Pages 3-4. Introduction to the יש מאין idea. The RaMbaM insists on יש מאין and the Alter Rebbe’s follow up arguing that all the essential principles of faith revolve around it: 1) God is imminent 2) He knows what we’re doing 3) Prophecy 4) Hashgacha Protis and Miracles and more. Proof for יש מאין from…

Page 4-7. Three understandings from where the Koach Ein Sof comes from: 1) The Nukva, she opens herself to the Ein Sof through evacuating herself. 2) The Dchura (male) he is a Keli for Ein Sof because of his Dvaikus. Both these views are found in Iggeres HaKodesh 20. 3) The union between the two…

Summary of the first ma’amar. The following three classes are on the next Ma’amar (Ha’umnam) and a summary of the third Ma’amar of this Hemshech, VeHinei Ksiv. They are from 5763/2003. They are being included (unedited) as they are not found in the 5766 series of these classes and would benefit many. Class 54A. Perek…

16 Memalei Kol Almin – maashal from the neshama. Review: Zman and Makom Atzmi vs Zman and Makom that can be counted. One space for all Nivraim (Sovev) or each nivra makes its own space (memale). Is the Aibishter the Source of the world? The Source needs creation to be fulfilled and exist. So the…

15 Makom #3 – Types of makom, what the argument is about. Time and Space are creations. Others say that Time and Space don’t exist at all. Physical space is memale Kol Almin, Ruchniusdike space is Sovev. Neshamas come from Memale. the Chomer, the Guf comes from sovev. Makor (source) exists for what will come…

14 Makom class #2 The idea of makom. The chidush that it is a nivra. Does everything have its own personal space (memale kol almin) or is there one big universal space for the whole creation (sovev kol almin?) Both are True. Time and Space are creations, but normally a metzius pushes away another metzius….

13 Reb Brachya p.91, 94-5. Makom, class #1. 2 Opinions. What is it that we can understand from this fact that the Aibishter likes it down here, and that Atzmus is shining in the Beis HaMikdash? A nes breaks nature. Nimna nimnaos is impossible. It is a manifestation of Atzmus. There is both world and…

12 Reb Brachya p.100-101. Beis Hamikdash – Atzmus (continued). Philosophers say things are impossible for Hashem. Yesh laminaos teva kayam. Mystics say that Nothing is impossible for Hashem. A Yid in the Beis Hamikdash saw an expression of the Aibishter in the aron. He felt Atzmus. The Tzemach Tzedek said that also the other kelim…

11 Reb Brachya, p. 90-91, 100-101. Atzmus in Beis Hamikdash – Nimna Hanimnaos. Ain Sof as it relates to itself (not shining in a vessel) is revealed in the Beis Hamikdash. The question is not How can Hashem do this?, He can do anything. The question is can we understand a little bit of it?…

10 Kovod versus Kvod Havaya : Review of the previous lecture. Learning inside p 90 3 lines from the top. We have sekel and middos, first on a theoretical level, then once we determine that something is desirable to have, we think practically about how to obtain it. This is machshava. By the Aibishter, the…