2025-03-21 – LH7 – CM1 – Harshaah 4 – Para. 17-19a – Parshas Emor – Pesach Seder – Matzah – Parnassah – Anger – Dipping the Maror into the Charoses – Definition of Teivas Mamon – Ashirus deKedushah – Sefiras HaOmer Is an Aspect of Cheshbon HaNefesh

Harshaah 4 – Parshas Emor – Pesach Seder – Matzah – Parnassah – Anger – Dipping the Maror into the Charoses – Definition of Teivas Mamon – Ashirus deKedushah – Sefiras HaOmer is an Aspect of Cheshbon HaNefesh – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Harshaah 4 is based on Likutey Moharan 59.

• 00:00 PARAGRAPH 17. Pesach, matzah, parnassah, anger.
• 03:20 Matzah is begematria AV SaG – expansions of HaShem’s Name Y – K – V – K. Brief review of the expansions of HaShem’s Name – עב סג מה בן.
• 11:00 Q&R about eating the matzah at the seder. Q&R about controlling anger in marriage. Galus Mitzrayim was a tikkun for cheyt Adam HaRishon.
• 14:20 PARAGRAPH 18. *Pesach Seder: The meaning of dipping the Maror into the Charoses.
• 20:30 “It’s possible to easily be freed from all excessive desires. The exception is Teivas Mamon – it’s very difficult to be released from the excessive desire for wealth” (Sipurey Maasios 13, The Master of Prayer).
• 22:45 *Ashirus deKedushah – Holy Wealth – is represented by the Charoses – a combination of sweet fruits.
• 24:40 אֶל־גִּנַּ֤ת אֱגוֹז֙ יָרַ֔דְתִּי לִרְא֖וֹת בְּאִבֵּ֣י הַנָּ֑חַל לִרְאוֹת֙ הֲפָֽרְחָ֣ה הַגֶּ֔פֶן הֵנֵ֖צוּ הָֽרִמֹּנִֽים – “I went down to the nut garden to see the green plants of the valley, to see whether the vine had blossomed, the pomegranates were in bloom” (Shir HaShirim 6:11). This possuk alludes to the diversified good deeds of Am Yisrael.
• 28:00 Charoses has a dual nature – it represents both the darkness of Teivas Mamon, as well as the diverse beauty of Am Yisrael that originates from the same place as Ashirus deKedushah.
• 30:00 Q&R about the dual nature of Charoses.
• 31:00 PARAGRAPH 19. Sefiras HaOmer.
• 35:00 *A person needs to be extremely knowledgeable and strong to be able to save someone who’s drowning.
• 37:22 שְׂעוֹרָה – barley – is beGamtria two times Menatzpach – the closing letters of the Aleph-Beis – םןץףך – in Yiddish: “Shluss Mem”, “Shluss Noon”, etc.
• 40:20 Reference to Likutey Moharan 68 and to Likutey Moharan 69. Barley is considered animal food, wheat is considered human food.
• 44:00 *Sefiras HaOmer is an aspect of Chesbon HaNefesh – Mishpat. אִ֥ם חֲרוּצִ֨ים | יָמָ֗יו מִֽסְפַּר־חֳדָשָׁ֥יו אִתָּ֑ךְ חֻקָּ֥יו (כתיב חֻקָּ֥ו) עָ֜שִׂ֗יתָ וְלֹ֣א יַֽעֲבֹֽר – “If his days are limited, and the number of his months is with You, You set his bounds and he cannot cross” (Iyov 14:5).
• 45:00 *PARSHAS EMOR – Sefiras HaOmer. וּסְפַרְתֶּ֤ם לָכֶם֙ מִמָּֽחֳרַ֣ת הַשַּׁבָּ֔ת מִיּוֹם֙ הֲבִ֣יאֲכֶ֔ם אֶת־עֹ֖מֶר הַתְּנוּפָ֑ה שֶׁ֥בַע שַׁבָּת֖וֹת תְּמִימֹ֥ת תִּֽהְיֶֽינָה – “And you shall count for yourselves, from the morrow of the rest day from the day you bring the Omer as a wave offering seven weeks; they shall be complete” (Vayikra 23:15, Emor). The days of the Omer must be complete, whole.
• 50:30 The fire of Mishpat is generated through Kabalas HaTorah as at Har Sinai – Shavuos
• 51:40 NOTE: This Shabbos is Parshas Parah. *CLOSING BLESSINGS. In business, half the solution to difficulties is achieved through accounting. And in life, half the solution to difficulties is achieved through Cheshbon HaNefesh.