2021-01-17 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaMazon 4 – Para. 20b-22 – Ratzon (Desire for Holiness) – Preparing for a Mitzvah by Saying “Hareini Muchan uMezuman…”

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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 40. Ratzon (desire for holiness); preparing for a mitzvah by saying הריני מוכן ומזומן לקים מצות… “Hareini Muchan uMezuman leKayem Mitzvas…” – “I am now ready and prepared to fulfill the mitzvah of…”
00:00 – Yahrzeits today, the 4th of Shevat: Rav Avraham Kalisker z”l, the Baba Sali z”l, and Rebbetzin Beila Gittel bas Reb Shmuel Moshe a”h, wife of Reb Moshe Burstein z”l.
03:58 – Review and PARAGRAPH 20b.
08:35 – “Place Me as a seal…” (Shir HaShirim).
11:50 – “For You, Hashem we ‘kill ourselves’ all day long…”
15:38 – “Mayim Rabim lo yichlu” – “Many waters cannot quench” the love between Bnei Yisrael and Hashem. (Shir HaShirim/Song of Songs).
17:05 – The purpose of obstacles is to increase our desire for holiness.
19:18 – QUESTION about the validity of one’s yearnings toward any particular service to Hashem.
23:08 – PARAGRAPH 21. In kabbalah, the right side pertains to chesed (kindness) and ahava (love). Preparing for a mitzvah by saying הריני מוכן ומזומן לקים מצות… “Hareini Muchan uMezuman leKayem Mitzvas…” – “I am now ready and prepared to fulfill the mitzvah of…” – l’shem yichud Kudsha Berich Hu b’Shekhintei – “for the unification of the Holy One Blessed be He and the Divine Presence…”
*32:12 – The main service of a Jew is yearning for holiness.
*33:08 – When a Jew sits down to eat, it’s a war between Yaakov and Esav.
37:25 – PARAGRAPH 22.
39:12 – Kedusha meshuleshes – Why we say “kadosh, kadosh, kadosh” (holy) three times.
44:37 – Why a zimun (invitation to bless after a meal of bread) is composed of at least three men.
46:21 – Introduction to the next two paragraphs.
46:50 – Closing remarks about entering the month of Shevat. Dedication of the new Aron Kodesh in Beis Knesses Ohr Avraham. Thank-you’s.