00:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. Malchus (sovereignty) and honor are drawn through returning lost objects to their owner. 19:44 – PARAGRAPH 5. Why the establishment of Jewish kings began with a search for missing possessions. Shmuel HaNavi (Samuel the Prophet) restores what was lost. 24:46 – PARAGRAPH 6. Why the leaders of Israel were trained and Continue Reading »
Elul – Why is Rosh Hashanah at the new moon? Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. תִּקְע֣וּ בַחֹ֣דֶשׁ שׁוֹפָ֑ר בַּ֜כֶּ֗סֶה לְי֣וֹם חַגֵּֽנוּ – “Sound the shofar on the New Moon, on the appointed time for the day of our festival” (Tehillim 81:4). Astronomical calculations of the lunar calendar. Excerpt from Ein Yaakov – Lesson 028b.
Elul – Sichos HaRan 125 – Pidyon Nefesh and the 24 Heavenly Courts – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. The process of Pidyon Nefesh (redemption prayer and charity) and the 24 Heavenly Courts. Based on Sichos HaRan 175. The entire shiur is HERE. Click HERE to submit name(s) to R’ Nasan Maimon for Pidyon Continue Reading »
Elul – Teshuva – The Power of Possibility – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Text: Likutey Halakhos Orakh Chaim 1, Hilkhos Tefillin 5, Paragraph 26. One of the Names of HaShem is Ekyeh– “I will be.” This relates to the power of potential and free will, and gives us the ability for teshuva – return to Continue Reading »
Text: Likutey Halakhos, Yoreh Deah 2, Hilkhos Milah 3:7-8a. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Text: Likutey Halakhos, Yoreh Deah 2, Milah 3, Para. 6b. Hashem’s free kindness sustained the world before Matan Torah. The presence of a Tzaddik draws spiritual energy into lower levels in creation, even into places outside Eretz Yisrael that are lacking to kedushah (holiness).
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
