Sefer Torah 3 – The Flaming Sword at the Entrance to Gan Eden – Machlokes – Conflict – Sefer Torah 4 – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Sefer Torah 3 is based on Sipurey Masiyos – The Seven Beggars – Fifth Day – Story of the Hunchbacked Beggar (commentary – Sichos HaRan 149).
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 10. The Flaming Sword at the Entrance to Gan Eden – Machlokes – Conflict.
02:50 – Reference to Sichos HaRan 77.
*05:00 – The Flaming Sword/Source of Machlokes is the reason why the Daas of an individual is in constant flux, wavering between Din and Chesed (Zohar HaKodesh, VaYechi 221).
09:30 – All Machlokes is repaired by writing a Sefer Torah on the skin of an animal.
11:40 – Forgetfulness led to Machlokes in Limud Torah. Reference to Sotah 47.
15:40 – Q&R about the conflict between Beis Shammai and Beis Hillel.
17:00 – Q&R about the Tzaddik’s relationship with each student.
17:30 – “Etz Chaim Hi…” Through the Tzaddik a person is lead along a path of peace.
19:40 – PARAGRAPH 11. The cause of Machlokes is conflict about Makom – place.
22:30 – “When there is peace, two can rest on the blade of a sword.”
25:30 – Q&R about Machlokes in Limud Torah.
28:30 – Q&R about the qualities of שלום – peace. NOTE – אילן – [fruit] tree – is 91: Y – H – V – H (26) plus A – D – N – Y (65). The word שלום is bGematria Y – H – V – H when each letter is multiplied by each letter in A – D – N – Y. Beis HaMikdash is called Sukkas Shalom a dwelling of peace. The outer letters of Sukkah are Samech Hey – 65 – A – D – N – Y. The inner letters are Vuv Chaf – 26 – Y – H – V – H.
31:00 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 56.
32:30 – Q&R about Kohen, Levi, Yisrael.
34:00 – HALAKHA 4. Hilkhos Sefer Torah 4 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 8.
35:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 8 – Para. 8.
39:00 – Closing blessings.
39:00 – Q&R about responding to people who don’t understand traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashanah – best to not discuss it. But if a person’s questions are sincere they can be referred to Bach in Sotah 14 about why the grave site of Moshe Rabbeinu is hidden.
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