This class is mostly an introduction to the new students and has little on the actual section of Tefilla being learned.

אביי Class Five. Reading inside continued. דישון מזבח הפנימי= אהבה בכל לבבך הטבת שתי נרות= אהבה בכל נפשך קטרת= אהבה בכל מאדך The higher one’s Avoda the deeper and the more perfect the Birur of the Klipa and the Animal Soul must be. [אברים= תענוג מאלקות [אהבה בתענוגים

פרשת התמיד Class Ten. The last two pesukim speak of the Shov of Korbanos after Mattan Torah: Wine which is 1) intoxicating, 2) tasty. Using this in the service of Hashem is an ideal shov. 2) Night, בין הערביים the גלגל שמש has descended below the horizon, and the חמה, the sun itself is still…

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.

פרשת התמיד Class Four. Parts of Karbanos are a continuation from before Mattan Torah while others are altogether new. The turning point is עולת תמיד העשוי’ בהר סיני. RaMbaM and RaMbaN and how they apply before Mattan Torah.

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.