Gittin 1 – Gittin 2 – The Torah Is HaShem’s Name – Importance of Spelling Names Correctly in a Get – Divorce Document – Soul Revealed Through Writing – Luchos – Written Torah – Anochi – Roshei Teivos “I Place My Soul in My Writing” – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – GITTEN 1. Hilkhos Gittin 1 is based on Likutey Moharan 56.
01:00 – NOTE – “Leadership buries those who possess it.” By hashgacha, earlier today there was a failed attempt to assassinate Donald Trump.
02:40 – When a person wants to call someone, he calls that person by name. Calling HaShem by His Name draws His life-force into us. The Torah is HaShem’s Name.
03:20 – Even when HaShem is hidden, He is still present in the Torah. Get – a divorce document is an aspect of Torah when HaShem hides His light.
12:40 – Even when the light of HaShem is hidden, His life energy is flowing into the world.
14:30 – Q&R about why a woman would want a divorce, since the husband is her source of life.
*21:20 – “She goes out, and she enters…” The divorced wife receives a new life through the divorce document. By leaving the marriage, she is given the opportunity to enter marriage again. Although she’s no longer attached to the first husband, she is always attached to HaShem.
25:40 – The importance of correctly spelling the names of the husband and wife who are getting divorced. The life energy of each person is embodied in the letters of their name. The Torah is HaShem’s Name.
27:30 – A name is an aspect of Malkhus. Reference to Likutey Moharan 4.
29:20 – Writing the day, week, month, and year of the get is essential to its validity. A day is a measure of life. All these details draw life energy to the separating couple.
31:00 – וְאָֽנֹכִ֗י הַסְתֵּ֨ר אַסְתִּ֤יר פָּנַי֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא – “And I will hide My face on that day…” (Devarim 31:18, Vayelech).
33:00 – A girl under the age of 12 does not need a get.
37:00 – Reference to Likutey Halakhos, Choshen Mishpat 2, Hilkhos Gezeyla 1.
38:00 – The divorced wife is not permitted to marry any of her former husband’s close relatives.
40:30 – Q&R about why a divorced wife cannot marry any of her first husband’s close relatives.
42:00 – Q&Rs about a divorced woman.
45:20 – GITTIN 2. Hilkhos Gittin 2 is based on Likutey Moharan 173. “Anochi” – roshei teivos “I place my soul in my writing” – the innermost part of the soul is in a person’s writing. The letter Chaf represents the Sefirah of Keser, which is the highest source of HaShem’s light. Anochi refers to the higher level, while Ani refers to the outer Shekhina. A tazddik can recognize a person’s soul through their writing and speech.
48:50 – A written document reveals both the inner and outer aspects of the writer’s nefesh. The permanent bond between HaShem and Am Yisrael was established through writing: the Ten Commandments begins with the word “Anochi”.
53:30 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 6.
54:40 – Closing blessings.
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