2023-01-05 – LH4 – YD1 – Lo Yilbash Gever Simlas Isha 1 – Introduction – Para. 1-2 – Spiritual Aspects of Clothing for Men and Clothing for Women; Torah Study at One’s Level

Lo Yilbash Gever 1 – Introduction – Para. 1-2. Spiritual Aspects of Clothing for Men and Clothing for Women; Torah Study at One’s Level; Hair Cutting for Men and Women – Differences; Parshas Ki Seitzei.
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Lo Yilbash Gever 1 is based on Likutey Moharan 30.
00:00 – INTRODUCTION.
01:55 – PARAGRAPH 1. Reference to Likutey Moharan 29. לֹא־יִֽהְיֶ֤ה כְלִי־גֶ֨בֶר֙ עַל־אִשָּׁ֔ה וְלֹֽא־יִלְבַּ֥שׁ גֶּ֖בֶר שִׂמְלַ֣ת אִשָּׁ֑ה – “A man’s attire shall not be on a woman, nor may a man wear a woman’s garment…” (Devarim 22:5, Ki Seitzei).
03:07 – The importance of Torah study at one’s level.
05:02 – The prohibition of a woman not wearing the garments of a man and its spiritual dimensions.
09:21 – גֶּֽבֶר־חָכָ֥ם בַּע֑וֹז – “A man is wise with strength…” (Mishlei 24:5).
11:40 – “Lo yihiheh” at the beginning of the possuk in Ki Seitzei, while “vlo yilbash” for the next part of the possuk – why this difference in wording?
14:15 – NOTE to illustrate Torah study at one’s level.
14:38 – Q&R about Baki beRatzo – Baki beShov – Mastery of Running and Returning. Reference to Likutey Moharan 6.
15:42 – The greater the person, the stronger his Yetzer Hara.
17:32 – Hair cutting for men and women – differences.
21:00 – Tremendous care and caution are needed when teaching Torah b’rabim. Reference to Likutey Moharan 34.
24:00 – Parshas Yisro – vayishma Yisro.
24:47 – “Happy is one who speaks to ears that are listening” (Zohar HaKodesh).
25:29 – The greater the person, the stronger his Yetzer Hara.
26:27 – Q&R about Torah study at one’s level – account of how Rebbe Nachman dealt with heretics.
29:06 – Q&R – Given all the purity needed for spiritual advancement, how do we, in our present generation, even stand a chance? By attaching ourselves to the greatest possible Tzaddik.
30:11 – Q&R about advice given by Rebbe Nachman to Rav Nosson ז”ל.
31:26 – PARAGRAPH 2. וְהַמֶּ֚לֶךְ דָּוִד֙ זָקֵ֔ן בָּ֖א בַּיָּמִ֑ים וַיְכַסֻּ֙הוּ֙ בַּבְּגָדִ֔ים וְלֹ֥א יִחַ֖ם לֽוֹ – “And King David was old, he came into his old age, and they covered him with clothes, but he was not warmed” (1Melachim 1:1). Understanding is an aspect of clothing.
34:45 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 21.
37:44 – Dovid Hamelech was punished in this way for cutting the tzitzis of Shaul HaMelech.
40:59 – Shmuel HaNavi and Shaul HaMelech.
47:16 – Q&R about the Malkhus of Dovid HaMelech.
51:09 – Closing blessings.

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