2026-02-09 – LH8 – CM2 – Perika uTeEnah 1 – Para. 1-4a – Parshas Mishpatim – Parshas Yisro – Parshas Ki Sisa

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Perika uTeEnah 1 – Parshas Mishpatim – Parshas Yisro – Parshas Ki Sisa – Helping Another with His Burden – Daas vs. Blood – Defective Kovod – Achdus – Ahavas Yisrael – Respect for Elders – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 1. Parshas Mishpatim. Mitzvas Perika uTeEnah:  כִּֽי־תִרְאֶ֞ה חֲמ֣וֹר שׂנַֽאֲךָ֗ רֹבֵץ֙ תַּ֣חַת מַשָּׂא֔וֹ וְחָֽדַלְתָּ֖ מֵֽעֲזֹ֣ב ל֑וֹ עָזֹ֥ב תַּֽעֲזֹ֖ב עִמּֽוֹ – “If you see your enemy’s donkey lying under its burden would you refrain from helping him? You shall surely help along with him” (Shemos 23:5, Mishpatim).
01:00 – Life energy is dependent on Daas, as in הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה תְּחַיֶּ֥ה בְעָלֶֽיהָ – “…wisdom gives life to its possessor” (Koheles 7:12).
02:45 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 29 – spiritual aspects of epilepsy – “Falling Sickness”.
04:50 – The liver is the source of anger. Hatred, jealousy, and anger heats the blood. Reference to Likutey Moharan 57. Overheating of the blood causes a person to fall.
05:30 – כִּֽי־עֲ֖ו‍ֹֽנֹתַי עָֽבְר֣וּ רֹאשִׁ֑י כְּמַשָּׂ֥א כָ֜בֵ֗ד יִכְבְּד֥וּ מִמֶּֽנִּי – “For my sins have gone over my head; as a weighty burden they are too heavy for me” (Tehillim 38:5). When desires overwhelm Daas, the person is in danger of falling, spiritually and/or physically.
09:00 – Parshas Mishpatim. אַ֖תָּה כּוֹנַ֣נְתָּ מֵּֽישָׁרִ֑ים – “…You founded equity…” (Tehillim 99:4).
10:40 – PARAGRAPH 2. Kovod – respect. In certain circumstances, an elder is exempt from helping another with their burden. Kovod is associated with Daas. Reference to Likutey Moharan 67.
14:00 – Disrespect signals lack of Daas. Achdus – unity – is dependent on Kovod. Malkhus is also associated with Achdus. One aspect of Malkhus is to gather different factions together. Reference to Likutey Moharan 14.
18:00 – When כבוד is defective, it becomes כבד – heavy. The Vuv enlivens. When the Vuv is missing, Reference to Likutey Moharan 11.
21:45 – *Rebbe Nachman emphasizes showing respect for an elder.
23:30 – The Tzaddik is called Kovod because he lifts and carries fallen souls.
24:30 – Q&R – Since a person is supposed to flee from Kovod – how does one gauge self-respect vs. respect for another?
27:30 – PARAGRAPH 3. The “enemy” in the shiur’s key possuk from Parshas Mishpatim is not necessarily a person who is hated. A person needs to put aside his own negative feelings in order to help someone who has fallen.
31:00 – PARAGRAPH 4. Chomer – physicality and Chamor – donkey. A Jew needs to be as strong as an ox, to wear the על מלכות שמים – “Yoke of the Kingdom of Heaven”.
34:30 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 282 – “Finding the Good Point”. Ahavas Yisrael.
36:00 – Q&R about the Tzaddik carrying the burden of Am Yisrael. Moshol told by Rav Eliya Chaim Rosen zal about a lion and a fox who knows how to keep his distance from danger.
39:40 – Destroying the sin vs. destroying the sinner.
41:40 – Q&R about the difference in Torah obligations for women as opposed to the Torah obligations of men.
43:00 – Q&R about respectful conduct if one is brought to judgement in a Beis Din – above all tefilah is needed for aitza tova and protection.
46:30 – Parshas Ki Sisa. Moshe Rabbeinu was told to go down to the level of Am Yisrael, as in לֶךְ־רֵ֕ד כִּ֚י שִׁחֵ֣ת עַמְּךָ֔ אֲשֶׁ֥ר הֶֽעֱלֵ֖יתָ מֵאֶ֥רֶץ מִצְרָֽיִם – “…’Go, descend, for your People that you have brought up from the land of Egypt have acted corruptly'” (Shemos 32:7, Ki Sisa).
50:00 – Parshas Yisro. “From those who are distant, a great palace for HaShem’s honor can be built.”
51:00 – Q&R about balancing kiruv with protecting Torah’s boundaries. Rebbe Nachman’s arrival in Uman is described as an example of knowing when and how to approach newcomers.
53:00 – BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE about Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal’s refusal to teach in a conservative school.
55:50 – NOTE – to begin speaking with a person who’s distant, a teacher should not be confrontational. Instead, the teacher addressed the newcomer in terms of his “comfort zone”. Closing blessings.

Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel. Timings approximate.