2022-12-20 – LH4 – YD1 – Giluach 3 – Para. 10-12a – Emunah is the Essence of Serving Hashem; Pesach – Matzah, Chometz, Leaving Egypt Quickly

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Giluach 3 – Para. 10-12a. Emunah is the Essence of serving Hashem; Pesach – Matzah, Chometz, Leaving Egypt Quickly – Don’t Ask “What Will I Eat”? Getting Free From Addiction.
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Hilkhos Giluach 3 is based on Likutey Moharan 30.

00:00 – PARAGRAPH 10.
06:30 – Q&R about the process of acquiring knowledge.
09:36 – PARAGRAPH 11. Aspiring to a personal experience of Hashem.
14:26 – Heichal is b’gematria A – D – N – Y. Noam Hashem refers to Binah – the Upper Shekhina, and Heichal refers to Malkhus, the Lower Shekhina (Zohar HaKodesh).
*15:13 – Experiencing even the slightest awareness of Hashem is sweeter than anything in the material world.
18:20 – Q&R about the viability of reaching spiritual heights in our generation.
21:03 – The importance of preparing for mitzvos – for example – for the mitzvos of Chanukah by saying Likutey Tefilos for Chanukah and immersion in a mikveh.
21:56 – Q&R about the priority of emunah and chakhmah.
23:15 – PARAGRAPH 12. Pesach – matzah and chometz. כִּֽי־יִתְחַמֵּ֥ץ לְבָבִ֑י – “For my heart was in ferment…” (Tehillim 73:21).
*33:13 – The importance of leaving Egypt quickly. כִּי־גֹֽרְשׁ֣וּ מִמִּצְרַ֗יִם וְלֹ֤א יָֽכְלוּ֙ לְהִתְמַהְמֵ֔הַּ וְגַם־צֵדָ֖ה לֹֽא־עָשׂ֥וּ לָהֶֽם – “…for they were driven out of Egypt, and they could not delay, and also, they had not made provisions for themselves” (Shemos 12:39, Bo). This principle applies to every individual today who is ensnared by his mistakes. “Don’t ask ‘What will I eat?’ Just get out – run for your life!
40:50 – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE about Rabbi Maimon’s experience in High School to illustrate the difficulties in breaking destructive habits.
*43:38 – Getting free from an addiction or getting out of a any situation that threatens the soul.
45:53 – “At that time it’s forbidden to think about lunchboxes!”
46:59 – Sometimes a person needs to escape a situation quickly to save his life.
48:19 – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE about Rav Nosson of Nemirov ז”ל.
50:40 – NOTE about the Sipurey Masiyos – the Baal Tefilah gave different advice to each student depending on what that student needed.
51:27 – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE about the Chayey Adam – Rabbi Avraham Danzig z”l (1748–1820).