OC1 – Lesson 007 – Hashkamas HaBoker 1 – Para. 11 – Parshas HaChodesh; Finding the Good Points; Music of King David’s Harp

Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Hashkamas HaBoker 1. Parshas HaChodesh; finding the good points; music of King David’s Harp.

01:00 – (Lesson 007a). The Four Parshios – contd. Parshas HaChodesh. Kiddush haChodesh – sanctification of the new month. Renewal of moon. Rosh Chodesh and the lunar cycle.
11:30 – Proclamation of the new moon as finding the good point.
14:00 – The stars are given to moon as compensation. Stars represent the good points in every person.
22:00 – (Lesson 007b). Daniel 12:3 – Those who find merit in the community are like stars.
32:00 – How Reb Michel Dorfman z”l honored IDF soldiers.
34:00 – Note on sheytls (wigs) used by married women to cover their hair.
*38:30 – “Fifth Shulchan Aruch” – of common sense. Inspiring story about Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfel z”l being honored by Rav Moshe Feinstein z”l. Shiva (mourning) on Shabbos?
42:46 – “What’s going to bring about the tikkun for the Jewish People? Their nekudos tovos (good points).”
45:00 – (Lesson 007c) Chatzos – (midnight prayer). Mourning the Beis HaMikdash. True meaning of King David’s harp. North wind awakening him. Tzafon means “north” and also means “hidden.”
46:30 – The good points hidden within every person’s soul are playing “the music of King David’s harp”.