Archive: July 2018

CM2 – Lesson 124a – Umanim 4 – Para. 26-28 – Watching Divided into Four Categories

CM2 – Lesson 123b – Umanim 4 – Para. 23-25 – Attaching Oneself to the Purity of the Tzaddik

CM2 – Lesson 123a – Umanim 4 – Para. 21-22 – Yam Suf, Dibur, Speech, Hisbodedus

CM2 – Lesson 122b – Umanim 4 – Para. 16-20 – Sukkah, Arba Minim, Four Types of Jews

CM2 – Lesson 122a – Umanim 4 – Para. 14-15 – Yom HaKippurim, Ohr Zaruah, Sukkah

CM2 – Lesson 121b – Umanim 4 – Para. 12-13 – Shofar Sounds, Tefilah of Rosh HaShanah, Three Books Open

CM2 – Lesson 121a – Umanim 4 – Para. 8-11 – Rosh HaShanah, Akeidas Yitzchak is Ratzon Only, All Sounds Emanate from Shofar

CM2 – Lesson 120b – Umanim 4 – Para. 6-7 – Emes and Emunah

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 6. A craftsman is in the category of a paid watchman, as in ואמונה מאד (Tehillim/Psalms 119:138). 14:15 – PARAGRAPH 7. “Can it be true that you are silent?”(Tehillim/Psalms 58:2) [In Chullin 89a the word “ha-umnam” is compared homiletically to a craftsman.] 19:54 – “Words of truth recorded Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 120a – Umanim 4 – Para. 4-5 – Shleymus (Perfection) Brings Protection, Difference Between Paid and Unpaid Watchmen

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. Both the creative work of a craftsman and the concept of protection are rooted in emunah (faith in Hashem). Shleymus (perfection/completion) brings shmirah (protection). 07:33 – Destructive forces can only harm in a place of lack. 10:07 – Protection is rooted in emunah. 14:41 – PARAGRAPH 5. Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 119b – Umanim 4 Para. 1-3 – Creation Incomplete Without Man, Craft as Faith, Mishkan, 39 Types of Work

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. Why did Hashem create the raw materials of wood and metal, for example, and not the table or watch that people need to make from these materials? 03:55 – PARAGRAPH 2. אתערותא דלתתא – “Initiative from below” Hashem created an imperfect world so it could be completed Continue Reading »