רבון העולמים Class Six. כאילו הקרבנו… ועמדנו על מעמדו, והקטרנו… These three phrases are a רצוי ושוב and another רצוי. What it means to compensate for the lack of Korbanos with our lips. עולה ומנחה are a רצוי ושוב. חטאת ואשם are two levels of need for precision. As one grows, what may have been…

פרשת התמיד Class One. Introduction. This class began by reading the text inside. Korbanos are part of the Siddur as from way back. The idea is to say the Korban that we cannot physically bring. (There are other reasons as well). Korbanos are קדשים, where the day comes before the night. It is an illuminated…

אנא בכח Class Three. The Arizal’s ideas. A) There are three levels to this name represented by the numbers: 4, 10, 28 אותיות הוי’ המילוי ומילוי דמילוי. They are three levels of מוחין מדות ולמטה ממדות. B) These are the three levels of wings of the מלאכים בנבואת ישעי’ה: בשתים יכסה פניו בשתים יכסה רגליו…

רבון העולמים Class One. This prayer first appears in the טור. It is a prayer that Hashem consider our earlier prayers (תורה) as good as an action although we only talked about the קרבנות. We read the Tefilla inside and explained it slowly. מעמדות. Meaning of the final Possuk זאת התורה לעולה וגו.

אתה הוא… prayer introducing the קטרת Note: on the first page of the pdf four or five different Nuschaos appear for this (little) prayer. Four reasons why קטרת needs an introduction: A) Since the Biblical passage that follows is from two places and the word ונאמר must be placed in the middle, a larger opening…

הוי’ צבאות וגו’ … וערבה… Class Two. This Class continues the discussion on these פסוקים that follow קרבנות וקטרת. We explain the need for protection in times (and circumstances) of concealment, גבורות. This is true of the night and of Galus etc.

אביי Class Six. Reading continued. אברים the pleasure of total transformation אהבה בתענוגים. At this point one’s life turns around and he lives to give to others.יהי’ שם שמים מתאהב על ידך. Bread, מנחה, internalizing the inspiration one gives [limited but internalized]. The bread represents חביתין .חסד done each day by the Kohen Gadol was…

אביי Class Three. PDF The first few lines of the text. Abayey and Chava both have to do with creation. Order is a good thing. Abba Shaul= חכמה ובינה. The fires are the inner and outer heart and they need to be sweetened. Three fires and then the two logs of wood.

אביי Class One. A basic overview and simple read. More complex insights to follow.

אתה הוא… prayer קטרת part three. In this class we read the text inside. two understandings of the אבותינו. את קטרת הסמים על יד משה…