Yibum 3 – Ki Seitzi – Chalitza – Shmad – Forced Conversion – Shoes – Garments of Leather – Emunas Chokhomim Is Repaired Through Neder – Aveilus – No Shoes During Mourning – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Yibum 3 is based on Likutey Moharan 57.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 10b.
04:30 – Reference to Likutey Halakhos, Yoreh Deah, Avoda Zara 1:4.
04:40 – Neder – Beis HaMikdash.
*08:00 – During aveilus, the shoes are removed to repair the lack of emunas chokhomim in the world which causes death. Shulchan Aruch 334:17, 47
10:30 – Clothing shoes respect for oneself and others. Rebbe Yochanan referred to his clothing as his kovod.
11:50 – No matter how expensive or beautiful the clothing a person is wearing, if he lacks shoes, he lacks respect. מַה־יָּפ֧וּ פְעָמַ֛יִךְ בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים בַּת־נָדִ֑יב – “How beautiful are your feet in sandals, O daughter of nobles…” (Shir HaShirim 7:2).
13:30 – Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 72. Teshuva requires shame and remorse. What did the mourner do to cause the death? As long as there’s lack of emunas chokhomim in the world, there will be death in the world.
19:30 – NOTE l’Ilui Hadassah bas Ephraim.
20:00 – PARAGRAPH 11. Yibum. When a person passes away without children, it’s a result of a lack of emunas chokhomim in the world. The mitzvah of yibum and chaltiza repair the lack of emunas chokhomim. Yibum is no longer done in our generation, but chalitza is done.
27:00 – Emunah and tikkun habris are one. Reference to Likutey Moharan 11.
29:00 – Q&R about intention during a mitzva. Sometimes the intention is more important that the action.
31:00 – The soul of the man who passed away without children is attached to the feet of the living brother. Feet are related to emunas chokhomim.
35:30 – The wife is referred to as the hands of the husband. Emunas chokhomim is also related to the hands. Reference to Likutey Moharan 57.
40:00 – The soul of the man who passed away without children can release itself from the feet of his living brother through the wife obligated in chalitza releases the shoe of the living brother. Through doing this, she serves as the hands of her late husband.
42:00 – The action of spitting in front of the living brother also releases the wife from the obligation of chalitza.
44:00 – The embarrassment caused the living brother serves to bring him to teshuva.
45:30 – וְיָֽרְקָ֖ה בְּפָנָ֑יו וְעָֽנְתָה֙ וְאָ֣מְרָ֔ה כָּ֚כָה יֵֽעָשֶׂ֣ה לָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹֽא־יִבְנֶ֖ה אֶת־בֵּ֥ית אָחִֽיו – “… and she shall spit before his face and answer [him] and say, ‘Thus shall be done to the man who will not build up his brother’s household'” (Devarim 25:9, Ki Seitzei). This refers both to the man obligated in chalitza, as well as to Esav.
47:00 – PARAGRAPH 12. The wife obligated in chalitza spits. רוק – saliva – is related to ירוק – green. Esther is begematria Shoshana. Esther had a greenish complexion – Binah is associated with the color green.
50:00 – Q&R about the spiritual dimensions of hands and feet.
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