Today’s online Torah study is dedicated l’ilui nishmas Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon ben Rabbi Yakov Eliezer ע”ה whose yahrzeit is on the 25th of Adar.
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Why did Hashem create death? What purpose does it serve? Throughout this halakha there are explanations of Rabbi Nachman’s story of “The Exchanged Children“.
00:00 – (Lesson 102a). The shiur begins with the second paragraph of section 18.
*12:50 – PARAGRAPH 19. (Lesson 102b). Strengthening the soul leads to making better life choices, especially about food and other desires. When the soul is empowered through Torah and tefilah (prayer) it has mastery over the body.
19:00 – Reference to Likutey Moharan Torah 70 where the spiritual powers of attraction vs repulsion are compared to gravity.
23:20 – PARAGRAPH 20. If Adam had not sinned, we wouldn’t need death to reach our ultimate spiritual refinement.
33:07 – PARAGRAPH 21. (Lesson 102c). Why people lose their appetite when they’re ill – analogy of the Prince and Servant in “The Exchanged Children”.
*37:30 – PARAGRAPH 22. Why the mother’s name is included when praying for a person who is ill. The essential life force within each person or thing is in its name.
45:06 – PARAGRAPH 23.
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