Archive: July 2018

VaEschanan 5774 – Shabbos Nachamu – Tu B’Av – Paths to Eretz Yisrael (Entire Shiur)

VaEschanan – Shabbos Nachamu – Tu B’Av (15th of Av) – Paths to Eretz Yisrael – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Topics: Eretz Yisrael, Shabbos Nachamu, Tu B’Av. 00:00 – Based on Likutey Halakhos, Orach Chaim 1, Hilkhos Beis HaKnesses 5, Para. 7. TheTzaddikim have been carving out paths to the holiness of Eretz Yisrael and Continue Reading »

VaEschanan – Shabbos Nachamu 5774 – Paths to Eretz Yisrael (Clip)

The haftarah of Shabbos Nachamu (Yeshayahu 40:1–26) hints that construction of the future Beis HaMikdash is well underway. Based on Likutey Halakhos, Choshen Mishpat 1, Hilkhos Beis HaKnesses 5:7. Speaker: R’ Nasan Maimon. The entire shiur is HERE.

2018-08-01 – LM1 – Torah 066 – Para. 1b – 2

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.

CM2 – Lesson 132b – Chakirus veKablanus 2 – Para. 10-13 – Parshas Vayelech – Why Bilaam’s Curse Was Turned Into a Blessing

00:00 – PARAGRAPH 10. The main purpose of working the field is to create order out of disorder. How this relates to the relationship between the owner of a field and the one renting it in a sharecropping situation. 11:23 – PARAGRAPH 12. Related to Parshas Vayelech: why Bilaam’s curse was turned into a blessing. Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 132a – Chakirus veKablanus 2 – Para. 6-9 – Terumah, Maaser, the Kohen is Chessed, Lekat, Shichkha, Peah

00:00 – PARAGRAPH 6. Offerings of Terumah (free will gift) and Maaser (tithe) given to the kohen. 13:08 – PARAGRAPH 7. Terumah and Maaser is given to the kohen. He is an expression of chessed (loving-kindness of Hashem). 22:05 – Giving the mandatory tributes to the kohen establishes seder from lo c’seder (disorder).

CM2 – Lesson 131b – Chakirus veKablanus 2 – Para. 3-5 – Laws of Agriculture, Seder vs. Lo C’Seder, Bread, Ten Words in HaMotzei

00:00 – PARAGRAPH 3. Upper and lower unite when rain falls to earth, watering the crops in the field. 12:15 – PARAGRAPH 4. Man’s main work is laboring in the field because Adam failed to understand his purpose on earth. 17:45 – PARAGRAPH 5. Why springtime is called “Aviv“. 24:16 – The ten words in Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 131a – Chakirus veKablanus 2 – Para. 1-2 – Seder vs. Lo C’Seder, Shalom Bayis is the Responsibility of the Husband

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 most recognizable aspects of Hashem. Seder (order) is the upper Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 130b – Chakirus veKablanus 1 – Para. 3-5 – Forbidden to Sow Flax in a Field Rented for Less Than Seven Years, Overview of Shacharis, Customs of Shaliach Tzibur

CM2 – Lesson 130a – Chakirus veKablanus 1 – Para. 1-2 – Sharecropping, Tzaddik Tends Field of Souls, Ten Types of Song, Shaliach Tzibur, Cain, Flax

00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. Laws of sharecroppers. The tzaddik is like a sharecropper for Hashem because he tends the souls in Hashem‘s garden. The fourfold song and the ten types of song. 10:22 – A shaliach tzibur (prayer leader) must be on good terms with everyone in the kehillah (community praying together). 17:30 – PARAGRAPH Continue Reading »

Matos-Masei 5773 – Partners in Creation (Clip)

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. The entire shiur is HERE.