lm1-302 – Likutey Moharan 240 – Likutey Moharan 241 – Likutey Moharan 242 – Hiskashrus – Attachment with the Tzaddik – Praying on Behalf of a Friend

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Likutey Moharan 240 – 241 – 242 – Hiskashrus – Attachment with to the Tzaddik – Praying on Behalf of a Friend – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. (lm1-302, Recorded on 2019-12-15.)

• 00:00 TORAH 240. All blessing comes through the tzaddik.
• 03:58 Chana the wife of Elkanah is assured by Eli HaKohen that her tefilos (prayers) will be answered.
• 04:39 ***If someone is ill or someone in his household is ill, he should ask a chocham to pray for them.
• 05:01 ***One who prays for his friend is answered first – an explanation given by Rabbi Rosenfeld zal.
• 06:06 What is mazal?
• 09:19 ***Moshol – parable – of a person trying to lift a heavy object and the exertion causes them harm or even kills him.
• 12:35 *What does “attaching oneself with the tzaddik” mean? Reference to <em>Likutey Moharan 4. First way: traveling to see him and breathe the same air, “Your eyes should see your teacher.” The Torah is not only conveyed through hearing, it’s conveyed through all one’s senses.
• 13:37 Second way of being close to the tzaddik: supporting him through tzedakah – charity.
• 13:48 Third way: opening one’s heart to the tzaddik can be done through speaking about one’s difficulties.
• 14:28 Fourth way: studying his Torah and following his advice.
• 20:21 It’s impossible for a person to have both wealth and chochmah (Torah knowledge), unless he has true humility.
• 22:02 Maggid of Mezeritch.
• 26:39 TORAH 241. When judgement comes directly through HaShem He does not destroy a person completely, as in “I will use up my arrows on them” (Devarim 32:23, Haazinu). However, HaShem does allow a human opponent to destroy another person completely.
• 30:22 Counting Jews brings judgement. Dovid HaMelech was mistaken to count the people of Am Yisrael and the result was a deadly plague. When a person judges himself, he is protected from Divine punishment.
• 34:41 *Reuven saved Yosef HaTzaddik from his brothers by suggesting they throw him into a pit with snakes and scorpions. The Ohr HaChaim HaKodesh explains why this was considered a rescue.
• 36:40 Bilaam and Pinchas.
• 44:32 Question and response: can the tzaddik fool the midas hadin (heavenly judgement)?
• 45:56 Story from the Zohar HaKodesh about one of the students of Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai zal.
• 47:13 Question and response about Pinchas.
• 47:46 TORAH 242. Orech Anpin of the klipos – holiness is paralleled by unholiness. The negative forces oppose to HaShem’s light but sometimes it’s difficult to tell that they’re forces of darkness.
• 50:47 Rabbi Masya ben Chorosh prevented being distracted by the sight of a woman by blinding himself. Giving Tzedakah can save a person from sinful thoughts. It’s best for a man to avoid excessive conversation with a woman.
• 60:00 Q&R: why are thoughts of niuf (illicit relationship) compared to death?