminds Us to Always Be Vigilant. 18:30 – Rashi on Non-Obligatory War: This War Is a Non-Obligatory War; We Need to Always Be Careful and Fight, No Matter What. 25:10 – Lesson From Picking Up a Fallen Donkey: The Baal Shem Tov Teaches Us Not to Look Away; What We See Is for a Reason, and We Should Help. 30:30 – Sending Away the Mother Bird and Putting Up a Fence: Rashi Says One Mitzvah Leads to Another. 31:10 – Rav Wolbe on Nekudas Habechira: Mitzvah Conditioning Helps Us Cultivate an Attitude of Mitzvos Based on This Rashi. 41:05 – Exclusion of the Ammonites Due to Ingratitude: Rav Shteinman Quotes the Ramban, Explaining That Ammonites Descend From Lot, and Their Ingratitude Led to Forfeiting Their Humanity. 47:20 – Why Can’t We Hate the Egyptians? The Netziv and Malbim Explain It’s About Gratitude, Even to the Egyptians. 49:30 – The Semag on the Ongoing Relevance of Gratitude: The Semag Reminds Us That Gratitude Still Applies Today. 52:00 – R. Zilberstein on Gratitude: Even If One Is Kicked Out of a House, They Should Still Say the Bracha for the Host Out of Gratitude. 56:50 – R. Soloveitchik on Compassion in Judaism: R. Soloveitchik Speaks at Length About How Core Compassion Is to the Jewish People.