2019-12-01 – LM1 – Torah 234 – The Importance of Relating True Accounts About Tzaddikim

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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – This shiur is dedicated by Peretz Rubel in memory of his mother: l’iluy nishmas Sara Leah bas Lieber a”h, whose yahrzeit is on the 3rd of Kislev.
00:18 – Telling stories of tzaddikim (righteous people) in the proper way purifies thought.
17:30 – הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה תְּחַיֶּ֥ה בְעָלֶֽיהָ “…and the Torah gives life to those who bring it forth.” (Koheles/Ecclesiastes 7:12). It is crucial to vocalize Torah study, not simply read text with the eyes.
18:00 – PARAGRAPH 2. The importance of how, to whom, and about whom a story of Tzaddikim is told.
21:41 – Sefer Kokhvey Ohr – “Stars of Light” – is a Breslov collection of biographical accounts collected by Reb Avrum b’Reb Nachman Tulchiner.
27:32 – PARAGRAPH 3. Emulating Hashem is achieved through the ten levels of holiness in Eretz Yisrael.
32:12 – “Ain tamid eleh Eretz Yisrael” – the concept of forever is [one and the same with] the Land of Israel (Midrash Yalkut Tehillim 105).
33:02 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 7: Eretz Yisrael, tefilah, and miracles – these three are one.
33:23 – PARAGRAPH 4. The Name of Hashem that’s used to appoint a king.
36:26 – Daniel replies concerning Nevuchadnezzar: הוּא מְהַשְׁנֵ֚א עִדָּֽנַיָּא֙ וְזִמְנַיָּ֔א מְהַעְדֵּ֥ה מַלְכִ֖ין וּמְהָקֵ֣ים מַלְכִ֑ין “He changes the seasons, He removes kings and He appoints kings.” (Daniel 2:21).
36:50 – The meaning of Yosef HaTzaddik‘s dream about the stalks of grain bowing.
37:45 – Note about the tefilah said on Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur: Vechol Ma’aminim – “And All Who Believe.”
39:00 – Biographical note about Rebbe Nachman: he told his students that what influenced him in a powerful way as a child was living in the house that belonged to his great-grandfather, the Baal Shem Tov HaKodesh. He explained that because his parents raised him in this house, he often heard the stories of tzaddikim whenever travelers passed through to pay their respects.
41:30 – Saying the section of Likutey Tefilos that relates to this teaching helps a person be able to relate stories of tzaddikim in a good way.
42:17 – The Vilna Gaon criticizes the Rambam’s statements about amulets not truly being effective.
44:42 – The power of saying Shemos HaTzaddim.