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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Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Likutey Halakhos, Birkhas HaReyach 4. Stories from the Gemara (Talmud) of great baalei teshuvah (those who returned to faith in Hashem); the power of the heart and mind; Mochin DeGadlus (expanded consciousness).
17:00 – QUESTION about how we can achieve greater levels of teshuvah.
20:30 – Mochin deKatnus – constricted consciousness. The main strength of a person is the power of the heart. Niuf is b’gematria 131, which equals the gematria of the satan.
26:00 – The source of this power is in chochmah – intelligence. Mochin deGadlus – expanded consciousness – is the ability of a person to understand their own potential.
29:00 – A person needs to recognize their own power to withstand tests of their spiritual strength.
31:00 – QUESTION about the brain and the heart. RESPONSE: Chochmah and Binah (intellect and will power).
32:30 – PARAGRAPH 2. False humility is a form of Mochin DeKatnus. (Likutey Moharan 22 and Sichos HaRan 140). The importance of Mochin DeGadlus.
37:30 – Every Jew has great spiritual power but can only achieve it when they recognize their potential. Story of the Sutra Achra (“Other Side) trying to swallow the newborn son of Moshe Rabbeinu.
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