Halvaah 2 – Halvaah 3 – Loans – Parshas Bo – Emunah Receives Power from the Torah – Master of Prayer – Emes – 3 Holidays Empower Nevuah – Dvar HaShem – Releasing Tefilah from Exile – Am Yisrael Receives Faith Through the Seven Shepherds – Azus deKedushah – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Halvaah 2 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 1.
00:00 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 280. Brief review of 2Likutey Moharan 1.
02:35 – Study of text begins. Emunah refines all that can be refined in the physical world.
***06:05 – Tefilah only functions through nevuah. Review of how observing and honoring the 3 holidays empowers nevuah and helps release tefilah from exile.
08:58 – Loans. The 2 witnesses who sign a written contract are compared with the prophets and the Written Torah.
11:10 – A written contract has a kol – voice – because it is “heard” universally.
13:00 – The six sefiros of Zer Anpin comprise kol and the Written Torah. This parallels a written contract. Malkhus is an aspect of Emunah and dibur – the Oral Torah. This parallels an oral contract. Reference to Likutey Moharan 4.
15:28 – The dates and signatures of the witnesses on a contract must be validated by a Beis Din in order for a contract to be considered valid.
18:07 – Q&R about nevuah in our present time.
***19:30 – Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 8, Paragraph 7. Every leader of Am Yisrael must have a “Ruach Acheres” – a bit of Ruach HaKodesh.
***20:02 – PARAGRAPH 5. Parshas Bo. דַּבֶּר־נָ֖א בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֑ם וְיִשְׁאֲל֞וּ אִ֣ישׁ | מֵאֵ֣ת רֵעֵ֗הוּ וְאִשָּׁה֙ מֵאֵ֣ת רְעוּתָ֔הּ כְּלֵי־כֶ֖סֶף וּכְלֵ֥י זָהָֽב – “Please, speak into the ears of the people, and let them borrow, each man from his friend and each woman from her friend, silver vessels and golden vessels” (Shemos 11:2, Bo). HaShem commanded Am Yisrael to borrow all the wealth of Egypt in order to bring it into the domain of holiness. This represents perfection of tefilah, when the Baal Tefilah gathers all the spiritual energy found in creation and elevates it back to its Source, which is an example of tefilah being released from exile. Reference to Likutey Moharan 7 and reference to Likutey Moharan 9.
22:00 – NOTE: the Arizal points out that the word Pesach contains the expression Peh Sach – the mouth speaks – alluding to the redemption of tefilah.
***24:18 – Am Yisrael’s chipazon – speed – during Yetziyas Mitzrayim. Why did their escape need to be quick?
*25:00 – Why HaShem commanded Am Yisrael to “borrow” the wealth of Egypt, rather than to take it.
***28:00 – When tefilah is released from exile, the prayers of Israel are joined with the praise of all creation, which is an aspect of the revelation of Moshiach. Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 1, Paragraph 12.
*30:40 – NOTE on the importance of a written contract when borrowing or lending money.
28:58 – HALAKHA 3. Hilkhos Halvaah 3 is based on Likutey Moharan 22. הֱוֵי עַז כַּנָּמֵר – “…Be bold as a leopard…” (Avos 5, 20). Holy brazenness allows a person to stand up against the false leaders of the generation.
36:33 – A person acquires azus dekedushah through joy. Joy is acquired through na’aseh venishma – which is an aspect of the two crowns placed on head of every Jew at the time of Matan Torah on Sinai.
38:06 – Reference to Sefer HaMidos HaChadash, Tochakha 3: “A person who rejects rebuke should know that he will have to borrow from others, as shown through the correlation between the two verses: בִּדְבָרִים לֹא־יִוָּ֣סֶר עָ֑בֶד כִּֽי־יָ֜בִ֗ין וְאֵ֣ין מַעֲנֶֽה – ‘A slave cannot be chastised with words, because he will understand, but without response’ (Mishlei 29:19) and עָשִׁיר בְּרָשִׁ֣ים יִמְשׁ֑וֹל וְעֶ֥בֶד ל֜וֶֹ֗ה לְאִ֣ישׁ מַלְוֶֽה – ‘A rich man will rule over the poor, and a borrower is a slave to a lender'” (Mishlei 22:7).
*45:34 – A person lacks emunah because he lacks azus dekedushah.
48:39 – Closing blessings.
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