2026-02-15 – LH8 – CM2 – Perika uTeEnah 4 – Para. 12b-13a – Siddur – Ezras Avoseinu – Hisbodedus

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Perika uTeEnah 4 – Adversity Is From HaShem – Siddur Course – Ezras Avoseinu – Hisbodedus Course – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Perika uTeEnah 4 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 2.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 12b. All adversity is from HaShem to our benefit. וַיִּגֶל אָזְנָם לַמּוּסָר וַיֹּאמֶר כִּי־יְשׁוּבוּן מֵאָוֶן – “He opens their ears to discipline and commands that they repent of iniquity” (Iyov 36:10).
03:00 – NOTE – Whenever Rabbi Akiva encountered difficulties while traveling he would say, “This is also for the good”.
03:30 – ***Siddur Course. A person should accustom himself to praising HaShem, no matter what the difficulty. We express this 3 times a day in the blessing “Nodeh” of the Shemoneh Esrei.
06:30 – בָּרוּךְ׀ יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל עֹשֵׂה נִפְלָאוֹת לְבַדּוֹ  – Blessed is HaShem, Master of Israel, Who performs wonders alone” (Tehillim 72:18). We are saved from countless difficulties without our being aware of the protection HaShem extends to us constantly, both physically and spiritually.
00:00 – אֲהַלֲלָה יְהוָה בְּחַיָּי אֲזַמְּרָה לֵאלֹהַי בְּעוֹדִי – “I shall praise the Master in my life; I shall sing to HaShem as long as I exist” (Tehillim 146:2).
09:20 – Reference to Likutey Moharan 282 – Azamra. (Tehillim 146:2).
11:00 – ***בַּצָּר הִרְחַבְתָּ לִּי – “…through the distress [itself] You relieved me…” (Tehillim 4:2). Betzar Hirchavta Li.
16:00 – NOTE – Brief overview of 2Likutey Moharan 2, the foundation of this Halakha.
21:00 – ***Hisbodedus Course. Betzar Hirchavta Li. Thanking HaShem for His kindness in the past enables a person to pour out their present needs to Him.
23:00 – עֶזְרָתִי הָיִיתָ אַל־תִּטְּשֵׁנִי וְאַל־תַּעַזְבֵנִי אֱלֹהֵי יִשְׁעִי – “You were my help; do not forsake me and do not abandon me, HaShem of my salvation” (Tehillim 27:9). A person needs to be able to defend himself during Hisbodedus.
25:00 – ***Hisbodedus Course. Reference to Likutey Halakhos, Yoreh Deah, Kilei Beheyma 4.
25:30 – תְּהוֹם־אֶל־תְּהוֹם קוֹרֵא לְקוֹל צִנּוֹרֶיךָ כָּל־מִשְׁבָּרֶיךָ וְגַלֶּיךָ עָלַי עָבָרוּ – “Deep calls to deep to the sound of Your water channels; all Your breakers and waves passed over me” (Tehillim 42:8).
27:00 – Every day HaShem commands new kindness to sustain Am Yisrael even through all the suffering of exile. This is a display of HaShem’s strength.
31:00 – ***Thanking HaShem creates ways for a person to receive more of His kindness.
33:00 – ***Q&R about implementing this teaching in our lives. It’s important to constantly search for times in the past when HaShem helped. ***Siddur Course – “Ezras Avoseinu”.
36:00 – NOTE: Story of Reb Elimelech and Reb Zushia in prison. Gratitude is the only way to begin asking for one’s needs.
37:00 – Q&R about how to apply this advice in practice.
40:00 – Q&R about seeing people who are wealthy but who don’t seem to be doing mitzvos.
43:00 – PARAGRAPH 13. אַךְ לֹא־בְעִי יִשְׁלַח־יָד אִם־בְּפִידוֹ לָהֶן שׁוּעַ – “But not with destruction does He stretch forth his hand; if with His misfortune, He would dandle them” (Iyov 30:24). HaShem punishes Am Yisrael in a different way than he punishes the 70 Nations: He dispenses our punishment little by little, and not all at once.
44:00 – NOTE – Chiddush from the Zohar HaKodesh heard from Rabbi Rosenfeld zal on the words “HaShem gets angry every day”.
51:00 – Closing blessings.

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