2020-12-29 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaMazon 2b – Threefold Bracha After Eating Bread Achieves the Holiness of Eretz Yisrael; Halakha 3 – Introduction – Nekudos Correspond to Sefiros; Shattering of Vessels

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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Halakha 2 is based on Likutey Moharan 47. Halakha 3 is based on Likutey Moharan 34.
00:00 – HALAKHA 2b.
05:30 – Through eating in holiness, miracles can be facilitated.
10:14 – The last bracha in Birkhas HaMazon.
12:17 – The threefold blessing after eating bread corresponds to Yaakov Avinu. The full range of colors in emes/tiferes.
14:12 – The burial of the fallen of Beitar.
19:06 – Burial in Eretz Yisrael.
24:25 – QUESTION about the last bracha corresponding to gevurah.
28:15 – The holiness of Eretz Yisrael is achieved through Birkhas HaMazon.
30:00 – QUESTION about the sutra achra (evil inclination).
32:40 – QUESTION about Eretz Yisrael vs. the rest of the world.
36:13 – QUESTION about Rebbe Nachman’s choice to be buried in Uman.
36:56 – HALAKHA 3. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 34. Shame and embarrassment break a person’s heart. To repair this, we connect our heart to the specific holiness relevant to one’s life at present. A broken heart is repaired through good friends.
40:41 – Each of the sefiros corresponds to a particular nekuda (vocalization of the Hebrew letters). Melupum corresponds to Yisod/Tzaddik.
42:00 – The three daily tefilos (prayers): Avraham Avinu corresponds to amida (standing), Yitzchak Avinu corresponds to sicha (conversation); and Yaakov Avinu corresponds to pegia (encounter).
44:26 – Summary of Likutey Moharan 47.
49:16 – The creation of ahavas hanefulin (“fallen kindness) and the origination of klipos (spiritual barriers, literally “husks” or “peels”).
53:05 – The shattering of the vessels.