2020-11-26 – LH2 – OC2 – Devarim HaNohagim BaSeudah 4 – Para. 7b – Moshe Rabbeinu Striking the Rock; Mastery of “Running and Returning”; Yahrzeit Customs

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Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 20.
00:00 – Dedications and review.
02:57 – PARAGRAPH 7b from the words “ve’az k’shemamshich haTorah b’rachamim vetachnunim…”
12:37 – Baki b’rotzo, baki b’shov – mastery at “running and returning”.
17:59 – Moshe Rabbeinu’s acceptance of the Erev Rav (mixed multitude) resulted in his striking the rock.
24:53 – Gathering lost souls to bring them closer to Hashem depends on the Torah drawn down by the tzaddik .
27:47 – QUESTIONS: when to pray and when to wait; when to be stubborn; do the teachings about the tzaddik apply to a regular person?
35:27 – QUESTION: would the tzaddikim have killed Eichman? RESPONSE: Reference to Likutey Moharan 59, Paragraph 6.
43:44 – Rabbi Rosenfeld z”l refused to teach at the Jewish Theological Seminary even though they offered more than triple the salary he was making at the time and free reign to teach whatever and however he wished.
46:35 – Announcements about the upcoming yahrzeit seudah and tefilos for Rabbi Rosenfeld z”l.
47:15 – The custom of making brachos on food to honor a yahrzeit. Those who follow Nusach ashkenaz begin saying kaddish the Shabbos before the yahrzeit. Story of the Baal Shem Tov forgetting his mother’s yahrzeit. She appeared to him in a dream just before the close of the day, forgiving him for not saying kaddish but remanding him for failing to distribute food so people could make blessings.
49:25 – QUESTION about saying Tachanun on a yahrzeit. Rabbi Rosenfeld z”l’s request that his students should not ever refer to him as a gaon or a tzaddik.