Hiskashrus – Zayin Adar – The Soul of Moshe Rabbeinu Contains All Jewish Souls – His Reincarnations: Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai zal – Arizal – Baal Shem Tov Hakodesh – Rebbe Nachman – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
This series of 6 shiurim is based on a collection of Breslov teachings on this topic compiled by Rabbi Shmuel Horowitz zal (1903-1973), author of Chayey Moharan.
00:00 – Brief review.
02:34 – Attaching oneself to a rebbe who’s no longer living in the physical world.
03:59 – לִקְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר־בָּאָ֣רֶץ הֵ֑מָּה – “The holy ones who are in the earth…” (Tehillim 16:3).
04:23 – “Tzaddikim are greater after their passing than they were in their lives”.
05:34 – Moshe Rabbeinu.
07:15 – Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai zal.
*09:05 – Visiting the gravesite of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai in Meron on Zayin Adar, the yahrzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu.
11:13 – Traveling to Meron on Zayin Adar or on LaG BeOmer allows a person to glimpse the unique and all-encompassing greatness of Moshe Rabbeinu’s soul.
11:45 – How can a person love a tzaddik they’ve never met?
*13:05 – Until Moshe Rabbeinu, there was no one who could repair all souls.
13:44 – As reincarnation of Moshe Rabbeinu, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai zal achieved Yichud Kudsha Brikh Hu uShekhinta Ponim bePonim.
15:20 – The Arizal and his students.
17:51 – The Arizal was a reincarnation of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai.
עָ֘לִ֚יתָ לַמָּר֨וֹם | שָׁ֘בִ֚יתָ שֶּׁ֗בִי – 19:19 – “You ascended on high, You took captives…” (Tehillim 68:19) – “Shevi” – roshei teyvos Rabbi Yitzchak ben Shlomo – the Arizal.
20:07 – After the Arizal passed away, he remained the rabbi of his followers.
21:43 – Historical NOTE about the writings of the Arizal.
22:49 – The Baal Shem Tov HaKodesh.
24:31 – After the Baal Shem Tov’s passing, the chassidish world clung to his teachings.
*25:21 – The Mezritcher Maggid believed that being appointed leader was, for him, a punishment. Reb Elimelech of Lezhensk and Reb Zushia and many other chassidic leaders never assumed titles of leadership.
27:15 – Rebbe Nachman of Breslov.
*28:56 – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE – Rabbi Michel Dorfman zal on how Rebbe Nachman made the lofty teachings of the Arizal more accessible to Klal Yisrael. Simultaneously, he encouraged and guided his closest student, Rav Nosson of Nemirov zal, to describe practical applications of his teachings that are accessible to everyone.
*30:03 – “Rebbe Nachman is the true rachamon – compassionate one.”
*31:09 – Many seforim contain words of hisorerus – inspiration – but Rebbe Nachman’s teachings are unique in that they teach students how to generate hisorerus within themselves.
32:46 – Q&R about the term “rebbe” being applied to so many different rabonim.
34:10 – Q&R about the difference between “tafkid” – purpose/mission and “tikkun” advancement/repair.
35:03 – Q&R about the difference between Rebbe Nachman and other spiritual leaders.
37:57 – Q&R about how these priniples can be explained to someon who isn’t chassidish.
*40:26 – There are many tzaddikim, but only the soul of Moshe Rabbeinu is a composite of every Jewish soul.
41:01 – רַבּ֣וֹת בָּ֖נוֹת עָ֣שׂוּ חָ֑יִל וְ֜אַ֗תְּ עָלִ֥ית עַל־כֻּלָּֽנָה – “Many women have acquired wealth, but you surpass them all” (Mishlei 31:29).
42:54 – Sefer Shemos HaTzaddikim – mentioning the name of tzaddikim activates the power of their merit.
43:34 – Even those who oppose the Tzaddik Emes receive benefit from him.
46:28 – Q&R about the Zohar HaKodesh.
51:02 – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE about how Rabbi Rosenfeld zal became a Breslover chassid.
53:30 – Q&R about following the advice of the tzaddik. Sipurey Maasios – Story of the Sophisticate and the Simpleton. Account of a baal teshuvah receiving conflicting advice from two different rabbis.
54:26 – Closing blessings.
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