Text: Likutey Halakhos, Orach Chaim 1, Hilkhos Hashkamas HaBoker 4, Paragraph 14 (Mid.)-15. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – Chanukah and Purim are aspects of visiting the sick, because at those times the Shekhina (Manifestation of Hashem) comes into to our homes to help us recover from the illnesses of exile. 11:04 – PARAGRAPH 15. Continue Reading »
Text: Likutey Halakhos, Orach Chaim 1, Hashkamas HaBoker 4, Paragraph 15. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Both in the Beis HaMikdash (Holy Temple) on the three major festivals, and in our homes on Chanukah and Purim, it is impossible to receive the light of Hashem‘s “Face” except through giving tzedakah (charity).
Mikeitz – Yosef HaTzaddik – Pharaoh’s Dream – Illusion vs. Memory – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Text: Choshen Mishpat 2, Hilkhos Sokheyr 3, Paragraph 11b. The entire shiur is HERE.
Kislev – Chanukah – Medameh – Illusion – Yetzer Hara – Advancing from Level to Level – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. (Shiur for Mir Yeshiva students. Recorded 2017-11-23). Spiritual progress depends on the ability to see through illusions and how to view setbacks. Chanukah is a time when illusions can best be dispelled. 00:00 – Continue Reading »
Shiur presented at the Mir Yeshiva in Yerushalayim, 5th of Kislev, 5778 (23 Nov. 2017). Text: Likutey Moharan 1, Torah 25, Introduction and Para. 1-5. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. – LM1 – Torah 025 – Para. 1-5 – Medameh (Imagination), Yetzer Hara, Advancing from Level to Level in Serving Hashem. Making spiritual progress means seeing Continue Reading »
Text: Likutey Halakhos, Choshen Mishpat 2, Hilkhos Matanos 5, Roshei Perokim (Appendices) 1. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Yisro – Text: Likutey Halakhos, Choshen Mishpat 2, Hilkhos Matanos 5, Roshei Perokim (Appendices) 1. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
What is the mission of Israel concerning the 70 root nations of the world? Why is the powerful light of Chanukah central to that mission? Text: Likutey Halakhos, Yoreh Deah 2, Kiley Beheyma 4. Shiur given by Rabbi Nasan Maimon in 5763 (2002-3).
Kislev – Chanukah – Why Eight Days (Entire Shiur). Likutey Halakhos, Choshen Mishpat 2, Hilkhos Matanos 5, Paragraphs 51-53. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 26:20 – PARAGRAPH 53. The five books of the Chumash plus the three daily tefilos (Jewish prayers) combine to inaugurate a powerful, multi-dimensional form of light every Chanukah. This light was encoded Continue Reading »
Matanos 5 – Omitting the Word של – “Shel” – From the Blessing on Lighting the Chanukah Menorah – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 05:15 – Why we omit the word של from the blessing on lighting the Chanukah menorah. 15:43 – The special meaning of Zos Chanukah (the eighth day of Chanukah).
