TESHUVA CLASS THREETexts: Likutei Torah on “Ma-Toyvu” (the classic ma’amar on teshuva – often quoted by The Rebbe).This class goes over the concepts of teshuva, particularly “teshuva tata’a” and connects it to אלוקינו (our Personal G-d) as opposed to אלוקים the G-dliness of concealment.Making אלוקים back into אלוקינו is Teshuva Tata’a.Class Length (35:16)

TESHUVA CLASS ONEThe first class covers “teshuva tata’a” (lower teshuva)  ((text covered is Perek Alef – Igeres Ha-Teshuva)The first half of the class is focused on “kabbala al’haba” – “going forward not going back” which is the work of “teshuva”.  Life is about work – being a Baal Ha’bais (master) over ourselves.  Teshuva is a…

12 Tamuz 5720, Sicha 3 Class One.Toras menachem vol 28 page 193-5.The story of the Frierdiker Rebbe’s 15th birthday, the עקידה and כריתות ברית for עסקנות ציבורית: this way and no other way. 12 Tamuz 5720, Sicha 3 Class Two.Toras menachem vol 28 page 195-6.The lesson of the story and the fact that it was…

Hayom Yom 4 Menachem Av, Class Two.This class provides a second, more direct, interpretation of the comments on parnassa in this entry*.  We have only what Hashem decides we’ll have.Discussion: Parnassa is decided at Rosh HaShanah with two aspects: 1. overall amount and 2. nuanced aspects of how the overall parnassa will come to fruition…

Shlach 5720 Class One (Page 162-3).Camp is Yeshiva in camouflage. Brachos.Graduates from Boston Achei Temimim. Shlach 5720 Class Two (Page 163-4).חמרא אפילו בתקופת תמוז קרירא לי’ה the lessom that to some things (Gashmiyus) we must be “cold”.The idea of Tzitzis and Yirah. Sivan 5720 Class Three (Page 165).Graduating girls, going to camp and being counselors,…

Chitas and Rambam a Pitch to learn themSome history

YECHIDUS WITH STUDENTS OF HILEL 8 ADAR 5720 CLASSES, Class One.The introduction, 200 years since the Ba’al Shem Tov, the possibility to be closer to what Chassidus is. The Ba’al Shem Tov came after גזירות ת”ח ות”ט (Bogdan Chmelinicki) and we are after Hitler, there is a similarity between the two, and it has to…

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.

5771 Johannesburg South AfricaAn English rendition of the Maamar (from ch. 4 onward) recited on 3 Tamuz 5771 in Johannesburg South Africa. 12 points. These two classes overview this Maamar using twelve quotes from its text that reveal its incredible chidushim (novel ideas). These two classes were given at Yeshiva Gedola in Melbourne Australia in…

Torah Chadasha (Shavuos 5751) A thought (Bochurim 5780).There is no new Torah not even תורתו של משיח, there’s only חידושי תורה.But משיח gets at his (חידושים) by combination of נבואה and חכמה and the question is, how is this תורה?