lm2-459 – 2Likutey Moharan 74 – Part 1 – Customs of Rosh Hashanah – Rebbe Nachman and Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai zal – Preparation for Geulah Begins with Purim – Moshiach Arrives Erev Pesach

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2Likutey Moharan 74 – Customs of Rosh Hashanah – Rebbe Nachman and Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai zal – Preparation for Geulah Begins with Purim – Moshiach Arrives Erev Pesach – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon (Lesson lm2-459. Recorded on 1987-01-25.)

• 03:42 Purim and the deeper meaning of its root letters which equal 280 (Peh and Reish).
• 06:44 Directly following Purim we read Parshas Parah (Torah section about the Red Heifer). שֽׁוֹשַׁנִּ֔ים נֹֽטְפ֖וֹת מ֥וֹר עֹבֵֽר – “…his lips are [like] roses dripping with flowing myrrh” (Shir HaShirim 5:13) alludes to Esther (Shoshanim) and Mordechai (Mor d’Ror/myrrh).
• 12:49 The letters of the word Purim are hinted in the initial letters of the phrase in the written Torah ממצדים ולא יראו פני ריקם – “…you left Egypt and you shall not appear in My presence empty-handed.”  (Shemos 23:15, Mishpatim).
• 15:26 Rebbe Nachman told students: “It used to be that “all beginnings were from Pesach, but now….” [preparation for the Geulah begins from Purim].
• 17:41 Text from Kokhavei Ohr, Section Chochmah Binah, Page 125, Para. “Geulah HaRishona“.
• 23:28 *The yahrzeit of the RaSHbI (Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai), the yahrzeit of Rebbe Nachman of Breslov, and the celebration of Purim are related. All three come out on the same day of the week in any given year.
• 27:30 End of Kokhavei Ohr. Explanation Rosh Hashanah customs – why Ashkenazim don’t eat nuts on Rosh HaShanah.
• 33:10 Rebbe Nachman and the RaSHbI counteract the egoz/nut (gematria cheyt/sin) on Rosh HaShanah.
• 35:00 The RaSHbI zal proclaimed that the Torah will never be forgotten.
• 44:21 Letter written by Rav Avrohom (Kokhav-Lev) Sternhartz zal. Letter #43 in She’aris Yisrael.
• 48:23 Pesach, wiping out Amalek takes place on 3 levels – thought/word/deed/ for 30 days, for a total of 720 hours begematria 3 times Amalek. (Bnei Yissa’char quoted in Rav Avrohom Sternhartz’s letter.)
• 52:21 It’s brought in Sefer Chesed l’Avrohom (written by the father of the Chida zal) that during the 30 days between Purim and Pesach, HaShem extends a special chesed to rescue every Jewish soul from impurities. He does this on condition that during these weeks the individual is careful not to waste time.
• 54:50 *There is a tradition that Moshiach will arrive on Erev Pesach.
• 55:46 Hilkhos Pesach.