Taanis 4- Yaakov Avinu’s Victory Over the Angel of Esav – Eating to Strengthen Emuna (Faith) – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – Introduction and Dedications. This shiur was given on the 5th of Iyar, 5780. This is the day Rebbe Nachman left Breslov and began his journey to Uman in preparation for his passing from the world. It’s the yahrzeit of Reb Yitzchak Menachem b’Reb —- Rothenberg z”l, a close friend of Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld’s father and a leading Breslover chossid in his generation. The 5th of Iyar is also the yahrzeit of Reb Moshe ben AKiva HaKohen Eisenmesser z”l, an outstanding Breslov scholar.
03:31 – Comment about Yom HaAtzma’ut (Israeli Independence Day).
27:57 – Dovid HaMelech (King David) knew the exact time of chatzos. The Breslov tradition is that it begins 6 hours after nightfall, and lasts for two hours.
43:33 – Received from Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal: the four names of Moshiach.
45:28 – QUESTION about Moshiach.
47:08 – PARAGRAPH 16. Chatzos – the midnight prayer.
53:25 – Rabbi Michel Dorfman zal begin his day at chatzos halayla, 7 days a week, for over 70 years.
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