2022-09-04 – LH4 – YD1 – Avodas Elilim Akum 2 – Para. 7-8 – Torah, Hashem, and Israel are One; Atheism is Idolatry; Halakha 3 – Intro.-Para. 1a – Avoda Zara of the Seventy Nations vs. That of a Jew

Likutey Halakhos, Yoreh Deah 1, Avodas Elilim Akum 2 – Para. 7-8. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Topics: Torah, Hashem, and Israel are One; Avoda Zara of the Seventy Nations vs. That of a Jew; Prohibition of Murder; גונין – Gavnin – Supernal Colors of the Seven Metals.
Hilkhos Avodas Elilim Akum 2 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 78.

00:00 – PARAGRAPH 7. Only the People of Israel are the soul and life of all the worlds, with no connection to the materialism of the physical world. קדשא בריך הוה ואוריתא וישראל כלא חד – “Hashem, the Torah, and Yisrael are One” (Zohar Vayikra 7).
01:53 – The Seventy Nations are also commanded not to worship idols; this prohibition is one of the Seven Mitzvos Bnei Noach.
03:35 – אֲשֶׁ֚ר יַֽחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל לְשֹׁנ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְֽהֶחֱזִ֡יקוּ בִּכְנַף֩ אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדִ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר נֵֽלְכָה֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֥י שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים עִמָּכֶֽם – “…when ten men of all the languages of the nations shall take hold of the corner of a garment of a Jewish man, saying, ‘Let us go with you, for we have heard Hashem is with you’…” (Zacharia 8:23). In the future, the illusion of idolatry will end completely.
05:46 – What happens when a Jew creates an idol.
07:38 – What happens when a non-Jew creates an idol.
*15:29 – Q&R – Atheism is idolatry. Harming a Jew and belief in man-made religions are also considered idolatry. [Denying that money is from Hashem is also considered idolatry: Likutey Halakhos, Tefilah 4:11-14.]
17:32 – PARAGRAPH 8. The prohibition of murder. A Jew is commanded by the Torah to allow himself to be killed rather than to kill another Jew. (Pesachim 25).
29:34 – HALAKHA 3. INTRODUCTION. Topics to be discussed in this halakha: An idol created by a Jew can never be used for anything. At what point does an idol become a forbidden object? Hilkhos Avodas Elilim Akum 3 is based on Likutey Moharan 25.
30:49 – יִשְׂרָאֵ֕ל אֲשֶׁר־בְּךָ֖ אֶתְפָּאָֽר – …”Israel, in whom I take pride…” (Yeshayahu 49:3). The גונין – gavnin – supernal colors of the seven metals – are found in every Jew.
38:53 – Q&R about the gavnin.
39:51 – Closing blessings.
[For more on the gavnin, see the annotations of Rabbi Aryeh Kaplan ז”ל on Rebbe Nachman’s story of “The Bull and The Ram” (“The King Who Decreed”) published by the Breslov Research Institute. Rabbi Kaplan refers to the RaMChaL in Daas Chokhmah 32b and Likutey Torah HaAri on Tehillim 84.]

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