Ashrey – Saying Tehillim (Psalms) Helps a Person Return to HaShem – The Arizal on the Importance of Simcha (Joy) – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Text: Likutey Halakhos, Choshen Mishpat 2, Perika uTeEnah 4, Para. 17b. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 73.
00:00 – “V’Eleh Shemos Bnei Yisrael HaBa’im …” sofei teyvos Tehillim Teshuvah. Tehillim mesugal l’teshuvah.
ואלה שמות בני ישראל הבאים – סופי תיבות תהלים.
01:54 – Why did Moshe Rabeynu end the Torah with the word “Ashrey” while Dovid Hamelech began Sefer Tehillim with “Ashrey“?
04:58 – The word אשרי – “Ashrey”” – appears in Sefer Tehillim 22 times. Why?
06:30 – The essence of keeping the mitzvos is joy.
<strong*>07:18 – Rabbi Chaim Vital zal asked the Arizal why the Ari was outstanding in his generation. The Arizal replied that it was because of the joy he achieved in performing each mitzvah.
09:02 – In parshas Ki Savo we’re warned of the many severe punishments for simply not serving HaShem with simcha (joy).
12:09 – The importance of finding joy in every mitzvah we do.
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