Chelek 13, Nasso 1 - Rabbi Shalom Moshe Paltiel - Discourse

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So friends, we're learning the sicha of the portion of Nasso, sicha number one in Likkutei Sichos, volume 13. And it begins with the premise that we know that every word of Torah has to be eternal and relevant. So even those areas in Torah that only happened once upon a time during that particular period of time have to have lessons and relevance forever. For every Jew. So for instance, the Rebbe zeros in on So for instance, the Rebbe zeros in on the discussion in the beginning of the portion of Nasso, the counting of the family of the Levites. And the Torah discusses how they're counted, the three different families, the family of Gershon, Kehas, and Merari, which were the three sons of Levi, and they're counted, and what they had to carry, what each one's job was. Uh Gershon would carry the coverings, the tapestries of the temple. Merari carried the crushing, mostly the boards, and the beams of the temple. And Kehas And Kehas carried the holy objects, the table uh with the showbread, the altars, the menorah, etc. And the ark itself. So the Rebbe says, "What are the What is the lesson and the relevance of the fact that the Levites were counted? Their counting nominally happened once at that time. But no, if it's in Torah, that is something that every one of us can take a direct lesson from." So the Rebbe in this sicha actually gives two lessons, as we shall see. A lesson to each of us in impacting our

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2. 2:37generation, they transformed the desert from negative to positive. They did it in a simple sense.…
3. 5:15klipah, unholiness, evil inclination, yet Sahara, negativity, whenever they're faced with it. So, that's the headline…
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5. 10:20might be, a small people in a vast desert. So, the Rebbe now starts to give…
6. 13:22That's a cheap cop-out. Rather to say, "Hey, the place needs a couple Levites." Maimonides looks…
7. 15:56And the rabbi says, "Look at the Levites. They never served the temple before. The whole…
8. 18:31to a temple for God, and I'll be the Levite to administrate to administer the service…
9. 21:05three families represent these two columns, staying away from sin and embracing mitzvahs. Two of these…
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