Mitaltelin 3 – Makifim Originate from Mazla – Limiting Desire for Money – Daas – Sipuk – Satisfaction – Parnassa – The Importance of Emunah – Faith – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Mitaltelin 3 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 7.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 2b – Makifim originate from Mazla. Limiting desire for money. Sipuk– satisfaction. A sense of lack is due to lack of daas – recognition of HaShem.
16:00 – The importance of limiting desire for money.
18:20 – Answering a student’s question creates a new makif for the student.
20:00 – People can die because of a sense of lack. Both money and makifim originate from Mazla.
23:15 – A person who wants to live, as opposed to just “exist”, needs to fortify his emunah and be happy with what he has. However, if the need persists, through tefilah and through waiting for the right time, the need will be fulfilled. Story of Rabbi Akiva and the wife of a Roman official.
27:00 – Q&R.
28:45 – PARAGRAPH 3. Some makifim are above the dimension of time.
38:00 – Q&R about emunah.
41:00 – The importance of emunah. Reference to Sichos HaRan 32. “A person needs to strengthen his emunah.”
46:30 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 91. The word shemesh alludes to Light.
47:30 – Q&R about dealing with a sense of lack.
52:00 – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE from Rabbi Maimon’s life about his engagement to his wife, who is the daughter of Rabbi Rosenfeld zal.
54:30 – NOTE about Sefiras HaOmer. A person shouldn’t judge himself by comparing his life to someone else’s life.
55:45 – Closing blessings.
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