2021-03-14 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaReyach 4 – Para. 5b-8 – Purim: Tefilah BeVechinas Din, Mordechai as an Aspect of Moshiach; Seudas Purim; Prohibition of Chometz on Pesach

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Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaReyach. Purim: Tefilah BeVechinas Din (prayer through strength); Mordechai as an aspect of Moshiach; Seudas Purim -the festive meal of Purim; the prohibition of chometz on Pesach (Passover). Recorded on Rosh Chodesh Nissan in Uman, Ukraine.

This shiur is dedicated by Michael Benmeleh in honor of Rosh Chodesh Nissan, birthday of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov.

00:00 – PARAGRAPH 5b. This halakha is based on 2Likutey Moharan 8. Purim: Tefilah BeDin. Mordechai HaTzaddik as an aspect of Moshiach. His name is based on the term Morah Dachra, the most important spice of the ketores – incense offering.
12:02 – PARAGRAPH 6. Seudas Purim. Esther’s name, Hadassah – myrtle – is a fragrant plant.
16:39 – PARAGRAPH 7. The downfall of Haman and his ten sons.
22:07 – QUESTION about making a blessing on the fragrance of Hadassim on Sukkos.
22:44 – QUESTION about the “Fourfold Song”.
26:08 – PARAGRAPH 8. Prohibition of chometz on Pesach. Hashem’s creation of the world from nothing was proven through the ten plagues and all the miracles of Yetziyas Mitzrayim (the exodus from Egypt).
31:42 – Tefilah BeVechinas Din.
34:00 – When Moshe’ staff turned into a serpent, the words of the possuk allude to the Tefilah Bevechinas Din of Pinchas.
37:08 – REMARK from student about Tefilah BeVechinas Din.
38:12 – Before receiving the Torah, it was not yet possible to have spiritual clarity and complete faith in Hashem’s creation of the world from nothing.
44:05 – The reason why Yetziyas Mitzrayim was done through open miracles.
48:27 – NOTE about Rosh Chodesh Nissan. No tachanun throughout the month of Nissan.
49:41 – QUESTION about Birkhas Ilanos. RESPONSE mentions the custom in Jerusalem to go to Kever Shimon HaTzaddik for Birkhas Ilanos.