A Nigun of Dveikus | Rabbi Dov Keilson

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At the Seudas Achashveirosh, there were things that would bring pleasure to every single sense, to taste, to smell, to see, and to feel. But there was one sense that Achashveirosh didn't put anything for, and that was the sense of hearing. There was no music at the Seudas Achashveirosh. And the obvious question is, why not? Rebbe Matisyohu Solomon brings from Rebbe Alkabetz an amazing [music] thing. We know that when you try to thing. We know that when you try to soothe a child that is crying, and you sing to him, all of a sudden, he becomes calm. Why is this so, asks Rebbe Alkabetz? The reason is because the child's neshama most recently has come from shamayim, a place where he heard, or she heard, the Shirah shel Malachim. And when you sing songs to it, it's a familiar [music] sound to the child, and automatically soothes it. Says Rebbe Alkabetz, Achashveirosh had one intention, to

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2. 0:38thing. We know that when you try to soothe a child that is crying, and you…
3. 1:08Achashveirosh had one intention, to bring Klal Yisrael to do aveiros. And in order to do…
4. 1:38of neginah. And this, therefore, is one of the greatest eitzos for overcoming all yetzer hara,…
5. 2:09two bags [music] from White Castle, a place where the food was not kosher and they…
6. 2:41Melech Yisrael they called out, "Rebbe, we'll never do it again." What was [music] it that…
7. 3:13always anachas ruach to Him [music] olam va'ed.…

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