2019-09-15 – LM1 – Torah 193 – Torah 196 – Kriyas Shema With Self Sacrifice; Parable of Servant Presenting Himself as Master

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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – Introduction: Saying the Kriyas Shema with intense concentration, as if giving one’s life al kiddush Hashem (with self-sacrifice).
02:29 – Torah 193.
05:01 – Question and response about achieving a meditative state.
09:42 – Rabbi Akiva’s acceptance of his suffering and death.
17:46 – Rabbi Rosenfeld z”l asked Rav Avraham Sternhartz z”l if a person can request that Hashem allow him to die al kiddush Hashem (for the sake of heaven). R’ Sternhartz replies that it’s better to live for the sake of heaven.
20:31 – The tzaddik achieves complete bitul (self-negation) only at the time of his passing into the next world.
22:02 – Jewish martyrdom as explained in the Zohar.
23:46 – Reb Michel Dorfman z”l pictured the 30,000 martyrs of Uman when he said the Shema.
24:37 – Rebbe Nachman’s wish to be among the martyrs of Uman as his resting place.
25:32 – Torah 194. Whoever desires honor in this world is a fool Parable of the servant who presents himself as the master, assuming airs and taking honor that’s not due him.
31:59 – The parable of the servant and master as applied to our lives today. A person shows their authority through their speech.
39:35 – Torah 195. The suffering of Dovid HaMelech (King David). “Betzar hirchavta li” – even within the suffering/difficulty itself, Hashem still provides relief.
47:35 – Torah 196. Not being insistent in prayer.