Lekutey Halakhos Shiur with Rabbi Nasan Maimon - October 6, 2026

We're continuing on the topic of money and, and stealing based on chapter 23 in Likutey Moharan.

Reb Noson continues, "Nimtza she'ikar ho'ashirus vehamamoin dikdusha hu shemekusheh lehadass." True wealth and, and money, holy money is only when it's connected to Daas, when it's connected to the Torah.

"She'az hu bebbechinah shefa kfulah." Then the wealth is referred to as that double portion.

"Ulehefech," whereas the opposite of that, "taivas mamon," when a person's relationship with money is not related to Torah, it's just for personal pleasure, benefit, gain, that kind of thing, chas v'shalom, "hu she niprad hamamon mishorosoh chas shalom." That's when the money is detached from its source, from its roots.

"She'az ein lo echatzi tavoso knaal." Then the person is never satisfied.

They don't even fill half of their desire.

Now, Reb Noson says, "Umamoin shel Yisroel bechlal hu bechinhas mamon dikdusha." Jewish money on a general level is holy money.

"Ki Yisroel bechlal heim bebechinah shomrei habris," because on a certain general level, all Jews are referred to as shomrei habris, upholding the Bris.

"Komashi kosiv," as it says in the Passuk, "Veameich kulam tzadikim," that the entire Jewish nation is referred to as tzadik.

And we know that the term tzadik, the Zohar HaKadosh says, is associated with shmiras habris.

"Man tzadik? Man denatar bris," the Zohar HaKadosh says.

Who has the title tzadik? One who is shomer habris.

And those Jews who have a Bris Milah, that already includes them in the category of shmiras habris, obviously to a certain degree.

"Ukemufu bemayim ra," as Reb Nahman's Zal mentions this over there in chapter 23 in Likutey Moharan.

"Veikar tikkun taivas mamon hu al yedei shmiras habris knaal." And as we mentioned earlier, as Rebbe Nahman's Zal says there in Likutey Moharan, one of the most important things that, that allows money to be holy money, kosher money is shmiras habris.

When the person is in the category of shmiras habris, when there's purity in the relationship between men and women.

"V'al ken mamon Yisraeli hu bebinas mamon dikdusha." And therefore, Jewish money, money of Jews who observe the Torah is, on a certain general level, is referred to as mamon dikdusha.

"Shehu bebinas shefa kfulah," which is referred to as that double portion, "hamimshach mikdusha Shabbos," which draws its life energy, its holiness from the holiness of Shabbos.

"Bechinas lechem mishnah." We know that on Shabbos, at each one of the meals, we have these two breads to show that Shabbos represents this shefa kfulah.

And Shabbos obviously provides this shef- this bracha.

"Veikar mamon dikdusha bechinah shefa kfulah al yedei shemekusher lehadass." Now, Reb Noson's Zal is gonna add-- He's gonna keep adding another piece and another piece.

He's adding another car to the train.

He's building a train here of, of explanation of the whole topic of money.

So we, we said before that the main definition of holy money, shefa kfulah, is when it's connected to Daas.

"Shehu bechinhas einayim," and Daas is the eyes.