2026-02-22 – LH8 – CM2 – Perika uTeEnah 4 – Para. 28-30a – Parshas Ki Seitzei – Kaddish for Parents

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Perika uTeEnah 4 – Para. 28-30a – Parshas Ki Seitzei – Heart in Crisis – Tefilah During Crisis – Chalitza – Yibum – Wife and Parnassah as Shoes – Inheritance – Apitropus – Kaddish for Parents – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Perika uTeEnah 4 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 2.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 28.
17:26 – PARAGRAPH 29. Parshas Ki Seitzei. Chalitza and Yibum. וְנִגְּשָׁה יְבִמְתּוֹ אֵלָיו לְעֵינֵי הַזְּקֵנִים וְחָלְצָה נַעֲלוֹ מֵעַל רַגְלוֹ – “Then his brother’s wife shall approach him before the eyes of the elders and remove his shoe from his foot…” (Devarim 25:9, Ki Seitzei).
22:00 – Chava was created as an extension of Adam. A wife and parnassah are referred to as a man’s shoes because both his wife and his parnassah stand him on his feet. Reference to Likutey Moharan 69.
26:30 – רוֹמֲמוּ יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ וְהִשְׁתַּחֲוּוּ לַהֲדֹם רַגְלָיו קָדוֹשׁ הוּא – “Exalt HaShem and prostrate yourselves to His footstool, it is holy” (Tehillim 99:5).
28:15 – Q&R about Kohanim not wearing shoes.
29:30 – Q&R about leather shoes. Klipas Nogah is referred to as skin/hide/leather.
30:40 – PARAGRAPH 30. Laws of Apitropus – management of an orphan’s estate by a guardian appointed by the child’s father.
33:30 – One of the main accomplishments of bringing children into the world is all the halakhah observed by the parents in bringing new souls into the world.
38:20 – ***Why children say kaddish for their parents.
43:00 – ***Why Kaddish is said after Yishtabach in Shacharis. Kaddish is a bridge from one world to the next.
46:00 – ***The sons should be the ones reciting Kaddish, because the main tikkun of the soul is the children they brought into the world.
48:50 – ***Kaddish is an aspect of the concept of Todah – Halakha. Through saying Kaddish, the children elevate all the blessings said by the parents throughout their lives. Each child achieves this elevation in his own unique way.
51:30 – A parent needs to organize his estate and establish a last will so that each child receives the proper amount after the parent passes away.
55:30 – Q&R about these principles applying to students.
56:30 – Closing blessings.

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