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Sichos HaRan 86b – 87 – 88 – 89 – Wedding Customs – Crying for a Beautiful Esrog – Free Speech – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. (Lesson rw23b. Recorded on 1977-01-03.)
00:00 – SICHAH 86. Wedding Customs. A wife receives advancement through her husband, but does not descend with him if he falls. Parnassah (livelihood) depends on the respect a husband shows for his wife.
02:21 – Why is the face of a Jewish bride covered with a veil? “The beautiful maiden without eyes” (Zohar 96-97) refers to emunah (faith).
04:22 – The kovod (honor) of HaShem is that which is hidden. Taharas Mishpacha – laws of marriage purity. The importance of tznius – modesty in dress and behavior.
16:41 – *A wedding is compared to the giving of the Torah at Sinai.
18:00 – The discourse given by the Chasan (groom) at his wedding helps to unite the couple.
19:48 – Custom of dancers doing somersaults at a wedding alludes to Moshe Rabbeinu ascending Har Sinai and HaShem descending (so to speak) to give the Torah.
20:54 – SICHAH 87. Crying for a Beautiful Esrog. The esrog is analogous to a wife.
24:57 – The moach (marrow) in the bones is the moach (brain) of the body. The marrow is sustained by fats and fluids. Why a foolish person often has a beautiful wife.
*26:16 – The wisdom of a person enlightens his face. His path before him is illuminated, he can see clearly.
28:00 – Spiritual dimensions of the lulav (date palm branch) and esrog (citron). The beauty of the esrog comes from the tears a Jew sheds on Yom Kippur.
31:34 – SICHAH 88. Free Speech. Redeeming speech from exile.
36:37 – SICHAH 89. Clearing the Slate with Kindness. One sin leads to another. The 13 Attributes of Mercy.
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