2021-02-02 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaPeyros 4 – Para. 5-7a – Parshas Shelach – Meraglim and Eretz Yisrael; Giving Charity Before Meals; Shofar on Rosh Hashanah

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Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Likutey Halakhos, Birkhas HaPeyros. Parshas Shelach, Meraglim (sin of the spies) and Eretz Yisrael; Miketz – Zimras HaAretz; giving charity before meals; Shofar on Rosh Hashanah. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 71.

00:00 – This shiur is dedicated l’ilui nishmas Shimshon ben Yaakov Goldman, ז”ל and Chaya Gittel bas Reb Mordechai ע”ה whose yahrzeits are on the 20th of Shevat [the day this shiur was presented].
00:43 – PARAGRAPH 5. Parshas Shelach: Meraglim and Eretz Yisrael.
03:59 – PARAGRAPH 6. Parshas Shemos. Why Hashem made things more difficult for the Jews before redeeming them from Egypt. (Shemos/Exodus 5:9).
11:24 – “Egypt is the opposite of Eretz Yisrael.” When the Noam HaElyon (spiritual splendor) is damaged, immorality results.
13:30 – Parshas Miketz: “Take from the produce [songs] of the Land” (Bereishis/Genesis 43:11).
19:55 – QUESTION: Leviim (Levites) are an aspect of song, but are also an aspect of gevurah. How does song, in this respect, relate to chesed? RESPONSE: Kabbalah vs. “logic”: for example, Binah is a higher level of Chesed than Chesed itself (which is below Binah).
24:08 – QUESTION: what are the main obstacles to experiencing the kedushah of Eretz Yisrael?
25:39 – PARAGRAPH 7. Moshe Rabbeinu and Eretz Yisrael. “Why did You make things more difficult?” (Parshas Shemos)
31:20 – Reference to the Megaleh Amukos brings hundreds of reasons why Moshe Rabbeinu wanted to enter Eretz Yisrael and why he was not permitted.
33:00 – “That which was, will be…” Roshei teyvos (initial letters) of “Moshe.”
34:14 – QUESTION about the Noam HaElyon being susceptible to damage. RESPONSE: Niddah (impurity) is “Nod” (wander) Hey (the letter representing Malkhus/Shekhina). וְאֵ֗לֶּה שְׁמוֹת֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל הַבָּאִ֖ים מִצְרָ֑יְמָה – note on the word Mitzraimah – the Hey at the end of the word “Egypt” indicates that Hashem’s Shekhina (Divine Presence) was with us.
38:56 – The greater the person, the more difficulties they encounter in reaching Eretz Yisrael.
57:51 – QUESTION about the process of coming closer to tzaddikim.
61:00 – By understanding how the body works, we can understand how the soul works.