Class One. All Yomim Tovim celebrate material victories and are therefore celebrated through physical means: meat and wine etc. Chanuka was an attack on our Neshama, as they left the Beis HaMikdash intact etc. It is therefore celebrated through Hallel and candles. When a Yid has darkness he digs deeper and reveals higher levels of…

עמדת להם בעת צרתם means that He stood up for Us in our time of need, Because He reacts to us: when we stand up he stands. And… we stand when there are צרות. Standing means מוח שליט על הלב the mind and (what is above the mind) the eyes [that can see G-dliness] are…

This Ma’amar on the Haftorah of Parshas Shemos. The Alter Rebbe says that the word הבאים at the beginning of this Possuk is the same as הבאים in the beginning of פרשת שמות. He brings the Alter Rebbe’s explanation that this is about ירידה צורך עלי’ה and that this is achieved through מצוות which are…

This מאמר explores two levels: 1) וארא אל אברהם… ושמי הוי’ לא נודעתי להם 2) וארא אל אברהם… לכן אמור לבני ישראל אני הוי’ה Two ideas exist here. The first is when things are good but limited, one is not Zoche to אני הוי’ה. The second is in Galus where Hashem helps in extraordinary ways…

Class One There are two ideas in קרשים למשכן עצי שטים עומדים in as much as the word עמודים is concerned. The first one (the beginning of the Perek) is in the word עמודים connecting heaven and earth with no change whatsoever; that exactly what is above is below. The explanation is from the idea…

(1) This class is primarily a המשך to the second idea in the last מאמר- the idea that עמידה means לא שניתי because of great תוקף. He argues that עמידה is especially pronounced if and when there is adversity. This reveals Hashem עמידה בתוקף even if it is the fault of our mistakes. (2) In…

(Part One) 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:…

This standard מחצית השקל מאמר has a typical approach with a completely novel aspect: The typical: no one is whole without another, thus we give half and the other half comes from outside of us. The atypical aspect is that we are commanded to give the “higher” half of Shekel called שקל הקדש the lower…

1) Most Mitzvos aren’t person specific (לא נתת דבריך לשיעורים) except Tzedaka and Torah and… Purim! it has different days for different people, as few as two days and as many as five days, why? 2) The answer: the Megilla is calling שמותיו של הקב”ה like קריאת התורה which calls to Hashem כאדם הקורא לחבירו…

The story of Purim is about יהודים displaying complete הודאה and מסירת נפש. This caused that at the end of the story: ליהודים היתה אורה ושמחה וששון ויקר. The achievement of being יהודים gave them a new תורה, שמחה, מילה, and תפילין. Each later idea is higher than the idea before.