2023-07-25 – LH5 – YD2 – Milah 5 – Para. 9-10

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Milah 5 – Hilkhos Avadim – Silence vs. Speech in Teshuvah and in Prayer – The Silent Scream – Reshimu – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Milah 5 is based on Likutey Moharan 65.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 9.
02:54 – Bitul, Rotzo v’Shov, Reshimu.
09:24 – NOTE from the Chidah HaKadosh on the words בְּכָל־דְּרָכֶ֥יךָ דָעֵ֑הוּ וְ֜ה֗וּא יְיַשֵּׁ֥ר אֹֽרְחֹתֶֽיךָ – “In all your ways, know Him, and He will straighten your paths” (Mishlei 3:6).
15:23 – Reference to Likutey Halakhos, Orach Chaim, Hilkhos Tefilas Arvis 4:7.
16:35 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 25 – Avodas Hashem simplified to two basic steps, ongoing, every day: 1) get rid of illusions and 2) start climbing.
*27:55 – Returning from Bitul. Silence as the first step in the process of Teshuvah. The wordless cry of the Shofar precedes the Viduy of Yom Kippur.
38:14 – Q&R about the custom of Taanis Dibur – refraining from mundane speech – on the first day of Rosh Hashanah.
39:35 – Q&R about the silence vs. audibility in Tefilah. The silent scream.
41:56 – Q&R about Bitul. Q&R about the Tikkun of a wife.
42:25 – PARAGRAPH 10.
48:00 – The Beis HaMikdash is the center of Bitul in this world. Receiving the Light of the Reshimu – spiritual imprint – depends on place, time, and the individual.
51:45 – Closing blessings.