2019-12-08 – LM1 – Torah 235 – Torah 240 (Mid.) – Honor for Yom Tov and Torah Teachers; the Power of Music; Speech and Peace

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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – Dedication of shiur l’ilui nishmas Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld z”l.
00:23 – TORAH 235. If a person is ridiculed for slipping and falling while he’s walking, this came about through a lack of respect for the observance of Yom Tov (Jewish holidays) with joy. Reference to Hoshea 9.
04:22 – Three reasons why Hashem imposes suffering on a person: to atone for sins, to remind a person to repent, and/or to increase a person’s reward in Olam HaEmes (the World of Truth).
05:02 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 65 – why, when a person experiences pain, he closes his eyes.
05:37 – Questions and responses.
07:13 – TORAH 236. When a person honors a Torah teacher, he is rewarded according through whatever is considered valuable in his particular generation. Oral tradition about this.
10:42 – Teaching heard from Rabbi Rosenfeld based on a mishnah in Peyah concerning pretending to be blind in order to increase the collection of funds for tzedakah (charity). If a person pretends to be a tzaddik, will he eventually become one? (Peyah, Perek 8, Mishnah 9)
12:54 – TORAH 237. Music and song were elevated in the world through Levi. Why Leah named her son Levi: joining two things together is done through nigun (music). The importance of music at a Jewish wedding. Pesukei deZimra.
16:33 – The importance of saying Tehillim (Psalms).
24:40 – TORAH 238. The dynamic of disagreements between people sometimes involves the shoresh neshama (root of souls).
27:41 – Reference to sefer Noam Elimelech: why some people immediately seem “familiar” – it depends on the root of each soul.
30:38 – TORAH 239. Conflict makes it impossible to communicate; the essence of communication is through peace. Accepting upon oneself the mitzvah of “love your neighbor as yourself” before tefilah (prayer).
34:26 – Note from the teachings of Rabbi Rosenfeld based on the SHeLaH HaKodesh: explanation of why seeing a pot in a dream indicates peace.
38:39 – The word sukkah represents peace and incorporate two Names of Hashem (in gematria 380. W Shem HaEtzem and Alef Daled Nun Yud.
41:43 – Speech originates from heat.
44:02 – Connection between speech and tevas Noach (Noah’s ark): the five parts of the mouth that are used to form words.
44:46 – TORAH 240. (Beginning). All blessing that comes into the world is sent via the true tzaddik. “Tzaddik yisod olam.” The riddle of Shimshon (Samson). The mazal (fortune) of a person is received through the tzaddik.