Tetzaveh 5786 – Zayin Adar – Yahrzeit of Moshe Rabbeinu – The Power of Humility

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Tetzaveh 5786 – Zayin Adar – The Power of the Tzaddik – Humility of Moshe Rabbeinu – Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon.
00:00 – Zayin Adar – the concept of Tzaddik. At times the enemies of Am Yisrael appreciate the centrality and importance of the Tzaddik more than Am Yisrael does – for example Pharaoh’s respect for Yosef HaTzaddik.
08:15 – Amalek/Haman vs. Mordechai HaTzaddik.
10:00 – These two enemies of Am Yisrael serve as witnesses to the power of the Tzaddik.
11:52 – Time and space – the limiting dimensions of the physical world – do not pertains to Kedushah and Shabbos.
15:20 – *A day that a person does sincere teshuvah is above the concept of time.
15:45 – Eretz Yisrael is above the concept of space.
21:28 – The Arizal’s nap.
22:30 – Q&R about Shabbos Minchah – the holiest time of the week and the most opportune time to access HaShem’s good will. Yosef is 6 times Y – K – V – K – Yisod. Dovid HaMelech is Malkhus. Moshe Rabbeinu is tefilah – VeEschanan. These 3 tzaddikim include the full range of perfected midos.
24:30 – Moshe Rabbeinu’s humility.
28:00 – Migdal Bavel.
30:46 – ***Throughout the entire parsha of Tetzaveh, which describes the construction of the Mishkan, Moshe Rabbeinu is not mentioned even once. The hidden part of the letters משה is 101 – which equals the word מאין – “from nothing”. Reference to Likutey Moharan 104.
34:40 – אין is an aspect of כתר.
36:00 – *There are exactly 101 possukim in Parshas Tetzaveh.
37:40 – Q&R about Zayin Adar.
38:55 – NOTE – one of the names of the Malakh HaMaves and the word ענוה – humility – have the same gematria. Arrogance makes a person vulnerable to the Yetzer Hara.
40:00 – שֶׁבְּשִׁפְלֵנוּ זָכַר לָנוּ כִּי לְעוֹלָם חַסְדּוֹ – “Who remembered us in our humble state, for His kindness is eternal” (Tehillim 136:23).
41:18 – Q_R about the connection between Moshe Rabbeinu and the Malakh Michael. Brought down in Sefer Nachal Kedumin of the Chida zal: The Malakh Michael is begematria 101. Similar to the Malakh Michael, Moshe Rabbeinu was the defender of Am Yisrael.
43:00 – A true Tzaddik is available to everyone. Moshe Rabbeinu is the Torah. צדיק יסוד עולם.
44:00 – Parshas Nitzavim – “You are standing today in the Presence of HaShem.” Moshe Rabbeinu was addressing future generations.
47:50 – Closing blessings.
49:55 – Q&R about the connection between Moshe Rabbeinu, Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochai zal, and LaG B’Omer.
50:15 – Q&R about the meaning of the Kruvim – including the importance of chavrusa in Limud Torah.
53:18 – Q&R about the Torah enabling a person to reach higher spiritual levels. The Kuzari: “If I knew HaShem, I would be HaShem.”

Indexing and Notes by S.Y. Wurtzel. Timings approximate.