2024-04-11 – LH5 – YD2 – Reishis HaGez 3 – Para. 3-4

Reishis HaGez 3 – Awareness of HaShem – Siyag LeChokhma – Knowing When To Be Silent – Makif – Peleh – Alef – Tzaddik HaDor – How and When To Ask Questions – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Reishis HaGez 3 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 7.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 3. סְיָג לַחָכְמָה שְׁתִיקָה – “…silence is a [protective] fence for wisdom” (Avos 3:13).
04:00 – רֵ֘אשִׁ֚ית חָכְמָ֨ה | יִרְאַ֬ת יְהֹוָ֗ה – “The beginning of wisdom is fear of HaShem…” (Tehillim 111:10).
07:00 – Sin is a result of Ribui Ohr – too much light.
19:30 – The only person in the generation who truly knows when to be silent is the Tzaddik HaDor.
21:30 – The first wool sheared from a sheep is given to the kohen. This is an aspect of creating garments that are within the boundaries of each individual.
23:00 – The kohen is an aspect of Tzaddik HaDor. כַּשֶּׁ֚מֶן הַטּ֨וֹב | עַל־הָרֹ֗אשׁ יֹרֵ֗ד עַל־הַזָּ֫קָ֥ן זְקַ֥ן אַֽהֲרֹ֑ן שֶׁ֜יֹּרֵ֗ד עַל־פִּ֥י מִדּוֹתָֽיו – “As the good oil on the head runs down upon the beard, the beard of Aaron, which flows down to the hem of his garments” (Tehillim 133:2).
28:00 – Q&R about knowing which questions to ask.
30:00 – PARAGRAPH 4.
34:45 – וְכָל־בָּנַ֖יִךְ לִמּוּדֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה – “And all your children shall be students of HaShem…” (Yeshaya 54:13).
37:00 – NOTE – HaShem’s Name Y – K – V – K relates to the 10 midos of HaShem. The Yud – Hey relates to the 3 upper levels – Keser Chakhma Binah, the Vuv relates to the 6 middle levels. The final Hey relates to Malkhus. Zman – time – is an aspect of the seven lower levels.
39:20 – Q&R about questions and time.