Likutey Moharan 60 – Sipurey Masiyos – The Lost Princess – Yiras Hashem – Choni HaMaagel – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. (Recorded in 1960.)
00:00 – INTRODUCTION.
02:04 – PARAGRAPH 1.
05:35 – This Torah is known as an explanation of the first story in Sipurey Masiyos – “The Lost Princess”. Explanation of the “mountain of gold” at the end of the story.
08:17 – The meaning of “carve for yourself” when Moshe Rabbeinu is told to engrave the luchos.
11:50 – PARAGRAPH 2.
*13:58 – What is arichas yomim – length-of-days?
18:11 – PARAGRAPH 3.
24:18 – אַל־תַּחְמֹ֣ד יָ֖פְיָהּ בִּלְבָבֶ֑ךָ וְאַל־תִּ֜קָּֽחֲךָ֗ בְּעַפְעַפֶּֽיהָ – “Do not covet her beauty in your heart, and do not let her captivate you with her eyelids” (Mishlei 6:25).
29:24 – All the different types of wealth are dependent on rain. And rain is an aspect of breath.
*30:55 – הֲיֵ֨שׁ בְּהַבְלֵ֚י הַגּוֹיִם֙ מַגְשִׁמִ֔ים – “Are there among the vanities [idols] of the nations those who give rain?” (Yirmiyahu 14:22). The functioning of the intellect depends on breathing, which maintains the moisture of the body.
34:07 – נֵ֣ר יְ֖הוָה נִשְׁמַ֣ת אָדָ֑ם – “The soul of man is the lamp of Hashem…” (Mishlei 20:27).
34:40 – PARAGRAPH 4. יראה – fear/reverence – is perfected by developing its three aspects: fear of Hashem, of one’s teacher, and of one’s parents.
37:12 – One’s wealth should be divided into three portions: business, real estate, and liquid assets. (Bava Metzia 42a).
41:20 – PARAGRAPH 5. Giving birth reveals fear of Hashem.
43:41 – PARAGRAPH 6. Spiritual sleep is caused through sins or impure food. Bread supports the heart (Rus 3:7).
*49:28 – Sipurey Masiyos have the power to awaken people from spiritual sleep. The 70 Faces of the Torah are hidden in the stories of the world.
54:25 – וְרַב־חֶ֥סֶד – “…abundant kindness [of Hashem]…” (Shemos 34:6, Ki Sisa).
56:34 – PARAGRAPH 7. A Torah teacher needs to have worthy students.
59:38 – וְעָלֵ֖הוּ לִתְרוּפָֽה – “…and its leaves shall be as a cure” (Yechezkel 47:12). “Healing leaves” are the “mundane” conversations of a Torah scholar.
60:44 – PARAGRAPH 8.
66:38 – Spiritual aspects of breaking an earthenware plate at a marriage engagement.
73:00 – PARAGRAPH 9. Shofar.
78:40 – PARAGRAPH 10. Choni HaMaagel.
91:02 – PARAGRAPH 11.
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