2021-01-26 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaPeyros 3 – Para. 1-2a – Blessings on Food; The Air of Eretz Yisrael Elevates Souls; Educating Jewish Children; What is a Chassid? Tzedakah Gives Life

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Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaPeyros 3: Blessings on food; The air of Eretz Yisrael elevates souls; educating Jewish children; what is a chassid? Tzedakah gives life. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 37.

00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1.
11:45 – Mikdash M’at – “Miniature Sanctuary” – the Jewish home and places of Torah study.
14:00 – The process of shekhita (Torah-observant slaughter of an animal for food) elevates souls incarnated as animals.
17:00 – Why we cover the challos during kiddush on Shabbos.
19:30 – All souls originate from the Kisey HaKavod (Throne of Hashem). Reference to Likutey Moharan 37 and being careful to showing respect to the children of unlearned Jews.
*21:00 – Educating Jewish children begins with teaching them to make blessings on food. This also brings protection for the entire Jewish People.
23:09 – PARAGRAPH 2. Being careful in making blessings on food draws Hashem’s kindness upon them. What is a chassid?
26:20 – A chassid is one who is careful to observe the Torah laws of nezikin (damages).
29:00 – Money and souls originate from the Kisey HaKavod. Tzedakah (charity) elevates souls.
*31:50 – Nimtza – Kol HaMikayem Nefesh Achad… Sustaining even one soul through charity is comparable to sustaining the whole world.
33:00 – It’s difficult for a poor person to think clearly.
35:00 – QUESTION about poverty and lack of daas (wisdom). RESPONSE: explanation of constricted consciousness.
40:35 – QUESTION about Nezikin.
41:20 – QUESTION: is money a blessing or a curse? RESPONSE: There are two types of money.
45:50 – Expressing gratitude to Hashem for blessings protects those blessings.
47:00 – QUESTION: when did people begin thinking they owned things?
48:00 – Reference to Parshas Beshalach – “Ashira laShem ki ga’o go’ah”.
54:57 – COMMENT from student that today is the day for the segulah of reading Parshas HaMohn (the third day of Parshas Beshalach). Doing this, traditionally, improves parnassah (livelihood).