2024-04-14 – LH5 – YD2 – Reishis HaGez 3 – Para. 8b-10

Reishis HaGez 3 – Dovid HaMelech vs. Naval – Avshalom – Nidui – Chashmal – Protective Power of Shoes – Tefillin – Moshe Rabbeinu Knew When To Be Silent – Parshas Shemos – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Reishis HaGez 3 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 7.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 8b. Dovid HaMelech vs. Naval.
08:00 – PARAGRAPH 9. Avshalom.
17:00 – PARAGRAPH 10. Hilkhos Nidui.
27:00 – The protective power of shoes. Naal – shoe – is from the root word “to close”, as in Tefilas Neilah, which is related to silence.
29:00 – Just as tefillin are made from leather, so shoes are also made from leather.
34:00 – Spiritually, weakness in the legs and feet indicates negative forces from lower regions.
35:30 – On Yom Kippur, the Yetzer Hara is powerless. “The sin of the heel of my foot surrounds me”
37:00 – שַׁל־נְעָלֶ֨יךָ֙ מֵעַ֣ל רַגְלֶ֔יךָ כִּ֣י הַמָּק֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֤ר אַתָּה֙ עוֹמֵ֣ד עָלָ֔יו אַדְמַת־קֹ֖דֶשׁ הֽוּא – “Remove the shoes from your feet, because the place where you’re standing is holy ground” (Shemos 3:5, Shemos).
49:00 – Moshe Rabbeinu was qualified to receive the Torah on behalf of Am Yisrael because he was Kvod Peh – he knew when to be silent.
50:00 – Closing blessings.