אתה הוא… prayer קטרת part three. In this class we read the text inside. two understandings of the אבותינו. את קטרת הסמים על יד משה…

פרשת התמיד Class Three. We continued the oral discussion about the link between before מתן תורה and after, as it relates to קרבנות. We explored the understanding of history from Torah’s point of view. The first man was the greatest, not the most primitive, and he understood the interface between oneness and division precisely. His…

פרשת התמיד Class Five. The third idea of a Korban that has no precedent before Mattan Torah is the idea that a Karbon is both a total sacrifice to Hashem and at the same time it is with a Shov, bringing God into the world, where we live a sacrifice. This has no connection to…

רבון העולמים Class Five. לכן יהי רצון מלפניך… הקרבנו לפניך from the (highest) face to the lowest face (מלכות). Strength is pronounced in the word לכן to achieve this. הוי’ אלוקינו ואלוקי אבותינו passing through השתלשלות though it is hidden in Galus time. שיח שפתותינו an inadequate prayer but a prayer never the less. חשוב…

אביי Class Four. Inside continued. The three fires are the heart of the Nefesh Haelokis! But they are fires that correspond to three Gevuros and they need sweetening. The logs of wood sweetens all the fires. Joining עץ הדעת ועץ החיים. Cleaning the inner Mizbeach from ash, is the need to clean the left overs…

פרשת התמיד Class Nine. The פסוק עולת תמיד references the timeless idea of a Korban that always was and always will be, it is about sacrifice. But at Mattan Torah a new idea is added, to have a return from a Korban, this idea is novel.

רבון העולמים Class Seven. The two Pesukim we don’t say for lack of worthiness. עורי צפון ובואי תימן הפיחי גני יזלו בשמיו יבא דודי לגנו ויאכל פרי מגדיו: באתי לגני אחתי כלה אריתי מורי עם בשמי אכלתי יערי עם דבשי שתיתי ייני עם חלבי אכלו רעים שתו ושכרו דודי. This class has a long introduction:…

אביי Class Two. Sicha of the Rebbe that explains that what we say (including the non-Halachic detail) reflects our “orphaned” time in Galus. Like Abayey himself. Menorah is Torah and there are two levels (the five books and (above that) the seven books). Ketores during Galus is Mesiras Nefesh above and beyond even the seven…

אנא בכח Class Four. The גר”א’s ideas. Each line is another מדה from חסד through מלכות. Additionally each line is another one of the seven millennia of creation, including the seventh. This class explored the first three מדות and millennia. We explained the upside and downside of each of the two מדות חסד וגבורה, and…

ויאמר… קח לך סמים Class Two. Introduction: Food vs. Medicine; Ketores is medicine, given in very strong concentrated doses to heal. Consequently it includes from the highest (לבונה זכה) to the lowest (ויאמר הוי’ אל משה [.הלבנה soft rather than hard speech, but from a high level almost like thought (like ברוך שאמר). It does…