After the final redemption we will no longer need all the
kisvei kodesh we have now. Once we have a close relationship with
G-d, we will no longer books and books to communicate (similar
to the gemara Nedarim 22 that had we not sinned with the eigel, Chumash and
Sefer Yehoshua would be the only seforim we have).
It’s interesting that Megillas Esther will still be with us. Of all the seforim in Tanach, Megillah stands
out for it’s not once mentioning G-d’s name.
There is also no overt miracle mentioned in the Megillah; there is
nothing in the story that stands out and announces itself as G-d’s
handiwork. I think this also fits with
the same yesod of the Kotzker. When you
are so close to someone, less needs to be said.
G-d doesn’t need to put his name in the Megillah; G-d doesn’t need to
jump out of the story and announce himself to us. We know he is there anyway.
The Ra’avad disagrees with the Rambam and writes that every
sefer has a limud, a lesson, to teach us, and therefore they will all always be with us. I never fully grasped the focal point of the
machlokes here. The Rambam cannot mean
that the limudim of Tanach will disappear – Torah is eternal. What he must mean is that these teachings will
be understood from Chumash alone or they will be incorporated in torah sheba’al
peh. It’s the din sefer that will be
bateil. What is the Ra’avad
argument? What does the eternal message
of the limud have to do with the canonization of a book as part of kitvei
kodesh?
Rav Zolti has a different analysis here, in which he reads
the Ra’avad like I just explained the Rambam. There is a discussion in the
Kuntres Chanukah u’Purim as well with a few possible hesbeirim.
The reason megilas ester alone could be because the episode there was a second kabalas hatorah. And as we know kabalas hatorah was considered our chupa with hashem and the torah was our kesuba. So since purim was our second kabalas hatorah so its a second chupa which needs a second kesuba. So maybe That's why for the rambam only ester will be saved, still difficult for the raavad though.
ReplyDeleteDerushy, but I hear what you are saying.
DeleteI would suggest the opposite, that according to the Rambam, the sefarim may be in print, but with no limudim, like Gemara Nedarim that you quoted, whereas Raavad holds that all of Torah is nitzchi. Agav, is Rambam based on Medrash Mishlei that all Yomim Tovim will be bateil except for Purim?
ReplyDeleteI don't understand -- what do you mean the Torah is nitzchi? If there is a limud that is not present elsewhere, then even the Rambam should be maskim that you need the sefer. If the limud is present elsewhere, then I don't understand how you read the words of the Ra'avad that every sefer has a limud.
DeleteThe Midrash Mishlei is another makor.