R’ Rosenfeld – Sipurey Maasios 01 – The Prince of Precious Stones

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Sipurey Maasios – Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal explains Rabbi Nachman’s story “The Prince of Precious Stones” in light of the Zohar HaKodesh. He reveals how counting the Omer relates to the 42-letter Name of HaShem alluded to in this story. Text: Sichos HaRan 147. (Lesson rw30b. Recorded in 1977.)

• 00:00 INTRODUCTION to theSipurey Maasios – The Stories of Rebbe Nachman.
• 04:14 The story of The Prince of Precious Stones begins.
• 05:49 The Jews of the kingdom searched for a tzaddik and found him.
• 07:10 An unusually gifted daughter is born to the king.
• 09:10 A second hidden tzaddik is found.
• 14:40 The princess pretends to be ill.
• 16:08 Leprosy is fatal. Through magic, the princess almost kills her brother, the prince.
• 17:25 The tzaddik prescribes a remedy for the king.
• 22:17 Rebbe Nachman gave permission to interpret his stories: the prince is Moshe Rabbeinu.
• 23:10 The precious stones are the souls of Am Yisrael.
• 23:38 תִּשְׁתַּפֵּכְנָה אַבְנֵי־קֹדֶשׁ בְּרֹאשׁ כָּל־חוּצוֹת – “…the holy stones are scattered at the head of every street” (Eicha 4:1).
• 24:07 The sages of the Gemara say that the mother of Moshe Rabbeinu, Yocheved, gave birth to 600,000 souls – רַבִּי הָיָה יוֹשֵׁב וְדוֹרֵשׁ וְנִתְנַמְנֵם הַצִּבּוּר, בִּקֵּשׁ לְעוֹרְרָן, אָמַר יָלְדָה אִשָּׁה אַחַת בְּמִצְרַיִם שִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא בְּכֶרֶס אֶחָת, וְהָיָה שָׁם תַּלְמִיד אֶחָד וְרַבִּי יִשְׁמָעֵאל בְּרַבִּי יוֹסֵי שְׁמוֹ, אָמַר לֵיהּ מָאן הַוָּת כֵּן, אָמַר לֵיהּ זוֹ יוֹכֶבֶד שֶׁיָּלְדָה אֶת משֶׁה שֶׁשָּׁקוּל כְּנֶגֶד שִׁשִּׁים רִבּוֹא שֶׁל יִשְׂרָאֵל (Shir HaShirim Rabbah 1:15:3). יוכבד begematria is מ”ב.
• 25:53 Moshe Rabbeinu became leprous when Basya bas Paraoh rescued him.
• 27:26 How the story of “The Prince of Precious Stones” applies to every Jew.
• 27:43 The principle of Klipah Kadma lePri: – the shell/rind precedes the fruit.
• 28:59 Explanation of the structure of the Shem Mem Beis – Ana BeKoach.
• 29:49 Each line of Ana BeKoach corresponds to one of the days of the week.
• 36:04 The third line of Ana BeKoach.
• 37:06 The fourth line of Ana BeKoach.
• 39:20 The main goal is to strengthen emunah.
• 42:09 Closing blessing.