2025-02-06 – LH7 – CM1 – Geviyas Chov MeyhaLakochos 5 – Para. 34-36 – Hilkhos Oreyv – Parshas Chukas – Makom – The Torah Is a Derech – The Journeys and Paths of Bnei Yisrael Elevate the Places Traveled to Above the Concept of Physical Space

Geviyas Chov MeyhaLakochos 5 – Hilkhos Oreyv – Parshas Chukas – Makom – The Torah Is a Derech – The Journeys and Paths of Bnei Yisrael Elevate the Places Traveled to Above the Concept of Physical Space – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Geviyas Chov MeyhaLakoshos 5 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 1.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 34. The journeys of the Bnei Yisrael in the wilderness, and the journeys of every Jew to the present day, is to spiritually elevate every place he dwells or passes through. With every step he takes he brings a place to the concept of “above place”. [Technical difficulty – timing off.]
05:00 – Tehillim: “every footstep a person takes is prepared by Hashem, and every path….”
*08:00 – The Torah is called a path. 3 possukim. The entire world is called “derech” – a path.
15:00? – לֹ֥א תָסֻ֖רוּ יָמִ֥ין וּשְׂמֹֽאל – “…do not turn to the right or to the left” (Devarim 5:29, VaEschanan).
20:00 – PARAGRAPH 35.
25:00 – Nimtza.
30:00 – כִּרְחֹ֣ק מִ֖זְרָח מִֽמַּֽעֲרָ֑ב הִרְחִ֥יק מִ֜מֶּ֗נּוּ אֶת־פְּשָׁעֵֽינוּ – “As the distance of east from west, He distanced our transgressions from us” (Tehillim 103:12).
35:00 – Bereishis 24:63. Yavul – produce – Yitzchak siach besadeh.
***45:00 – PARAGRAPH 36. Yerushalayim HaBenuya. Achieving the spiritual level of “above makom” enables a person to judge others favorably based on the place any individual is standing.
48:00 – Dovid HaMelech represents Moshiach. Hashem’s ultimate judgement is for merit. The tzaddik rises to the level of attachment to the Kisey HaKavod, the Source of all souls.
***50:00 – Q&R about how to picture that every step we take is an aspect of עֹֽמְדוֹת הָי֣וּ רַגְלֵ֑ינוּ בִּ֜שְׁעָרַ֗יִךְ יְרֽוּשָׁלִָֽם – “Our feet were standing within your gates, Yerushalayim” (Tehillim 122:2).
52:00 – Closing blessings.