R’ Rosenfeld – Sichos HaRan 177 – 178 – 179 – 180 – 181 – 182 – Always Be Happy – Time is Fleeting – Wisdom That Can Sustain Physical Life – Opposition to the Tzaddik

Sichos HaRan 177 – 178 – 179 – 180 – 181 – 182 – Be Happy Always – Time is Fleeting – Wisdom That Can Sustain Physical Life – Opposition to the Tzaddik – Speaker: Rabbi Zvi Aryeh Rosenfeld zal. (Recorded in 1978.)

• 00:00 SICHAH 177. Always be happy.
• 04:12 Sadness is called the “bite of the serpent”
• 04:00 Enjoying the pleasures of this world to attain spiritual goals.
• 06:14 “It is a very great mitzvah to be happy always.” Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 24.
• 06:24 SICHAH 178. Life is fleeting – seize the time!
• 07:24 SICHAH 179. Not long before his passing, Rebbe Nachman said he can no longer make spiritual progress while clothed in his physical body.
• 09:47 SICHAH 180. Reference to 2Likutey Moharan 88. See also Likutey Halakhos, Orach Chaim, Birkas HaPeyros 5.
• 12:00 The Torah’s prohibition of cutting down a fruit tree or removing leaves from a tree.
• *13:05 “Every blade of grass and every leaf on a tree davens to HaShem constantly.”
• 14:16 Why it is forbidden and even dangerous to eat unripe fruit.
• 16:14 A tzaddik can draw spiritual treasures from a fruit by eating it.
• 18:00 The Torah permits killing an animal to eat its meat because the animal’s soul receives benefit when it rises to a higher level.
• 19:41 NOTE: cooking unripe fruit does not remove its negative effects.
• 20:25 Angels are appointed to sound Shofros when lost articles are found.
• 21:40 Sohd Kavanas Elul – Tikkun HaBris and lost articles.
• 20:14 On Rosh Hashanah person should be beSimcha.
• 21:28 The Zohar reveals that the Tzaddik Emes is Moshe Rabbeinu and that he is a composite of HaShem’s Names Keyl SHaKaI.
• 22:33 The Milui of Keyl Shakai beGematria is TaRaT.
• 22:53 A person should never give up hope.
• 23:11 Rebbe Nachman suggested to a child that the best possuk to say in Hisbodedus is: תָּעִ֗יתִי כְּשֶׂ֣ה אֹ֖בֵד בַּקֵּ֣שׁ עַבְדֶּ֑ךָ כִּ֥י מִ֜צְו‍ֹתֶ֗יךָ לֹ֣א שָׁכָֽחְתִּי – “I went astray like a lost lamb; seek Your servant, for I did  not forget Your commandments” Tehillim 119:176.
• 24:20 A Jewish soul is never abandoned even if we feel lost.
• 28:10 SICHAH 181. Rebbe Nachman said there is a certain type of wisdom that he can’t reveal.
• 25:42 Acquiring new wisdom causes joy and satisfaction.
• 26:25 A person can be so immersed in acquiring wisdom that he doesn’t feel hunger.
• 28:21 There is a level of wisdom that can sustain a person physically.
• 31:18 SICHAH 182. Spiritual reasons for enmity against the Tzaddik Emes.
• 33:23 Opposition to the Baal Shem Tov HaKodesh.
• 34:00 Opposition to Rebbe Nachman.
• 36:19 The “Hall of Exchanges”.
• 38:19 Sipurey Maasios – Story of the Exchanged Children.
• 42:46 Closing blessings.