Kriyas Shema 2 – Chanuka – HaShem Yearns To Hear the Truth – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Kriyas Shema SheAl HaMitah 2 is based on Likutey Moharan 35. “HaShem yearns for the truth.”
00:00 – By reciting the Shema at night before going to sleep, we declare our faith in the Unity of HaShem.
15:28 – Viduy (confession) is a powerful expression of truth.
18:00 – When a person prepares for sleep through reciting Kriyas Shema, their sleep is healthy and restores them physically and spiritually
22:40 – Chanukah is celebrated during the longest nights of the year.
25:37 – Kriyas Shema al ha mitah prevents and repairs the sin of zera l’vatala (wasting seed), which begins in thought.
27:57 – Thought is repaired through sleep. Kriyas shema al hamitah is one of the most powerful antidotes for this sin.
*36:04 – Tehillim 51 was said as viduy (confession) by Dovid Hamelech. HaShem yearns to hear the truth.
38:46 – בְּיָֽדְךָ֘ אַפְקִ֪יד ר֫וּחִ֥י פָּדִ֖יתָה אוֹתִ֥י יְ֜הֹוָ֗ה אֵ֣ל אֱמֶֽת: “Into Your Hand I entrust my spirit; You have redeemed me, O Lord, HaShem of truth..” (Tehillim 31:6) The last word from a person’s lips before he goes to sleep at night is “emes” – truth.
41:08 – Hashkiveynu.
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