Pidyon Bechor 4 – Redemption of the Firstborn 30 Days After Birth – Renewal of Am Yisrael Is Based on the Lunar Cycle – Rosh Chodesh – Sohd HaIbur – Intercalation of Calendar – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Pidyon Bechor 4 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 4.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 3.
07:00 – Giving charity to unworthy recipients strengthens the forces of evil.
12:00 – Giving tzedakah to worthy recipients repairs errors in giving charity.
14:00 – Q&R about worthy recipients of charity.
16:50 – Why it is the Kohen who receives the pidyon.
19:45 – Q&R about supporting the elderly.
22:13 – PARAGRAPH 4. Pidyon Bechor is done on the 30th day after birth.
24:50 – Zakeyn – Zeh Kana – “This one has acquired…”
25:40 – The importance of making a brand new beginning every day.
*29:05 – Aging with holiness. The renewal of Am Yisrael is based on the lunar cycle.
33:14 – הַמַּשְׂבִּ֣יַע בַּטּ֣וֹב עֶדְיֵ֑ךְ תִּתְחַדֵּ֖שׁ כַּנֶּ֣שֶׁר נְעוּרָֽיְכִי – “Who sates your mouth with goodness, that your youth renews itself like the eagle” (Tehillim 103:5).
33:35 – Rosh Chodesh – the New Moon – Sohd HaIbur.
*37:00 – Connection between Chadash – new – and Chodesh – month – “The month teaches us to be new.”
39:10 – Q&R about increasing joy in Adar.
40:31 – Q&R about aging with holiness.
41:42 – Tefillin reveals the kingship of HaShem – Metzach HaRatzon. Reference to Likutey Halakhos, Orach Chaim, Tefillin 5 about the Blind Beggar (First Day) in Sipurey Masios, Story of the Seven Beggars. Every day a person’s daas – true knowledge – is renewed.
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