PDF Toras Menachem vol. 16 page 133-154, 158-171

Toras Mencahem vol. 8 page 24 ff.

(1) The Baal Shem Tov’s Torah on Yehudim meaning Mesiras Nefesh and it all began with Bnei Yisroel- Torah! (2) The Rebbe’s notes on the Ba’al Shem Tov’s teaching. Mesiras Nefesh for a virtual year; denying Idolatry IS accepting all the Torah מה לי קטלא כולא מה לי קטלא פלגא. Two Yuds- Yetzer Tov and…

Class One. Three levels of Mesiras Nefesh: 1) מסירת נפש בכח- At Mattan Torah through נעשה ונשמע and כפה עליהם הר כגיגית. 2) מסירת נפש בפועל מצד הנשמה- at Chanuka, this sacrifice has an order. 3) מסירת נפש בפועל מצד הגוף- at Purim. This involves הפקר total abandon. This level of sacrifice is the necessary…

In this entire scripture the name of Hashem doesn’t appear once! How could that be and what does it mean?

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]…

This Maamar introduces us to the idea of “Panim” and explains this idea in Elokus and the Neshama. This the Rebbe connects to the name Hadasa. The Maamar then argues that the Panim has two levels: 1) the light of Etzem, 2) The Koach (power) of the Etzem which is even higher than the Ohr…

This מאמר explains the inner dimension of the miracle of Purim “The King (of all King)’s sleep is interrupted” He is still sleeping נדדה but it’s disturbed. The נמשל is that through מסירת נפש the Miracles come directly from עצמות. The idea of ספר הזכרונות and דברי הימים. שינה בנפש האם; בעבודת האדם ולמעלה.

Class One. Page 85-6. Private talk with Rabbi Yolless: a question on the idea that (the Rebbe mentioned in a Sicha) that the Joy of Adar is connected to the Possuk אדיר במרום השם why only in heaven and not on earth where it is needed and it belongs? Answer in short: until השם שלם…