Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaReyach 3. The sense of smell, bitul (self nullification) and return to self; the fragrance of Gan Eden (Garden of Eden/paradise): Yitzchak, Rivka, and the garments of Nimrod; humility. This shiur is dedicated l’illui nishmas the father of Dr. Sari Mansheim – Reb Mordechai Yehuda ben Leib ע”ה. Likutey Halakhos, Orach Continue Reading »
Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaReyach. Blessing on the fragrance of spices after Shabbos in Havdalah (ceremony separating Shabbos from weekdays). This shiur is dedicated by R’ Menachem Zwebner in honor of his mother’s yahrzeit: l’ilui nishmas Risa Basha bas Reb Baruch ע”ה. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 1. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH Continue Reading »
Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaReyach. Tefilah is Dvar Hashem (The Word of Hashem); how the sense of smell affects the soul; healthy eating; why there is no after-blessing on fragrance. 00:00 – This shiur is dedicated l’ilui nishmas Reb Chaim Meir b’Reb Moshe ע”ה whose yahrzeit is on the 17th of Adar. This shiur is Continue Reading »
Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaReyach. Mordechai and Esther. Why smelling a fragrance requires no after-blessing; praising Hashem dispels spiritual opposition; today is Taanis Esther (Fast of Esther); all food eaten on Shabbos goes to kedusha (holiness). Seder (order) of liver, heart, brain. The power of fasting. 00:00 – Note about the hashgacha (Divine Providence) that Continue Reading »
Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaPeyros. Faces of Lion, Ox, and Eagle on the Throne of Hashem and their opposing forces: Dog, Mule, and Hawk; dangers of seeking kovod (honor); sense of smell; the word “omein” unites upper and lower worlds. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 22b. Kovod Hashem and the dangers of seeking honor for oneself. 16:00 Continue Reading »
Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaPeyros. The four images of faces on the Kisey HaKavod (Throne of Hashem); saying kadosh (holy) three times in Kedusha; honor for Hashem vs. “honor of kings”. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 21. The four images of faces on the Throne of Hashem: lion (corresponding to Degel Machaneh Yehudah), man (corresponding to Degel Continue Reading »
Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaPeyros. The order of Israel’s encampment around the mishkan reflects the Throne of Hashem. Parshas Parah. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 19b. The order of Israel’s encampment around the mishkan reflects the Throne of Hashem. 10:57 – PARAGRAPH 20. The danger of counting Bnei Yisrael. 18:51 – Inner dimensions of the instances when Continue Reading »
Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 16.
Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaPeyros. מעשה מרכבה – Ma’aseh Merkavah (“Workings of the Chariot”) – prophetic vision of Yechezkel HaNavi, the Four Faces of Hashem’s Throne; the Four Flags of Israel’s Encampment; BeHaAlosekha; Shavuos and Matan Torah (receiving the Torah). 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 17b. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 6. 06:23 – QUESTION Continue Reading »
Birkhas HaPeyros 5 – Kabbalah study on Shabbos – Pesach Sheni and the power of Teshuvah – return to Hashem and His Torah – Parshas Pinchas – Bnos Tzelaphchad – Eretz Yisrael – The Land of Israel – and Yibum – Levirate Marriage – Zayin Adar – The Seventh of Adar – Yahrzeit of Moshe Continue Reading »
