Geviyas Milveh 3 – Parshas Mishpatim – Justice – Bringing People Close to HaShem Builds a Heichal HaKodesh – Cheshbon HaNefesh Protects – Fire of Mishpat – Business Dealings Elevate Holy Sparks – Anger Damages Wealth – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – INTRODUCTION. Hilkhos Geviyas Milveh 3 is based on Likutey Moharan 59. NOTE about Rabbi Zvi Aryeh BenZion b”R Yisrael Abbah Rosenfeld zal, who devoted his life to bringing people close to HaShem. His yahrzeit is this week on the 11th of Kislev.
01:40 – PARAGRAPH 1. Yad veShem. Tikkun HaMishpat – justice. Bringing people close to HaShem builds a heichal hakodesh. However, doing this has dangers.
05:13 – זֹאת יְר֣וּשָׁלִַ֔ם בְּת֥וֹךְ הַגּוֹיִ֖ם שַׂמְתִּ֑יהָ וּסְבִֽיבוֹתֶ֖יהָ אֲרָצֽוֹת – “…This is Jerusalem; in the midst of the nations I have placed it…” (Yechezkel 5:5).
***06:20 – When a person is involved with bringing people close to HaShem he must analyze his actions carefully and judge himself daily through mishpat. This mishpat generates a fire that burns away any influence of the negative traits of the people he’s bringing close.
10:30 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 59:4.
13:10 – עֹ֥שֶׂה עֹ֖שֶׁר וְלֹ֣א בְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט בַּֽחֲצִ֚י יָמָיו֙ (כתיב יָמָו֙) – “…so it is he who gathers riches but not by right; he shall leave them in the midst of his days…” (Yirmiyah 17:11).
15:00 – Q&R – Cheshbon hanefesh – self-auditing, especially during hisbodedus – protects a person who is bringing people close to HaShem.
17:30 – PARAGRAPH 2. A person involved with business dealings also needs to do cheshbon hanefesh constantly.
*18:45 – Kiruv rechokim and business dealings are similar because both occupations elevate sparks of holiness.
22:40 – A spiritually accomplished person and a wealthy person are like magnets – they both attract souls.
***29:38 – Wealth and honor share the same spiritual root, as in וְהָעֹ֤שֶׁר וְהַכָּבוֹד֙ מִלְּפָנֶ֔יךָ – “And wealth and honor are from before You…” (Divrei HaYomim I, 29:12).
31:15 – Anger is the Yetzer Hara – Evil Inclination – in a person’s heart. Anger damages wealth.
32:00 – וְהָסֵ֥ר כַּ֨עַס֙ מִלִּבֶּ֔ךָ וְהַֽעֲבֵ֥ר רָעָ֖ה מִבְּשָׂרֶ֑ךָ – “…and remove anger from your heart, and take evil away from your flesh” (Koheles 11:10).
33:10 – 39 Melakhos HaMishkan. וִיהִ֚י נֹ֨עַם | אֲדֹנָ֥י אֱלֹהֵ֗ינוּ עָ֫לֵ֥ינוּ וּמַֽעֲשֵׂ֣ה יָ֖דֵינוּ כּֽוֹנְנָ֣ה עָלֵ֑ינוּ וּמַֽ֘עֲשֵׂ֥ה יָ֜דֵ֗ינוּ כּֽוֹנְנֵֽהוּ – “And may the pleasantness of HaShem our Master be upon us, and the work of our hands establish for us, and the work of our hands establish it (Tehillim 90:17 – Tefilah leMoshe). Why does Moshe Rabbeinu repeat the words “establish the work of our hands”?
36:40 – Q&R How does mishpat counteract anger?
38:00 – It is important to combing Torah with derech eretz. (Avos 2:2).
38:35 – מִשְׁפְּטֵֽי־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱמֶ֑ת צָֽדְק֥וּ יַחְדָּֽו – “…the judgments of HaShem are true, altogether just” (Tehillim 19:10).
42:35 – PARAGRAPH 3. Parshas Mishpatim. אֵ֨לֶּה֙ הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר תָּשִׂ֖ים לִפְנֵיהֶֽם – “And these are the ordinances that you shall set before them” (Shemos 21:1, Mishpatim). Money depends on mishpat. Lack of proper mishpat was an important factor causing to the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash.
***46:00 – The rebuilding of Yerushalayim is accomplished through mishpat, as in צִיּ֖וֹן בְּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט תִּפָּדֶ֑ה וְשָׁבֶ֖יהָ בִּצְדָקָֽה – “Zion shall be redeemed through justice and her penitent through righteousness” (Yeshaya 1:27).
47:00 – ה֖וֹן בֵּית֣וֹ – “…all he owns…” (Mishlei 6:31).
47:45 – PARAGRAPH 4. One of the main causes of poverty is lack of mishpat.
50:00 – Reference to Sefer HaMidos, Mamon A 75: “A poor man is confused like a drunkard”.
51:00 – Sometimes poverty distances a person from HaShem. Complaining against HaShem is an aspect of damaged mishpat.
54:40 – NOTE: Tzedakah is a form of mishpat.
55:20 – Closing blessings.
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