Bamidbar 5780 (Yeshiva) Students are children.כל המלמד את בן חבירו תורה מעלה עליו הכתוב כאילו ילדוThe Alter Rebbe called the Ba’al Shem Tov “Zaideh” as he was his teacher’s teacher.Reb Boruch of Mezibuzh was the biological grandson and the Alter Rebbe “the real” grandson.Aharon’s children are Moshe’s as he taught them Torah.Yehoshua Bin Nun is…

Short Class (Yeshiva 5780/ 2020)Ma Tove…- Tzenius and sharing (two sides of a coin)ואני ברוב חסדך אבוא ביתיך… permission to enter into Hashem’s space.ואני תפלתי… עת רצון there are times to Daven.Four levels: 1) אהל and 2) משכן and 3) בית and 4) היכלThe meaning of the word “אני”. ************************************************************************ Ma Tovu Class One. Wednesday…

ואכלת ושבעת תשמ”ג This Ma’amar is on Bentching. Why are there three biblical blessings and the ChaZaL added a fourth? It is like the numbers 3, (lights) that is favored by the Sefer Yeztirah, and the number 4, (light and vessel) favored by later Kabbalah. Hashem’s favoritism to His people for Bentching for a smaller…

ואכלת ושבעת תשמ”ג This Ma’amar is on Bentching. Why are there three biblical blessings and the ChaZaL added a fourth? It is like the numbers 3 (lights) that is favored by the Sefer Yeztirah and the number 4 (light and vessel) favored by later Kabbalah. Hashem’s favoritism to His people for Bentching for a smaller…

Class One. 1) This Possuk (Acharei…) begins with love, the fear (which is supposed to come first, Tanya Ch. 41) is before this Possuk’s Avoda starts. 2) Walking from below to above is about one’s personal connection with Hashem as opposed to the formal connection through Torah and Mitzvos. 3) all the subsequent steps follow…

This very short Ma’amar explores the Friday night Kigavna, from the Zohar. This Ma’amar was said by each of the first three Rabbeim, (which shows on a unity of forms for ideas). In it he explains the Yichudim that happen on earth as do (always) in heaven (Atzilus). He explains further that the Avoda we…

(5776/2016) London discussion that included a thought on יודו להוי’ חסדו ונפלאותיו לבני אדם and שלום עליכם all leading up to explaining אשת חיל. The Neshama comes home (and is welcomed) Friday night.

Some thoughts.