Excerpt from Ma’amar Vihabif 5711 Class One: The idea of Krias Yam Suf to bring together opposites. Bridging the divide “גזירה” that separated the high and the low and having them converge. Krias Yam Suf gave a Koach for that. Class Two: The issue of division. Aristotle; “now I am not Aristotle”. Amaimar and the…

New year Review: Class One: The Torah is the history of the purpose of the world, Four steps: 1) Individual, perfection 2) Nation, Tzadikim, Beinonim and Reshaim 3) Galus purge that creates a new entity, the nation of G-d 4) Freedom, is something that comes from inside, it is divine Class Two: Miracles and divine…

Likutei Sichos vol 31 page 77 ff Class One: (oral) introduction, more is discussed about music. The idea of כחות vs חושים. The senses get to the essence and from the essence much more quickly but fleetingly. The “songs” of the Torah are Torah. They speak from the Soul or to the Soul in a…

Likutei Sichos vol 01 page 139 ff. Miriam and the women don’t only sing, they play music and dance, because for them, it wasn’t only about them, it was about the children. The lesson nowadays: Mothers concerns for the real (spiritual) welfare of the children to be Yidden and not be swallowed up by the…

Sefer Hasichos 5752 vol 1 page 303 ff.Class One.Miriam means the bitterness of Galus because she lived it.Also because she never stops waiting for the Geula and that is what brings it. Sefer Hasichos 5752 vol 1 page 303 ff.Class Two. The women of today, like Miriam bring Moshiach as they are the Gilgulim of…

Likutei Sichos vol. 21 Page 77 ff. Class One. The question: Why are the Yidden insisting in remaining at the Yam Suf and collecting wealth, when Moshe is pushing them (away) towards Sinai? Likutei Sichos vol. 21 Page 77 ff. Class Two. Answer: there are two holy drives, to collect wealth (which was the current…

Class One Hundred and Twenty Nine, Journeying.The Yidden leave the Yam Suf (with some cajoling from Moshe) and move out into the desert.Within days they complain (again) about water.This is the story of the divine challenge: He pushes us as fast as He thinks we can move, but we are always not ready, so… we…

Class One Hundred and Thirty, Sweetening bitter with bitter (Machar Chodesh 5711).The two opinions how the waters at Mara were sweetened whether through light or bitterness itself.The deeper idea is transforming bitterness to sweetness using bitterness itself.

Class One Hundred and Thirty one, Shabbos (before Mattan Torah) and the Manna.A very important but often overlooked aspect of Parshas Bishalach is the fact that Yidden received some Mitzvos at Mara, including Shabbos (Para Aduma and Dinim).The idea of Mitzvos before Mattan Torah is explored here, using the model of “organized religion” vs “personal…

Class One Hundred and Thirty Two, Likutei Sichos vol 16 page 173 ff, Shabbos and the Manna, it’s a miracle but you must do something.On one level the Manna is called לחם מן השמים it came from heaven with no effort.On another level, the fact that it is connected to the לחם מן הארץ we…