Ein Yaakov 007 – Berakhot 3 – Vayechi – Eliyahu HaNavi – Moshiach – Demons

Ein Yaakov – Berakhot 3 – Vayechi – Vezos HaBerakha – Rabbi Yosei Meets Eliyahu HaNavi – Rabbi Eliezer HaGadol – Schedule of Moshiach – Sheidim – Demons – Wedding Customs – Power of Kaddish – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. (Recorded 1970-08-26.)

• 00:00 Rabbi Yosei meets Eliyahu HaNavi (Berakhot 3a).
• 04:47 During the giving of the Torah, HaShem showed Moshe Rabbeinu the future.
• 06:17 Exchange of Torah between Rabbi Eliezer HaGadol and Rabbi Akiva.
• 08:53 Rabbi Eliezer HaGadol cries bitterly and explains why.
• 11:13 Schedule of Moshiach’s Arrival. Six thousand years of the world’s existence parallel the six days of Maaseh Bereishis (process of creation). First and second days of creation.
• 14:24 Third and fourth days of creation.
• 14:48 Fifth day of creation – Hod. Rabbi Eliezer was revealing the “schedule of Moshiach“.
• 16:30 כָּל־הַיּוֹם דָּוָה – ‘…the entire day shall be a day of pain’ (Eicha 1:13).
• 18:15 Rabbi Akiva begins to cry over the future loss of his teacher, Rabbi Eliezer HaGadol.
• 21:28 Why is Rabbi Eliezer called “HaGadol”?
• 23:21 Where was Reuven when Yosef HaTzaddik was sold into captivity?
• 26:53 Yaakov Avinu’s rebuke to Reuven in Parshas Vayechi. Then, in Parshas VeZos HaBerakha, The blessing given to Reuven by Moshe Rabbeinu counteracts the negative influence of Yaakov’s curse.
• 25:54 Rabbi Eliezer HaGadol is a gilgul of Reuven.
• 35:29 Rav Noson of Nemirov zal.
• 35:54 Encounter between Rabbi Yosei and Eliyahu HaNavi (Berakhot 3a).
• 36:38 Description of sheidim – demons – and where they’re found.
• 38:30 Restrictions put on sheidim by great rabbis. Why the demons feared Rabbi Chanina ben Dosa and Rabbi Abaye.
• 41:44 Sleep on Shabbat is a taanug – a pleasure.
• 42:53 Source for the custom that a wedding should be held on Tuesday evening.
• 48:19 The shofar of Moshiach.
• 50:16 The power of Kaddish.