Perek 8, Class 3 (83) Explaining: 1) חיבוט הקבר (visits in the grave) 2) כף הקלע (while the Neshama is (already) free of the body but it’s still in the “space” of the physical universe 3) גיהינום. When a person is alive and healthy, the Neshama “speaks” through the body, but after death the body…

Perek 8, Class 2 (82) שד משדין יהודיין versus שד משדין נוכראין. A Jew by nature has no desire to sin, even in his Yetzer HaRa. There is a טבע or limit to the Evil inclination (יצר הרע) of a Yid that comes through what is called שד משדין יהודיין. This means that it has…

Perek 8, class 1 (81) The extreme (ג’ קליפות טמאות ורעות לגמרי) Kelipos have no Aliya. This is especially pronounced when one eats non-Kosher that becomes one with him. Even if he thought it was Kosher and had the best intentions it cannot be elevated. Question: How to reconcile the question of some things occasionally…

(1) This class is primarily a המשך to the second idea in the last מאמר- the idea that עמידה means לא שניתי because of great תוקף. He argues that עמידה is especially pronounced if and when there is adversity. This reveals Hashem עמידה בתוקף even if it is the fault of our mistakes. (2) In…

(1) The Baal Shem Tov’s Torah on Yehudim meaning Mesiras Nefesh and it all began with Bnei Yisroel- Torah! (2) The Rebbe’s notes on the Ba’al Shem Tov’s teaching. Mesiras Nefesh for a virtual year; denying Idolatry IS accepting all the Torah מה לי קטלא כולא מה לי קטלא פלגא. Two Yuds- Yetzer Tov and…

Until now we had two ideas with many details. The Two ideas: A. Klipa (by itself), B. When a Yid interfaces with Klipa. In this latter category we’ve had three ideas: 1) A Yid and Klipas Noga, it is called Heter 2) A Yid and real Klipa, (רע, טמא) it is called Issur 3) A…

Class One: This Hayom Yom is based on a (rather famous) exchange between the Previous Rebbe and Our Rebbe about the question of מתן תורה in America. In this letter the Previous Rebbe separates two ideas: 1) In מקיף, the Torah was given to the entire globe as one, 2) In פנימי what is closer…

There is an עבירה which is a primarily spiritual one (connected to הנסתרות rather than והנגלות). For this to be turned around one doesn’t need תשובה מאהבה רבה and תשובה (תתאה) .נכונה is sufficient because it is not so “down”.

When one is involved in איסור which is עבירות their second solution is the idea of תשובה מאהבה רבה where the עבירה becomes a מצוה because the עבירה creates the Teshuva. Is תשובה מאהבה the same thing as תשובה עילעא.

(Part One) This is a Ma’amar Basi Ligani from 15 Shvat 5739 (it is the third in the “Hemshech” Basi Ligani from 5739) all three Ma’amarim explain the 9th chapter of Basi Ligani 5710. The class explains the two ideas attached to the Possuk ועשית קרשים למשכן עצי שטים עומדים explaining עומדים in two ways:…