Today’s online Torah study is dedicated l’ilui nishmas Rabbi Yitzchak Aharon ben Rabbi Yakov Eliezer ע”ה whose yahrzeit is on the 25th of Adar.
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00:00 – Introduction to Hilkhos Devarim Hanohagim baSeudah 4. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 20.
02:06 – PARAGRAPH 1. The centrality of Eretz Yisrael to Torah observance.
10:21 – QUESTION: Request for clarification of the terms Olam, Shanah, Nefesh.
11:04 – A person who achieves dwelling in Eretz Yisrael is called “gibor” – mighty.
11:31 – Rabbi Tzvi Aryeh Rosenfeld z”l would always kiss the ground when he arrived in Eretz Yisrael.
12:31 – The main holiness of Eretz Yisrael is revealed on Rosh Hashanah. Reference to Likutey Moharan 40. Concept of “back to back” between Zer Anpin and Malchus – a spiritual process that takes place during the period between Rosh Hashanah and Shemini Atzeres.
21:10 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 4. Malkhus is called “Isha yiras Hashem”. (The second letters of each of these three words spell the name “Sarah”.) The name of the shekhinah (Divine Presence) during the time of the imahos (Matriarchs) was “Sarah” during her time, “Rivkah” during her time, and “Rochel v’ Leah” during their time.
*22:52 – NOTE: it’s also traditional to kiss the ground when leaving Eretz Yisrael. As Rebbe Nachman said, “Wherever I go, I am going to Eretz Yisrael.”
24:31 – Story of how Reb Moshe Borstein z”l came to Eretz Yisrael.
28:40 – “Wherever I go, I am on my way to Eretz Yisrael.”
30:50 – How can a person leave Eretz Yisrael to go to Uman for Rosh Hashanah? Kedushas Eretz Yisrael applies to the gravesites of tzaddikim. Imros Tahaors by Rav Avraham Sternhartz z”l shows how the kedushah of Eretz Yisrael emanates by merit of the tzaddik. Account of how Reb Nachman Horodenker z”l yearned to go to Eretz Yisrael.
32:56 – QUESTION: How can a person leave Eretz Yisrael to go to Uman for Rosh Hashanah?
37:28 – QUESTION about an account of Rav Eliyahu Chaim Rosen z”l building a sukkah in Kiev.
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