Chapter 46-7. The incredibly timeless message of our exodus. Yetzias Mitzrayim lays at the heart of Jewish people’s most important prayers because the exodus is current! The upcoming holiday of Pesach is the proper time to explore chapter 47.

Chapter 48-9. Mystical discussion. The meaning of the first Tzimtzum (Siluk- complete departure); and the later Tzimtzumim (Mi’ut- the light isn’t removed, only diminished). G-D (in an allegorical sense) squeezes Himself so there could be a world (us, our egos etc).

Chapter 48-9. Avoda (practical) lesson from the mystical concept of Tzimtzum. Squeeze yourself in your commitment to Hashem. Birchos Krias Shma- their meaning.

Chapter 50. Love that exceeds all one’s natural limits: Love of fire that goes beyond (love of) water. Avoda of Leviim. 2. Shuv must follow every Ratzui.

Chapters 51-53. Torah and Mitzvos are vehicle to reveal Schechina down here. analogy of the Soul manifesting in the body via the head and brain. Note: Lessons 57-60 (chapters 51-3) end the Beinonim section with the discussion of the Beis HaMikdash and the manifesting of the Shechina.

Chapters 51-53. Torah and Mitzvos- are the brain that allows Shechina to rest in Malchus- the Beis Hamikdash.

Chapters 52-53. Every world has (these) levels: 1. Torah and Mitzvos- Brain; 2. Shechina rests in Beis Hamikdash; 3. Radiates to the whole world 4. LUCHOS manifest directly in the physical world (NOT in the higher ones).

Commentary (to Chapter 53). When there is no Beis Hamikdash, the Shchina is spread all over the world.