ABSTRACT לקוטי שיחות נצבים

ABSTRACT לקוטי שיחות

• Nitzavim is always read prior to Rosh HaShana; through true unity among Jews, we enter a covenant with G-d, which is a bond beyond rational considerations, that can not be weakened
• 40 days are for additional acts of tzedakah having spiritual effects as well; gifts to the “poor” from “one to one’s companion” stirs others to enhance themselves
• Baal Shem Tov interprets Atem Nitzavim that the Jews stand victorious in the judgment of Rosh HaShana
• All Israel are responsible one for another; for every single Jew possesses a particular advantage over every other, and can, therefore, serve as a guarantor for the other
• If one wants to leave their personal exile, one must ensure the redemption of every Jew
• HaShem is not only a protector of the Jews while they are in Galus, but He is also in Galus suffering with the Jews
• G-d preset that He would gather the exiles and together they will return from Galus
• A Jew’s service adds in the blessings of HaShem
• Baal Shem Tov says G-d blesses the month of Tishrei, but only after the Jews begin their service (by reading in the Torah (אתם נצבים
• Written Torah and the Oral Torah are seen as one unit when using mesiras nefesh and kabolas ol
• Use a masculine הזה, when the subject is Sefer (written), indicates what is written in the Sefer. When the subject is Torah (oral), then uses a feminine הזאת
• Even if one’s profession is not Torah, one can raise oneself above the physical (thru the Moshe in each of us)
• “Hewers of wood” & “drawers of water” indicate a new convert accepted by Moshe, similar to Yehoshua’s acceptance of the Givonim
• G-d promises to provide all Jews with blessing, regardless of their spiritual station, adding only that the everlasting blessing is dependent on a person's fulfilling the Mitzvos
• Specifically, through a blessing followed by a curse, that a person can reach so lofty a degree of repentance, that he will return with "all his heart and all his soul”
• On Rosh HaShana we make a new connection with G-d; Torah & Mitzvos are the means of this essential connection
• Establishment of this special covenant between G-d and the Jews comes after the curses of the prior Parsha: either words of appreciation of the kindnesses that G-d performed for us; or, these are words of comfort after the previous curses
• Every Jew is connected with all Jews throughout time; thus, does not need to fear the nations around him
• The covenant with the group of those “not here today” is direct and equal to the group of those “here today” עם-ישראל כולו הוא מציאות אחת