2024-02-08 – LH5 – YD2 – Pidyon Bechor 4 – Para. 3-4 – Tetzaveh

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Pidyon Bechor 4 – Tetzaveh – Redemption of the Firstborn 30 Days After Birth – Renewal of Am Yisrael Is Based on the Lunar Cycle – Rosh Chodesh – Sohd HaIbur – Intercalation of Calendar – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Pidyon Bechor 4 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 4.

• 00:00 PARAGRAPH 3. Pidyon Bechor – Redemptions of the Firstborn – is done through giving tzedakah to the Kohen. וְהָיָה עַל־מִצְחוֹ תָּמִיד לְרָצוֹן – “…it shall be upon his forehead constantly…” (Shemos 28:38, Tetzaveh).
• 07:00 Giving charity to unworthy recipients strengthens the forces of evil.
• 12:00 Giving tzedakah to worthy recipients repairs errors in giving charity.
• 14:00 Q&R about worthy recipients of charity.
• 16:50 Why it is the Kohen who receives the pidyon.
• 19:45 Q&R about supporting the elderly.
• 22:13 PARAGRAPH 4. Pidyon Bechor is done on the 30th day after birth.
• 24:50 Zakeyn – Zeh Kana – “This one has acquired…”
• 25:40 The importance of making a new beginning every day.
• 29:05 *Aging with holiness. The renewal of Am Yisrael is based on the lunar cycle.
• 33:14 הַמַּשְׂבִּ֣יַע בַּטּ֣וֹב עֶדְיֵ֑ךְ תִּתְחַדֵּ֖שׁ כַּנֶּ֣שֶׁר נְעוּרָֽיְכִי – “Who sates your mouth with goodness, that your youth renews itself like the eagle” (Tehillim 103:5).
• 33:35 Rosh Chodesh – the New Moon – Sohd HaIbur.
• 37:00 *The word Chadash – new – is related to the word Chodesh – month – because the renewal of the
• 39:10 Q&R about increasing joy in Adar.
• 40:31 Q&R about aging with holiness.
• 41:42 Tefillin reveals the kingship of HaShem – Metzach HaRatzon. Reference to Likutey Halakhos, Orach Chaim, Tefillin 5 about the Blind Beggar (First Day) in Sipurey Masios, Story of the Seven Beggars. Every day a person’s daas – true knowledge – is renewed.