R’ Rosenfeld – Sichos HaRan 149 – Seven Beggars – Lesson 5 – Day 4 – Beggar With a Crooked Neck – Story of Two Birds – Prophecy – Tikkun Chatzos

Sichos HaRan 149 – Seven Beggars – Lesson 5 – Day 4 – Story of Two Birds – Prophecy – Tikkun Chatzos – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. Text: Sichos HaRan, Sichah 149. (Lesson rw35a. Recorded ca. November 1977.)

• 00:00 Brief review of the story until Day 4 of the Sheva Brachos.
• 01:40 Day 4 – Beggar With a Crooked Neck. He closed off his throat to be free of the worthless sounds of the world. Instead, he was able to produce all the non-verbal sounds of the world, including those of musical instruments.
• 07:48 Story of Two Birds who lost one another.
• 17:30 The Two Birds represent the sefiros of Netzach and Hod, through which prophesy emanates into the physical world. These two birds are also related to the korbon brought by a leper when he is cured.
• 21:36 The separation of the two birds represents the separation of the Shekhina from Am Yisrael at the destruction of the Beis HaMikdash. Tikkun Chatzos.
• 24:00 The Tzaddik can correct this separation and reunite the two birds. The Fourth Beggar describes how he can do this. Then he demonstrates his power of reproducing any sound and throwing his voice.
• 31:00 How the power of the Fourth Beggar relates to the life of Shmuel HaNavi as the voice of nevuah – prophecy.
• 34:30 While the Shekhina is in exile, even the blessings have been given to the klipos – forces of impurity.
• 41:18 Kibbutz Galios – the Kol Shofar reunites the Shekhina and Bnei Yisrael. The chasan and kallah receive the wedding gift of the Fourth Beggar and their rejoicing leads to the appearance of the Fifth Beggar.
• 44:40 Closing blessings.

Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel.