2024-07-11 – LH6 – EH – Kesubos 1b – Remembrance of the 30,000 Martyrs of the Uman Massacre – Kedusha – Bringing the Light of Holiness into the Physical World – Returning from Bitul – MaH to MeAh – First Union of Husband and Wife – Kesuba of 200 Zuz – Hashgachas HaShem on Am Yisrael vs. on the 70 Nations – Shefa Tamid of the Kesuba – Tammuz

Kesubos 1b – Remembrance of the 30,000 Martyrs of the Uman Massacre – Kedusha – Bringing the Light of Holiness into the Physical World – Returning from Bitul – MaH to MeAh – First Union of Husband and Wife – Kesuba of 200 Zuz – Hashgachas HaShem on Am Yisrael vs. on the 70 Nations – Shefa Tamid of the Kesuba – Tammuz – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Kesubos 1 is based on Likutey Moharan 4.
00:00 – Remembrance of on the 30,000 martyrs of the Uman massacre on the 5th, 6th, and 7th of Tammuz, 5528 (1768).
03:00 – KESUBOS 1b. Kesuba for a previously unmarried woman is 200 zuz. YeSH is roshei teivos yamin smol – right/left. In Malkhos, MaH is transformed into MeAH – bechinas yesh meyayin – something from nothing – non-formatted light to formatted light.
06:00 – During the first union between husband an wife a ruach is placed in the wife that will influence all the children she will bear as a result of their future unions.
09:20 – The kesuba strengthens the bond between husband and wife.
14:00 – The purpose of bitul is to bring HaShem’s light into the physical world through daas – faith in HaShem expressed in words and action.
15:20 – Sheleymus HaKedusha.
18:20 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 51.
19:50 – Q&R about the return from bitul to daas. In the state of bitul, HaShem doesn’t have a Name because at the level of Eyn Sof He is above the capacity of human intellect.
22:00 – Q&R about distinguishing between the sutra achra and kedusha.
25:40 – Q&R – At one point does evil become recognizable? In Olam HaAtzilus there is no concept of evil.
28:00 – Hashgachas HaShem is revealed in Eretz Yisrael to a greater degree than anywhere else in the world. Reference to Likutey Moharan 13 – the spiritual dynamics of vision. HaShem’s two-fold vision only applies to Am Yisrael. When HaShem looks at the 70 nations, He looks indirectly, “over His shoulder” so to speak. His vision extends to them, but He does not bring their image back to Himself. Therefore, these nations are in a state of separation from HaShem. They are not one with HaShem, as Am Yisrael is.
*32:00 – The wife is receiving shefa tamid – the physical and spiritual benefits of the kesuba – at all times while she is married to her husband.
*35:30 – The kesuba must be written because marriage is an establishment of permanence. Reference to Likutey Moharan 18 – Writing something down achieves a certain level of completion. It is a union between black and white. White refers to the mind, black refers to the Malkhus – no light. Reference to Likutey Moharan 192.
*43:00 – Q&R why did Rebbe Nachman have to repair the neshomas who were killed al kiddush HaShem in the Uman massacre?
45:30 – Q&R about Likutey Moharan 65 – bitul to the Eyn Sof – “Zeh HaTorah – Adam”.
*46:30 – NOTE about the increase of danger for Klal Yisrael from Rosh Chodesh Tammuz through Tisha B’Av. Encouragement for increased teshuva, tefilah, and tzedakah during this time.