2021-01-28 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaPeyros 3 – Para. 3-6 – Memory and Forgetfulness; Shiur for Berakha Acharona; Meaning of Abbreviation כנ”ל

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Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaPeyros; memory and forgetfulness; shiur ([minimum] amount) – for bracha achrona (blessing after eating); the Blind Beggar in Rebbe Nachman’s Story of the Seven Beggars.

00:00 – PARAGRAPH 3. Memory and forgetfulness.
04:25 – Olives cause forgetfulness.
13:54 – PARAGRAPH 5.
20:48 – QUESTION about eating olives. RESPONSE: Eating olives on Shabbos mitigates the negative effect.
21:50 – QUESTION about the opposition of the angels to the creation of man.
23:45 – PARAGRAPH 6. The shiur for berakha acharona.
31:22 – Memory essentially applies when there are limits and boundaries. Reference to Likutey Moharan 110. “This Torah will never be forgotten…”
34:07 – QUESTION about practical ways to give the soul precedence.
36:11 – Sipurey Masiyos, The Seven Beggars: Reference to the Blind Beggar. Why does the one who remembers best, remember “nothing”?
37:22 – No shiur of food is required to make a bracha before eating, but a bracha achrona requires a minimum shiur.
42:38 – Berakha acharona.
49:34 – QUESTION: What is the m eaning of the abbreviation כנ”ל in the text? RESPONSE: “as mentioned above/previously”. QUESTION about how understanding Hashem’s dispersion of Jews throughout the world. RESPONSE: Reference to Likutey Moharan 17.
56:22 – Closing remarks about Mordechai HaTzaddik and Purim.
58:56 – COMMENT from student about memory and eating olives.