Hilchos Boruch Hu U'voruch Shemo & Amein
968. Rav Eliyahu Lopian would repeat the following amazing thought in the name of R' Simcha Zissel Broide (aka The Alter of Kelm), one of the prime students of R' Yisroel Salanter;
>> It would be worthy for Hashem to create the entire universe and cause it to exist for 6000 years just so that one Jew would say "Boruch Hu U'voruch Shemo" one time!
>>However, 1000 "Boruch Hu U'voruch Shemo's" is not equal to one "Amein"!
>>Nevertheless, 1000 Amein's is not equal to one "Amein Yehei Shemei Rabbah"!
>>Yet, 1000 "Amein Yehei Shemei Rabbah's" is not equal to one single word of Torah learnt by one Jew!
Halacha L'kovod Shabbos - "Basic Principles of Borer - Separating"
Any form of selecting from, or sorting of an assorted mixture may be Borer. This includes removing undesirable objects or other matter form a mixture or combination. Examples include:
· Removing spoiled cherries from a bowl of cherries
· Removing unwanted nuts from a jar of mixed nuts
· Trimming away a brown spot on an apple or banana
· Removing bones from fish
· Peeling an orange to eat at a later time
· Sorting mixed cutlery and placing into separate drawer sections
· Sorting laundry into separate drawers
· Sorting dirty laundry from clean laundry
· Removing undesired noodles from a bowl of soup
· Removing an undesired blue sock from a pile of black and brown socks
In coming weeks we will discuss how one may accomplish some of the above tasks without transgressing the Melocho of Borer.
