CM2 – Lesson 119a – Umanim 2 – Para. 4-6 – Craftsmen Enliven What They Create, Birkhas Kohanim, Shmuel (Samuel) was “Lent” to Hashem

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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. Enjoyment that is rooted in holy love elevates the malchus (physical property and possessions).
07:20 – PARAGRAPH 5. A craftsman has the same responsibility for his charge as a paid watchmen.
*11:15 – The main task of craftsmen is to enliven their work with wisdom that originates, at its deepest source, in the Torah.
18:08 – PARAGRAPH 6. The number 25 indicates malchus: there are 25 letters in the words שמע ישראל ד’ אלוקנו ד’ אחד. The meaning of the three sections of Birkhas Kohanim.
22:34 – Meaning of the number 60. Chanah HaNaviya “lent” her son Shmuel HaNavi (Samuel the Prophet) to service of Hashem and therefore Hashem was his special protector.