Why אורה is feminine: it is receiving inspiration from higher than אור/ תורה and therefore reaches lower. Like the ה’ה added to אברהם אבינו’s name raising him higher and bringing him lower. שמחה reveals this higher Torah. These two are חכמה ובינה and are secured through Davening with Ahava and followed by יפוצו מעינותיך חוצה….

This מאמר explores the Chassidus of the word שושן: like שושנה, a rose. The thirteen petals on the rose are the מדות both of תפילה: מדות הרחמים as well as תורה: שהתורה נדרשת בהם. Then there is the red rose which shows on sin that needs to be whitened. This is the idea that גלו…

(פרשת פרה) Class One. There is a relationship between פרה אדומה and גלות, as it is done outside all three camps, like Galus. It starts at the exit to גן עדן where the one river diverges into four, and it ends with no water at all: Klipa. But there is the possibility for correction. פרה…

(פרשת החודש) Class One. This class begins with a lengthy introduction about the Rebbe’s unique contribution to מאמרי חסידות. One of the Rebbe’s big new ideas is the idea of the אלקות of חושך וצמצום עצמו. This class explains the aforementioned idea by explaining why the Torah begins with (darkness) בראשית ברא אלוקים which must…

The source of צרעת is בינה without חכמה. Explanation: רצוא without שוב. Example: שבת vs. the weekdays.

Class One. יציאת מצרים actually and as it relates to the ירידת הנשמה למטה happens in stages: It goes from one step to another (downwards) going into the Galus and from one step to another going out of the Galus. Each Geula is a Galus compared to a later Geula, and it continues forever. Class…

Class One. This class introduces three ideas of Matza: 1) Matza Aniya in Mitzrayim, 2) Matza Aniya after they left Mitzrayim, 3) Matza Ashira. The three appear to be connected to the three אהבות that are three levels of ביטול in this מאמר in the following order: ואהבת את הוי’ אלוקיך בכל… 1)נפשך 2)לבבך 3)מאודיך…

We ask that what we do be sweet from above time until time on the lowest level. This מאמר explains how high the work of Yidden reach. It also speaks glowingly about the שרש of the Jewish people. A mystical connection between this Possuk and Erev Pesach.

Class One. In this class very little text was read, we explained three ideas: 1) השתלשלות הכתרים זה מזה there’s a special relationship between all כתר. This happens by each world ending in a point which is tiny compared to itself, but it is the basis for the infinity (כתר) of the next world. 2)…

This מאמר of קדושים is different than most מאמרים on this פסוק. In this version the greatest thing i what we Give Hashem on our own: תפילה which is explained as מסירת נפש. This is higher than our relationships with Hashem based on what He gives us: תורה ומצות. The third crown that He keeps…