Beki'im Bahalacha #7 - Day 26

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi David Elmaleh’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

Okay, with other sources we're doing beginning Halacha day 26. So, the teachings of the result regarding the meals. The Bnei Yisachar Parshat Shelach states the result decided as teaching that whenever we eat we must realize that this seemingly mundane act is priceless. Since when we eat we free trapped sparks of holiness and by and separate them from the forces of evil in which they have been entangled. By thinking about the sacred task while we eat we strengthen the effect we have in accomplishing this. effect we have in accomplishing this. At least while eating the first kazayis of bread after we say the hamotzi one should think about the fact that our 32 teeth with which we chew the food correspond to the 32 channels of wisdom with which the untangling of the sparks of holiness is accomplished. As the teeth chew and pulverize the food our thoughts harness this wisdom for this purpose. The chewing loosens the grip of the forces of evil on the sparks much like a mill breaks apart the grain into a mass of tiny particles. After the food a mass of tiny particles. After the food is swallowed the nutrients are separated from the waste material and simultaneously the holy sparks are set separated from the bits of evil with which they had been mixed. Without the initial chewing it would be impossible to free the holy sparks from their captors. There are two different tasks of separating that one must think about when eating. One is to separate the goodness from the impurities mixed with it. The mixture is partly a result of Adam's originally sin original sin but even before that occurred goodness was

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1. 0:02Okay, with other sources we're doing beginning Halacha day 26. So, the teachings of the result…
2. 0:34effect we have in accomplishing this. At least while eating the first kazayis of bread after…
3. 1:35even before that occurred goodness was mixed with impurities since the time of creation. The second…
4. 2:35them while he eats. Okay. He added [snorts] that even uh if someone does not have…
5. 3:06people are convinced to take them out before they even come in. So so that's that's…
6. 4:06trachea. Meaning, so when you're when you're eating, the food, the water, whatever it is, pushes…
7. 5:08them to cough when they when they drink. Okay? So, that's why it's very important to…
8. 5:38to recline while we eat, we have the custom to be a little bit more lenient…
9. 6:38trachea and cause choking. Nowadays, when we sit upright to eat, there's much less chance of…
10. 7:39instruction besides this argument. Therefore, on the Seder night when we eat while reclining, we are…

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