Two ideas of Shalom (peace): 1) Elevating (and giving clarity to) the sparks through Torah, peace. 2) Bringing together opposites makes even the war peaceful, as the peace is in the getting together with an opposite.

Class One. Two levels are extracted from this Possuk. The first is the Possuk by itself, that says that people who learn Torah are Hashem’s children and they have peace. The second is how this Possuk is understood by the חז”ל אל תקרי בניך אלא בוניך that their Torah is מברר the world. The peace…

This long Maamar is actually quite easy. It has two parts (basically). One dealing with the words ‘MiKol Michatzetzim’, which means the idea of Bittul in the Torah even of children, and that learning Torah in this way affects one’s ability to paskin Halacha LiaMaase and teaching others. Two- Why this is most effective in…

This Maamar revolves around four Midrashim on the idea of Shulamis. 1) The first says that Yidden through Torah bring peace (real peace) into the world. 2-3) The second and third describe two conditions 1) Galus, 2) Beis hamikdash, where Yidden can bring this peace. 4) The fourth says that to affect this peace the…

Lecha Dodi 5689. The Maaamar recited at the Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s wedding. The Frierdike Rebbe’s Licha Dodi illustrates how preliminary influence brings to deeper influences until the ultimate influence the converging of two into one (in children). The examples 1) teacher and students, 2) Father and son, how it is in darkness (Galus) to light…

Many examples of Shalom.

Connection between Devora’s Geula and 19 KISLEV especially.