2020-07-07 – LH3 – OC3 – Arbaah Minim 2 – Para. 3-6 – The Lulav as Spiritual Weapon – Aravos – Hadas – Ushpizin

Arbaah Minim 2 – The Lulav as Spiritual Weapon – Aravos – Hadas – Ushpizin – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Arbaah Minim 2 is based on Likutey Moharan 17.

• 00:00 Dedications. This shiur was given on the 15th of Tammuz, yahrzeit of the Ohr HaChaim HaKadosh. He explained why Reuven’s suggestion to throw Yosef HaTzaddik into a pit is considered a “rescue.”
• 8:04 PARAGRAPH 3. All beauty is contained within the Arbaah Minim – The 4 Species.
• 11:10 The word שדיים is composed of the roshei teyvos of : Smol Dokeh, Yemin Mekarev (the left pushes away, the right gathers in).
• 18:51 Meaning behind the shaking of the Lulav.
• 20:30 PARAGRAPH 4. The meaning of the Aravos (willow twigs): when newcomers begin to serve HaShem. The Hadas (myrtle branches) represents how a Jewish soul’s return to HaShem completes the mizbeyach.
• 23:44 Meaning of the Hadas.
• 26:28 Sephardic custom of using Hadas for Havdallah.
• 30:43 NoGaH is roshei teyvos: הֲמ֥וֹן גּוֹיִ֖ם נְתַתִּֽיךָ (Bereishis 17:5).
• 35:04 PARAGRAPH 5. The Ushpizin – The Seven Shepherds of Am Yisrael who are guests in the Sukkah. Tikkun HaAchila is accomplished through eating in the Sukkah.
• 44:42 Why the holiday of Sukkos is called Chag HaAssif – the Harvest Festival.
• 46:53 PARAGRAPH 6. Through the mitzvah of tzedakah the “air” is cleared and a person makes friends.
• 53:02 Q&R How does eating in holiness bring kapara (atonement)?
• 57:32 Closing blessings on completing this halakha.

Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel.