Mikach uMimkar 4 – Parshas Bereishis – Parshas Mishpatim – Untimely Death of Animals – Am Yisrael and Animals – Punishment of Nevuchadnezzar – Sukkas Dovid Hanofeles – Moshiach Will Bring Bounty – Sukkos is the Holiday of Harvest – Korbonos – Animal Sacrifices – 70 Nations – Human Food – Animal Food – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Mikach uMimkar 4 is based on Likutey Moharan 266.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 5. Nevuchadnezzar was the opposite of Dovid HaMelech. As punishment for destroying the Beis HaMikdash, HaShem turned Nevuchadnezzar into an animal for 7 years. These 7 years were parallel the 7 Shepherds of Israel.
06:00 – NOTE from the Ben Ish Chai: the name Nevuchadnezzar contains the word כבוד.
07:00 – PARAGRAPH 6. Sukkas Dovid Hanofeles. Description of the flow of produce in the world after Moshiach is revealed. The mitzvah of sukkah is related to shefa – bounty.
12:40 – PARAGRAPH 7. Parshas Mishpatim. וְחַג הָאָסִף בְּצֵאת הַשָּׁנָה בְּאָסְפְּךָ אֶת־מַעֲשֶׂיךָ מִן־הַשָּׂדֶה(Shemos 23:16, ). Why Sukkos is the holiday of harvest.
16:45 – ***Likutey Halakhos is a commentary both on the Chumash – the written Torah – and on the Likutey Moharan.
17:20 – PARAGRAPH 8. Skach – the roof of the sukkah – is made of psoles – refuse.
22:40 – Animal sacrifices. Korbonos are a tikkun for the untimely death of animals by repairing the damage done to Shefa Beheyma.
27:30 – ***Q&R about animal sacrifices.
28:40 – PARAGRAPH 9. 70 Korbonos on Sukkos parallel the 70 Nations.
33:20 – The length of גלות – exile is related to the untimely death of animals. Sometimes the animals fight back.
35:45 – Parshas Bereishis. וּרְדוּ בִּדְגַת הַיָּם וּבְעוֹף הַשָּׁמַיִם וּבְכָל־חַיָּה הָרֹמֶשֶׂת עַל־הָאָרֶץ – “…and rule over the fish of the sea and over the fowl of the sky and all the living creatures that crawl on the earth” (Bereishis 1:28, Bereishis). Rashi: “If a person merits, man will rule over the animals. If not, he will fall before them.”
36:45 – Untimely death of animals. When the shefa of man is stolen by animals, the shefa eventually harms the animals.
45:40 – Why the 70 korbonos of Sukkas correspond to the 70 Nations.
49:20 – When Am Yisrael is not in its rightful position, the 70 Nations suffer.
50:10 – The arrival of Moshiach is called the rebuilding of the Sukkas Dovid Hanofeles. The mitzvah of Sukkah plays an especially important role in this process.
52:00 – Closing blessings. The tefilah of Aleinu should be said with extra kavana.
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