2024-07-30 – LH6 – EH – Gittin 4 – Para. 7-10a – Ki Seitzei – Bo

Gittin 4 – Ki Seitzei – Hasagos Elokus – Tzimtzum – Spiritual Constriction – 3 Dimensions of Creation – Time – Location – Name – Marriage – Get – Divorce Document – Purpose of Life – 613 Parts of the Body – Importance of Bringing Children Into the World – The 4 Sons – Purpose of Evil – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Gittin 4 is based on Likutey Moharan 30.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 7. Hasagos Elokus – Recognition of HaShem – 3 Dimensions of Creation – Time, location, name.
04:30 – The purpose of tzimtzum – spiritual constriction.
07:40 – A get – divorce document – contains tzimtzumim of HaShem’s light: the time, location, and names of the couple separating.
10:00 – Parshas Ki Seitzei – וְיָֽצְאָ֖ה מִבֵּית֑וֹ וְהָֽלְכָ֖ה וְהָֽיְתָ֥ה לְאִֽישׁ־אַחֵֽר – “and she leaves his house and goes and marries another man” (Devarim 24:2, Ki Seitzei).
***12:00 – PARAGRAPH 8. The purpose of life is to bring recognition of HaShem into the world. Yibum and Chalitza.
17:00 – Parshas Bo – וְהִגַּדְתָּ֣ לְבִנְךָ֔ בַּיּ֥וֹם הַה֖וּא – “And you shall tell your son on that day…” Shemos 13:8, Bo).
*19:30 – Bringing children into the world increases recognition of HaShem in the world. Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 37.
21:00 – In every part of the body there are three levels of sekhel – corresponding to head, hand, and foot. The 613 mitzvos correspond to the 613 parts of the body. Every mitzvah is an aspect of sekhel.
*24:30 – Q&R – a woman is not obligated to bring children into the world in the same way a man is.
26:50 – When a man dies without children, his soul clings to the feet of his brother, as in וַתְּגַ֥ל מַרְגְּלֹתָ֖יו – “…and [she] uncovered his feet…” (Rus 3:7).
28:00 – וְאָ֥ח לְ֜צָרָ֗ה יִוָּלֵֽד – “… for a brother is born for adversity” (Mishlei 17:17).
30:00 – PARAGRAPH 9. The Arba Bonim – The Four Sons. Even the evil son has a purpose, as in כֹּ֤ל פָּעַ֣ל יְ֖הוָה לַֽמַּעֲנֵ֑הוּ וְגַם־רָ֜שָׁ֗ע לְי֣וֹם רָעָֽה – “Hashem made everything for His praise – even the wicked man for the day of evil” (Mishlei 16:4)
34:30 – Why HaShem sometimes permits a rasha – evil person – to say all he wants to say. כָּל־ר֖וּחוֹ יוֹצִ֣יא כְסִ֑יל וְ֜חָכָ֗ם בְּאָח֥וֹר יְשַׁבְּחֶֽנָּה – “A fool lets out all his spirit, but afterwards a wise man will quiet it” (Mishlei 29:11).
*37:00 – When Moshiach is revealed, all sheker will be shown false, and every person who speaks evil will fall silent.
39:40 – Q&R about evil speech. Moshol – parable – of a man who tricks a robber into using up all his bullets.
42:00 – NOTE: we learn from an evil person what not to do.
44:00 – PARAGRAPH 10. Chalitza and Yibum. When a woman is not married, she doesn’t have a source of life from a husband. Through marriage, a woman is spiritually completed. Reference to Likutey Moharan 69.
***51:00 – Q&R about the importance of bringing children into the world. בְּרָב־עָ֥ם הַדְרַת־מֶ֑לֶךְ – “A king is glorified by a multitude [of people]…” (Mishlei 14:28).
53:00 – Q&R about the spiritual potential of a woman.
54:30 – Q&R about the death of an evil person. “The best of doctors goes to Gehinnam.”
56:00 – Closing blessings.