2024-12-30 – LH7 – CM1 – Geviyas Chov MeyhaYisomim 5 – Para. 3b-4a – Parshas Beshalach – HaShem Is Sometimes Revealed and Sometimes Hidden – Mohn – Manna – Questions Not To Ask – Praying To Be Freed From Doubt – Free Will vs. HaShem’s Omniscience – Source of Parnassah – Rabbi Michel Dorfman zal

Geviyas Chov MeyhaYisomim 5 – Parshas Beshalach – HaShem is Sometimes Revealed and Sometimes Hidden – Mohn – Manna – Questions Not To Ask – Praying To Be Freed From Doubt – Free Will vs. HaShem’s Omniscience – Source of Parnassah – Rabbi Michel Dorfman zal – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Geviyas Chov MeyhaYisomim 5 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 7.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 3b. Parshas Beshalach. HaShem is Sometimes Revealed and Sometimes Hidden.
06:45 – The mohn – mannah. הִֽנְנִ֨י מַמְטִ֥יר לָכֶ֛ם לֶ֖חֶם מִן־הַשָּׁמָ֑יִם וְיָצָ֨א הָעָ֤ם וְלָֽקְטוּ֙ דְּבַר־י֣וֹם בְּיוֹמ֔וֹ לְמַ֧עַן אֲנַסֶּ֛נּוּ הֲיֵלֵ֥ךְ בְּתֽוֹרָתִ֖י אִם־לֹֽא – “…Behold! I am going to rain down for you bread from heaven, and the people shall go out and gather what is needed for the day, so that I can test them, whether or not they will follow My teaching” (Shemos 16:4, Beshalach).
10:20 – Dasan and Avihu went out to gather mohn on Shabbos.
11:00 – The wellspring at Maasa Umeriva.
12:00 – When Am Yisrael doubted HaShem, HaShem sent Amalek – begematria safeyk – doubt.
***13:00 – Q&R about the constantly changing dynamic between emunah and yediah. Some questions are permitted, some questions should not be asked or answered. For example, it’s not good to delve into the mystery of free choice vs. HaShem’s omniscience. The importance of praying to be freed from doubt.
19:30 – Throughout history, at times HaShem is revealed – at times HaShem is hidden.
25:00 – The dynamic of HaShem being revealed and then hidden occurs on a global, national, and person level. It also affects both physical and spiritual aspects of life.
32:00 – Q&R about free will vs. HaShem’s omniscience.
34:00 – NOTE. Accounts of observant Jews under communist rule. How a letter written to HaShem ended up at the Kremlin.
38:00 – HaShem is both revealed and hidden.
40:00 – אָכֵ֕ן אַתָּ֖ה אֵ֣ל מִסְתַּתֵּ֑ר אֱלֹהֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מוֹשִֽׁיעַ – “Indeed, You are HaShem Who conceals Himself, HaShem of Israel, the Savior” (Yeshaya 45:15).
41:00 – NOTE about the faith of Holocaust survivors.
***50:00 – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE about Rabbi Michel Dorfman zal and his marriage to the granddaughter of Rav Avrohom Shternhartz zal.
54:30 – Closing blessings for Rosh Chodesh Teves.
56:00 – Story of Rebbe Nachman substituting honey for molten lead.