Torah is intellect, and that was what was available to the Avos before the Torah was given and no more. We were given God Himself at Sinai and we can connect the Giver of the Torah with the Torah by first saying the ברכות התורה and Davening, we then add the Godliness above the Torah…

This Ma’amar is about Galus and is therefore appropriate for Chanuka, since it is a Galus Yom tov though it occurred during the time of the Beis HaMikdash Thus, Rani which means to sing which is done from distance and darkness (as the Zohar states) brings one close, In fact even closer than when in…

This מאמר explains the basic idea of this Possuk. The idea that הוי was only revealed because of מתן תורה, and the transcendence of הוי versus all the other שמות. We must do the עבודה of the אבות as well as our own, This explains the ד’ לשונות של גאולה that represent both levels.

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…

The attack by Amalaik on the Jewish people has two basis: 1) They were weak in the hands, which means the Torah (which is not intellect but Godliness that is rooted higher than reason and extends lower) was not affecting their actions which reflects a deeper cause and source for weakness. 2) They went out…

1) When counting is good את שדרכו למנות it makes it eternal and infinite, and when counting is no good, כל שדרכו למנות, counting limits and reduces. Counting lifts up and makes us whole. Yidden are a half חצי צורה and they are made whole by doing their own maximum. This raises their heads and…

The Jewish people added a new dimension to their service and worship of God that is represented in their name “יהודים” which includes two things: A the denial of all idol worship, B. The acceptance of all of Torah and Mitzvos. This change in their service results in the fact that the reinstatement of these…

this is a Parshas Para Ma’amar. Parshas Para is called “חקת התורה” because: 1) It has רצוא ושוב in it, 2) It has the idea of the מדות which motivate our life as Jews, 3) It comes from the שרש ומקור התורה the idea of carved (rather than written) letters אותיות החקיקה. This provides the…

This is a Parshas HaChodesh Ma’amar. Class One: There are four levels: 1) World, where divisions of time are not real 2) When Hashem “Chose” His world. Adding this choice makes the world of value to Him, but He puts His essence into it so the value is real. 3) the (theoretical) idea that will…

1) Korban means to bring close, and everything can be made closer. 2) It is brought close by Yidden who are Hashem’s shluchim. 3) It begins with the sacrifice of self, and more specifically the sacrifice of the higher and Godly 4) It continues to the more mundane and lowly, including the body and animal…