Toayn veNitan 2 – Parnassah – Honesty in Business – Shabbos Is a Time for Teshuvah – Tikkun HaMishpat – Power of Beis Din – Tzaddik veRa Lo – Why Does a Good Person Suffer? Practical Application of Gilgul – Reincarnation – The Mystery of Soul Connections – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Toayn veNitan 2 is based on Likutey Moharan 79 – בְּטַ֥ח בַּֽ֖יהֹוָה וַֽעֲשֵׂה־ט֑וֹב שְׁכָן־אֶ֜֗רֶץ וּרְעֵ֥ה אֱמוּנָֽה – “Trust in HaShem and do good, dwell in the Land and shepherd faith” (Tehillim 37:3).
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 5. Shavuah Hesseis. 39 Melakhos – the creative acts forbidden on Shabbos.
01:12 – Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 4.
03:22 – The 6 days of the week refer to the 6 terms used to determine application of halakha.
05:35 – We connect with the Etz HaChaim by conducting business with honesty.
06:08 – מַ֣ר מִמָּ֗וֶת – “…more bitter than death…” – (Koheles 7:26). Sholomo HaMelech is alluding to dishonesty in business dealings.
06:32 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 23 – the positive and negative aspects of money.
07:30 – Shabbos is a time to do teshuvah for the activities of the week. Through this weekly return to HaShem, the bitterness of earning a living is sweetened.
08:49 – PARAGRAPH 6. When taking an oath in Beis Din, the litigant holds a sefer Torah.
10:28 – PARAGRAPH 7. There are two types of oaths in Beis Din, one originates from the Written Torah, and one originates from the Oral Torah. The gravity of taking an oath.
15:12 – HALAKHA 3. Toayn veNitan 3 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 5 – Para. 15d – “Tikkun HaMishpat”.
17:00 – תְּהֽוֹם־אֶל־תְּה֣וֹם ק֖וֹרֵא לְק֣וֹל צִנּוֹרֶ֑יךָ – “Deep calls to deep to the sound of Your water channels…” (Tehillim 42:8). וְיִגַּ֥ל כַּמַּ֖יִם מִשְׁפָּ֑ט – “And justice shall be revealed like water…” (Amos 5:24). “Fallen mishpat“, as in מִ֖שְׁפָּטֶיךָ תְּה֣וֹם רַבָּ֑ה – “…Your judgments are [like] the vast deep…” (Tehillim 36:7). Honesty elevates mishpat.
18:49 – PARAGRAPH 2. Tikkun haMishpat. A Beis Din has the power to elevate mishpat.
*23:50 – Tzaddik vera lo – Why do good people suffer? (Berakhos 14) Questioning HaShem’s justice is an aspect of pegam bemishpat.
25:00 – Reference to Berakhos 14.
26:13 – Story of a person who was suffering from poverty and HaShem offered him death so that he could come back as another person. Gilgul – reincarnation.
28:33 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 14.
***30:13 – The secret of the reincarnation of souls. Practical effects of a previous gilgul. Unpaid loans from previous reincarnations can influence the events of a person’s life.
34:07 – Sin of Adam HaRishon with the Etz HaDaas was that he failed to wait.
34:52 – Sins are called “unripe fruit”.
***35:40 – “your forefathers ate unripe fruit”. The good taste of our deeds is only sweet when we reach Olam HaEmes, as in לָכֵ֚ן חַכּוּ־לִי֙ – “Therefore, wait for me…” (Zephaniah 3:8).
37:39 – Story in Menachos about a person who paid a high price for a sin but refrained from the sin when his tzitzis struck him.
40:33 – The main challenge in this world is to develop the ability to wait.
42:50 – Parshas Toldos.
44:20 – “Do not steal from your friend.” We’re not permitted to touch something that belongs to another.
47:15 – Q&R about Adam’s sin of not waiting. The mystery of soul connections due to reincarnation.
***48:31 – Q&R about judging others favorably based on previous reincarnations. What are the practical applications of gilgulim?
51:00 – Q&R about desire being a form of HaShem’s light. The mystery of soul connections. The word “nefesh” means “desire”.
51:34 – Closing blessings. Today is Yom Kippur Katan.
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