Gittin 4 – Sekhel HaElyon – Sekhel HaTachton – Purpose of a Rabbi – Torah vs. Science – Heliocentric vs. Geocentric – Mishlei – “Bread From Afar” – Wife Only Permitted to Her Husband – Divorce – Male and Female – Written and Oral Torah – Marriage Casuba – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Gittin 4 is based on Likutey Moharan 30.
00:00 – Sekhel HaElyon – Sekhel HaTachton – The purpose of a rabbi is to bring HaShem’s light from it higher source down to a level where his students can receive it. This is done through constricting the light in proper measure for each individual student.
03:00 – Difference Between Torah and Science. Copernicus. Heliocentric vs. geocentric frameworks for astronomy.
08:45 – מִ֜מֶּרְחָ֗ק תָּבִ֥יא לַחְמָֽהּ – “…she brings her bread from afar” (Mishlei 31:14).
11:18 – HaShem and the Torah are one. The word “Mitzvah” in gematria Atbash.
*15:00 – The light of HaShem causes the mind to sparkle. The “bread” of Torah nourishes the soul because it’s “brought from afar”.
19:50 – Q&R about inconvenience or physical discomfort leading to spiritual progress.
21:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. Arayos – forbidden relationships. Chokhma Ilaah and Chokhma Tataah.
30:00 – PARAGRAPH 5. A wife is only permitted to her husband.
41:00 – Q&R about the spiritual repair of an illegitimate child.
42:00 – Q&R about HaShem being described as male.
44:00 – PARAGRAPH 6. Get – written divorce document.
46:00 – Written Torah and Oral Torah are compared to male and female.
*48:00 – A husband may only have relations with his wife when she has a casuba – written marriage document.
52:00 – Q&R about receiving Hasagos Elokus.
53:00 – Q&R – definition of Hasagos Elokus. “Elokus” is a lower aspect of HaShem perceivable according to one’s spiritual level.
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