ABSTRACT Likkutei Sichos

ABSTRACT לקוטי שיחות

• An immature service to G-d (betrothed), still relies on the “Father”; a fully matured service (married) can obtain a false sense of independence. More power of annulment is given to the betrothed than to a husband, since the betrothed joins with the father. ב
• Jews can draw down comfort (מנחם) during this month, just as they have the potential to draw down holiness with a vow; afterwards, a higher level is reached, (אב) enabling one to absolve vows, without nullification of the world.
• Vows (like restrictive rabbinical enactments) can serve two purposes. They can be a fence against the elements of the world when additional measure of restraint is needed; Or, they can enable a person to engage the world to elevate the lower elements. ד
• Moshe, friend of the King, saw the power from above to below to change the non-kosher absorption (vessel or person); Eleazar, friend of the people, saw the power of the Jews from below to above. Moshe stated the law to sprinkle the Midyan’s vessels; Eleazar mentioned the need to purge the non-kosher flavors out of the vessel which Moshe had not previously taught; Moshe’s anger led him to this “error” of omission here & on two previous times. ויאמר אלעזר *לא ,כא חא
• B’nai Reuven and Gad proposed that a minority (not all) could be less involved with physical matters, and more to Torah. Moshe felt that the request of B’nai Reuven & Gad might mislead the rest of the Jews, plus the request to live outside of Eretz Yisrael, was a disgrace; thus, Moshe compared them to the Spies. תשבו פה לב ,ו חב
• One must not make one’s words profane, rather one’s words should be in holiness. Rashi does not comment at the summation of the Parsha of Nedarim, since the concept is already well known that one must keep one’s word. *אלה החקים ל ,יז יגא
• One should always trust that G-d would arrange events to enable doing the Mitzvos in the best way possible even when appears impossible. Two peculiar occurrences show prior planning: Division of the plunder from Midyan described in detail, was exactly divisible by 50 and 500. No animals or people died between the capture and the division of the booty. Everything is used to ensure that G-d’s command is done in completeness. שא את ראש מלקוח השבי לא, כו יגב
• Here in this Parsha it is necessary to explain everything that Bilaam said to Midyan; whereas in the previous sedrah, only needed to point out his advice. Midyan was unique in having a two-prong attack against the Jews and G-d. Moshe stood up for HaShem’s honor and HaShem stood up for the Jews’ honor. *בדבר בלעם לא, טז יחא