2021-01-07 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaMazon 4 – Para. 4-8 – Holiness of a Jewish Meal; Seudas Mitzvah; Kedushas Eretz Yisrael Emanates from the “Eyes” of Hashem

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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 40. Holiness of Jewish Meal; Seudas Mitzvah; Kedushas Eretz Yisrael Emanates from the “Eyes” of Hashem.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. The holiness of a Jewish meal. It’s forbidden to eat bread before the morning tefilah (prayer).
15:00 – PARAGRAPH 5. בָּ֣אתִי לְגַנִּי֘ אֲחֹתִ֣י כַלָּה֒ – “I have come to my garden, my sister, my bride…” (Shir HaShirim/Song of Songs 5:1). Hashem receives nachas (satisfaction) from the holiness of a Jewish meal, as from every mitzvah performed by a Jew.
21:19 – QUESTIONS about eating before shacharis (morning prayer).
24:33 – Kos Shel Berakha – the cup of wine poured in honor of the blessing after a bread meal shared by ten men. Why a person’s face reddens when they drink wine.
27:00 – Why the face of the baal tokeya on Rosh Hashanah turns red when he sounds the shofar.
28:00 – Meaning of the word Shofar.
31:36 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 17.
33:00 – PARAGRAPH 6. The holiness of a Jewish meal is achieved mainly through simcha (joy). The joy of eating on holidays and on Rosh Hashanah.
40:10 – PARAGRAPH 7. Seudas Mitzvah (Seudat Mitzvah – a meal to fulfill a Torah commandment).
46:00 – PARAGRAPH 8. The holiness of Eretz Yisrael emanates from the “eyes” of Hashem.