Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Topics: Dancing for Joy; Faith and Malkhus; Ki Seitzei; Adam and Chava; Order and Disorder.
00:00 – Dedications: today, the 14th of Shevat, is the yahrzeit of Rabbi Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu ben Shmuel Kaplan ז”ל.
01:26 – TORAH 81. שמחה של מצוה – the joy of performing a mitzvah is an aspect of וְ֜נָבִ֗א לְבַ֣ב חָכְמָֽה – “and a prophet to a heart of wisdom…” (Tehillim 90:12).
02:13 – The two legs are an aspect of Netzach and Hod. When the joy of a mitzvah overflows a person’s heart, he “lifts up his feet” in dance.
07:15 – צֶ֖דֶק יִקְרָאֵ֣הוּ לְרַגְל֑וֹ – “…righteousness called to his feet…” (Yeshayayu 41:2).
10:07 – Wealth is another aspect of רגל – foot.
11:09 – A man who doesn’t have children should be sure to bring joy to his wife. רַגְלֵ֚י חֲסִידָיו֙ (כתיב חֲסִידָו֙) יִשְׁמֹ֔ר – “…He protects the feet of the pious…” (1 Shmuel 2:9). A wife is called “the feet” of her husband. A son is called “leg”.
15:45 – אמונה – faith – is also called “the foot”. They way to elevate anything related to the concept of malkhus – feet – is through dancing.
21:37 – TORAH 82. PARAGRAPH 1. Topics: Ki Seitzei; Adam and Chava; Order and Disorder.
24:15 – אָח֣וֹר וָקֶ֣דֶם צַרְתָּ֑נִי – “Back and front you formed me…” (Tehillim 139:5).
31:42 – Sometimes things don’t go in an orderly way for a person.
32:54 – The source of spiritual life is חכמה – the wisdom of the Torah.
36:20 – Adam is begematria Mem Hey – 45.
45:51 – NOTE: The Name of Hashem Y – K – V – K is begematria 26.
47:09 – PARAGRAPH 2.
50:23 – אָח֣וֹר וָקֶ֣דֶם צַרְתָּ֑נִי
57:26 – Closing blessings.
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