00:00 – PARAGRAPH 16. The root cause of theft is impatience, the inability to wait until Hashem provides what one needs at the right time. PARAGRAPH 17. The best way to return to Hashem and his Torah is through attaching oneself to true tzaddikim. 11:52 – The Yetzer Hara (evil inclination) is called a thief. Continue Reading »
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 12. Moshe Rabbeinu‘s vision of the burning bush was an angel dressed in fire. With this revelation came the power to conquer the Land of Israel. 12:52 – The spiritual meaning of shoes – why it’s important to protect the feet. 22:55 – PARAGRAPH 13. The sale of Yosef HaTzaddik for shoes. Continue Reading »
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 9. What does it mean that Esav “hunted” with his speech? 13:37 – PARAGRAPH 10. The dynamic between Yitzchak, Yaakov, and Esav is present in every generation. 43:41 – PARAGRAPH 11. The blessing of Yehuda that his brothers will respect his rulership. לא יסור שבט מיהודה.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. 08:36 – PARAGRAPH 5. 14:27 – PARAGRAPH 6. 29:08 – PARAGRAPH 7. 39:05 – PARAGRAPH 8.
00:00 HALAKHA 4. A thief repays what he stole at its value at the time he stole it. What is the true nature of time? 34:43 – HALAKHA 5. PARAGRAPH 1. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 20. 42:15 – PARAGRAPH 2. 45:54 – PARAGRAPH 3. 50:37 – “The main thing is to be Continue Reading »
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 5. All of creation was made by Hashem for the sake of man. 23:19 – PARAGRAPH 6. Through a man’s creative labors he gains possession of that which he creates. 37:57 – PARAGRAPH 7. A thief gains ownership of a particular item if he makes a qualitative change in it, but he Continue Reading »
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 3. All teshuvah (repentance) is an aspect of returning what a person has stolen. 12:50 – PARAGRAPH 4. What sustained the world before the giving of the Torah was chessed chinam – “free kindness” which is a treasury of unearned gifts. “There is no such thing as despair” (Likutey Moharan II, Torah Continue Reading »
03:23 – PARAGRAPH 1. Sometimes the tzaddik needs to clothe himself in simplicity and recede from spiritual advancement to draw from Hashem’s “treasury of free kindness” – also called “the way to Eretz Yisrael”. 37:17 – PARAGRAPH 2. Teshuvah (repentance) is based on the mitzvah for a thief to return what is stolen, as stated Continue Reading »
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 11. 10:34 – PARAGRAPH 12. Even Shesiya – Foundation Stone. 17:44 – PARAGRAPH 13. Shinuyi maaseh – a change made by a thief in the property he has stolen. 23:28 – PARAGRAPH 14. Stealing from a ger (a convert to Judaism). Explanation of gematria called acharayim.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 6. Why theft is such a serious transgression. 06:22 – PARAGRAPH 7. Dor HaMabul – Generation of Noach’s flood. 13:14 – PARAGRAPH 8. Making monetary reparation for theft is sometimes possible if the item stolen cannot be returned. All teshuvah (repentance) is based on the laws of how a thief repairs the Continue Reading »
