Breslov Torah - R' Nasan Maimon
Oct 4, 2026 · 53 min · 11 segments
Likutey Halakhos, Choshen Mishpat 2, Geneyva 2, Paragraph 1. Speaker: Rabbi Nasan Maimon. Recorded on 2026-10-04.
Nasan MaimonHost
In a way, when he thinks people can't see him, he pays double, 200% of what he stole.
He's concerned about a human being seeing him, but he's not concerned, he doesn't believe that Hashem is seeing him.
The Marsho uses that word, that the Ganav denies the fact that Hashem is supervising everything all the time.
On a certain simple level, what's the connection between paying double because of being in denial of that? And how is that a direct? Usually the Torah shows us how the punishment fits the crime.
How does the punishment fit the crime here? So in the previous halacha, we spoke a lot based on chapter 13, and we could remember, Rabbeinu Zal defines hashkocha.
The hashkocha, how Hashem looks at the Jewish people, whereby it's two-directional.
Whereas the hashkocha that Hashem has on the non-Jews, on the rest of the world, was referred to as half.
But now Rav Nossenzahl is going to give us an explanation based on a different chapter in Likudim, on chapter 23.
That chapter in Likud Imran is based on the famous debate between Rabbi Yeshua ben Hananiah and the 60 wise men of Athens, where they asked each other questions and gave answers.
They said to him, they said to Rabbi Yeshua, tell us something that's not true, something false.
They said to him, can a mule give birth? He said, you asked for something false.
In a way, when he thinks people can't see him, he pays double, 200% of what he stole.
He's concerned about a human being seeing him, but he's not concerned, he doesn't believe that Hashem is seeing him.
The Marsho uses that word, that the Ganav denies the fact that Hashem is supervising everything all the time.
On a certain simple level, what's the connection between paying double because of being in denial of that? And how is that a direct? Usually the Torah shows us how the punishment fits the crime.
How does the punishment fit the crime here? So in the previous halacha, we spoke a lot based on chapter 13, and we could remember, Rabbeinu Zal defines hashkocha.
The hashkocha, how Hashem looks at the Jewish people, whereby it's two-directional.
Whereas the hashkocha that Hashem has on the non-Jews, on the rest of the world, was referred to as half.
But now Rav Nossenzahl is going to give us an explanation based on a different chapter in Likudim, on chapter 23.
That chapter in Likud Imran is based on the famous debate between Rabbi Yeshua ben Hananiah and the 60 wise men of Athens, where they asked each other questions and gave answers.
They said to him, they said to Rabbi Yeshua, tell us something that's not true, something false.
They said to him, can a mule give birth? He said, you asked for something false.
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