2020-08-13 – LH3 – OC3 – Purim 5 – Para. 10-14 – Tov Ayin vs. Ra Ayin – Evil Is Elevated to Destroy It – The Power of Eretz Yisrael – Taanis Esther – Bris Milah

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Purim 5 – Tov Ayin vs. Ra Ayin – Evil Is Elevated to Destroy It – The Power of Eretz Yisrael – Taanis Esther – Bris Milah – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 10.
10:08 – PARAGRAPH 11. Sometimes HaShem “hides His Face” by empowering evil. He does this to bring about a greater revelation of His light.
22:43 – The main tefilah during the events of Purim was calling upon the merit of Israel’s forefathers because this activates  the protective power of Eretz Yisrael.
24:06 – Taanis Esther – Mordechai and Esther called for a three day fast corresponding to the three avos: Avraham, Yitzchak, and Yaakov.
24:32 – Esther HaMalka is the Malchus of Kedusha, the Shekhinah.
30:18 – Q&R about giving the benefit of the doubt to an evil person.
31:32 – Q&R about appeasing an enemy through money.
33:01 – Q&R about the power of Eretz Yisrael.
35:28 – PARAGRAPH 12. Why Esther invited Haman to a seudah.
39:48 – PARAGRAPH 13. Tefilah Course: The power of Krias Shema al HaMitah.
43:25 – PARAGRAPH 14. The mitzvos of tztzis and tefilin pertain to the eyes. Mordechai is dressed in garments of holiness that are the opposite of the evil eye.
46:18 – “Holy garment” is an aspect of Bris Milah.
49:55 – Q&R about the connection between the eyes and the removal of the Orlah during Bris Milah. Reference to the klipos surrounding the Throne of HaShem. The first three years of produce from a fruit tree are designated as Orlah and cannot be eaten. Spiritual aspects of the process of the Bris Milah.
53:56 – COMMENT of clarification about Bris Milah from a mohel.