CM2 – Lesson 173a – Nezikin 5 – Para. 40-45 – Parshas Bo – Establish Us Through Aitza Tova – Good Counsel – Hashkiveynu

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Nezikin 5 – Parshas Bo – Establish Us Through Aitza Tova – Good Counsel – Hashkiveynu – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. (Recorded in 1994.)
Hilkhos Nezikin 5 is based on 2Likutey Moharan 5.

• 00:00 PARAGRAPH 40. The creation of darkness preceded the creation of light.
• 02:57 Every day the Yetzer Hara starts opposing a person in new ways.
• 05:12 Kriyas Shema at night is a mitzvah d’oreisa.
• 07:11 ***An account of Rebbe Nachman commenting after hearing someone davening Maariv – the critical importance of the tefilah for aitza tova in the paragraph “Hashkiveynu” – both in Maariv and in the nighttime Kriyas Shema. [The Tzaddik Emes is the source for aitza tova.]
• 08:35 PARAGRAPH 41. Parshas Bo. צֵא אַתָּה וְכָל־הָעָם אֲשֶׁר־בְּרַגְלֶיךָ – “…’Go out, you and all the people who are at your feet…'” (Shemos 11:8, Bo).
• 09:56 Feet represent good advice – guiding one’s direction and progress in life.
• 14:10 PARAGRAPH 42. Kisvei Arizal.
• 20:15 In every generation, Tzaddikim bring the new advice needed for their times.
• 22:37 PARAGRAPH 44. Torah study helps a person access good advice.
• 25:06 The more effort a person puts into coming close to HaShem, the more the Baal Davar tries to block him.
• 28:46 ***PARAGRAPH 45. Zman Hadlakas Ner Chanukah is near sunset, which alludes to the continuity of HaShem’s light in the world, even after the passing of a tzaddik.
• 30:00 אינֵּין דּוֹר יָתוֹם – “There is no orphaned generation” (Chagiga 3b). Before one tzaddik leaves this world, a new tzaddik has been prepared by HaShem to take his place.
• 34:20 Midrash Tanchuma BeHaalosekha.
• 37:13 End of halakha. BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE about Rabbi Rosenfeld zal.
• 40:07 BIOGRAPHICAL NOTE about Rabbi Pinchas Teitz zal.

Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel.