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CM2 – Lesson 118a – Umanim 1 – Para. 4-5 – Craftsmen as Watchmen, Tzaddik as Pardes (Orchard)

Posted on July 1, 2018

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. 07:45 – Four types of watchmen. 13:50 – Paid watchman. *18:48 – “Being given entrance to the orchard is, in itself, payment.” (R’ Nasan of Nemirov, Hilkhos Umanim 1:4) Being close to a tzaddik is like benefiting from the beauty, sights, sounds, and fragrance of being in Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 117b – Umanim 1 – Para. 1-2 – Craftsmen, Four Types of Watchmen, Bris Milah

Posted on July 1, 2018

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. 12:12 – PARAGRAPH 2. 29:13 – PARAGRAPH 3.

CM2 – Lesson 117a – Shomer Skhar 4 – Para. 7-9 – Destruction of the Beis HaMikdash; Why Parshas Devarim Precedes Tisha B’Av; Shabbos Nachamu

Posted on July 1, 2018

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 7. Tisha B’Av (the Ninth of Av) and the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash (Holy Temple in Jerusalem). 15:44 – Deeper meanings of the haftarah read on the Shabbos after Tisha B’Av (Shabbos Nachamu). 23:05 – קול קורא במדבר “A voice cries in the wilderness, return to the Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 116b – Shomer Skhar 4 – Para. 6 – Bein HaMetzarim – The Three Weeks

Posted on July 1, 2018

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 6. Bein HaMetzarim (the “Three Weeks” from the 17th of Tammuz through the 9th of Av). Why extra protection and precaution are needed during this time of year.

CM2 – Lesson 116a – Shomer Skhar 4 – Para. 3-5 – Torah With an Occupation

Posted on July 1, 2018

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 3. טוב תורה עם דרך ארץ שיגיעת שניהם משכחת עון – (אבות ב, ב. Having a job to earn a livelihood along with learning Torah is good because it protects from sin. (Pirkei Avos 3:3). 10:34 – PARAGRAPH 4. The main way to elevate money is through tzedaka Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 115b – Shomer Skhar 4 – Para. 1-2 – Torah Study Protects from Harm

Posted on July 1, 2018

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 78. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. “VaEschanan”. Being engaged with Torah study and mitzvos protects a person from harm. 09:06 – PARAGRAPH 2. The source of destructive forces and protection from them.

CM2 – Lesson 115a – Shomer Skhar 2 – Para. 14-16 – Possessions, Wealth, Money

Posted on July 1, 2018

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 14. Wealthy people draw followers. The source of wealth is spiritual, an expression of favor from Hashem. 13:13 – The source of money is the shoresh (root/source) of ratzon (will/favor). 18:54 – Different types of protectors. 24:17 – PARAGRAPH 15. Craftsmen are a type of shomer skhar (paid Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 114b – Shomer Skhar 2 – Para. 11-13 – Why Do I Need a Tzaddik?

Posted on July 1, 2018

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 11. Everything depends on shalom. 25:55 – Question and response: Why do I need a tzaddik? 29:57 – PARAGRAPH 12. 36:25 – The reason Yaakov Avinu sent Yosef to his brothers when they were shepherds. 38:26 – PARAGRAPH 13. Yosef HaTzaddik and his brothers. 44:24 – Why Yaakov‘s Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 114a – Shomer Skhar 2 Para. 9-10

Posted on July 1, 2018

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 9. There are different kinds of apikorsim (apostates). 08:13 – Giving tzedaka (charity) protects from the harm done by apostates. 12:28 – PARAGRAPH 10. The sale of Yosef HaTzaddik (Joseph) by his brothers was an aspect of theft, as discussed in Likutey Moharan 62.

CM2 – Lesson 113b – Shomer Skhar 2 – Para. 4-8 – Chanukah

Posted on July 1, 2018

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. 09:23 – PARAGRAPH 5. 19:44 – The neder (vow)of Yaakov Avinu revealed the holiness of the Even Shesiya (Foundation Stone) of Creation. 25:46 – Chanukah. 28:31 – PARAGRAPH 6. Why the Chanukah lights are placed near the entrance. 30:56 – PARAGRAPH 7. The oil of Chanukah. 36:43 Continue Reading »