Personal vs. “organized” Yiddishkeit. Each has different strengths. Personal Yiddishkeit is (of course) personal, Organized Yiddishkeit is bigger than you and doesn’t allow you to create your own rules.

Explanation of above. Mattan Torah gives access to the absolute truth with it’s advantages and challanges.

The model of divine creation warrants to reveal limited light first. Eventually the highest light can actually be revealed to the world!

The event that allows for limited beings to experience the infinite is the exile in Egypt.

Yaakov’s inyan personally is Golus and Birurim, not like a Tzadik’s relationship with Birurim. Page 89-90.

Yaakov couldn’t swear an oath whose entire end was to prevent confrontation that didn’t simultaneously transform the evil into good. Page 90-91.

Conclusion. Avrohom and Yitzchok could while Yaakov could not make a covenant with Avimelech. Page 91.

On Shabbos Mivorchim Tishrei Hashem blesses with the power of Yidden[s Krias HaTorah:] Atem Nitzavim. Class One: 1) Introduction. 2) Issue of Kidush and Birchas HaChodesh. 3) Hashem blesses Tishrei with Atem Nitzavim. Page 184 (ch. 1). Class Two: 1) Question: why does Hashem bless with our Torah reading? [2)Digression about Tekiyos by the Rebbe]….

An oral lecture as preparation to reading the text (tomorrow). The mystical reason is the real reason why we no longer blow Shofar, Shake a Lulav (and read the Megilla) on Shabbos because Shabbos (spiritually) takes the Mitzvah’s place, but that is not the case with Pesach and the Seder. [Page 51].

The beginning of the answer inside. Hashem is unity and in his world there cannot be any conflict with His will. In other words, if Hashem rules this world He wouldn’t allow there to anything contrary to His interest, and there is not. This is a faith argument, we must believe that the world is…