2020-11-01 – LH2 – OC2 – Netilas Yadayim LiSeudah 6 – Para. 79b-80 (Betziyas HaPas 6; Devarim HaNohagim baSeudah) – Ayeh Makom Kvodo – Where is the Place of His Honor; Prayer at the Gravesite of a Tzaddik; Tisha B’Av, Aicha

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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 7.
00:00 – This shiur is dedicated l’iluy nishmas Ratziah Sarah bas Rafael Abbah a”h whose yahrzeit is on the day this shiur was given: the 16th of Cheshvan. She was the younger sister of Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld z”l and helped support Breslov teachings.
This shiur is also dedicated by Robert Weiss in memory of his father: l’iluy nishmas Avraham b’Reb Aharon z”l, whose yahrzeit is also on the 16th of Cheshvan.
02:22 – PARAGRAPH 79-b.
08:09 – PARAGRAPH 80: Eicha (Book of Lamentations). Hisbodedus (personal prayer in one’s own words) should end on a positive note.
15:00 – Attaching oneself to the Tzaddik Emes is an aspect of rebuilding the Beis HaMikdash (Holy Temple in Jerusalem). Yirmiyahu HaNavi takes personal responsibility for causing the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash.
21:00 – And yet, the navi ends on a positive note, proclaiming: “Chasdei Hashem Ki Lo Samnu – the kindness of Hashem has no limit” (Eicha/Lamentations).
28:34 – Heard from Rav Kalman Rosen z”l: In the chumash, Moshe Rabbeinu tells Am Yisrael: “You were rebels from the first day I knew you”. This verse can be read that Moshe Rabbeinu is admitting he has a part in their acts of rebellion.
30:51 – The Zohar HaKodesh, Medrash NaNe’elam, Parshas Noach, page 40. One group of people, when they do a complete return to Hashem, can bring Moshiach.
38:25 – QUESTIONS about tefilos (prayers) going through the tzaddik. RESPONSES: Reference to Likutey Moharan 2 – we are praying to Hashem (not to the tzaddik). *53:00 – Reb Michel Dorfman z”l always told people that at the grave of a tzaddik, we pray to Hashem only. Hiskashrus to the tzaddik – nusach.
*49:08 – QUESTION about how to direct prayers when visiting the gravesite of a tzaddik.
*51:02 – Nusach for daily hiskashrus to the tzaddikim
*52:19 – Reb Michel Dorfman z”l emphasized that at the kever (gravesite) of a tzaddik, we pray only to Hashem.
55:13 – Comment from a student about Yirmiyahu HaN avi and the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash.
57:44 – Comment from student about the Tisha B’Av coming out on Shabbos.
59:25 – QUESTION about spiritual response to the current Corona virus.
61:30 – Comment from a student about current events increasing our desire to come close to Hashem.