2021-04-15 – LH2 – OC2 – Birkhas HaReyach 5 – Para. 2b-5 – Saying a Blessing Completes Creation; the Power of Ratzon (Will); the Reward for a Mitzvah is a Mitzvah

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Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Birkhas HaReyach 5 – The purpose of man is to overcome obstacles through ratzon (will/desire for closeness to Hashem); every Jew has a special connection to Moshe Rabbeinu; the reward for a mitzvah is a mitzvah.

00:00 – Dedications and review.
*05:55 – PARAGRAPH 3. Saying a blessing transforms each item in this world from potential to complete the fulfillment of its purpose. This releases the life energy in the item.
12:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. Everything in creation has a purpose.
14:00 – The main achievement of man is to yearn for closeness with Hashem. Reference to Sichos HaRan 51 and in Likutey Halakhos, Hilkhos Oreyv.
16:15 – Each Jewish soul has a special connection to Moshe Rabbeinu, which is called its shoresh – root. The word nefesh (soul) means ratzon.
*22:20 – The gematria of Moshe Rabbeinu is 613, to show that he is one with the Torah and a composite of all Jewish souls.
25:56 – QUESTION.
30:47 – Ratzon develops as a result of obstacles.
31:30 – Shabbos is a time of ratzon.
*32:11 – PARAGRAPH 5. Mitzvah goreres mitzvah. “One mitzvah leads to another mitzvah.”
35:05 – Aveyra goreres aveyra.
37:05 – The reward for a mitzvah is another mitzvah.
42:41 – The connection between the word ratzon and ratz (to run). Why we run to do a mitzvah. Example: we don’t pray with legs crossed.
45:20 – QUESTION about why a particular source is not mentioned in this text.
48:42 – Closing remarks.
49:51 – RESPONSE to a question about Yom HaAtzma’ut (Israel Independence Day).