This is a Shavuos Maamar. Two gifts of Mattan Torah: 1) Hashem gave us Himself, 2) He gave us the dew of (for) resurrection. These two gifts are called rain and dew. At Har Sinai and its aftermath even the unearned dew is earned. It is therefore called “Geshem Nidavos”- rain of generosity. Even Moshe…

Bisha’a Shehikdimu 5713, Class One. Introduction: to earn crowns one must do the “Work of Crowns”- what is a Crown in Avoda?1) Infinite light, hidden and beyond due to its infinity2) Silence, which is also above the mind, like it says סיג לחכמה שתיקה silence due to transcendence. Bisha’a Shehikdimu 5713, Class Two.Three steps: 1)…

Vayedaber Elokim 5713, Class One.This Ma’amar is (very loosely) related to the two that came before it (in 5713).It’s point is: דיבור the power of speech that is connected to the עצמות, the highest level. That means בלי גבול is reached when things come down until the level of speech, which is a חידוש of…

חמשה קנינים ה’תשי”ב 1 The first of two Ma’amarim by the same name. The first accentuates Torah, the second Yisroel. Kinyan is Atzilus. As it changes nothing from before Atzilus, it is only גילוי ההעלם. There are three ideas of Kinyan discussed: A. אצילות is Hashem’s Kinyan naturally. B. The elevation and correction of what…

חמשה קנינים ה’תשי”ב 2 This Ma’amar places נשמות ישראל above all else including Torah. He discusses at length the idea of Yerida Tzorech Aliya, and explains it in three ways: 1) The ability of Neshama down here, to reach higher than it is On High, is because the challenges of down here get the Neshama…

Bisha’a Shehikdimu 5712, Class One. This Ma’amar is based on the Ma’amar צאנה וראנה עזר”תThis class is the beginning of the Ma’amar:1) The prefacing נעשה to נשמע enhances both.2) The “third crown” that is for the הקדמת נעשה לנשמע He keeps for Himself. 3) The 3 crowns against תורה ועבודה וגמילות חסדים.4) The condition for…

Two gifts of Mattan Torah: 1) Hashem gave us Himself, 2) He gave us the dew of (for) resurrection. These two gifts are called rain and dew. At Har Sinai and its aftermath even the unearned dew is earned. It is therefore called “Geshem Nidavos”- rain of generosity. Even Moshe benefited from these two gifts.

The sounds, flairs and sounds of the Shofar are Chesed, Gevura Tiferes. As Hashem gives them they are from the top down and we apply them from the bottom up. How the Shofar “that is narrow at one end and wide at the other end” can apply “from the top down”. The Torah of Shavuos…

Was it two crowns or three that were given at Har Sinai? A unique insight into this question.

Smoke- what’s it doing at Har Sinai? The world is filled with Fire and the world itself smolders.