Today is February 4, 2026 /
Today is February 4, 2026 /
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Nasan Maimon. Likutey Halakhos, Birkhas HaPeyros. Noam HaElyon (connection with Hashem) vs. Chovlim (opposition). Eretz Yisrael. Giving tzedakah (charity) before meals. The Lost Princess. Rosh Hashanah as birthday of the world. Shofar and the ten types of song.
This shiur is dedicated l’ilui nishmas Chava bas Reb Moshe and Batya a”h, whose yahrzeit is today, the 21st of Shevat. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 71.
00:00 – Review and PARAGRAPH 7b. Before a person can achieve Noam HaElyon, he first encounters chovlim.
07:33 – Converting the Klipa Noga – Shabbos can be brought in early, from the time of Plag HaMincha (פְּלַג הַמִּנְחָה, literally “half of the Mincha”) is the midpoint between Minchah Ketanah and sunset, i.e. one and one-quarter variable hours before sunset.
09:01 – Klipa Noga is also related to the part of Eretz Yisrael on the eastern bank of the Yarden (Jordan River).
10:00 – QUESTION about how to distinguish between Klipa Noga which can be converted to holiness, and other types of Klipa.
11:44 – QUESTION about the evil inclination being constantly in opposition to a person’s desire to make spiritual progress.
12:53 – PARAGRAPH 8. When Moshe Rabbeinu killed the Egyptian, he saw the reason why Jews were being persecuted.
19:53 – NOTE: Meaning of – ת – י – ק – ו “TEKU” – Roshei Teivos (initial letters) of “Tishbi – Yitareitz – Kushiyot – u’Ba’ayot” – (Eliyahu Hanavi) will resolve these unresolved issues.”
22:12 – QUESTION about Eliyahu HaNavi establishing peace.
22:32 – QUESTION about the acronym “TEKU”.
22:57 – QUESTION about not having a tzaddik present to ask for resolutions to questions.
*24:33 – PARAGRAPH 9. Giving charity before meals.
28:10 – Reference to Rebbe Nachman’s story of The Lost Princess: the “magic vessel” in the story is tzedakah.
31:40 – The AtBaSH of tzedakah is tzedakah. Clarification of AtBaSH and explanation of how tzedakah doesn’t set a person back in his income but rather increases it.
32:41 – PARAGRAPH 10. Noam HaElyon is Binah. “The father gave the command and the mother carried it out.” The days of creation (7) came from Binah (8).
39:33 – Man was created on Rosh Hashanah. Since man is the purpose of creation, Rosh Hashanah is called “the birthday of the world”.
41:35 – Shofar on Rosh Hashanah – the ten types of song with which Sefer Tehillim was composed.
45:25 – QUESTION about Uman on Rosh Hashanah.
49:34 – QUESTION about bones of Shevet Ephraim.
53:34 – NOTE: wishing happy birthday to a student and to all, since we’re given a new life every day.
54:25 – QUESTION and RESPONSE about the dangers of leytzanus (ridicule of holiness).
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