VaEira 5776 – Exile of Speech – Holy Song – What Is Redemption? (Entire Shiur)

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Apotropos 3 – Parshas Bo – Parshas VaEira – Pesach – What Is Redemption? – Speech in Exile – Voice – Nigun – Melody – Song – Foundation of the Jewish Calendar – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
Hilkhos Apotropos 3 is based on Likutey Moharan 3 and Likutey Halakhos, Choshen Mishpat 2, Hilkhos Apotropos 3 – Para. 5b-7.
00:00 – PARAGRAPH 5b. Pharaoh tried to stop the process of Matan Torah through weakening Am Yisrael’s power of speech.
04:36 – *Galus Mitzrayim – the Exile in Egypt – was the prototype for all the exiles to follow and was essentially the exile of speech.
10:06 – What is yichud of speech in kabbalah?
16:27 – Yetziyas Mitzrayim – the exodus fulfilled the purpose of taking speech out of exile so that Am Yisrael could receive the Torah. The redemption of speech made it possible for them to do the mitzvah of proclaiming and sanctifying the new month, thus establishing a calendar as a foundation for unity and observance of time-bound commandments -הַחֹדֶשׁ הַזֶּה לָכֶם רֹאשׁ חֳדָשִׁים רִאשׁוֹן הוּא לָכֶם לְחָדְשֵׁי הַשָּׁנָה – “This month shall be to you the head of the months; to you it shall be the first of the months of the year” (Shemos 12:2, Bo).
17:45 – PARAGRAPH 6. Speech distinguishes human from animal.
25:05 – PARAGRAPH 7. Korbon Pesach and the distinction between holy song and profane.
29:18 – Pesach, matzah, maror.
[The end of this shiur was not recorded.]

Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel.