2021-02-21 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaPeyros 5 – Para. 17b-19a – Ma’aseh Merkavah of Yechezkel HaNavi; Four Faces of Hashem’s Throne; Four Flags of Israel’s Encampment

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Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaPeyros. מעשה מרכבה – Ma’aseh Merkavah (“Workings of the Chariot”) – prophetic vision of Yechezkel HaNavi, the Four Faces of Hashem’s Throne; the Four Flags of Israel’s Encampment; BeHaAlosekha; Shavuos and Matan Torah (receiving the Torah).

00:00 – PARAGRAPH 17b. This halakha is based on Likutey Moharan 6.
06:23 – QUESTION about teshuvah (return to Hashem and observance of His Torah).
07:55 – QUESTION about free will.
08:25 – PARAGRAPH 18 – Ma’aseh Merkavah of Yechezkel HaNavi, the images of Four Faces on Hashem’s Throne parallel the Four Flags of Israel’s encampment; BeHaAlosekha; Shavuos and Matan Torah.
*09:24 – Rashi on Bereishis 17:22 – about Avraham Avinu. The tzaddik is the chariot of Hashem. Through fulfilling the Torah a person becomes a chariot for Hashem. “Zos HaTorah – Adam.”
15:08 – The storm wind in the vision of Yechezkel HaNavi.
23:54 – QUESTION about the word חשמל – ChaSHMaL.
25:25 – QUESTION about the letter Vuv as brought in the text.
25:49 – The images of Four Faces of Hashem’s Throne.
27:50 – The ofanim (a type of angel) also have four faces.
35:18 – QUESTION about achieving connection to the tzaddik.
37:15 – The words Eym HasBonim (mother of children) is begematria Nachman.
39:17 – PARAGRAPH 19. The four legs of Hashem’s Throne. The parshios read before Shavuos.
42:03 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 6: the upper part of the letter Aleph corresponds to Moshe Rabbeinu, the lower part of the letter Aleph corresponds to his student, Yehoshua, and the diagonal Vuv is the mishkan, which unites them.
43:33 – The Four Flags of Israel’s encampment surrounding the mishkan correspond to the images of the Four Faces of Hashem’s Throne.
*44:08 – הִנֵּ֗ה מִטָּתוֹ֙ שֶׁלִּשְׁלֹמֹ֔ה שִׁשִּׁ֥ים גִּבֹּרִ֖ים סָבִ֣יב לָ֑הּ מִגִּבֹּרֵ֖י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל – “Behold the bed of Solomon; sixty mighty men are around it, of the mighty men of Israel” (Shir HaShirim/Song of Songs 3:7). The 600,000 root souls surrounding the mishkan are warriors. Every Jewish soul has to know how to hold the sword of tefilah (prayer) and has to know how to use it in spiritual battle.
51:02 – QUESTION: what’s the main point of this teaching, in practical terms? RESPONSE: A person will be tested in many different circumstances during his life, and being aware of the Torah’s depth will help him to succeed.
52:05 – Closing remarks about Taanis Esther and fasting in general.