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

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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 the protective power of Eretz Yisrael.
24:06 – Taanis Esther – Mordechai and Esther called for a three day fast corresponding to the three avos: Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov.
24:32 – Esther HaMalka is the malchus of kedusha, the shekhina.
30:18 – QUESTION about giving the benefit of the doubt to an evil person.
31:32 – QUESTION about appeasing an enemy through money.
33:01 – QUESTION about the power of Eretz Yisrael.
35:28 – PARAGRAPH 12. Why Esther invite Haman to a seudah.
39:48 – PARAGRAPH 13. The power of the tefilah of Krias Shema al HaMitah.
43:25 – PARAGRAPH 14. The mitzvos of tztzis and tefilin pertain to the eyes. Mordechai is dressed in garments of holiness that are the opposite of the evil eye.
46:18 – “Holy garment” is an aspect of bris milah.
49:55 – QUESTION about the connection between the eyes and the removal of the orlah during bris milah. RESPONSE: reference to the klipos surrounding the Throne of Hashem. The first three years of produce from a fruit tree are orlah. Spiritual aspects of the process of the bris milah.
53:56 – COMMENT of clarification about bris milah from a mohel.