Gittin 3 – Yibum – Chalitza – Mitzvah to Bring Children Into the World – Sekhel HaKlali – Sekhel HaPrati – A Brother Is Born for Adversity – Balak – Friends Should Be Close But Not Too Close – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Gittin 3 is based on Likutey Moharan 61.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 16b. וּרְאֵֽה־בָנִ֥ים לְבָנֶ֑יךָ שָׁ֜ל֗וֹם עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל “And may you see children of your children, peace upon Israel” (Tehillim 128:6).
11:00 – PARAGRAPH 17. After a divorce, the separated spouses are not permitted to marry the close relatives of one another.
17:50 – Yibum – if a man dies without children, it’s a mitzvah for his widow to marry his brother.
21:00 – Sekhal HaKlali and Sekhal Prati.
24:00 – אָ֣ב לְבָנִ֔ים יוֹדִ֖יעַ אֶל־אֲמִתֶּֽךָ – “…a father shall inform his children of Your truth” (Yeshaya 38:19).
26:00 – Q&R about “close” and “too close”. Reference to מַה־טֹּ֥בוּ אֹֽהָלֶ֖יךָ יַֽעֲקֹ֑ב מִשְׁכְּנֹתֶ֖יךָ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל – “How goodly are your tents, O Yaakov, your dwelling places, O Israel” (Bamidbar 24:5, Balak).
32:00 – וְאָ֥ח לְ֜צָרָ֗ה יִוָּלֵֽד – “… a brother is born for adversity” (Mishlei 17:18).
*36:00 – NOTE: the Torah is not based on human logic. If trees are planted too closely together, they can’t live. Friends should be close, but not too close. Story of Reb Naftali zal, who lived in Breslov, and Rav Nasan zal, who lived at a distance from Breslov. Autobiographical account of Rabbi Rosenfeld zal’s kehilla and his students’ subsequent minyan in Yerushalayim.
46:00 – Q&R about closeness and all being one – reference to Likutey Moharan 4. In this physical world, all are not one. The blessing of Baruch Dayan HaEmes is not made with a smile.
48:14 – ACCOUNT of Rav Kook zal’s son passing away on his wedding day and Rav Kook waited until he could say the blessing Baurch Dayan HaEmes with the same composure as he might have had during the blessings under the chupah.
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