Pidyon Bechor 4 – Yom Tov and Ratzon HaShem – Rabbi Chaim Kapusi zal – Metzach HaNachash – Despair of Elders – Staff of Aharon – Tzedakah Is the Beginning of Beginnings – Makos Bechoros Central to Yitziyas Mitzrayim – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Pidyon Bechor 4 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 4.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. Yom Tov and Ratzon Hashem. – holidays reflect the fact that all that exists is Ratzon HaShem – the will of HaShem.
03:30 – NOTE about Rabbi Chaim Kapusi zal of Cairo – Yahrzeit 12th of Shevat, 5391 (1631) – a blind dayan in Egypt who was cured miraculously.
12:40 – Tzedakah repairs damage of metzach hanachash caused by despair of elders.
15:00 – Ratzon generates yirah.
17:40 – Tzedakah is the “beginning of beginnings”.
18:40 – Q&R about the need to work for parnassah.
20:20 – PARAGRAPH 2. The holiness of the firstborn – Pesach, Shavuos, and Sukkos all center on Yetziyas Mitzrayim.
[24:00 – Interruption in shiur – technical difficulty.]
25:30 – The Egyptians knew secrets of magic and were able to defy the laws of nature.
30:00 – Am Yisrael is called bechorim – first born.
34:18 – Why it was essential for Yaakov Avinu to take the bechora from Esav.
39:00 – Makos Bechoros was central to the process of Yetziyas Mitzrayim.
43:00 – Q&R – Why would Avraham Avinu bless Yishmael?
46:00 – NOTE – tomorrow evening is Rosh Chodesh Adar Rishon.
51:50 – Q&R about Eastern medicine vs. Western medicine.
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