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Sichos HaRan 73 – 74 – 75 – 76 – Timeline of Jewish History – Secrets of Kabbalah – Kavanah – Power and Simplicity in Prayer – How to Study Torah – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. (Lesson rw22a. Recorded on 1976-11-15.)
00:00 – SICHAH 73. Every Jew corresponds to a letter in the Torah.
*15:00 – Timeline of Jewish history and the revelation of Moshiach.
18:45 – The Arizal teaches that one hour of studying Kabbalah – the hidden Torah – is greater than a month of studying the revealed Torah.
21:16 – Teachers who are receiving Torah from the letters of Menatzpach must give over what they receive.
21:58 – SICHAH 74. Achieving kavanah – the power of concentration in tefilah through joy and enthusiasm.
26:23 – SICHAH 75. Achieving simplicity in prayer – crying out in truth to HaShem during tefilah. Begin by saying the words and translating them in your mind.
29:00 – The Tikkunei Zohar describes how the words of the person who’s praying create angels that carry their tefilos to HaShem.
31:35 – How does a person achieve true kavana (sincerity, intention) in tefilah?
32:47 – SICHAH 76. Overview of how the Written and Oral Torah are organized.
34:00 – The obligation to study Shulchan Aruch – Halakha – the Code of Torah Law – every day.
37:05 – Basic requirements of Torah study.
*40:55 – Even if a person can’t fulfill the obligation of Torah study, he should at least know what that obligation is.
45:00 – Torah study is an effective weapon against the Yetzer Hara.
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