2025-04-06 – LH7 – CM1 – Oreyv 3 – Para. 18-20 – Parshas Kedoshim

Oreyv 3 – Parshas Kedoshim – Shabbos Nachamu – רעוא דרעוין – Tzedakah – Kadosh HaKedoshim – Beis HaMikdash – Ratzon Generates Yirah – Shalosh Ragolim – Miracles Are the “Face of HaShem” – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Oreyv 3 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 4.
00:00 – Dedications.
00:50 – PARAGRAPH 18. Parshas Kedoshim. וְכִ֧י תִזְבְּח֛וּ זֶ֥בַח שְׁלָמִ֖ים לַֽיהוָֹ֑ה לִרְצֹֽנְכֶ֖ם תִּזְבָּחֻֽהוּ – “When you slaughter a peace offering to HaShem, you shall slaughter it for your acceptance” (Vayikra 19:5, Kedoshim).
03:00 – *Miracles remind people that HaShem is guiding everything that happens. Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 4.
11:00 – Sacrifices of tzedakah are required on the Shalosh Ragolim – Pesach, Shavuos, and Sukkos.
12:00 – מַה־יָּפ֧וּ פְעָמַ֛יִךְ בַּנְּעָלִ֖ים בַּת־נָדִ֑יב – “How fair are your feet in sandals, O daughter of nobles…” (Shir HaShirim 7:2).
15:00 – יִשְׂמַ֣ח צַ֖דִּיק כִּֽי־חָזָ֣ה נָקָ֑ם – “The righteous man will rejoice because he saw revenge…” (Tehillim 58:11.) *When HaShem hides behind nature, He is called “Elokim” – midas HaDin. When He reveals Himself through miracles, He is called Y – K – V – K – midas HaChesed.
17:00 – The importance of giving tzedakah in honor of Yom Tov.
20:00 – PARAGRAPH 19. The Beis HaMikdash was destroyed because of a deficiency in emunah and tzedakah (Shabbos 119), as in ה֗וֹי מַגִּיעֵ֥י בַ֙יִת֙ בְּבַ֔יִת – “Woe to those who join house to house…” (Yeshaya 5:8).
26:00 – PARAGRAPH 20. Every Jew is obligated to mourn the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash. This mourning weakens the power of “Esav’s tears”.
30:00 – The definition of simchah is perceiving the good will of HaShem – when we see and believe that HaShem is providing for us.
32:00 – Q&R – “Esav’s tears” is mourning something meaningless. Why a person should avoid praising non-Jews and not accept charity from them.
36:00 – Q&R about “artificial intelligence” taking over mundane tasks being a sign of geulah.
37:00 – NOTE about a student wanting to go to study Torah after graduating from high school event though his father wanted him to learn a trade so he could support himself. The student went on to become a Talmid Chokham and married into a wealthy family.
41:00 – תּֽוֹדִיעֵנִי֘ אֹ֪רַח חַ֫יִּ֥ים שׂ֣בַע שְׂ֖מָחוֹת אֶת־פָּנֶ֑יךָ נְעִמ֖וֹת בִּימִֽינְךָ֣ נֶֽצַח – “You shall let me know the way of life, the fullness of joys in Your presence. There is pleasantness in Your right hand forever” (Tehillim 16:11).
47:30 – Closing blessings.
49:00 – Q&R about working with people who speak nival peh – profanity. If a person uses profanity they forfeit their power of tefilah.