Before Mattan Torah was higher than afterwards but it was a Mesiras Nefesh state.

How did Chana know that Shmuel would be a Nazir. This too revals the power of her prayer. Page 185-6.

The Kavana of Tefilla is part of the Mitzva and it is the feelings in the heart. Kavana normally means the mind; and this involves three ideas 1) Thinking that this is a commandment of God, 2) Thinking what is the specific intent of this particular commandment, 3) Thinking what the meaning of the words…

Conclusion. This offers a much deeper understanding of the connection between Chana’s Prophecy and Rosh Hashana. Our crowning Hashem as King is about a deep connection and involvement in His world. This is what Chana’s Tefilla epitomized. Page 187-8.

The names of the Alter Rebbe and the RaMbaM reflect their whole contribution to the Torah. Schneer: Two lights and Moshe, and RaMabaM with two mems. Page 28.

The RaMbaM wrote his Sefer, to deal with the challenges of the Golus and the lack of roots. Page 28.

Further similarities between the Rambam and the Alter Rebbe’s halacha works: 2) They introduce Hashem’s name in the introduction 3) They begin the actual Sefer with knowing God. Page 29.

The similarities in their S’forim of Nistar: 1) They wrote (also) for the confused, entangled and perplexed, 2) They bring the same P’sukim (about Yedias Hashem, and tuning in to understand etc.). Page 30.