1) Point One: the day is divided into four. Only in the last quarter of the day, is Hashem enjoying (being “pleasured” by) what we do. This is the playing with Livyasan idea, we are all the fish in the sea one with Him maximally serving Him Point Two: there are Souls called fish which…

Haumnam Perek 9 Class 1. Higher level of Achdus is due to the fact that the צמצום from the מקום החלל (which also is a חידוש compared to עצמות שאינו בגדר מקום) is שלא כפשוטו. The אור אין סוף continues to be ממלא מקום החלל after the צמצום just like before, and the change is…

Haumnam Perek 9 Class 2. 1) Review of yesterday’s class: Achdus (or Bittul) on the higher level, based on the idea of צמצום אינו כפשוטו and the מקום החלל is still filled with אין סוף. As such the creation and the זיו or ממלא כל עלמין (or perhaps the אותיות דבר הוי’ה that create are…

Haumnam Perek 9 Class 3. This (3rd class for Perek 9) began with a discussion on the notion of שלימות הנפש. We spoke of two levels: נפש נושא כחות or יכולת and נפש כולל כחות or כח. We explained these two levels as 1) the Neshama not lacking anything and 2) the Neshama having everything….

Haumnam Perek 9 Class 4. This class continues the talk about שלימות and the two types of שלימות: lacking nothing (יכולת) and having everything (כח). We the talked of the three levels in כח itself: 1) כחות היוליים העצמיים (which are all about the שלימות הנפש) and then 2) כחות נעלמים or כחות היוליים that…

Haumnam Perek 9 Class 4, Perek 10 Class 1. In this class we… A) completed the discussion on כח התנועה and how it is a משל for צמצום שלא כפשוטו. B) There is (not only) Achdus with all the worlds (equally) even Asiya, Moreover, there is an aspect of Achdus, which is more in Asiya…

Haumnam Perek 10 Class 2. To us there is concealment while to Him there is real Achdus, Levels: 1) Tzadik 3 days before his passing 2) Reb Nochum Tchernubiler doesn’t see Treife milk 3) the rest of us We meditate and collect ourselves in Shma to feel in Viahavta (which we’ll discuss next time). This…

Haumnam Perek 10 Class 3. After the התבוננות there is a very strong want ואהבת which can only be satisfied בדרך שוב through action, as we’ve seen in the past when people seek “personal paths” to G-d they end up with a want that they have no way of satisfying and fulfilling. One needs daily…

Class Fifty Seven. This class is not text based and includes the Chanuka part of the Ma’amar (from the beginning of Perek 1 and Perek 4). The basic idea is that the Chashmonim demonstrated such a great Mesiras Nefesh as to make it possible to use their energy to light up the night, the street…

Two versions of this מאמר exist: 1) There are three levels of קדושה, two are available to us and the third is not. If we are to reach it, we must become בטל. They are: תפלה, תורה, מצות. 2) We can reach the third level of קדושה as well. They are תורה, מצות, and תשובה….