2025-08-06 – LH7 – CM1 – Matzranus 4 – Para. 3 – Parshas Bereishis

Matzranus 4 – Parshas Bereishis – Peace Depends on the Tzaddik – Rosh Bayis – 4 Elements of Creation – Beis HaMikdash – Shabbos – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Matzranus 4 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 67.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 3. Parshas Bereishis. וְנָהָר֙ יֹצֵ֣א מֵעֵ֔דֶן לְהַשְׁק֖וֹת אֶת־הַגָּ֑ן וּמִשָּׁם֙ יִפָּרֵ֔ד וְהָיָ֖ה לְאַרְבָּעָ֥ה רָאשִֽׁים – “And a river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and from there it separated and became four heads” (Bereishis 4:3, Bereishis). ***The Arba Yisodos receive from the Yisod HaPoshut – the Tzaddik Emes, who is an aspect of “the river flowing from Eden”. Four rivers flow from Eden. Everything in the world is dependent on the harmony between the Arba Yisodos – 4 Elements of Creation.
05:00 – The midos are composed of different combinations of the Arba Yisodos.
09:30 – The Arba Yisodos correspond to the 4 letters of HaShem’s Name Yud Hey Vuv Hey, and correspond to the 4 Worlds.
11:50 – Each person is an entire world. The Arba Yisodos combine to create each person’s midos. Illness arises when the elements of the body are in disharmony.
14:00 – Opposition to the Tzaddik Emes causes lack of peace in the world and a disharmony of the Arba Yisodos.
16:00 – Each person has a dominant element from the
17:00 – Peace is generated when there is harmony between different elements. Reference to Likutey Moharan 80.
19:00 – NOTE: it’s important not to enter into any sort of makhlokes – dispute – with family members or neighbors. There are certain types of shalom that are not good to initiate.
27:00 – Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 67.
28:30 – The Tzaddik Emes is called the ראש בית – he contributes his light to the Beis HaMikdash.
31:30 – Bein HaMetzorim – the Three Weeks. כָּל־רֹֽדְפֶ֥יהָ הִשִּׂיג֖וּהָ בֵּ֥ין הַמְּצָרִֽים – “…all her pursuers overtook her between the boundaries” (Eicha 1:3).
36:00 – Q&R about the practical application of the concepts presented in the shiur.
38:00 – A person who enjoys Shabbos is rewarded with a joy that has no bounds (Shabbos 118).
44:00 – A person who masters his midos through balancing and harmonizing the Arba Yisodos within himself can gain mastery over the 4 directions – south, north, east, west.
45:45 – Closing blessings.

Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel.