2020-10-02 – LH2 – OC2 – Netilas Yadayim LiSeudah 6 – Para 35-37 – Holiness When Eating; Tzedakah on Erev Sukkos; Binding the Arba Minim Expresses the Unity of All Jews

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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 7.
00:00 – INTRODUCTION. Rabbi Chaim Vital z”l stresses the importance of distributing tzedakah (charity) on Erev Sukkos.
01:21 – PARAGRAPH 35. The difference between the food of man and the food of animals.
06:44 – What is yirah?
10:24 – PARAGRAPH 36. The gematria of DIN (judgment).
24:21 – PARAGRAPH 37. The centrality of the tzaddik emes in the process of elevating the physical to the spiritual.
35:31 – QUESTION about self-compassion. RESPONSE: comparison of Noach, Avraham Avinu, and Moshe Rabbeinu.
40:46 – Tefilah (prayer).
41:42 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 4.
50:06 – The importance of repetition in limud Torah: the soul benefits from hearing concepts in Torah many times.
52:19 – Announcement about daily shiur during Chol HaMoed Sukkos.
*52:49 – The mitzva of Arba Minim (Four Species: Lulav, Esrog, Hadassim, Aravos) expresses the unity of all Jews.
53:26 – QUESTION about bringing kedushah (holiness) into meals.