2022-09-19 – LH4 – YD1 – Avodas Elilim Akum 3 – Para. 16-18a – Ribis – Part 4 – Parshas Ki Sisa

Avodas Elilim Akum 3 – Parshas Ki Sisa – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 16. The tzedakah – charity – of Matanos l’Evyonim and Mishloach Manos on Purim reveals the spiritual light in wealth. Tzedakah defeats the medameh (power of illusion) and therefore is the essence of Purim.
04:30 – PARAGRAPH 17. The joy of Purim. הוֹד֚וּ לַֽיהֹוָה֙ קִרְא֣וּ בִשְׁמ֔וֹ הוֹדִ֥יעוּ בָֽעַמִּ֖ים עֲלִילֹתָֽיו – “Give thanks to Hashem, call out in His Name; make His accomplishments known among the peoples” (1Divrei HaYomim 16:8).
07:00 – לְכוּ נְרַֽנְּנָ֣ה לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה נָ֜רִ֗יעָה לְצ֣וּר יִשְׁעֵֽנוּ – “Come, let us sing praises to Hashem; let us shout to the Rock of Our Salvation” (Tehillim 95:1). Siddur: the chapters of Tehillim recited on Friday evening to welcome Shabbos.
11:30 – Possukim in the tefilos of Rosh Hashanah: בְּשִׁמְךָ יְגִיל֣וּן כָּל־הַיּ֑וֹם וּבְצִדְקָֽתְךָ֥ יָרֽוּמוּ – “With Your name they rejoice every day, and with Your righteousness they are exalted” (Tehillim 89:17). כִּֽי־תִפְאֶ֣רֶת עֻזָּ֣מוֹ אָ֑תָּה וּ֜בִרְצֽוֹנְךָ֗ תָּר֥וּם (כתיב תָּר֥יּם) קַרְנֵֽנוּ – “For You are the glory of their might, and with Your favor our horns will be raised” (Tehillim 89:18).
*12:45 – שׂ֧וֹשׂ אָשִׂ֣ישׂ בַּֽיהֹוָ֗ה תָּגֵ֚ל נַפְשִׁי֙ בֵּֽאלֹהַ֔י כִּ֚י הִלְבִּישַׁ֙נִי֙ בִּגְדֵי־יֶ֔שַׁע – “I will rejoice with HaShem; my soul shall exult with HaShem, for He has dressed me with garments of salvation” (Yeshayahu 61:10). “Garments of salvation” refers to the spiritual light in wealth that are revealed through tzedakah.
16:30 – PARAGRAPH 18. Intoxication on Purim until the person can’t distinguish between “cursed be Haman” and “blessed be Mordechai” (Megilah 7).
33:00 – Q&R about spiritual levels. Reference to Likutey Moharan 24.
35:00 – Every Jew in every generation is engaged in a battle against the evil inclination. This struggle can only be won through the help of HaShem, as in לוּלֵ֣י יְ֖הֹוָה שֶׁהָ֣יָה לָ֑נוּ בְּק֖וּם עָלֵ֣ינוּ אָדָֽם – “Had it not been for Hashem Who was with us when men rose up against us…” (Tehillim 124:2).
41:00 – *Parshas Ki Sisa. Mordechai is alluded to in the Written Torah in וְאַתָּ֣ה קַח־לְךָ֘ בְּשָׂמִ֣ים רֹאשׁ֒ מָר־דְּרוֹר֙ – “And you, take for yourself spices of the finest sort: of pure myrrh…” (Shemos 30:23, Ki Sisa).
44:00 – The anointing oil of the Mishkan reveals the gevanin – spiritual colors – of HaShem’s Light. וְהִתְגַּדִּלְתִּי֙ וְהִתְקַדִּשְׁתִּ֔י – “And I will reveal Myself in My greatness and in My holiness” (Yechezkel 38:23).
48:00 – The structure of the Mishkan corresponds to the structure of a human being. The Mishkan was a composite of all spiritual levels, just as man is a composite of all spiritual levels.
50:00 – NOTE about difficulties endured through traveling to Uman on Rosh Hashanah.
55:00 – Q&R about spiritual levels.