2025-07-22 – LH7 – CM1 – Chalukas Shutafim 2 – Para. 3-6 – Chalukas Shutafim 4 – Para. 1 – Lech Lecha

Chalukas Shutafim 2 – Lech Lecha – Mezuza – Daled Alfin – Emunah – Entranceway to a Bayis Needs Protection – Emes Dispels Distracting Thoughts – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Shutafim beKarka 5 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 7.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 3.
01:00 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 152. The entranceway to a bayis is an aspect of Emunah and needs protection.
04:30 – Reference to Sichos HaRan 37.
08:00 – PARAGRAPH 4.
18:00 – Q&R about entranceway and Emunah.
19:00 – PARAGRAPH 5. Business transactions – birur takes place at the entranceway of the bayis. A person’s yard “acquires” for him – if an item falls into his yard he acquires it (if its owner can’t be identified).
22:30 – PARAGRAPH 6. If an item loses its identity when it is divided, it cannot be divided among joint owners when they part ways (Bava Basra 13).
24:30 – The word מזוזה is begematria Shem HaShem A – D – N – Y. The essence of “having a name” is bayis, as in Yad veShem.
27:00 – Parshas Lech Lecha. וַֽאֲגַדְּלָ֖ה שְׁמֶ֑ךָ – “… and I will make your name great…” (Bereishis 12:2, Lech Lecha). HaShem promised to elevate Avraham Avinu’s name to compensate for his traveling.
30:00 – Q&R.
33:00 – The importance of welcoming a talmid chokham into one’s home. Kisey, Shulchan, Mitah, Ner comprise a room/home. The roshei teivos of these four elements spell “Mishkan”.
36:00 – When an evil person passes away, he forgets his name.
38:30 – The Daled Alfin are Shem HaShem.
39:20 – All of a person’s possessions are part of his name. Reference to Likutey Moharan 59.
42:00 – HALAKHA 4. PARAGRAPH 1. Likutey Halakhos, Hilkhos Chalukas Shutafim 4 is based on Likutey Moharan 9.
43:00 – סָבִיב רְשָׁעִ֥ים יִתְהַלָּכ֑וּן כְּרֻ֥ם זֻ֜לֻּ֗ת לִבְנֵ֥י אָדָֽם – “Wicked men walk on all sides when the [one who appears] basest to the sons of men is elevated” (Tehillim 12:9).
45:00 – ***Emes is the light of HaShem, as in יְהֹוָ֚ה | אוֹרִ֣י – “…HaShem is my light…” (Tehillim 27:1). To dispel  distracting thoughts during tefilah, a person should concentrate on saying the words of tefilah with honesty.