Simaney Beheyma veChaya Tehora 4 – Chanukah – Pach Shemen – Keren Shemen – Hashmonaim – Geulah Depends on Tzedakah – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 19b-20. 30:00 – PARAGRAPH 21. The miracles of Chanukah: chiddush (Torah innovation) by the Bnei Yissa’char about pach shemen vs. keren shemen and the temporary kingdom of Continue Reading »
Tetzaveh 5776 – Choshen Mishpat – Garment of Judgement – Clip – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. How does the Choshen Mishpat worn by the Kohen Gadol atone for misjudgments in Torah courts of law? What is the spiritual significance of clothing? Based on Likutey Halakhos, Yoreh Deah 2, Hilkhos Orlah 5. Para. 14. The entire Continue Reading »
Terumah – The Sky Window Above Eretz Yisrael – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Text: Likutey Moharan 152 based on Zohar Terumah, 140b-141a. A “sky window” above Eretz Yisrael is protected from evil forces by a “thin curtain”. (Based on the Zohar, Terumah.) Reference to Pardes, Sha’ar HaTemurot, Chapter 2: “In the Holy Land, everything is Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Topics: Ki Seitzei; Elul; Teshuvah; Order vs. Disorder, Too Much Light. 00:00 – Dedications and review. 03:02 – PARAGRAPH 3. Teshuvah during the month of Elul. The letters of the word בראשית also spell “on the first of Tishrei“. 08:15 – וַיַּקְהֵ֣ל משֶׁ֗ה אֶת־כָּל־עֲדַ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל – (Shemos 35:1, Vayakhel). 11:08 Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Topics: Dancing for Joy; Faith and Malkhus; Ki Seitzei; Adam and Chava; Order and Disorder. 00:00 – Dedications: today, the 14th of Shevat, is the yahrzeit of Rabbi Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu ben Shmuel Kaplan ז”ל. 01:26 – TORAH 81. שמחה של מצוה – the joy of performing a mitzvah is an Continue Reading »
Tu beShevat – The Mystical Tree of World Peace. In his Tale of the Seven Beggars, Rebbe Nachman describes a tree near which all creatures are in harmony. It its shade, even natural enemies are at peace with one another. Its three roots are אמונה – faith, יראה – fear/respect, and עניוות – humility. The Continue Reading »
Tu beShevat – Birthday of Rav Nosson of Nemirov zal – Eitz HaDaas – Mystical Tree of Rebbe Nachman’s Fifth Beggar – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Recorded on 2022-01-11 in Efrat, Israel. 00:00 – The Fifteenth of Shevat – Rosh Hashanah leIlanos (New Year for the Trees) – is the birthday of Rav Nosson of Continue Reading »
Tu beShevat – The Seven Species of Eretz Yisrael require special priority during a meal. It’s important which blessing is made first when eating several different types of food because there are different levels of souls in different foods. Showing respect to a soul helps elevate it. Tu beShevat customs: although Rebbe Nachman of Breslov didn’t Continue Reading »
Beshalach – Shabbos Shira – Believing is Seeing. “And they had faith in Hashem and in Moshe, His servant – then Israel sang…” (Beshalach). In Likutey Halakhos, Orach Chaim 1, Tefillin 6:12, Rav Nosson of Nemirov describes how this song not only praises Hashem for His miraculous rescue – it expresses the tremendous joy that Continue Reading »
Text: Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 82, Para. 1-3 – Order and disorder; Adam and Chava (Eve); Humility. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. In this teaching Rebbe Nachman presents the concepts fundamental to all his teachings: seder (order) and lo c’seder (disorder). The purpose of man is to bring order to his world through the observance of Continue Reading »
