9 Perek 3: KOVOD vs. KVOD HAVAYA -YONOSON BEN UZIEL TARGUM. Review of discussion of kadman and m’chudash from above lesson 7. Proof#6: In U’va L’tzion, Yonason ben Uzziel translates and explains Kedusha. Regarding nigleh, the rebbeim quoted everybody, but regarding kabbala sources, the Rebbe had a masora as to which are kosher and which…

7 Perek 3 proofs. Adam Kadmon – complexity of Kadmus according to Kabbala. Proof 2 cont.: Philosophy is sechel enushi and says that there is only Aibishter and Us. The Aibishter is kadmon – always was, and we are m’chudash – new, once wasn’t. Kabbala is straight from the Aibishter. Kabbala also has Elokus, Hashem’s…

Part 5: Review of the differences between Philosophy and Kabbala. Maamar perek Aleph: Review of question of korbonos. Does Hashem need to eat? Answer in perakim 13-17 of the maamar. Perek Beis: Beis Ha Mikdash. The posuk says: Hashamayim U’shmei hashamayim lo yechalchelucha v’af ki habayis hazeh. (The heavens [Atzilus] and the heavens of heaven…

Part 4: Kabbala versus Chakira. Question of Elokus. Philosophy is a goyishe chachma. The Jewish Philosophers had to try to put Hashem into the limits of philosophy. Kabbalah is Torah. Fundamentals of philosophy: 1) Truth is logical and reasonable, i.e. if it doesn’t make sense to ME it is false. Kabbala says things don’t have…

Part 3: Questions regarding Korbanos. Kabbala versus Chakira. By Korbonos Torah says MY korbon, MY bread for MY fire. MY is Hashem. Philosophers have a problem with the concept of Hashem eating, so they said that the korbonos are really food for the melachim that are called Eishim. The problem with this is that it…

Part 2: All Maamarim are from the Alter Rebbe (from the Maggid and the Baal Shem Tov). Later Rabbeim added commentary but usually used the same dibur hamaschil (opening posuk.) Reb Brachya is a Dira b”Tachtonim Maamar. There are two different concepts of dira b’tachtonim in Tanya. In perek 37 is the “Alter Rebbe”s Dira…

ואתה תצוה ה’תשנ”ב The point of the מאמר is 1) לקשר ולחבר את ישראל עם אוא”ס and 2) לזון ולפרנס את ישראל בענין האמונה to which the Rebbe adds 3) לזון ולפרנס את האמונה עצמה. The form of the מאמר revolves around three different “משה רבינו”s 1) that gives דעת in good times 2) another…

This is an overview of the ma’amar V’Ata Tetzaveh given by the Lubavitcher Rebbe.¹ A key focus of the ma’amar is the role of a Rebbe and specifically the relationship between a Rebbe and Chassidim in our generation. The original pasuk (line) in the parsha Tetzaveh is “Ve’atah tetsaveh et-beney Yisra’el veyikchu eleycha shemen zayit…

Class One. Class Two. The Moshe Rabbeinu/Rebbe idea. Class Three. Cont. Moshe Rabbeinu gives Daas. Class Four. Mordechai was a Rebbe. The inner and outer dimensions. Mesiras nefesh reveals the Yechida itself. Class Five. Mordechai cont. After the ness of Purim Mordechai’s role changed: to arouse in Yidden a desperation for Geula that is (also)…

V’Ata Tetzaveh Text Based 5778-2018 [Class 1] This class discusses the first question of the Ma’amar why it says Viatta Titzaveh, which is an unusual form. The answer is also given. It is about Moshe connecting Yidden to Hashem. This class includes chapter 11 where the Rebbe explains that the “Viyikchu Ailecha” enhances the Viatta…