Mitzvos need שמירה which comes from מקיף; often the שמירה is the מצוה itself. This is why you should give Tzedaka along with every Mitzvah it is the שמירה. However even higher than צדקה is תורה (the מקיף and the פנימי are one -?-).

חסידות וסדר (Class One). Inside. Chassidus is the עיגול מבלי אשר ימצא ראש וסוף. Nevertheless the רביים and the חינוך the רביים gave for their חסידים involved absolute סדר. Two opposites. This class we read the text and explained a little bit of… A) the Seder by the רביים. B) The השפעה hierarchy by the…

Toras Menachem vol. 17 page 26-31

Toras Menachem vol. 14 page 181-3, 192-9, 206-17.

The first Beis HaMikdash and the second Beis HaMikdash were both destroyed because of a specific weakness. The first was “top heavy”. It was dominated by G-dliness and did not incorporate enough worldliness. The second had an excess of worldliness and was therefore “bottom-heavy”. It was a proper seat for the presence of the Shechinah…

The class revolves around a debate between Rambam and Ramban regarding the primary purpose of the Beis HaMikdash. The Mizbeach is representative of the Jewish people meeting Hashem in that location and the Aron is representative of Hashem meeting the Jewish people in that location. What is the higher priority, us meeting Hashem or Hashem…

Rabbi Paltiel describes the Beis HaMikdash in terms of three fundamentally different categories of space and compares them to a human home. The shiur builds on this analogy using concepts from philosophy, Kabbala, and Chassidus to provide a deeper understanding of the relationship between G-d and the Jewish people as well as between each Jew…

Stories of the early life of the previous Lubavitcher Rebbe (Rabbi Yosef Yitzchak Schneersohn).

Erev Shabbos Chazon Rabbi Paltiel speaks about Tisha B’Av from a Chassidic perspective. The class ends with the description of a moving letter written by the Rebbe in the 1950’s. In loving memory of Rosa Goldfarb bas Chana ve Aharon Drochitinsky

An amazing shiur on the episode of the liberation of the Previous Rebbe. Moving stories brought to life by Rabbi Paltiel.