Likutey Moharan 49 – The Purpose of Creation – Importance of Good Thoughts – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. (Recorded in 1960.)
Rebbe Nachman taught this lesson on 3 Nissan 5503 (Parshas VaYikra, 26 March, 1803), the Shabbos two days after the marriage of his daughter, Sarah, to Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Dubravner zal.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. Before the creation, the light of the Holy One, Blessed be He, “removed” Himself (so to speak) to make room for the existence of people. He created good and evil to make free will possible. Dovid HaMelech (King David) removed the evil inclination from his heart to create a “vacated space” within himself.
08:05 – PARAGRAPH 2. Tefilah (prayer) is service of the heart.
09:16 – PARAGRAPH 3. The letter hey corresponds to malkhus (sovereignty). The letter Hey is comprised of a Dalet to which a Yud (Chokhma) has been added.
10:33 – PARAGRAPH 4. Binah is the heart. The purpose of creation is to reveal HaShem’s Kingship.
18:15 – Every Jew is a חלק אלוק ממעל – “portion of HaShem from above.”
*28:29 – The importance of thinking good thoughts in order to merit good deeds, good attributes, attentive prayer, and teshuvah (repentance).
31:21 – PARAGRAPH 5. The Ten Types of Song that will arise in the future.
33:58 – Sukkah is an aspect of Sarah/Malkhus.
35:09 – PARAGRAPH 6. Teshuvah, Tishrei, and Nissan. Shabbos is an aspect of teshuvah. The revelation of Kabbalah.
41:44 – PARAGRAPH 7. The t’kheiles (blue) of the tzitzis is an aspect of Dovid HaMelech.
46:32 – “A tenth of an Ephah of find flour for the Mincha…”. “Ayeh makom k’vodo” – “Where is the place of His Glory”.
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