Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Topics: Dancing for Joy; Faith and Malkhus; Ki Seitzei; Adam and Chava; Order and Disorder. 00:00 – Dedications: today, the 14th of Shevat, is the yahrzeit of Rabbi Aryeh Moshe Eliyahu ben Shmuel Kaplan ז”ל. 01:26 – TORAH 81. שמחה של מצוה – the joy of performing a mitzvah is an Continue Reading »
Tu beShevat – The Mystical Tree of World Peace. In his Tale of the Seven Beggars, Rebbe Nachman describes a tree near which all creatures are in harmony. It its shade, even natural enemies are at peace with one another. Its three roots are אמונה – faith, יראה – fear/respect, and עניוות – humility. The Continue Reading »
Tu beShevat – Birthday of Rav Nosson of Nemirov zal – Eitz HaDaas – Mystical Tree of Rebbe Nachman’s Fifth Beggar – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Recorded on 2022-01-11 in Efrat, Israel. 00:00 – The Fifteenth of Shevat – Rosh Hashanah leIlanos (New Year for the Trees) – is the birthday of Rav Nosson of Continue Reading »
Tu beShevat – The Seven Species of Eretz Yisrael require special priority during a meal. It’s important which blessing is made first when eating several different types of food because there are different levels of souls in different foods. Showing respect to a soul helps elevate it. Tu beShevat customs: although Rebbe Nachman of Breslov didn’t Continue Reading »
Beshalach – Shabbos Shira – Believing is Seeing. “And they had faith in Hashem and in Moshe, His servant – then Israel sang…” (Beshalach). In Likutey Halakhos, Orach Chaim 1, Tefillin 6:12, Rav Nosson of Nemirov describes how this song not only praises Hashem for His miraculous rescue – it expresses the tremendous joy that Continue Reading »
Text: Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 82, Para. 1-3 – Order and disorder; Adam and Chava (Eve); Humility. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. In this teaching Rebbe Nachman presents the concepts fundamental to all his teachings: seder (order) and lo c’seder (disorder). The purpose of man is to bring order to his world through the observance of Continue Reading »
VaEira – Pesach – Speech in Exile – Voice – Nigun – Melody – Song – Foundation of Jewish Calendar – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Text: Likutey Halakhos, Choshen Mishpat 2, Apotropos 3, Para. 5b-7. Hilkhos Apotropos 3 is based on Likutey Moharan 3. 00:00 – Pharaoh tried to stop the process of Matan Torah Continue Reading »
Likutey Halakhos, Choshen Mishpat 2, Chakirus veKablanus 2, Para. 1-2. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 82. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. Laws regarding sharecropping. The creation of man was initially as male and female joined back-to-back. 14:17 – Malchus (sovereignty) is related to “Mah” – one of the Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. Beginning with the words: ִּי דַּע, כִּי כָל הַפְּשׁוּטִים הַנַּ”ל, הֵן לַמְדָן שֶׁהוּא עוֹסֵק בַּתּוֹרָה לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם Otzar Matnas Chinam – The Treasury of Unearned Gifts. 13:00 – The 26 verses that end “Ki LeOlam Chasdo” (Tehillim/Psalms 136) refer to the 26 generations that existed before the Continue Reading »
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. What is the meaning of Dovid HaMelech‘s phrase “Land of the Weasel”? (Tehillim/Psalms 49:2). 00:00 – Holiness is hidden. “All land animals have a counterpart under the sea, except for the weasel.” What do the sages teach through this statement? (Chulin 127a based on Tehillim/Psalms 49:2. 01:36 – Moshe Rabbeinu mentioned Continue Reading »