2021-02-07 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaPeyros 4 – Para. 14-16 – The Merit of Raising Children – Birkhas HaPeyros 5 – Introduction – Danger of Eating Unripe Fruit – Purpose of Man is Finding Lost Articles

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Birkhas HaPeyros – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. The meaning of the word “shofar”. The merit of raising children; the merit of Jewish women during the exile in Egypt; intentions of Elul; danger of eating unripe fruit; the purpose of man is finding lost articles; Rebbe Nachman’s story of The Lost Princess.

00:00 – PARAGRAPH 14. The Noam Elyon (Divine Pleasantness/connection with HaShem) and the Ten Types of Song. The meaning of the word “shofar” is derived from the word word for “beauty”.
03:05 – PARAGRAPHS 15. The beginning of the geulah (redemption) from Egypt was in the merit of raising children even while the Jews were suffering in exile.
11:25 – Uva l’Tzion. Moshiach can only arrive after all Jewish souls have been born into this world. The importance of getting married and bringing more children into the world.
12:50 – PARAGRAPH 16. The only way to overcome the obstacles blocking a person from the holiness of Eretz Yisrael is through simcha (joy) and the Ten Types of Song.
16:03 – QUESTION and RESPONSE: “In the merit of the righteous women our ancestors were redeemed from Egypt” – Sotah 11b.
16:50 – Birkhas HaPeyros – HALAKHA 5. Introduction: overview of Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 87, and Likutey Moharan 6 – the Kavanas of Elul – (intentions of the month before Rosh Hashanah).
19:33 – Overview of Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 88 – the danger of eating unripe fruit.
22:22 – When melachim angels find a lost article, they create a major commotion, sounding supernal shofars that generate tremendous joy.
26:18 – HALAKHA 5. Introduction [inside the text]: The danger of eating unripe fruit. Finding lost articles.
30:03 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 2, Torah 87.
32:41 – QUESTION about the melachim who find lost objects. RESPONSE: Wait. Rav Nasan of Nemirov z”l will gradually explain.
32:54 – QUESTION if these principles apply to unripe vegetables as well as to unripe fruit. RESPONSE: Wait. Rav Nasan of Nemirov will gradually explain.
33:22 – PARAGRAPH 1. The importance of making blessings with kavana, especially on fruits – this is an aspect of finding lost articles – the holy sparks contained in the fruit.
37:23 – NOTE: When a child is born, a malach strikes his upper lip, causing him to forget the Torah he learned before birth (Nidah 30b).
*The purpose of man is to find lost articles – the fallen sparks of creation. There are many different types of lost articles that a person needs to find.
38:46 – A person needs to find all the lost articles that pertain to him. This is the essence of teshuvah (spiritual return) to repair the sins he committed. וּבִקַּשְׁתֶּ֥ם מִשָּׁ֛ם אֶת־יְהֹוָ֥ה אֱלֹהֶ֖יךָ וּמָצָ֑אתָ כִּ֣י תִדְרְשֶׁ֔נּוּ בְּכָל־לְבָֽבְךָ֖ וּבְכָל־נַפְשֶֽׁךָ – “And from there you will seek HaShem your G-d, and you will find Him, if you seek Him with all your heart and with all your soul.” (Devarim/VaEschanan 4:29).
43:26 – Rosh Hashanah.
47:04 – Reference to the Sipurey Masiyos, the story of The Lost Princess, which illuminates the concept of finding lost articles.
49:58 – Tzaddikim return all the unclaimed lost articles to their owners.
50:38 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 188.
53:00 – The importance of visiting the graves of tzaddikim during Elul and the Ten Days of Teshuvah. דִּרְשׁ֥וּ יְהֹוָ֖ה בְּהִמָּצְא֑וֹ קְרָאֻ֖הוּ בִּֽהְיוֹת֥וֹ קָרֽוֹב “Search for Hashem when He can be found; call Him when he is near” (Yeshayahu 55:6).
54:13 – QUESTION on Likutey Moharan 188: how do we achieve the honesty and integrity spoken about in this teaching?