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Ein Yaakov – Lesson 073b – Sotah – Page 40 – Humility – The Crowning Quality – Birkhat Kohanim

Ein Yaakov – Lesson 073b – Sotah – Page 40 – Humility – The Crowning Quality – Birkhat Kohanim – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal.

  • 02:06 Moshe Rabbeinu’s question to Am Yisrael: “What does HaShem ask of you but to fear Him?”
  • 02:53 A soul is asked 6 questions immediately after his passing.
  • 04:57 “Ekev anava yirat HaShem”.
  • 06:40 Rebbe Nachman taught that the highest level of humility is the ability to state, without conceit, that one is humble.
  • 08:08 Rabbi Avahu praises the humility of Rabbi Abba.
  • 09:34 A Meturgamon repeats the words of a rabbi giving a shiur so they can be heard by everyone gathered.
  • 12:43 Rabbi Avahu was offered the position of Chief Rabbi of a city but turned it down, suggesting someone he said was more worthy.
  • 14:41 A person who recovers from serious illness is forgiven for his sins.
  • 15:41 The Gemara in Yuma says that charity saves from death.
  • 17:07 To perform acts of kindness is a much higher level than giving tzedakah.
  • 18:06 Rabbi Avahu consoled Rabbi Chiyya bar Abba with a parable.
  • 23:39 Aggadah is the “true diamond” of the Gemara.
  • 23:56 Birkhat Kohanim.
  • 26:02 The written Torah is said to contain 600,000 letters, but the number of letters written by a scribe on the parchment of a Sefer Torah is 305,804. Why is this so?
  • 26:35 In the name “Yisrael” the letters stand for “Yesh shishim rebu otiot laTorah”.
  • 27:58 The importance of answering “Amein” to a blessing.
  • 29:03 “It’s greater to say ‘Amein’ than to say the blessing.”
  • 29:15 HaShem’s Name consists of two parts.
  • 29:55 When Moshiach is revealed, the two parts of HaShem’s Name will be one.
  • 30:25 In the Beis HaMikdash, people did not respond “Amein” to a blessing, they said “Baruch Shem Kevod Malkhuso leOlam Vaed”.
  • 33:46 Although flattery is evil, to save a life, it is permitted.
  • 40:22 4 types of people cannot receive the Shekhinah – Divine Presence of HaShem.
  • 41:09 Type 1 – someone who sits among people who joke about everything.
  • 42:13 Type 2 – liars.
  • 42:26 Type 3 – flatterers.
  • 42:28 Type 4 – someone who speaks loshon hara.
  • 43:25 Closing blessings.

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