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Archive: September 2020

2020-09-04 – LH2 – OC2 – Netilas Yadayim LiSeudah 2 (Entire) – Clapping Hands During Prayer; Bringing the Holiness of Eretz Yisrael Into Our Meals; Washing Hands for Bread – Laws and Customs

Posted on September 4, 2020

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 44. Recorded in Uman, Ukraine. Explaining the Breslov tradition of clapping hands quietly at points during prayer; bringing the holiness of Eretz Yisrael into our meals; customs of washing hands before a bread meal. The kedusha (holiness) of Eretz Yisrael is the source of Continue Reading »

2020-09-02 – Netilas Yadayim LiSeduah 1 – Para. 1-2a – The Five Grains; Washing for Bread and Matzah; The Importance of Pas Shacharis

Posted on September 2, 2020

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon (broadcast from Uman). 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 56. The “table of kings” whenever a Jew eats a meal. 06:20 – The five grains represent daas (Torah wisdom). Stressing the letter “hey” in “hamotzi“. 10:48 – The definition of matzah. 12:11 – Note from Rabbi Continue Reading »

2020-08-28 – LH2 – OC2 – Masa uMatan 4 – Para. 7-8 – Belief in Divine Supervision; Saying LeShem Yichud; Rosh Hashanah 5781 – Update 1 – Broadcast from Uman

Posted on August 28, 2020

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. (First live broadcast from Uman for Erev Rosh Hashanah 5781). 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 7. Torah and mitzvos depend entirely upon complete emunah (faith) in the concept of Hashgocha Pratis (Divine Supervision). 09:18 – QUESTION regarding Hashgocha Pratis in Eretz Yisrael (the Land of Israel) and outside Eretz Yisrael. 13:08 – NOTE Continue Reading »

2020-08-23 – LH3 – OC3 – Purim 6 – Para. 18-20 – Time vs. Wealth; Tikkun HaMishpat; Temimus (Sincerity); L’aG B’Omer

Posted on August 23, 2020

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 59, 68, and 69. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 18. How counting the Omer helps a person achieve tikkun hamishpat – refinement of judgement. 03:03 – A person who eliminates their anger always merits two benefits: joy and satisfaction with what they have, as well as Continue Reading »

2020-08-16 – OC3 – LH3 – Purim 5 – Para. 22-23 – Tov Ayin Achieved Through Kashrus, Berakhos, and Tefilah; Purim 6 – Para. 1 – Anger Harms Wealth

Posted on August 16, 2020

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – Dedications. 01:00 – PARAGRAPH 22. 12:00 – PARAGRAPH 23. 30:00 – Review. 36:00 – HALAKHA 6. Introduction. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 59. 38:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. Heichal is ADNY. *45:00 – Every Jew is supposed to be wealthy because the task of each and every one Continue Reading »

2020-08-13 – LH3 – OC3 – Purim 5 – Para. 10-14 – Tov Ayin vs. Ra Ayin; Evil is Elevated to Destroy It; The Power of Eretz Yisrael; Bris Milah

Posted on August 13, 2020

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – Dedications. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 10. 10:08 – PARAGRAPH 11. Sometimes Hashem “hides His Face” through empowering evil, in order to bring about a greater revelation of His light. 22:43 – The main tefilah during the events of Purim was to call upon the merit of Israel’s forefathers. This awakens Continue Reading »

2020-08-12 – LH3 – OC3 – Purim 5 – Para. 6-9 – Good Eye vs. Evil Eye; Clothing and Tzitzis; Kiddush Heals Vision; The Modesty of Esther HaMalka

Posted on August 12, 2020

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – Dedication for two yahrzeits commemorated on the date the shiur was recorded, the 22nd of Av: Reb Moshe B’Reb Menachem ע”ה and Reb Yisrael Abba B’Reb Yehudah ז”ל (father of Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld ז”ל). Biographical sketch of Rabbi Yisrael Abba Rosenfeld, scion of Breslov chassidim and founder of Continue Reading »

2020-08-11 – LH3 – OC3 – Purim 5 – Para. 1b-5 – Good Eye vs. Evil Eye; Eretz Yisrael is Central to the Downfall of Evil

Posted on August 11, 2020

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 55. 00:57 – TOWARDS END OF PARAGRAPH 1. Witnessing the downfall of evil. 05:17 – Summary of ayin tov (“good eye”) and ayin ra (“evil eye”). 04:24 – PARAGRAPH 2. 12:53 – NOTE: Oral tradition in Breslov is that “leyasheyv atzmo heyteyv” to “thing Continue Reading »

2020-08-10 – LH3 – OC3 – Purim 4 – Para. 5-8 – The Hiddenness of Esther HaMalka; Why Purim Needs No Issur Malacha; Purim 5 – Intro. – Para. 1 – Eretz Yisrael and the Defeat of Evil

Posted on August 10, 2020

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:58 – PARAGRAPH 5. 03:07 – PARAGRAPH 6. 05:39 – PARAGRAPH 7. Esther HaMalkah is an aspect of the hiddenness of Hashem. The forces of evil could not affect her because she was invisible to them. A spiritual substitute was sent to stand in for her when she had to be Continue Reading »

2020-08-09 – LH3 – OC3 – Purim 4 – Para. 2-4 – Why the Celebration of Purim Will Continue Even After Moshiach is Revealed – Why the Other Holidays Will Be Diminished

Posted on August 9, 2020

Purim 4 – – Why the Celebration of Purim Will Continue Even After Moshiach is Revealed – Why the Other Holidays Will Be Diminished – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Hilkhos Purim 4 is based on Likutey Moharan 33. 00:00 – PARAGRAP H 2. The evil plan of Haman in his attempt to destroy Am Yisrael Continue Reading »