2021-02-14 – LM2 – Torah 15 – Para. 3 – True Tzaddikim vs. False Leaders; Yabbok; Tzedakah from Impure Sources; Torah 16 – Parnassah (Livelihood); Malkhus (Kingship of Hashem); Humility

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Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Likutey Moharan 2. True tzaddikim vs. false leaders; Yabbok; tzedakah from impure sources; parnassah (livelihood); malkhus (Kingship of Hashem); humility.

This shiur is dedicated l’ilui nishmas Nachman Shimshon b’Reb Avraham Ephraim Yisrael ע”ה whose yahrzeit is on the 3rd of Adar.
This shiur is also dedicated l’ilui nishmas Yacha bas Reb Eliyahu Chaim HaLevi ע”ה whose yahrzeit is on the 3rd of Adar.

00:00 – Review of this teaching thus far, concerning people who impersonate tzaddikim.
04:26 – PARAGRAPH 3. Story of Rabbi Zeira and Rabbi Yehuda (Shabbos 77b). Through an allegory about the thorns that surround the mystical rose, the dynamic between true tzaddikim and false leaders is explained.
14:04 – Yabbok – Yichud, Bracha, Kedushah.
16:09 – Summary of this Torah read from Breslov Research Institute’s English translation of the Likutey Tefilos.
18:28 – Likutey Tefilos corresponding to Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 15. [Verbatim reading of the English text.]
*27:30 – Tefilah for parnassah. [Verbatim reading of the English text.]
29:38 – QUESTION: who are the unworthy poor?
32:31 – QUESTION about giving charity on Purim. RESPONSE: why we don’t investigate too closely requests for tzedakah on Purim.
35:14 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 12. The Ten Statements of Creation correspond to the 10 Attributes of Hashem.
37:24 – NOTE about the events of Purim and announcement of this year’s tzedakah campaign for Purim.
44:30 – QUESTION about receiving charity from evil people. RESPONSE includes story of the Baal Shem Tov HaKadosh advising a community whose Sefer Torah was written through funding from an unworthy source.
41:35 – TORAH 16 – PARAGRAPH 1.The struggle for parnassah explained through the sin of Adam and Chava (Eve). Malkhus and humility.