2020-12-02 – LH2 – OC2 – Devarim HaNohagim BaSeudah 4 – Para. 18 – Presence of Eliyahu HaNavi at a Bris Milah; The Necessity to Eat Bread at a Seudas Mitzvah; Lev HaElyon

Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 20.
00:00 – Dedications and NOTE about the presence of Eliyahu HaNavi at a Bris Milah. Review of this halakha.
11:00 – PARAGRAPH 18. When a teacher connects his soul to the souls of everyone present, he draws down the Torah corresponding to those souls.
16:00 – The importance of eating bread at a seudah (meal). Every seudas mitzvah must includes bread.
22:00 – Bread includes the elements of water and fire, which are connected spiritually to the water (tefilah – prayer) and fire (chochmah – Torah knowledge) used by the tzaddikim to access and convey their teachings.
25:00 – Lev HaElyon – the “Heart Above”: The reason why bread has the ability to satiate the heart, both on a spiritual and physical level.
28:00 – The connection between eating bread and Kedushas Eretz Yisrael – the holiness of the Land of Israel.
32:00 – QUESTION about the term “Lev HaElyon”.
34:00 – QUESTION about the practical application of these principles to our meals.