The Reason Moses is Called by the Name Bithiah Gave Him • The Daily Lesson from

Presented below is a summary of the topics from the daily lesson as delivered by our teacher, the Rav, Rabbi Eliezer Berland shlit"a – yesterday after the Maariv (evening) prayer, Monday night, the 17th of Tevet 5786, Parshas Shemos:

1. In another five minutes, the women's convention begins; all married women must go to the convention, because the Geulah (Redemption) will come through the women.
2. It is written in the Noam Elimelech that at a Bris (circumcision), everyone shouts in order to give names, but one must give the name of a tzaddik (righteous person).
3. But only the name given by Bithiah remained, who called Moses—Moshe—because this was achieved through mesirus nefesh (self-sacrifice).
4. Whoever is named after a tzaddik, the tzaddik protects him.
5. Sanhedrin 19b: David betrothed two sisters. The Gemara (Talmud) explains two resolutions: either she passed away, or Doeg annulled the kiddushin (betrothal).
6. One must understand how David betrothed Michal by killing Goliath, for that is not worth a perutah (a small coin of minimal value).
7. Paltiel ben Laish was with Michal for 9 years.
8. It is forbidden for a person to be with another woman for even a single second. Rabbi Ishmael the Kohen Gadol (High Priest) had the skin of his face flayed to effect a tikkun (rectification) for the matter of Joseph being with the wife of Potiphar and the matter of Paltiel being with Michal, even though they did not sin.
9. Everyone should study Likutey Halachos, Laws of a Guarantor (Hilchos Arev) 5, with his wife. As for the sons, whoever does not have a Kollel (institute for advanced Torah study) should study all night and travel to Chevron or Shechem.