Teshuva and Achdus, various levels higher and higher.

Class One. The part of the מאמר we learned first, deals with שמח תשמח רעים האהובים= חכמה ובינה and the spiritual unity they have. Though there is natural Joy in בינה and especially in חכמה- מקום התענוג שלמעלה משמחה but their Joy is מורכב and therefore finite. The unconditional infinite Joy which we ask Hashem…

This Maamar explains the idea of “Melech BaSade’” for those who haven’t sinned. Those who have are in the Midbar from where they find Hashem (uvikashtem Misham) and it is “tzorech aliya”.

A) Elul is time of Teshuva. B) we get the strength for Teshuva from the 13 attributes of mercy: the King in the field. C) The King visits the field because each Jew is חלק אלוק ממעל ממש. D) In the City, Field, desert E) In the desert you find if you search there; the…

The stages of the process of creating חב”ד חסידות. Yechidus, what it was about. The first and second etc. Forty years, thirty years twenty five years (it depends on the perspective). The חדרים. Two and later a third. The spoken Tanya from 29 Elul 5549 until 9 Kislev 5552. The written Tanya, קונטרסים. The deliberate…

Packaging: how to bring it to people. The early version of Chassidus חסידות הכללית involved: 1) connection to the Tzadik, 2) Miracles, 3) warmth. The Alter Rebbe was instructed (through the Maggid) by the Ba’al Shem Tov to create a פנימיות חסעדות where the Rebbe teaches but the Chossid inspires himself. The Alter Rebbe accomplished…