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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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 40.
00:00 – Review.
01:19 – PARAGRAPH 16b.
04:51 – Eretz Yisrael is the source of blessing. Repairing unlimited desire for wealth.
08:33 – שפע כפלןה – “double blessing”.
08:52 – The plentiful nature of Shabbos.
10:26 – B’gematria, Yosef is twice lechem, to show that the tzaddik an aspect of Shabbos/Lechem mishneh (the two loaves required at each Shabbos meal).
11:28 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 23.
12:57 – Why Jews pray “derech artzam”facing Eretz Yisrael.
13:20 – Why we read Parshas Miketz on Chanukah.
13:37 – QUESTION about Rebbe Nachman’s attitude toward poverty. RESPONSE includes an answer to the question “Why did Am Yisrael need wealth when they left Egypt? There were no shopping malls in the wilderness!”
16:53 – QUESTION: Is is a brachah for a person to receiving more than he wants?
17:22 – PARAGRAPH 17. The dream of Pharaoh.
20:32 – “The more wealth, the more worry.”
23:24 – What’s the solution for teivas mamon? Attaching oneself to the aspect of Yosef, who represents the tzaddik in every generation.
26:10 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 13.
27:05 – Yosef HaTzaddik’s advice to Pharaoh.
28:43 – NOTE heard from Rabbi Rosenfeld z”l quoting the Baal HaTanya z”l: if a person is in a crisis, it sometimes helps to give more tzedakah than usual.
*35:09 – The earth of every locality can be used as a preservative for the crops and farming produce of that location.
37:30 – Why Yosef HaTzaddik accused his brother of being spies.
42:43 – QUESTION about “faking it” if a person doesn’t have money.
47:16 – QUESTION about preparing for Rosh Chodesh (this shiur was given on Erev Rosh Chodesh Shevat.)
52:04 – The word “Shevat” is roshei teyvos (initial letters of the words ) “shenishma’im b’suros tovos” – “May good news be heard”.
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