2022-01-23 – LM2 – Torah 082 – Para. 3-4 – Ki Seitzei; Elul; Teshuvah; Order vs. Disorder; Too Much Light – Torah 083 – Introduction

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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Topics: Ki Seitzei; Elul; Teshuvah; Order vs. Disorder, Too Much Light.
00:00 – Dedications and review.
03:02 – PARAGRAPH 3. Teshuvah during the month of Elul. The letters of the word בראשית also spell “on the first of Tishrei“.
08:15 – וַיַּקְהֵ֣ל משֶׁ֗ה אֶת־כָּל־עֲדַ֛ת בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל – (Shemos 35:1, Vayakhel).
11:08 – Kabbalistic aspects of the vowel Chirik.
13:05 – No matter what level of spirituality he reached, Moshe Rabbeinu had the ability to find Hashem there.
17:50 – You would think that the higher a person goes, spiritually, the closer he becomes to Hashem. But that’s not the case.
19:49 – וַֽיְהִי֙ כִּֽי־זָקֵ֣ן יִצְחָ֔ק וַתִּכְהֶ֥יןָ עֵינָ֖יו מֵֽרְאֹ֑ת – “It came to pass when Yitzchak was old his eyes grew dim and he could not see…” (Bereishis 27:1). By coming too close to the light of Hashem, a person can become blinded by too much light.
21:24 – Kabbalistic aspects of the vowel Segol are related to Hashem protecting Moshe Rabbeinu from receiving too much light.
23:15 – בַּֽעֲצָֽתְךָ֥ תַנְחֵ֑נִי וְאַ֖חַר כָּב֣וֹד תִּקָּחֵֽנִ – “Guide me with Your counsel and receive me after [in back of] glory…” (Tehillim 73:24). Dovid HaMelech prayed that Hashem should bring him closer in a way similar to the way Moshe Rabbeinu was permitted to see higher dimensions of Hashem’s light – with protection.
25:08 – Q&R about the particular Name of Hashem associated with His “back”.
25:30 – PARAGRAPH 4. When things are “out of order” and obstacles need to be overcome, this is an aspect of war, as in כִּֽי־תֵצֵ֥א לַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה עַל־אֹֽיְבֶ֑יךָ – “If you go out to war against your enemies…” (Devarim 21:10, Ki Seitzei).
29:04 – מחשבה- thought, intent – contains the word מה – what. Machshava implies “think about Hashem” since Mem Hey is 45, one of the expansions of Y – K – V – H.
33:25 – NOTE: “Make His will like your will, and He shall make your will like His will.” (Pirkei Avos 2:4).
34:17 – NOTE: The first letters of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai spell shevi as do the first letters of Yisrael Baal Shem.
38:38 – Introduction to the Etz Chaim, Principle #19. Reference to Likutey Moharan 6: the teshuvah process requires going up, and coming back down – advancing and retreating.
41:49 – Q&R about making spiritual advancement.
43:35 – TORAH 83. Tikkun habris – maintaining the holiness of marriage.
49:25 – NOTE about Parshas Beshalach. If a Jew ever raises his hand for a destructive purpose, he brings judgement upon himself.