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

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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 actual material wealth.
07:24 – People lose much of their time to the acquisition of wealth. “A person is concerned about losing money, but isn’t concerned about losing time.”
12:42 – Tamimus (sincerity, wholeheartedness). Reference to Parshas Shoftim.
13:37 – PARAGRAPH 19. Why the students of Rabbi Akiva died during this season.
15:30 – Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai told his students: “Our success depends upon the love between us.”
19:31 – QUESTION: What are the two benefits of of eliminating anger?
20:27 – QUESTION: Why is wealth considered a “wall?” Reference to Likutey Moharan 59.
21:28 – PARAGRAPH 20. The business dealings between Yaakov Avinu and Esav. The establishment of Gahl Ayd – “testimony of a gathering [of stones]. (Bereishis/Genesis 31:47). L’aG B’Omer is a day when mishpat is refined to the point where judgment and negative decrees can be annulled.
28:16 – The secret of L’aG B’Omer is hidden in the word “gahl”.
29:46 – Concluding words about the siyum (completion) of Hilkhos Orach Chaim.
30:20 – QUESTION about the meaning of the Gahl Ayd. RESPONSE: the agreement reached between Yaakov Avinu and Lavan through the Gahl Ayd was an example of tikkun hamishpat.
31:49 – QUESTION about tikkun hamishpat facilitating true wealth.
32:31 – Mazal tov on the siyum of Orach Chaim. Comments on deciding what to begin learning next.
00:00 – CURRENT EVENTS: the worldwide focus on Uman Rosh HaShanah in 5781.