Hemshech Part Three. Class One. Introduction: the word טבע in the נשמה includes the personality limitations based on the מטבע שטיבען and the ענין של יחידה that has a טבע of connection to Hashem. On this basis we learn the מאמר which speaks of three levels: 1) טבע the nature of the Neshama, 2) עבודה…

Eight is higher than the cycle of seven, and rather than start again it is what is above the cycle שומר את ההיקף and above (even eight) is ten. Moshe calls on this eighth day because although he is the seventh, he includes within himself the levels of eight (Bris Mila) and ten (?) as…

Viaileh Hamishpatim 5738PDF Viaileh Hamishpatim 5738, Class 1.Introduction, the connection between Sinai and this Parsha. The idea of Moshe giving the Pnimiyus himself. Therefore he must give us Pnimiyus and be Koneh us.The question of why the Parsha begins with עבד עברי ואמה העביר’ה.Torah. This Ma’amar doesn’t talk about the Pnimyus, it deals with the…

חושים (Three). A) חושים not only take in they give it out very deep things. But in and of themselves they could be very deep and have no connection to the essence of what is real which is why they are called in קבלה with the name הבלים. B) חוש המישוש according to the רמב”ם…

חושים (Two). Introduction thought for the convention. חושים help a person go from the most removed to the closest very quickly, but very fleetingly. Some חושים are quicker than others (like ראי’ה vs. שמיעה) but the quicker they are the more fleeting is the affect on the person.

חושים (One). חושים are not discuss in Tanya at all. A system that is very superficial on the one hand and it touches the essence on the other. The problem with no work. The difference between כחות and חושים. The difference between חוש and כשרון. The letters of the Frierdike Rebbe to his daughter הרבנית…

Class One. Why is the Jewish people’s coming to Egypt repeated twice? Answer: because the descent has two levels, one lower than the other and there are two levels of ascent. However, the second ascent won’t happen until Moshiach. but we nevertheless include it in the Exodus account because what will happen is very similar…

There are three levels: 1) השמים כסאי והארץ הדום רגלי this is explained spiritually: heaven is Torah and Neshama and earth is Mitzvos and Guf etc. 2) כי כאשר השמים החדשים והארץ החדשה אשר אני עושה when Moshiach comes there will be a real חידוש which is much more than the חידוש הישנות every second…

This מאמר is a המשך to the one before. It develops the same three ideas based on 1) creation per se 2) The newness associated with Mattan Torah after Galus Mitzrayim, This idea (dominates the מאמר) and is explained based on a מדרש and a זהר that both equate the giving of the Torah to…

This מאמר is מוגה. It deals with the idea that a מחצית השקל is not a half שקל but rather an entire שקל that has been halved. This halving (causes one half to be lower) ends with the two halves rejoining better and higher than they were before they were halved. One half is the…