OC1 – Lesson 097 – Birkhas HaShachar 1 and 3 – Para. 1-3 Mid

Halakhos 1 and 3 of Birkhas HaShachar are based on Likutey Moharan Torah 56.
00:00 – The “voice of the rooster” alludes to the power of waking up the world to service of Hashem. What is binah (discernment)?
17:45 – Note that Rav Nasan of Nemirov usually presents the first halakha of any topic in a short, concise  way, and then opens up to more refinement in subsequent halakhas on that topic.
18:18 – Note that Halakha 2 of Birkhas HaShachar is included in Hashkamas HaBoker 1 and is based on Likutey Moharan Torah 282 (“Azamra“).
18:56 – HALAKHA 3 – PARAGRAPH 1. (Lesson 097b). Brief introduction to the Sipurey Masiyos (The 13 Stories of Rebbe Nachman) and in particular to story 11: “The Exchanged Children”.
28:24 – PARAGRAPH 2. Heichal HaTemuros – The Hall of Exchanges.
40:25 – (Lesson 097c). Every Jew belongs to royalty.
51:16 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 2 (Tinyana) Torah 7: “The potential of a Jewish soul is much higher than that of any angel.”
52:27 – PARAGRAPH 3. The conflict between Sarah Imeynu and Hagar was about the spiritual yerusha (inheritance) of their sons Yitzchak and Yishmael.
57:03 – Rivka Imeynu is told “two nations are inside of you…”
58:03 – The secret of reincarnation of souls originates in the Heichal HaTemuros – the Hall of Exchanges.* These exchanges take place in our lives every day, even many times a day.
58:56 – Account of Rebbe Nachman at a wedding where an entertainer dressed up as an angel, then as a priest. Rebbe Nachman said, “That’s us.”
*1:00:43 – The secret of reincarnation of souls, and our daily ups and downs, originates in the Heichal HaTemuros – the Hall of Exchanges.