Likutey Halakhos, Yoreh Deah 1, Ribis 5, Roshei Perokim – Part 2. Power of Tefilah at Chatzos; Parnassah; Wealth from Eretz Yisrael; Havdalah; Bereishis – Emeser Emes – Perfect Truth. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – Dedications and brief review.
01:45 – ROSHEI PEROKIM PART 2. The power of tefilah – prayer – at chatzos halayla – midnight.
08:28 – It’s difficult to know the precise time of chatzos halayla.
14:53 – NOTE from Zohar Hakodesh about shefa – bounty – emanating from Eretz Yisrael.
15:58 – Why neshech – monetary interest – is called a “bite”. Why one of the Torah readings for Chol HaMoed Pesach relates to lending money.
18:14 – Q&R about the advice of Dovid HaMelech concerning parnassah.
19:27 – “Hashem planted truth and cast it down to the earth” (Bereishis Raba 8:5). The main source of conflict in this world is imperfect truth. When Adam and Chava ate from the Tree of Knowledge, Hashem asked “Who told you that you’re naked?” (Bereishis 3: 9,11).
27:02 – The resurrection of the dead depends on אמת – truth.
*27:36 – Havdalah on Motzei Shabbos draws the holiness of Shabbos into the following six weekdays.
32:00 – NOTE: The Ben Ish Chai teaches that one hour of learning Torah on Shabbos is equal to a thousand hours of Torah learning on a weekday.
36:00 – The one message Hashem conveys before He reveals the Torah on Har Sinai is “Stand back.”
41:07 – Q&R about the sin of Adam HaRishon and the introduction of sheker – falsehood – into the material world.
42:28 – PARAGRAPH 1. Creation was for the sake of man. Emes and sheker – truth and falsehood. Duality/diversity gives rise to conflict and evil.
47:43 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 51.
50:18 – Free will is the greatest miracle of creation.
52:10 – עָשָׂ֧ה הָֽאֱלֹהִ֛ים אֶת־הָֽאָדָ֖ם יָשָׁ֑ר וְהֵ֥מָּה בִקְשׁ֖וּ חִשְּׁבֹנ֥וֹת רַבִּֽים – “…for Hashem made man straight, but they sought many intrigues” (Koheles 7:29).
54:39 – אֲ֜נִ֗י הַיּ֥וֹם יְלִדְתִּֽיךָ – “…this day have I begotten you” (Tehillim 2:7). Daas – Torah wisdom – enables a person to rise above the concept of time.
57:09 – Closing blessings.
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