Likutey Halakhos, Yoreh Deah 1, Hilkhos Avodas Elilim Akum 1, Introduction, Para. 1-2a. This halakha is based on 2Likutey Moharan 8.
Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Topics: Nitzavim; Mesiras Nefesh – Self Sacrifice; Tefilah biVechinas Din; Yonah HaNavi.
00:00 – Shiur given on 2022-08-28. HALAKHA 1 – INTRODUCTION.
01:48 – PARAGRAPH 1. There are only three mitzvos for which a Jew gives his life rather than transgress.
04:03 – תפילה בבחינת דין – Tefilah biVechinas Din – “Judgment-Prayer”.
05:09 – Pinchas is eight times Hashem’s Name Y-K-V-K corresponding to Binah – the origin of all din – constriction, judgment.
07:27 – Shiur given on 2 Elul 5782 (2022-08-29). Dedications. L’Ilui nishmas Dishleh bas Reb Yechiel Michel HaLevi ע”ה.
08:34 – PARAGRAPH 2. The Torah was given to promote life.
09:40 – כִּ֣י ה֤וּא חַיֶּ֨יךָ֙ וְאֹ֣רֶךְ יָמֶ֔יךָ – “…for He is your life and the lengthening of your days…” (Devarim 30:20, Nitzavim).
11:52 – The Aramaic expression for תפילה – prayer – is רחמי – kindness, mercy.
13:05 – אֵלֶ֥יךָ יְ֜הֹוָ֗ה נַפְשִׁ֥י אֶשָּֽׂא – “To You, Hashem, I will lift up my soul” (Tehillim 25:1).
*13:57 – כִּֽי־ עָ֖לֶיךָ הֹרַ֣גְנוּ כָל־הַיּ֑וֹם – “Because it is for Your sake that we are killed every day…” (Tehillim 44:23). Reference to Likutey Moharan 80.
*14:21 – Every mitzvah is done with mesiras nefesh.
21:04 – Life is the connection between the soul and the body. Reference to Likutey Moharan 13.
26:39 – Hashem wants us to live so we can continue serving Him.
28:20 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 6 – this teaching is known as “Sohd Kavanas Elul”.
35:24 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 36.
38:47 – The three mitzvos for which a Jew gives his life rather than transgress. All three are aspects of teivos niuf – sins against the holiness of marriage.
39:17 – נאוף is b’gematria Satan.
41:56 – Parparaos L’Chakhmah on Yonah HaNavi as an example of tefilah bivechinas din.
50:19 – גִּבֹּ֣רֵי כֹחַ עֹשֵׂ֣י דְבָר֑וֹ – “…those mighty in strength, who perform His word…” (Tehillim 103:20).
50:57 – עשרה הרוגי מלכות – The Ten Martyrs.
53:16 – Intentions for Mussaf on Yom Kippur.
54:47 – Reb Yechiel Michel Dorfman ז”ל on the mesiras nefesh of the 30,000 martyrs in Uman.
57:02 – Traveling to Uman for Rosh Hashanah calls for mesiras nefesh.
57:34 – Closing blessings.
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