Archive: July 2018

CM2 – Lesson 121a – Umanim 4 – Para. 8-11 – Rosh HaShanah, Akeidas Yitzchak is Ratzon Only, All Sounds Emanate from Shofar

CM2 – Lesson 120b – Umanim 4 – Para. 6-7 – Emes and Emunah

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 6. A craftsman is in the category of a paid watchman, as in ואמונה מאד (Tehillim/Psalms 119:138). 14:15 – PARAGRAPH 7. “Can it be true that you are silent?”(Tehillim/Psalms 58:2) [In Chullin 89a the word “ha-umnam” is compared homiletically to a craftsman.] 19:54 – “Words of truth recorded Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 120a – Umanim 4 – Para. 4-5 – Shleymus (Perfection) Brings Protection, Difference Between Paid and Unpaid Watchmen

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. Both the creative work of a craftsman and the concept of protection are rooted in emunah (faith in Hashem). Shleymus (perfection/completion) brings shmirah (protection). 07:33 – Destructive forces can only harm in a place of lack. 10:07 – Protection is rooted in emunah. 14:41 – PARAGRAPH 5. Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 119b – Umanim 4 Para. 1-3 – Creation Incomplete Without Man, Craft as Faith, Mishkan, 39 Types of Work

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. Why did Hashem create the raw materials of wood and metal, for example, and not the table or watch that people need to make from these materials? 03:55 – PARAGRAPH 2. אתערותא דלתתא – “Initiative from below” Hashem created an imperfect world so it could be completed Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 119a – Umanim 2 – Para. 4-6 – Craftsmen Enliven What They Create, Birkhas Kohanim, Shmuel (Samuel) was “Lent” to Hashem

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. Enjoyment that is rooted in holy love elevates the malchus (physical property and possessions). 07:20 – PARAGRAPH 5. A craftsman has the same responsibility for his charge as a paid watchmen. *11:15 – The main task of craftsmen is to enliven their work with wisdom that originates, Continue Reading »

CM2 – Lesson 118b – Umanim 2 – Para. 1-3 – Drawing Life Into Malchus, Four Types of Watchmen, Protecting Wealth and Possessions

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. 00:00 – Very brief overview of Likutey Moharan 30 on which this halakha is based. 08:35 – LIKUTEY HALAKHOS, UMANIM HALAKHA 2, PARAGRAPH 1. 18:29 – PARAGRAPH 2. A qualified leader in Israel must be “soneh betza” – a person who hates personal gain. 24:06 – The money and possessions of Continue Reading »

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

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

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

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

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.