Explanation of previous class. Sefira is first about us and second about Hashem. Two levels of sacrifice to Hashem.

Eli the Priest construes Chana’s intense prayer as some kind of drunkenness.

How can one ask for personal needs and crown a king (total submission) at the same time?

Kingship vs. Ruler-ship.

Can one be so “Bottul” as to crown a king and still have (and ask for) personal needs. The same question could apply to the daily prayers as well.

How the story of the arriving at Har Sinai and the giving of the Torah, reflects and gives the strength for the process of the two becoming three (as opposed to before Mattan Torah that there was two and you had to choose one or the other, because there could be no unity) when Moshiach…

Class One. Perakim 1-4. Introduction and overview of the Hemshech. Last year we explained the דלת as opposed to the ריש as having ביטול, until the highest levels: אזעירת גרמי’, לית לה מגרמי’ה כלום. This year we learn about another יו”ד one that brings down. This is the יו”ד of חכמה that comes down with…

(1) This is a Ma’amar Basi Ligani from 15 Shvat 5739 (it is the third in the “Hemshech” Basi Ligani from 5739) all three Ma’amarim explain the 9th chapter of Basi Ligani 5710. The class explains the two ideas attached to the Possuk ועשית קרשים למשכן עצי שטים עומדים explaining עומדים in two ways: A)…

Class One. This class deals with Perek 11 of the Previous Rebbe’s Ma’amar באתי לגני. The discussion centers around the עבודה of יראה, קבלת עול and מסירת נפש of the צבאות השם. When the King faces a מלחמת נצחון his מדת הנצח is aroused and he pulls out all the stops: Engaging in the war…

Class One. Introduction, the basis of this Ma’amar is a teaching from the Ba’al shem tov and the Alter Rebbe. We learned the beginning. Iskafia makes Dira Bitachtonim through Hisbonenus. The Dira begins in the Jewish heart which gives בנדיבות לב to purchase and create a physical Mikdash. Class Two. This class studies the Perek…