Bechor Beheyma Tehora 3 – Shlomo HaMelech Declared His Ignorance – Complete Emunah Is Complete Belief in the Torah – Negative Aspects of Curiosity – Language of the Trees – Yechezkel HaNavi – The Heavens Opened – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Bechor Beheyma Tehora is based on 2Likutey Moharan 5 – Tiku Emunah.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 10. Shlomo HaMelech declared his ignorance – Complete Emunah Is Complete Belief in the Torah.
*08:00 – Completely emunah is belief in the Torah 100%, as in כֻּלָּ֤ךְ יָפָה֙ רַעְיָתִ֔י וּמ֖וּם אֵ֥ין בָּֽךְ – “You are entirely beautiful, my beloved, and there is no blemish in you” (Shir HaShirim 4:7). Emunah enables daas – Torah wisdom that can be expressed.
*10:00 – Serving HaShem with every part of the body, for example lifting up one’s hands when making the blessing for washing before the blessing on bread, HaMotzi.
15:30 – Q&R about the connection between emunah and daas.
***17:00 – Q&R – Why does HaShem conceal the future? Story of a person learning to understand the language of the trees.
*20:00 – Q&R about knowing the future. Shlomo HaMelech and the man who understood the language of the animals.
21:00 – NOTE – story of the curiosity of Rav Chaim Vital zal and the Arizal.
***31:00 – Why does HaShem hide parts of the Torah?
***33:00 – If a person is lacking emunah, his understanding of Torah is lacking.
40:00 – NOTE about the Kisey HaKavod in the Maaseh Merkava described by Yechezkel HaNavi. The words נִפְתְּחוּ֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יִם וָֽאֶרְאֶ֖ה מַרְא֥וֹת אֱלֹהִֽים – (Yechezkel 1:1) are Roshei teivos “emunah”.
45:00 – The bechor must be without blemish, complete. Analogy of a small hole in a balloon.
46:30 – Certain physical defects prevent a Kohen from serving in the Beis HaMikdash. These same defects in a bride can nullify a marriage if the defect was not made known prior to the marriage.
50:00 – Q&R about trusting HaShem the way a child trusts his mother.
51:00 – Q&R about asking questions.
*54:25 – NOTE when Moshiach teaches Torah, he will refer to concepts “as is taught in the Likutey Moharan“.
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