R’ Rosenfeld – Sichos HaRan 66 – 67 – 68 – 69 – Putting Power into Prayer – The Advice of the Tzaddik – Tefillah – Tehillim – Hisbodedus

Sichos HaRan – 66 – 67 – 68 – 69 – Putting Power into Prayer – The Advice of the Tzaddik – Tefillah – Tehillim – Hisbodedus – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. (Lesson rw21a. Recorded on 1976-11-01)

• 00:00 SICHAH 66. Putting Power into Prayer.
• 12:44 SICHAH 67. The Advice of the Tzaddik.
• 13:35 Ignoring wise advice can lead to insanity.
• 18:36 Study of kabbalah greatly benefits the neshama.
• 19:04 SICHAH 68. Tefillah, Tehillim, Hisbodedus. Loshon HaKodesh is not Hebrew. It is words that are holy.
• 29:06 The special qualities of Dovid HaMelech and the greatness of Sefer Tehillim.
• 31:13 Achieving kavana – focus/sincerity – in tefilah. Ways a person can and should accustom himself to saying Tehillim.
• 35:28 “Not one word of tefillah ever goes lost.”
• 35:34 SICHAH 69. Defeating HaShem in Prayer.
• 38:45 Debate between Rabbi Eliezar and the chokhomim (Bava Metzia 59). It’s good to learn Gemara quickly, becoming familiar with concepts on a basic level.