Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 27. Through digging wells the Avos (Patriarchs) accessed deep waters of emunah (faith in Hashem) and aitza (counsel/advice), allowing these blessings to flow into the world. 02:06 – PARAGRAPH 28. The bracha of “Ata Gibor” praises Hashem for His ability to bring the dead back to life. *08:56 Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 26. Tefilas Shemoneh Esrei. 11:27 – Blessing “gomel chassodim tovim” relates to netzach and hod, aspects of aitza (counsel/advice). 30:20 – Blessing “umeivi goel” – Moshiach. Mourner’s kaddish. 33:12 – Crying out to Hashem without words from the depths of the heart corresponds to “melech ozer“. 39:45 – Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – Why many aspects of the Torah are considered secrets. *19:09 – PARAGRAPH 23. The 248 words in the Shema parallel the 248 limbs of the body. Each word draws emunah (faith in Hashem) into its corresponding physical counterpart. This process of drawing faith into the limbs of the body Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – Saying “Baruch shem kevod malchuso leolam vaed” and the fallen honor restored to Hashem and Israel through gerim (converts to Judaism). 15:32 – PARAGRAPH 22. Yaakov Avinu is reassured of his 12 sons’ emunah through Krias Shema. 18:32 – Yaakov is an aspect of tikkun hamishpat, the establishment of Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – Sleep is a great benefit because the mind has a chance to be refreshed. 16:59 – PARAGRAPH 20. “KEl baruch gadol deyah” relates to tikkun habris and tefillin. A new child is created out of the 22 letters of the alef-beis. 20:39 – PARAGRAPH 21. “Baruch shem kevod malchuso…“. Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 18. Fifteen “vuv“s in Emes v’Yatziv – the letter vuv alludes to aitza (advice). The number fifteen combines the seven “Meshivei Taam” with the eight times “emes” (truth) appears in the section of tefilah that follows immediately after. 12:23 – Eight abilities are mentioned in the previous tefilah, Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 17. The significance of the word emes (truth) appearing in shacharis (morning prayer service) eight times between the Krias Shema and the Shemoneh Esrei? 09:41 – Aitza (counsel/advice) is compared to deep waters that only a person of deep understanding can draw forth. 12:13 – Binah to Hod. Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 15. 05:00 – Tefilas Chatzos (midnight prayer). 31:41 – Tefilas chatzos during shmita year. During a shmita year we don’t say Tikkun Rochel, we only say Tikkun Leah. 32:10 – PARAGRAPH 16. The three paragraphs of the Shema represent tikkun haEmunah and tikkun haBris. 34:21 – Yetzias Mitzrayim Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Dealing with the reality of wavering kavana (intent) when praying. How is it that the prayer of a tzaddik can be more powerful than that of even many people?
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 13. Krias Shema is an aspect of emunah (faith in Hashem). 04:31 – The large daled in Krias Shema corresponds to the four aspects of the Kisei HaKavod (Hashem’s throne). 07:48 – 12 words in the Shema and Baruch Shem parallel the 12 sons of Yaakov Avinu (the Continue Reading »
