Class Four. Page 138-40. If the Alter Rebbe would have been in an earlier time he would have been greater. But in him this was different than in others, as in him this went past him to others who received from him.

Two classes (from 5770/ 2009) on the Alter Rebbe’s entire life (on a personal level) was an endless pursuit of absolute truth. Class One, Emes (5770/ 2009). Class Two, Emes (5770/ 2009) His Emes (5774/ 2013, long version, Beis Rivka). His Emes (5774/ 2013, short, Beis Midrash Linashim).

A series of classes on the life of the Alter Rebbe given at Yeshivas Chovevai Torah, beginning in Adar 5773/2013. Class One. The Alter Rebbe’s illustrious ancestry, the seventh generation from the MahaRaL of Prague. The family emigrated eastward where the Yiddishkiet was stronger. Reb Schneer Zalman, the Alter Rebbe’s father’s father chose to be…

Chanukah and Chassidus and oil. A thought on Chanukah Gelt.

A discussion on the basic wish of the Ba’al Shem Tov: that we live by our Neshama rather than our mind.

End of HaYom Yom. Some thoughts on the Hayom Yom. Meaning Tzadik doing Teshuva.

Siyum of Tanya and Sicha (19 Kislev 5730) about Shabbos

This Farbrengen was given to Neshei ChaBaD in Morristown. Part One. The Ba’al Shem Tov had the essence of Chassidus, what is called ‘the precious stone at the center of the kings crown’. This is the Godly energy that helps access and prioritize the Neshama. From the Neshama comes 1) Joy, 2) Clarity, 3) Love…

Getting the light requires a pure vessel. The four principles of Chassidus 1) waking us from a faint, 2) being extra frum, 3) Refining character, 4) intellectually understanding Godliness. and what they represent, in Chassidus calling to us or us reaching to Chassidus.

A Farbrengen built around a story of reb Hilel Partcher and reb Itcha Der Masmid.