I'd like to express my hakaras hatov to Rav Yosef Bronfeld shlita for sharing with me this amazing Dvar Torah from Rav Binyamin Freilich. I would also like to express my hakaras hatov to Rav Freilich for granting me permission to share his wonderful Torah. Though the words are my own, the ideas herein are inspired by Rav Freilich. Unfortunately, we do not have a sponsor for this week's Dvar Torah. To sponsor a shiur please email us at Nitzotzos@gmail.com so we can continue our holy work. Thank you for your partnership.
The Gemara in Shabbos (150b) relates to us a story of a man who noticed a hole in his fence on Shabbos. For a moment the man thought about repairing his fence but immediately regretted thinking about work on Shabbos Kodesh. As a form of teshuva the man decided that he would never fix the hole. Of course there is no halacha mandating that he do so but the man went lifnim mishuras hadin, beyond the letter of the law, and took upon himself that the fence would remain unprepared for the remainder of his days. Hashem took notice of the man's sincere teshuva (was it even an aveira?) and a plant grew in that hole, effectively repairing the fence. The name of that plant in Hebrew is a Tzelaf, in English it is known as a caper. We are all familiar with the Tzelaf plant as it is the plant that grows out of the Kotel. The question is, why of all plants did Hashem decide to plug the hole with this particular plant?
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