[See Likutei Sichos vol. 16 pp. 475-479]. This oral class (based on a Sicha, though no Sicha was read), explains that for a nation to be born, where even the greatest sinners are members, we must be branded on the deepest levels of the subconscious, and that was Galus Mitzrayim. We are not a free…

Likutei Sichos vol. 03 page 843 ff. The entire Chumash Shmos means names because it explains how we go into Galus and how we survive and thrive.

Likutei Sichos vol. 6 page 28 ff. This class deals only with the part of the Sicha about Yosef. Though Levi survives Yosef by twenty years, the death of Yosef marks the beginning of the Galus from the spiritual sense. The level of miracles that Ya’akov brought with him to Egypt passed with Yosef’s death.

Likutei Sichos vol 8 page 49 ff. Shabbos (1) Class One.In this first class the Rebbe argues that although there is this presumption that Shabbos happens all by itself, it still requires Yidden to count. And if they don’t there isn’t Shabbos.His proof is from the Halacha that someone who loses track of time must…

Bris Mila (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020), Class Eight.We read Likutei Sichos vol 3 page 757 ff inside.It is a Mitzvah that 1) pervades the physical 2) continues indefinitely.Avrohom waited to be told so it should be the מעשה אבות סימן לבנים for all the Mitzvos we do after Mattan Torah. Bris Mila (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020), Class…

Toldos 5721, Class One.Toras Menachem vol 29 page 211-213Marcheshvan is the first month after Tishrei, true Cheshbon of Tishrei must wait until Rosh Chodesh Kislev.Different times for different people depending on readiness. Toldos 5721, Class Two.Toras Menachem vol 29 page 213-214.Thought, if Aisav’s wife Machlas means he was forgiven think of all other Chassanim, what…

Simchas Torah 5721, Toras Menachem vol. 29 page 106-7.The two Niggunim; the Tzadik and the Ba’al Teshuva.

These two classes take a deep dive into the idea of the power of “teshuva” which is often translated as repentence but really means *return*.  The level of these classes is intermediate but they are very accessible. These classes function as an entry to working on a personal approach to starting the “teshuva” journey.Class One:In the first…

Class Four, Sicha on Elul and Teshuva and Parshas Re’ei 5720Text: Toras Menachem, Volume 28, p.289-290This class addresses the experience of “seeing” a revelation of bracha (blessing) and klala (correction) in the process of teshuva.According to Chassidus, one of the highest levels of certainty is seeing – “seeing is believing”.  Physical and spiritual sight are…

CLASS THREE:  In the third class, Rabbi Paltiel covers the connection between Parshas Re’eh and Elul.  Re’ei means to see and in context it means to see G-dliness which is normally not seen. Our ability “to see” and not only believe has to do with the אחרונים ברצון, the will from inside, from the Neshama.“When…