2025-02-11 – LH7 – CM1 – HaOsey Shaliach Ligbos Chovo 2 – Para. 5-9 – The Purpose of Man Is To Perform Mitzvos beSimcha – A Tzaddik Gives – Dance – Hashem Is the Essence of Joy – Giving vs. Taking

HaOsey Shaliach Ligbos Chovo 2 – The Purpose of Man Is To Perform Mitzvos beSimcha – A Tzaddik Gives – Dance – Hashem Is the Essence of Joy – Giving vs. Taking – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos HaOsey Shaliach Ligbos Chovo 2 is based on Likutey Moharan 5.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 5.
02:30 – PARAGRAPH 6. וְהָיָ֨ה אַדִּיר֜וֹ מִמֶּ֗נּוּ וּמֹֽשְׁלוֹ֙ מִקִּרְבּ֣וֹ יֵצֵ֔א וְהִקְרַבְתִּ֖יו וְנִגַּ֣שׁ אֵלָ֑י כִּי֩ מִ֨י הוּא־זֶ֜ה עָרַ֧ב אֶת־לִבּ֛וֹ לָגֶ֥שֶׁת אֵלַ֖י נְאֻם־יְהֹוָֽה – “And their prince shall be from them, and their ruler shall emerge from their midst, and I will bring him near, and he shall approach Me, for who is it who pledged his heart to approach Me? says Hashem” (Yirmiya 30:21). Performing mitzvos with joy connects a person with Hashem.
08:00 – PARAGRAPH 7. A tzaddik gives. The greatness of Moshe Rabbeinu.
12:00 – The word נביא is composed of the roshei teivos of יָבֹ֥א בְרִנָּ֑ה נֹ֜שֵׂ֗א אֲלֻמֹּתָֽיו – “…he will return with song, carrying his sheaves” (Tehillim 126:6).
14:00 – PARAGRAPH 8. Each person must realize that the entire world was created for him so that he has the opportunity to improve the world.
16:30 – The purpose of every Jew is to perform mitzvos with joy – this was the ultimate goal of Hashem when He created everything.
20:00 – Performing mitzvos with joy. Avoiding the “bread of shame”.
22:30 – וְאָמַר֙ בַּיּ֣וֹם הַה֔וּא הִנֵּ֨ה אֱלֹהֵ֥ינוּ זֶ֛ה קִוִּ֥ינוּ ל֖וֹ וְיֽוֹשִׁיעֵ֑נוּ זֶ֚ה יְהֹוָה֙ קִוִּ֣ינוּ ל֔וֹ נָגִ֥ילָה וְנִשְׂמְחָ֖ה בִּישֽׁוּעָתֽוֹ – “And they shall say on that day, “Behold, this is our God: we hoped for Him that He would save us; this is the Lord for Whom we hoped; let us rejoice and be happy with His salvation” (Yishaya 25:9).
*24:00 – Hashem is the essence of joy. יִשְׂמַ֖ח יְהֹוָ֣ה בְּמַֽעֲשָֽׂיו – “…Hashem will rejoice with His works” (Tehillim 104:31).
***32:00 – Giving vs. taking. Giving brings joy, taking brings sadness.
34:00 – Q&R about sources outside of chassidus for the emphasis on joy.
37:00 – PARAGRAPH 9. There was Din at the time of creation, because there was no initiation from below.
46:00 – מִ֣י הִ֖קְדִּימַנִי וַֽאֲשַׁלֵּ֑ם – “Who has given Me anything beforehand, that I should repay him?” (Iyov 41:3). Giving vs. taking.
52:00 – NOTE about entitlement. Marriage is giving.
54:00 – Closing blessings.
55:00 – Q&R about give and take in marriage.
59:00 – Very brief note about Tu BeShevat this week: “We are the trees.”