2021-01-22 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaMazon 5 – Para. 9 – Parshas Bo

Parshas Bo – Ani veLo Malach – Torah Is Drawn from the Names of HaShem – Miracles vs. Magic – Clothing the Torah (Entire Shiur) – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. (Recorded on 2021-01-22.)
Text: Likutey Halakhos, Orach Chaim 2, Birkhas HaMazon 5, Para. 9.

00:00 – This shiur is dedicated l’ilui nishmas Reb Yitzchak Leib b’Reb Menachem Zwebner zal, and l’ilui nishmas Reb Ephraim b’Reb Shmuel Hechtman zal.
01:26 – PARAGRAPH 9.Parshas Bo – “Ani velo malach…”
02:43 – NOTE from the writings of the Arizal: The Daled Alefin (4 aspects of the letter Alef) are from HaShem’s name E – K – Y – H. Chachma and Binah are usually above Torah, which is drawn from Tiferes. The revelation of Torah began with Moshe Rabbeinu facilitating HaShem’s Miracles vs. Magic of Egypt.
06:37 – Opposition to the tzaddik is created through Fallen Torah.
09:23 – The process of the redemption from Egypt. Sometimes the Torah is “dressed” as an angel. HaShem was “forced” to redeem Israel from Egypt “Himself”, without intermediaries. “Ani velo malach.”
09:51 – Kudsha Berich Hu v’Oreisa are One.
11:00 – HaShem’s name “ShaKei” equals 314 – the gematria of the Malach Mem Tess.
11:26 – If a person receives Torah from an impure source, that Torah becomes a deadly poison.
14:00 – *Parshas Bo.
16:04 – There are a number of different ways the Torah can be “dressed” in “garments”.
17:00 – There are many types of Torah Nefulah – Fallen Torah.
19:51 – HaShem consulted with the angels before He created man.
23:48 – Geulah in Atbash is Keser.
24:34 – Q&R – Fulfilling the mitzvah of hospitality for a Talmud chachom by providing for his needs for Shabbos is one of the highest forms of tzedakah.
25:47 – *Q&R – Toros Nefulos. A person can’t reach the highest level of the Torah through simply reading seforim.
28:44 – Q&R – Why Rebbe Nachman was reluctant to perform open miracles.
29:47 – Story of the Baal Shem Tov accepting the loss of his Olam Habah when he decreed that a couple should not remain childless.
33:44 – Q&R – “Clothing” the Torah.
34:46 – Q&R about the closing phrase of this halakha: Kudsha Berich Hu v’Oreisa are One.

Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel.