Tu B’Shevat – Birkhas HaPeyros – What is a Chassid? Nezikin (Damages); Elevating a Soul Through Money and Honor – Seven Species of Eretz Yisrael – Tu B’Shevat Customs.
This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 37.
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – Today’s shiur is dedicated by Moshe Hamburg l’ilui nishmas his mother, Sarah bas Shmuel a”h whose yahrzeit is on the 14th of Shevat. This shiur is also dedicated l’ilui nishmas Rabbi Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu ben Shmuel Kaplan z”l, whose yahrzeit is on the 14th of Shevat.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 2b. Birkhas HaPeyros – What is a Chassid? Nezikin – Damages: Elevating a soul through money.
*17:10 – PARAGRAPH 3. Priorities in Blessings; the Seven Species of Eretz Yisrael. Kovod – honor. It’s important which blessing is made first when eating several different types of food because there are different levels of soul in different foods. Showing respect to a soul helps elevate that soul.
20:43 – “Table of Kings” – treating food with respect elevates the souls within it.
*34:36 – Breslov Tu B’Shevat customs. Although Rebbe Nachman didn’t make a “seder” on Tu B’Shevat, it is customary in the Breslov community to enjoy festive meals including washing for bread, including the Seven Species, and saying the she’hechiyanu blessing on a new fruit.
Praying for a beautiful Esrog to honor Sukkos is also customary on Tu B’Shevat.
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