2024-02-14 – LH5 – YD2 – Pidyon Bechor 5 – Para. 13-14a – Bechukosai – Tehillim 145 – Defeating Enemies – Vayeishev – Yaakov Avinu Gave Birthright to Yosef HaTzaddik – Shmiras HaLoshon in Sefer HaMidos

Pidyon Bechor 5 – Bechukosai – Tehillim 145 – Defeating Enemies – Vayeishev – Yaakov Avinu Gave Birthright to Yosef HaTzaddik – Shmiras HaLoshon in Sefer HaMidos – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Pidyon Bechor 5 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 7. Ben veTalmid.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 13. מַלְכֽוּתְךָ֗ מַלְכ֥וּת כָּל־עֹֽלָמִ֑ים וּ֜מֶֽמְשַׁלְתְּךָ֗ בְּכָל־דּ֥וֹר וָדֹֽר – “Your kingdom is a kingdom of all times, and Your ruling is in every generation” (Tehillim 145:13). Defeating enemies of Am Yisrael.
07:00 – The task of Am Yisrael is to civilize humanity by teaching the world about the existence of HaShem and what He expects of human beings.
13:00 – The true definition of peace – Bechukosai – when we will do the mitzvos, HaShem will defeat our enemies.
14:00 – The “sword” of Am Yisrael is tefilah. Reference to Likutey Moharan 2.
15:00 – Q&R about Jewish proselytizing.
*23:40 – “Your enemies will fall before you” … in an unnatural way. “Truth will sprout from the earth…” Through truth and tefilah the enemies of Am Yisrael will be defeated.
27:00 – NOTE – during the time of Rav Nosson of Nemirov, there was a time when only five students of Rebbe Nachman who were willing to proclaim openly that they are Breslov chassidim.
32:00 – PARAGRAPH 14. Yaakov Avinu gave the birthright to Yosef HaTzaddik because he was his Ben Zekunim.
36:00 – Kiddushin – A person sees in others his own negative traits.
37:50 – Vayeishev – וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ לוֹ֙ אֶחָ֔יו הֲמָלֹ֤ךְ תִּמְלֹךְ֙ עָלֵ֔ינוּ אִם־מָשׁ֥וֹל תִּמְשֹׁ֖ל בָּ֑נוּ – “So his brothers said to him, ‘Will you reign over us, or will you govern us?’…” (Bereishis37:8, Vayeishev).
40:00 – Wealth and nourishment come into the world through Malkhus.
42:00 – Yeravam ben Navat – wealth can be used for holiness or the opposite.
43:00 – The only way to access the spiritual benefits of wealth is through guidance from the tzaddik.
45:20 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 23.
*46:50 – Q&R about loshon hara associated with Yosef HaTzaddik and his brothers. NOTE about Rabbi Michel Dorfman zalexplaining an issue in Shmiras HaLoshon in light of Sefer HaMidos.