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Ribis 5 – Emunah – Faith – Acharei Mos – Korbon Azalzel – Truth vs. Honor – Avoiding Non-Torah Customs – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 42. Emunah – faith in HaShem. Acharei Mos – Korbon Azalzel.
11:00 – PARAGRAPH 43. Emes v’emunah chok v’lo y’avor…. Faith in HaShem is beyond rational understanding.
14:00 – Truth vs. honor.
18:00 – Idol worship and false beliefs are based on immorality and desire for prestige.
20:15 – Q&R about why the goral – choosing lots – was performed by the Kohen Gadol.
22:13 – The mystery of how the sun, moon, and planets move.
29:30 – Faith does not depend on understanding. Reference to Likutey Moharan 62. Emunah depends on emes.
32:00 – “Truth was cast to the earth.”
32:37 – Q&R about emunah.
33:34 – Q&R about truth being “one”.
34:51 – PARAGRAPH 44. Am Yisrael is praiseworthy for their emunah.
39:11 – Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 55.
42:20 – “It is not good for man to be alone…” When a person’s faith is pure, they merit seeing the truth more clearly.
48:00 – וְצַדִּ֖יק בֶּֽאֱמוּנָת֥וֹ יִחְיֶֽה – “…and the righteous shall live by his faith” (Havakuk 2:4). Seeking prestige prevents a person from finding the truth.
50:05 – Q&R about how the principle of ezer c’negdo applies to faith.
51:46 – PARAGRAPH 45. The importance of avoiding non-Torah customs, dress, and behavior.
57:42 – Q&R about different people needing different ways to serve HaShem.
57:52 – Rav Noson zal writes that even though there are many legitimate paths in avodas HaShem, “the emes is with the chassidim.”
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