Class Three. Page 111-113. At seventeen his father saw the Frierdiker Rebbe as fit to be a Rebbe. His qualifications to be Rebbe: 1) He inherited it. 2) His own personal greatness. 3) He and his father were one. The lesson for us: when one has so great a head, much more is expected from…

Class Five. Page 114. Beginning of the Sicha on Limudai Chol, understanding the Rabeiim’s incredible tolerance and acceptance. Even those whom the Torah advocates hating, we find a way to love based on the principle of יתמו חטאים ולא חוטאים. Class Six. Page 114-115. The love, though unconditional, brings them closer to the Torah rather…

Class Eleven. Page 131. Hiskashrus a Neshama matter (introduction to the Sicha). Class Twelve. Page 131-3. Hiskashrus should (therefore) be in all aspects of oneself.

Class. Not wearing the clothes one tears during Availus after the week of Shiva. We are Maikil in all dinim of Availus. Availus is also Teshuva and this we should be מחמיר about.

Class One. Page 155. This class has a long introduction about the holy Ruzhiner whose Yahrtzeit is today. Yitzchok must be born, Yishmael is not enough. Why? Class Two. Page 156. Explaining the idea that Yiddishkeit is higher than reason at its core. It must be this way. Class Three. Page 156- 8. Continued. It’s…

Class One. Page 189-190. Yaakov and Eisav meet, is Eisav ready for the Geula? No! But Ya’akov readies himself from his end totally and doesn’t wait for anyone to catch up. Class Two. Page 192-3. Beginning of Sicha- comparing the Alter Rebbe and his friends to Yosef and his brothers. The point and purpose was…

This Ma’amar explores a sequence of four Pesukim beginning with כי חלק הוי’ עמו are our roots, ימצאהו בארץ מדבר discusses finding us in a desert and how from the desert itself comes our upliftedness, This is followed by the Possuk that is the Ma’amar’s title כנשר יעיר כינו. He explains how the transforming of…

Class One. Overview of Kinesher (Haazinu) Maamar. Tomorrow (class two) we’ll read it inside IYH. The Passuk aligns exactly with the days after Yom Kippur, when the T’shuva is so high (and) that it is only positive; and it is found in the words of the two P’sukim: Kinesher… Yifros Knafav… Yisaeihu al Evraso… Hashem…

Shir Hama’alos Mima’amakim 5739 Class One: Hashem is crowned as as a King by being praised and called a King. This class discusses the idea of שמות and שבחים that reveal כחות from Elokus and Tzadikim etc. Different levels of names: 1) Calling someone smart or kind. 2) Calling him by his name, but where…

Class One. There are three Teshuvos in the Pesukim שובה ישראל גו. 1) שובה ישראל עד הוי’ אלוקיך 2) קחו עמכם דברים ושובו אל הוי 3) אמרו אליו כל תשא עון גו They correspond to the three תשובות found in לקוטי תורה ד”ה מה טובו which are: 1) סור מרע, 2) עשה טוב 3) בקש…