Podcast (shiurim): Download (Duration: 55:50 — 25.6MB)
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 3. The deeper meaning of joy of a wedding.
02:53 – PARAGRAPH 4. The ten types of song, musical instruments.
16:00 – The obligation to play a musical instrument at a Jewish wedding.
17:03 – Biographical anecdote about the music at Reb Michel Dorfman’s wedding in Uman, Ukraine.
17:42 – By custom, only one musical instrument is permitted at a Jewish wedding in Jerusalem, to diminish joy in commemoration of the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash (Holy Temple).
18:34 – Custom of putting ashes on the head of the chatan (bridegroom) as a sign of mourning for the Beis HaMikdash.
19:03 – Zohar: Bereishis 186 – the inspiration for union in marriage comes from the north. This is an aspect of King David’s harp at midnight.
19:59 – Introduction to Paragraphs 5 and 6. These sections are based on Likutey Moharan 1, Torah 54: music, song, nigun.
22:31 – Transforming sighing and groaning from sadness into joy.
38:35 – PARAGRAPH 5. Ketores (Incense Offering) “…fills the heart with joy” (Mishlei/Proverbs 27).
41:23 – Saying the Korbonos (sacrifices) with concentration during the morning prayer services inspires a deep level of simcha (joy) throughout the day.
PARAGRAPH 6. The service of the ketores is related to marriage and the husband’s obligation to make his wife happy. Parshas Kedoshim. Nadav and Avihu, the sons of Aharon HaKohen, were killed while they brought the ketores because neither of them was married.
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