Ma’amar Haumnam Perek 7 Class 5. Discussion on מציאות שאינה מציאות אמיתית Class Two. Introduction Two: the idea of stepping down from a higher level to a lower level to do a Mitzvah. For example if one is holding on the level of יחודא עילאה he must step away from יחו”ע and descend to יחודא…

This standard מחצית השקל מאמר has a typical approach with a completely novel aspect: The typical: no one is whole without another, thus we give half and the other half comes from outside of us. The atypical aspect is that we are commanded to give the “higher” half of Shekel called שקל הקדש the lower…

Class One. Moshe has the role of giving Da’as to ‘Zera Behaima’ (Yidden from BY”A) who lack Da’as on their own. The reason he can effectively give them the Da’as they lack is that they are (eved) Ivri, the source of their Neshama is from ‘the other side of the river’ and there they have…

Class One. This class explores the השכלה in this מאמר. The three worlds בריאה, יצירה, עשי’ה succeed each other, each later world, lower than the one above it. However to create the physical עשי’ה requires a strength above all the worlds, represented by the words: אף עשיתיו. He also discusses אצילות כממוצע או [ביתר דיוק]…

Vayedaber Elokim 5738 Class One.This Ma’amar goes through three points in the process of Galus to geula.Point One: In Galus.We should see and celebrate all the good we see (especially now at the end of Galus) but we aren’t.There is darkness but it is His will, the truth of it is for Geula.As Hashem says…

Perek 13-14 (2) The division between higher and lower makes the high- higher, Kedusha and the low lower- creation. Creation is under the effect of מט”ט called שרו של עולם or הדיוט relative to Kedusha. There is עליון down here in: Torah and Mitzvos as well as in זמן like שבת יום טוב etc and…

Ma’amar Haumnam Perek 7 Class 6. Discussion on מציאות שאינה מציאות אמיתית Class Three. The idea of “מאחר שכך הוא רצון הבורא הרי שייך שכר ועונש” His Will creates a reality which cannot logically exist. The big question: does this Will have any sense or is it above logic entirely, נמנע הנמנעות?

Ma’amar Haumnam Perek 7 Class 7. Discussion on מציאות שאינה מציאות אמיתית Class Four. The lower reality (יחודא תתאה, מציאות שאינה אמיתית) in light of the higher reality. We begin the discussion of the Two Sichos: A) Toras Menachem יין מלכות חלק א’ ע’ קל”ט B) Likutei Sichos vol. 5 page 65-66. Explanation: difference between…

The discussion of “Ain koach choser poel l’maala begins. Creation from nothingness (yesh meayin) and creation from something (yesh miyesh) are discussed.