אתם נצבים ה’תשל”ט 1 This Ma’amar is about the כריתות ברית, the covenant between Hashem and Yidden. We had three covenants connected to Torah; this covenant (according to this Ma’amar) was for Torah SheBa’alPeh. To bring together the highest (רצון העליון) and the lowest (הלכה למעשה). This gives Koach for the three covenants of עולם…

Short Version. Beis Rivka Seminary. The Kapital has three basic ideas 1) Avrohom, 2) Dovid, 3) Moshiach. One can explain all of it on each of these three levels. Some basic thoughts. One can learn the entire Kapital as referring to 1) Avrohom, 2) Dovid, 3) Moshiach. Long Version (Beis Midrash LiNashim). Class One. The…

Short Version (Beis Rivka seminary). The Kapital which is about the of praise of Hashem really comes down to the need for, and the strengthening of, Faith as indicated in its last Possuk: Raishis Chochma, Yiras Hashem. It explores Hashem’s miracles to the world as a whole, to Yidden especially in this world. It reveals…

Kapital 114. Beis Midrash Linashim: Class One Short version (overview) This is a very happy Perek, with four miracles: 1) The exodus from Egypt. 2) The birth of the Jewish nation. 3) Krias Yam Suf, the splitting of the sea. 4) Mattan Torah, the giving of the Torah. The first two are not questioned, the…

11 Nissan 5776 (2016) Kapital 115 Beis Rivka Seminary. Short Version. הלל בגלות. עצביהם כסף וזהב… ישראל בטח בהוי’ה Beis Midrash Linashim: Short Version. עצביהם כסף וזהב מעשי ידי אדם …פה להם ולא ידברו, עינים להם ולא יראו ישראל בטח בהוי’ה Longer Version Class One Introduction. This Perek in Halel, is somehow a combination of…

11 Nissan 5777 Kapital 116. Short Version: Pittsburgh Farbrengen. יקר בעיני הוי’ המותה לחסידיו. Dovid praises Hashem as he sees how the hardest things in his life made him the Chossid he eventually became. Beis Rivka Seminary. Introduction and quick read of the entire Perek. Long Version: Beis Midrash Linashim: Class One. Introduction part one….

Tefilla LiDovid 5747. This Kapital was the Rebbe’s from 11 NISSAN 5747-5748. The Rebbe’s maamar explores the very heart of the Kapital: it is 86 which corresponds to the divine name Elokim. The Maamar adresses 3 levels of Elokim and how each is sweetened by Havaya. It concludes with the notion of the sweetening of…

(A 11 Nissan Ma’amar). Class One. The first half of this Ma’amar explains the idea that we continue to leave Mitzrayim in space and in time (as we journey through our history and move from place to place) until Moshiach comes. He explores the highest source of Mitzrayim in the highest levels of Lifnai HaTzimtzum,…

Ki Yishalcha Bincha 5744. The Ben Chochom already knows Aidus Chukim and Mishpatim, what is bothering him is, why our Yiddishkeit is different than the Avos and is connected to action. The answer is that ‘Avadim haYinu’-, the challenges in Mitzrayim raised us up to the level of being able to elevate physical things also….

More stories (early years) (5767). This talk on the childhood years of the Lubavitcher Rebbe (Rabbi Menachem Mendel Schneerson) will be enjoyed by the whole family. The stories of the Rebbe’s childhood provide insight into his character and great accomplishments but also the period in which he grew up. There may be some repetition here….