2024-12-13 – LH7 – CM1 – Geviyas Chov MeyhaYisomim 3 – Para. 1-3a – Parshas Bereishis

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Geviyas Chov MeyhaYisomim 3 – Parshas Bereishis – Rising From a Spiritual Fall – Ayeh Makom Kevodo – Yerida Takhlis HaAliya – Maamar Sasum – Hidden Statement of Creation – Avraham Avinu – Akeidas Yitzchak – Ayeh HaSeh – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. Hilkhos Geviyas Chov MeyhaYisomim 3 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 12 – “Ayeh HaSeh”.
05:00 – מאמר סתום – Maamar Sasum – The Hidden Statement of Creation includes all the other statements of creation.
10:50 – Parshas Bereishis. The kovod (honor/will) of HaShem is revealed through the Ten Statements of Creation.
12:20 – וּכְבוֹדִי֙ לְאַחֵ֣ר לֹֽא־אֶתֵּ֔ן – “… and My glory I will not give to another…” (Yeshayahu 42:8).
16:00 – Avraham Avinu – Akeidas Yitzchak.
17:18 – Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 12.
20:32 – PARAGRAPH 2. The concept of orphans not being liable for their father’s loans relates to the concept of rising from a spiritual fall. Ayeh Makom Kevodo.
24:20 – The essence of life is spiritual advancement. Reference to Likutey Moharan 22.
25:20 – Yerida Tachlis HaAliya. During the process of spiritual advancement, it’s necessary to go through times of darkness. At those times, a person needs to search for HaShem by crying out “Ayeh makom kevodo.”
26:30 – The word Ayeh represents the combination of Keser – Chakhmah – Binah – the highest light of HaShem.
27:45 – The process of spiritual advancement renews the soul.
28:37 – *Why a yerida is necessary before any aliya.
33:43 – Q&R about yerida before aliya. “HaShem likes variety” – even in His selection of tests for a person. These tests are opportunities for coming closer to HaShem and atoning for sins in a large variety of ways.
34:41 – Q&R about yerida takhlis haaliya.
35:29 – PARAGRAPH 3. Kovod HaShem.
36:21 – כבוד – the Khaf Beis alludes to the 22 letters of the Aleph-Beis and the Vuv Daled alludes to the ten sefiros.
38:00 – Before doing something, it’s good to ask oneself, “Is this to honor HaShem?” Everything we say and do should be for Kovod HaShem.
39:44 – *There are times when taking a break from Torah insures the continuity of Torah. (Menachos 99).
43:22 – “VeAyeh HaSeh LeOlah?”
44:55 – There are 10 levels of holiness in the world.
49:24 – Closing blessings.
51:07 – Q&R about finding HaShem’s light when we’re in darkness.
52:04 – Q&R – In the phrase Ayeh Makom Kevodo, we’re addressing HaShem in the third person – “His” kovod. Who are we asking? Response: using third person alludes to the fact that we are addressing the most hidden aspects of HaShem.