2025-02-09 – LH7 – CM1 – Geviyas Chov MeyhaLakochos 5 – Para. 40-44a – Hilkhos Oreyv – Parshas Korach – Kisey HaKavod – Knesses Yisrael – Throne of Hashem – Achdus – Unity – Ketores – Tefilah Substitutes for Korbonos – Tehillim 133 – Plants – Reyach – Tu BeShevat

Geviyas Chov MeyhaLakochos 5 – Hilkhos Oreyv – Parshas Korach – Kisey HaKavod – Knesses Yisrael – Throne of Hashem – Achdus – Unity – Ketores – Tefilah Substitutes for Korbonos – Tehillim 133 – Plants – Reyach – Tu BeShevat – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Geviyas Chov MeyhaLakoshos 5 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 1.
***00:00 – PARAGRAPH 40. הִנֵּ֣ה מַה־טּ֖וֹב וּמַה־נָּעִ֑ים שֶׁ֖בֶת אַחִ֣ים גַּם־יָֽחַד – “Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brothers also to dwell together” (Tehillim 133:1).
04:00 – PARAGRAPH 41. Parshas Korach.
11:00 – The entire power of a person is achieved through attaching himself to all Jewish neshomos by means of attaching himself to the true tzaddikim of Klal Yisrael. Korach tried to disconnect the souls of Knesses Yisrael from the Tzaddik Emes, Moshe Rabbeinu.
12:00 – וַיִּקַּ֣ח קֹ֔רַח – “And Korach took…” (Bamidbar 16:1, Korach). The parsha begins with the words “And Korach took… – he removed himself from his connection with Moshe Rabbeinu.
17:30 – Ketores. Tefilah substitutes for the Korbonos. “Yitzchak went out to pray in the field.” The spiritual essence of the plants is in their reyach – fragrance. Reference to Likutey Moharan 12.
20:30 – מטר – Matar is roshei teyvos Maareh Taam Reyach. The highest level of tefilah and spiritual connection with Hashem is reyach, which is entirely spiritual.
22:00 – The Ketores rises up to Ain Sof – an infinitely high spiritual level.
23:30 – PARAGRAPH 42. Korach and his followers were swallowed alive into the earth. The punishment matched the crime. Burial after death enables the tzaddikim to achieve the ultimate level of spiritual refinement – l’maalah mei hamakom. The tzaddikim then enable the souls of Knesses Yisrael to achieve this refinement. But Korach caused a separation between makom and l’maalah mei hamakom. Therefore he was swallowed into the physicality of the earth while he was alive. This taught Am Yisrael how critical it is to have a secure connection with the Moshe Rabbeinu of the generation.
30:00 – The soul is connected with a person’s name, even after death.
32:00 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 65 – the “Master of the Field.”
34:00 – PARAGRAPH 43. The eventual tikkun of Korach will be through his descendant, Shmuel HaNavi and the song of the Leviim during the libations in the Beis HaMikdash.
36:20 – Korach’s mistake was caused by his arrogance. He foresaw that Shmuel HaNavi would be his descendant, but was misled by his eyes. Therefore he is suffering for 2000 years until his eventual tikkun via Moshe Rabbeinu/Moshiach.
38:40 – Tzaddik C’Tamar Yifrach – sofei teivos Korach. The ultimate tikkun of Korach will be through the tzaddik, Moshe Rabbeinu.
40:00 – Q&R about the suffering of Korach. What conclusion should Korach have drawn from knowing that Shmuel HaNavi would be his descendant? Example of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai zal’s lineage.
43:40 – NOTE: Rabbi Maimon brings the example of one of his Rebbeyim in Yeshivas Torah veDaas. Great talmidei chokhomim can come from simple parents.
*47:00 – PARAGRAPH 44. Tehillim 133 – entire. כְּטַ֥ל חֶרְמ֗וֹן שֶׁיֹּרֵד֘ עַל־הַרְרֵ֪י צִ֫יּ֥וֹן כִּ֚י שָׁ֨ם | צִוָּ֣ה יְ֖הֹוָה אֶת־הַבְּרָכָ֑ה חַ֜יִּ֗ים עַד־הָֽעוֹלָֽם – “As the dew of Hermon which runs down on the mountains of Zion, for there the Lord commanded the blessing, life forever” (Tehillim 133:3).
50:00 – Ehven Shesiya – Foundation Stone.
51:00 – NOTE: Parshas Beshalach (read the day previous to this shiur) ends with the attack of Amalek. Evil is defeated through Am Yisrael’s unity. The word “Achim” is made from the roshei teivos of Aharon, Chur, Yehoshua, Moshe. The word “gam” usually indicates the Shekhina. גם יחד is begematria A – D – N – Y. Closing note the battle against Amalek throughout the generations.
54:00 – Closing blessings about the approaching holiday of Tu BeShevat.