Hayom Yom 1 Menachem AvMoshiach’s humility to teach Torah even to us, though he’ll be teaching the Avos and Moshe: how great must he be to find greatness even in us??!!

Hayom Yom 2 Menachem AvMinhagim for putting on Tefillin leading up to the Bar MItzvahAnd other related stories and customs.

HAYOM YOM 3 MENACHEM AV Class One.When Moshiach comes we will miss the “now” because then the work will be done.The idea of ימים שאין בהם חפץ there will be עליות in קדושה יחסית….So we must act now and be a דוגמא חי’ה to inspire others. Techiyas HaMeisim (according to the RaMbaM) to serve Hashem…

Hayom Yom 4 Menachem Av, Class One.Chinuch.This is not in the entry of the Hayom Yom, but it is in the letter which is the source of this entry.We must appreciate that (especially by Yidden) the material and the spiritual are connected, and therefore to concern oneself with Parnassa at the expense of the chinuch…

Hayom Yom 7 Menachem Av, Class Two.This class has a long introduction dealing with the time (14 Kislev).The second Iggeres HaKodseh Katonti in the Sunday of Vayishlach cannot be ignored.The idea of שמינית שבשמינית and the fact that this Possuk is the eighth Possuk in the eighth Parsha.

TANYA CHAPTER 15 CLASS 1 (117).Beginning of Perek 15.Tzadik and Rasha vs Avado and Lo Avadosuperficially these are the same ideas twiceBut on a deeper level they are very different.Tzadik and Rasha means (as is the case often in the Tanya) Tzadik and BeinoniWhile Avado and Lo Avado are levels in Beinoni.Oved vs Eved doing…

Hayom Yom 5 Menachem Av, Class One.Sur MeRa, Asei Tov, Bakesh Shalom, RadfaihuThe Ba’al Shem Tov’s commentary on this Possuk.This class 1 includes a reading of the text inside with translation.  Theanalysis in this introduction focuses on the necessary relationshipbetween a person and the physical world and the challenge of settingboundaries.First separate “evil” (materialism) from…

TANYA CHAPTER 15 CLASS 2 (118).Various ways to achieve Beinoni “Lo Avado”:1) if he has these three character traits (together):A. מתמיד בלימודו בטבעו מתגבורת המרה שחורהB. מצונן בטבעו.C. מחוסר הרגש הנאה בטבעו.

TANYA CHAPTER 15 CLASS 3 (119).A second kind of Lo Avado- through habit Torah (and Mitzvos) become like second nature.He is motivated by his Ahava Misuteres in it’s hidden state, thus rendering the Ahavah “Lo Avado” as he has done nothing to arouse it.