NACH 30 – Melachim 2 – 9 People Who Left This World Without Dying – Eliyahu HaNavi Triumphs Over the Angel of Death – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal.
00:00 – Encountering the Angel of Death is fearsome, even for a tzaddik.
04:04 – Only 9 people left this world without dying. 1) Chanoch (Enoch), who was transformed into the Malach Mem Tess. He is called naar (youth); the importance of serving Hashem with youthfulness.
08:48 – 2) Eliyahu HaNavi (Elijah the Prophet). 3) Moshiach.
10:40 – 4) Serach bas Asher.
11:16 – 5) Basya Bas Paroh. Description of Gan Eden for women.
14:06 – 6) Eliezer the servant of Avraham Avinu.
15:25 – 7) Eved Melech Kushi, who was actually Baruch ben Neria, the teacher of Ezra HaSofer.
18:46 – 8) Ya’avetz, the son of Rabbi Yehudah HaNasi.
19:46 – 9) Hiram Melech Seir (Tyre) who helped Shlomo HaMelech build the Beis HaMikdash was removed from the list because he was arrogant and the ninth who replaced him was Rabbi Yehoshua ben Levi.
22:02 – The passing of Eliyahu HaNavi was witnessed by his close student, Elisha HaNavi. The connection between Eliyahu and Pinchas; Eliyahu crossed the Jordan River to leave this world near the site of Moshe Rabbeinu’s passing. The meaning of the expression “TEIKU” – Tishbi Yetaretz Kushyos v’Ibayos – Eliyahu HaNavi will answer difficulties and questions when Moshiach is revealed, because he will accompany Moshiach (Bava Kama 19a).
24:42 – Eliyahu HaNavi gives Elisha HaNavi the opportunity to ask for a gift – a “double portion”.
28:49 – Pi shneyim – At the time of the histalkus of a tzaddik, he has two souls.
29:43 – A chariot of fire comes down from heaven.
*30:56 – Eliyahu HaNavi rises in a storm, fighting against the Angel of Death and finally using him as a stepping stool to get into the chariot. This storm continues in our own lives. How do we counteract it?
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