Ata Kidashta. Ata Kidashata: The beginning of the middle Bracha of the Friday night Davening. Why Shabbos (and Yom Tov) has seven Blessings (rather than nineteen); It begins with Kidusha, like betrothal- formal Marriage that will deepen over Shabbos; the ‘Tachlis’ of all of creation is A. To reward man, B. To bring God down;…

The Zoharic section added (relatively recently) to the Kabbalas Shabbos at the expense of Bame’ Madlikin. This class involves a long introduction to all of Kabbalas Shabbos. Kigavna, on Shabbos the lower worlds mirror the Unity and peace that exists (always) in the higher world. On Shabbos the lower and higher worlds A. Mirror each…

Ata Gibor. Long Version. (5773/2012). The Gevura of Hashem is His containing Himself in His world. Even where there is fault and flaw, rather than destroy and recreate, He works within the confines (gevuros) of His creation, to renew it, and even to bring it back from the dead.

A translation of the text. A few points were emphasized; What is a Bracha? Why praise Hashem? What does Boruch mean? Ata? Hu? and Havaya?

יהי רצון… שיבנה בית המקדש… במהרה בימינו ותן חלקינו בתורתיך Class Two. When we finish קרבנות, we ask for the two things that were missing in this recitation of words (ונשלמה פרים שפתינו). That is that the קרבנות should be physical and actual. This is alluded to in the words במהרה בימינו in time, (חיי…

איזהו מקומן Class Seven. The third Mishna inside. 1) This third Mishna marks the end of Korbanos brought inside the Beis HaMikdash. From this point onward all Korbanos were brought on the outer Mizbeach. This means that we are going to be speaking about the heart that comes from the mind, rather than heart that…

איזהו מקומן Class Six. Inside, the second Mishna. The blood of the חטאת פנימיים which is compared to פנימיות הלב was sprayed only on the פרוכת and the מזבח הפנימי, and not in the קדש הקדשים, but it doesn’t matter that much because on deeper levels separations don’t really separate, they unify. The animal was…

איזהו מקומן Class Four. This class and all subsequent classes will be based very heavily on the words of the פרדס commentary on the סידור called תפילה למשה. There are eight issues repeatedly addressed in this chapter, and they are: One) Three levels of קדשים: A) קדשי קדשים where the holy is raised up to…

אביי Class Three. PDF The first few lines of the text. Abayey and Chava both have to do with creation. Order is a good thing. Abba Shaul= חכמה ובינה. The fires are the inner and outer heart and they need to be sweetened. Three fires and then the two logs of wood.

רבון העולמים Class Four. This class continues the reading inside with a long review of the way this entire paragraph is being understood based on the רמ”ק. We have the ability to sacrifice, which is lower than the order of אדם כי יקריב (meaning coming close) in אצילות. And also the idea that sacrifice reaches…