2022-06-30 – LH4 – YD1 – Hechsher Keylim 4 – Para. 22-24a – Overcoming Obstacles Through Pi Shneyim, Ratzon, and Mesiras Nefesh (Self Sacrifice)

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00:00 – Current events: terrorist attack at Kever Yosef HaTzaddik. The importance of seeking daas Torah about what is considered a “place of danger”.
05:00 – Dedications.
05:20 – PARAGRAPH 22. Pi Shneyim – double portion [of spiritual light] – and ratzon – yearning for holiness – make it possible for a person to overcome obstacles.
10:42 – PARAGRAPH 23. The destructive effects of makhlokes – conflict. Mesiras nefesh – self sacrifice in serving Hashem.
12:49 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 30 – the more ill a person is, the greater the doctor needed.
17:10 – כִּֽי־ עָ֖לֶיךָ הֹרַ֣גְנוּ כָל־הַיּ֑וֹם נֶ֜חְשַׁ֗בְנוּ כְּצֹ֣אן טִבְחָֽה – “Because it is for Your sake that we are killed all day, [that] we are considered as sheep for the slaughter” (Tehillim /Psalms 44:23). כָּל־הַ֖יּוֹם כְּלִמָּתִ֣י נֶגְדִּ֑י וּבֹ֖שֶׁת פָּנַ֣י כִּסָּֽתְנִי – “All day long my disgrace is before me, and the shame of my face has covered me” (Tehillim/Psalms 44:16).
21:54 – NOTE about a recent example of mesiras nefesh in getting to Uman.
27:00 – Q&R about how one can increase spiritual yearning: sometimes a person has to ask Hashem to help him “want to want”.
24:49 – PARAGRAPH 24. תְּה֣וֹם אָ֖מַר לֹ֣א בִי־הִ֑יא וְיָ֥ם אָ֜מַ֗ר אֵ֣ין עִמָּדִֽי – “The deep says, ‘It is not in me,’ and the sea says, ‘It is not with me'” (Iyov/Job 28:14).
31:00 – It takes great effort to receive, understand, and fulfill the Torah.
34:36 – The Torah was given “before its time”.
35:50 – Midrash about Moshe Rabbeinu arguing with the sutra achra (evil inclination) at the shore of the Yam Suf. (Tehillim/Psalms 107:24).
42:31 – Bnei Yissachar on Gittin 6b, Rav Avisar with Eliyahu Hanavi: if Torah is received from Eliyahu HaNavi, can it be questioned? To merit interpreting the Torah is greater than a revelation from Eliyahu HaNavi.
44:22 – Even though Torah seems more available than ever because of communication technology, to achieve true understanding of the Torah a person still needs to pray for understanding.
47:33 – Closing blessings.
47:56 – Q&R about the Torah being given “before its time”. Through the events of Purim, the aspect of “before the right time” was rectified, but only to a degree. [The process of increasing yearning for receiving the Torah is an eternal process – that’s why even when Moshiach is revealed and all the other holidays fall away, we will continue observing Purim. For more on this: Hilkhos Purim 4 – Para. 2-4.]