Klipa (continued). From fine to gross. The story of the Mitteler Rebbe, the name of קליפה may change but he is the same thing. 1) נחש הקדמוני and 2) מלאך המות and 3) יצר הרע and 4) שטן and 5) יש and 6) הרגש היש are really all the same thing. The idea of נסיונות…

Klipa exists in every world, from the lowest to the highest. On higher levels it is as fine as simply being aware of itself ראומה or מורגש. On lower levels it can have no awareness of anything but self and be against Hashem. In general there are two levels: קליפת נוגה and קליפות טמאות ורעות…

The Tanya teaches תורה בשמים where there is no neutral, if it’s not קדושה (which means ביטול) it is the סטרא אחרא (which lacks ביטול). Yidden are called ביטול בכח. What does that mean?

A) After discussing עצם and כחות of נפש הבהמית we now discussed B) לבושים. Introducing the idea of two Torahs: in heaven and on earth. The heavenly Torah has no neutral, if it’s not holy it’s anti-holy, and the chosen allusion to make this point is the term טומאה. Three ideas חיוב ,איסור ,רשות, how…

This class adds to the discussion last week about the נפש הבהמית having שבע מדות רעות ושכל במולידן how that removes all possibility for objectivity. The Rebbe’s Sicha on the משנה חביב אדם שנברא בצלם וכו and the role the נפש השכלית plays especially for a non-Jew and by extension to the נפש הבהמית.

The two souls are equal but opposite. In the last class, we contrasted the עצם of the two souls. This week we contrasted the כחות (tools) of the two souls. The כחות (tools) are needed to make the infinite soul functional in a world with more than themselves in it. The faculties allow for compromise…

We began by reviewing the Tanya until this point: A. We discussed Tzadik, Beinoni, Rasha, in Niglah and Kabbalah. B. briefly visited the Nefesh haBahamis C. Dedicated four Perakim to the Nefesh HaElokis, what it is and what it does. Here in Perek 6, we begin a discussion of the Nefesh HaBahamis. We start by…

Torah and Mitzvos (8). Hugging the King, garments make no difference. Inside Mitzvos there is Atzmus.

Torah and Mitzvos (7). In Gan Eden there is the pleasure from the understanding of G-dliness and the pleasure it arouses. The difference between what the Neshama does in Gan Eden before it was here (It has השגה understanding but not the Elokus -pleasure- itself) and after it returns (It has the pleasure תענוג from…

Torah and Mitzvos (6). Mitzvos are Ein Sof, and when we do them we are wrapped in EIn Sof. One Mitzvah, all Mitzvos etc.