Today is June 15, 2026 /
Today is June 15, 2026 /
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Pikadon 5 – Parshas Masei – Traveling as Repair of Emunas Chokhomim – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Pikadon 5 is based on Likutey Moharan 61.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 18. Hilkhos Umanin [continued]. A craftsman who is given an object for repair becomes a paid watchman.
10:00 – כָּל־מִצְוֺתֶיךָ אֱמוּנָה “…all Your commandments are faith” (Tehillim 119:86).
16:00 – PARAGRAPH 19. Parshas Masei. NOTE about traveling to Meron for Yom Kippur Katan. וַיִּכְתֹּב מֹשֶׁה אֶת־מוֹצָאֵיהֶם לְמַסְעֵיהֶם עַל־פִּי יְהוָה וְאֵלֶּה מַסְעֵיהֶם לְמוֹצָאֵיהֶם – “Moshe recorded their starting points for their journeys according to the word of HaShem, and these were their journeys with their starting points” (Bamidbar 33:2, Masei). Reference to Likutey Moharan 40 – “Eleh Masei Bnei Yisrael”.
25:00 – Every journey a Jew has to take serves to repair his emunah. Reference to Likutey Moharan 62.
26:00 – Reference to Sichos HaRan 45. Every individual Jew is a microcosm of Bnei Yisrael.
37:40 – Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 76. Every place a Jew dwells becomes “a taste of Eretz Yisrael“. When a person has a Jewish heart, they can do mitzvos anywhere.
38:00 – כָּל־רֹדְפֶיהָ הִשִּׂיגוּהָ בֵּין הַמְּצָרִים – “…all her pursuers overtook her between the boundaries” (Eicha 1:3) – Bein HaMetzorim. Ehven Shesiya. The repair of fallen emunas chokhomim can be done through traveling.
42:45 – Q&R about the spiritual aspects of traveling.
44:00 – Q&R about the Pri Etz Chaim on the shattering of the vessels and the sin of Adam HaRishon.
47:30 – Q&R about how these principles apply to traveling to Uman.
52:00 – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE about Rabbi Michel Dorfman zal and the establishment of the Sefardic minyan in Uman.
54:00 – Q&R about how the gathering in Uman could be more unified. Every person who joins the tefilah magnifies the honor of HaShem.
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