Reishis HaGez 3 – Whiteness of Wool – Atik – Makifim – Tetzaveh – Seudah at the Time of Shearing Sheep – Achila beKedusha – HeAras HaRatzon – Yehudah, Tamar, Moshiach – Why Dovid HaMelech Will Live Forever – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Reishis HaGez 3 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 7.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 5. The holiness of the clothing of the kohen is received through
*07:45 – Q&R about who is the Tzaaddik HaDor. There are two different opinions on this in Breslov.
09:00 – Korbon Tamid – two sheep brought twice a day as a forgiveness for Klal Yisrael. The word keves – sheep – is related to the word kavshi refer to the deepest secrets of the Torah, which are represented by the wool of sheep.
11:00 – Parshas Tetzaveh – the oil used for the menorah is an aspect of the makifim. This is related to the clothing worn by the kohanim, which are made of wool, and which draw their holiness from the makifim.
*14:00 – The light of Chanukah is generated by the forgiveness of sins on Yom Kippur.
15:00 – Achila beKedusha – HeAras HaRatzon when eating – the custom of having a special seudah at the time of shearing the sheep.
*18:00 – Makifim are an aspect of HeAras HaRatzon.
19:00 – וּכְרָחֵ֕ל לִפְנֵ֥י גֹֽזְזֶ֖יהָ נֶֽאֱלָ֑מָה וְלֹ֥א יִפְתַּ֖ח פִּֽיו – “…and as a sheep before it has been shorn” (Yeshaya 53:7).
21:00 – Sheep make their owners wealthy, because every part of the sheep can be used to benefit man. The main flow of wealth and parnassah is brought to us through makifim.
23:00 – PARAGRAPH 7. Yehudah, Tamar, Moshiach. Correction of the sin of Er and Onan took place at the time of shearing the sheep.
26:30 – NOTE: Niuf is begematria 131 – Tikkun HaBris through makifim.
Pi yidaber chakhma – the wisdom that a person is supposed to shine into his child or student. By Er and Onan refusing to bring children into the world, they prevented the flow of light to Am Yisrael from Atik/makifim. The tikkun accomplished through the incident of Yehudah and Tamar, established the flow of light from Atik/makifim and established the lineage of Moshiach through the birth of their sons, Peretz and Zerach.
32:00 – NOTE from Rabbi Rosenfeld zal about Tikkun HaBris. The candle is the brain, the oil are the fluids of the body that nourish the brain. Pegam HaBris can be repaired through the Name of HaShem: Beis Yud Tess. – Shemen beAtbash is Beis Yud Tess. כְּרֹעֶה֙ עֶדְר֣וֹ יִרְעֶ֔ה בִּזְרֹעוֹ֙ יְקַבֵּ֣ץ טְלָאִ֔ים – “As a shepherd tends his flock, with His arm He gathers lambs…” (Yeshaya 40:11). The Chidah zal established a tefilah that brings this Name of HaShem.
*36:00 – The significance of Dovid HaMelech being a shepherd. מֵֽאַחַ֥ר עָל֗וֹת הֱבִ֫יא֥וֹ לִ֖רְעוֹת בְּיַֽעֲקֹ֣ב עַמּ֑וֹ וּ֜בְיִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל נַֽחֲלָתֽוֹ – “From behind the nursing ewes He brought him, to shepherd Yaakov, His People and Israel, His heritage” (Tehillim 78:71). The kingdom of Dovid HaMelech is the kingdom of Moshiach.
38:00 – Dovid HaMelech is compared to a silent dove – (Tehillim 56:1). The main tikkun is the ability of the tzaddikim to go above the level of speech, to the realm of makifim and silence.
39:20 – Q&R about makifim bringing forgiveness for sin.
41:00 – PARAGRAPH 8. NOTE – Malkhus is called Rochel. Malkhus rises up to receive from the Yam HaChokhma. This is symbolized by sheep shearing. Dovid HaMelech, Avigail, and Naval.
*47:00 – NOTE: Tov vs. Tov Meod. Too good is not good.
48:00 – Daas is the true life of a person.
*49:20 – Why Dovid HaMelech will live forever.
52:00 – Q&R about the protective power of studying Torah.
*53:00 – NOTE about Rabbi Maimon’s recent trip to Uman for Rosh Chodesh Nissan. Closing blessings.
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