Class One. The middle of the Maamar Vahaya bayom hahu (the beginning and the end will be n the next shiur IYH) deals with the pisgam (from Siddur) Ze HaYom Techillas ma’asecha zikaron LiYom Rishon. Is our Rosh Hashana higher or lower than the one Hashem inspired at the beginning of time ‘Ki Chafetz Chesed…

Class One. Snow and ice represent the great Tzimtzum. But snow represents the Tzimtzum on a level that allows what was before to reappear while ice represents the Tzimtzum that blocks it out totally. This refers to two levels of the first Tzimtzum- that connect and that separate. 1) World and Torah, 2) two perspectives…

Class One. Overview of Kinesher (Haazinu) Maamar. Tomorrow (class two) we’ll read it inside IYH. The Passuk aligns exactly with the days after Yom Kippur, when the T’shuva is so high (and) that it is only positive; and it is found in the words of the two P’sukim Kinesher… Yifros Knafav… Yisaeihu al Evraso… Hashem…

Class One. Simchas Torah we all dance with all of the Torah though we own only a portion of it; or (only) one letter, because on the level of inheritance we all inherit all of the Torah. In this Ma’amar there is (also) an interesting chidush about woman and learning Torah. Class Two. The need…

Braishis includes the creation of 1) Heaven and earth, 2) the four letters of Hashem’s name as 3) Divided into the ten utterances of the creation. This is paralleled by the Braishis, the two firsts: Torah and Yisrael who are also divided into 1) Heaven and earth, 2) the four worlds of Torah and a…

Lech Lecha includes both movements: up and down. In this version of this classic Maamar, the Rebbe argues that from this first Possuk of the Parsha its indicative that we can (and therefore must) do both together.

Pada Bishalom has levels 1) that now is only potential and the Shalom will be revealed when Moshiach comes, 2) That the Shalom is revealed at the moment of the Tzadik’s histalkus, 3) That the Tzadik experiences the Shalom during his lifetime. This Ma’amar observes that the Mitteler Rebbe’s Yahrtzeit being the day before his…

The Teshuva and Davening nowadays must be done only with joy because 1) We’re too low to afford any kind of sadness 2) We’ve completed all aspects of sad Avoda. The question is still, how is the Tachlis of Torah Teshuva and Maasim Tovim. He explains that the point of Torah is to know Atzmus…

Pada BiShalom, why a real victory must be peaceful. Shalom is achieved through a higher light. Three levels of Shalom, culminating in the Shalom of Liasid Lavo.

Vayshev: above work and yerida tzorach aliya is real and constant peace that is after descending into Eretz Migurei Aviv and (lower still) Eretz Kinuan. Later he descends further into Mitzrayim and achieves an even higher VaYechi! How this ties into Chanuka, Golus etc.