Class One. 1) This Possuk (Acharei…) begins with love, the fear (which is supposed to come first, Tanya Ch. 41) is before this Possuk’s Avoda starts. 2) Walking from below to above is about one’s personal connection with Hashem as opposed to the formal connection through Torah and Mitzvos. 3) all the subsequent steps follow…

Class One. This is the first of two classes on this classic Ma’amar, outlining the stages of the davening journey from submission and acceptance, to feeling, reason (of the animal and then divine Souls and total Bittul in the Amida. Class Two. The second class on this wonderful Ma’amar explains why Davening alone is not…

This Ma’amar said by the Rebbe on his fiftieth birthday deals with the idea of this Possuk which is added at the beginning of the Amida and appears to interrupt the סמיכות גאולה לתפילה. The Gemara explains it using the logic of תפילה אריכתה. The Ma’amar explains that תפילה אריכתא means much more than an…

This very short Ma’amar explores the Friday night Kigavna, from the Zohar. This Ma’amar was said by each of the first three Rabbeim, (which shows on a unity of forms for ideas). In it he explains the Yichudim that happen on earth as do (always) in heaven (Atzilus). He explains further that the Avoda we…

Class 21: DAAS- Elyon and Tachton, Rachamim of Murgash, Romemeus Emuna begins where sechel ends. Place of faith is Sovev. Daas = Maturity. Daas Tachton – Daas with a subjective hergesh (feeling). To feel Rachamim for another (animal) it must touch you (you could boil a lobster but not a cat.) Daas Elyon comes from…

Class 20: ATZILUS (continued). ARIZAL- the Ein Sof can be OHR PNIMI to keilim like neshama and guf. What happens when we put Ohr Ain Sof into Adam Haelyon? Ramak: The Light lifts up the kelim and bittels them a drop (Davenning and Torah). Arizal: The light comes in and descends down here – a…

Class 19: Atzilus part 1: ATZILUS- allows for a real relationship with HASHEM. In hemshech ayin-beis there are 4 definitions of the word Sefira. 1) a number 2) Light that shines and reveals misaprim 3) a sefer and 4) a Sipur the source of the sefer. In Atzilus is the joining of Oros (infinite) with…

Class 18: ANOCHI- took us out of every MITZRAYIM. Review Speech and inside p. 117 7 lines from bottom.Speech is mostly Malchus with a little Chochma. When Hashem uses speech to create the world, it is only a HaAra from Malchus – Chitzonius. Yesh M’Ayin is only a HaArah. Perek tes. Anochi Havaya Eloka…Who took…

Class 17: Chochma – identifies which sound should come from a given motza. Tziruf into words, sentences etc. The Root of letters is from Atzmus. Chochma carries the osios into Malchus, where the light is diminished and the individual oisios can emerge, first by being divided into 5 categories: the throat, the tongue, the lips,…

Class 16: Six Middos, twelve Gevulei Alachson in Malchus. Numbers bli gvul. MOSHOL: Steps in building a house. 1) a Ratzon – a wanting to have – not realistic –>2) Chochma a flash – possibility to make it real –> 3) Bina – a house is now many bricks, windows, is it worth it to…