The precious stone at the base of the King’s crown was Hashem’s gift to the Ba’al Shem Tov who (very generously) gifted it to all of us.His disciples had the task of creating “the packaging” for the ingestion and sustaining of Chassidus.The Alter Rebbe chose the Chabad Package.It is no wonder that a revelation of…

Katonti 5737 (2nd of three part Hemshech about Pada BiShalom) Class One.Introduction to Maamar Katonti with transition from Pada BiShalom and explanation regarding the background of the Katonti Maamar.This class covers a very small part of this (rather long) Ma’amar; including only the very beginning and the very end. There are various levels of Shalom…

Pada BiShalom 5737 (3rd of three part Hemshech about Pada Bishalom), Class One.This Ma’amar seems to be a repeat of the Ma’amar of Shabbos (19 Kislev) before it, Katonti.The ideas of war and peace (Dovid, Shlomo, Moshiach) are discussed; as well as the ideas of Avoda (Iskafia, Ishapcha, NaRaN, Chaya and Yechida) are also repeated.And…

Class One. In one’s Avodas Hashem there are choices: 1) Live above the Nefesh HaBahamis, in which case no transformation takes place in the person and right after Davening and learning one can fall. 2) Fight with the Nefesh haBahamis but treat him like an equal in which case the fight is incessant. 3) Fight…

Class One. Beis Hamikdash and Nevua was real giluy and Hislabshus. It needed Korbonos to affect this. Class Two. The unfinished part of Pada BiShalom. Even in Golus there can be Giluy Elokus, but not through Mimalei and Korbonos but in Sovev (Atzmus) and Teshuva and higher Tefilla GaMaCh and Torah.

Class One/ Nine (המשך). Nature vs. Miracles, where do they get their energy from and how are they different. Level One: G-dliness is revealed only in miracles; in nature He is hidden. Level Two: Both the miracle and nature are (sustained by) G-dliness, the difference is only from which aspect (name): Miracles from הוי’ה and…

This Ma,amar was said on שבת מברכים כסליו ה’תשט”ז. Class One. This class explores the beginning and the end of the Ma’amar and chapters 2-3. This מאמר goes on the גמרא that through תורה ומצוות after ,תפילה we redeem ה’ ובניו from exile. We explore what is the meaning of Hashem being in Golus. The…

Farbrengen 19 Kislev 5780 (2019) Las Vegas (Formal Talk): A brief review of the various special occasions linked to this day.Chassidus, it’s about faith, we should (and must) allow ourselves to believe.Neshama, spiritual (supra-rational) connection to Hashem. Las Vegas (Informal Talk):Find yourself a Rebbe and let him teach you how to serve G-d, the WORK…

Given at Chabad of Colonie, New York. (5779/ 2019) Point One: Chassidus is about finding the Jew inside. Point Two: Right and wrong are not that difficult to figure out, it is doing them that is the challenge. Point Three: Action really matters above all else. Given over Zoom at Chabad of New Orleans (5781/…

A cross section of ideas about tzaddikim from a concordance covering the Tanach, Shas, and Zohar (Mikhlol Ha-Meamrim ve Ha-Pitgamim) interspersed with stories of the Alter Rebbe and other tzaddikim. MP3