Part 1. Farbrengen. Part 2. The Tanya. Part 3. 21 KISLEV, Connecting 19 KISLEV to the rest of the year.

In conjunction with his 200th Yahrtzeit on 24 Teves 5773/2013 these classes were given on the hakdamos of three of his Sefarim. The Siddur. The Alter Rebbe’s Siddur, a clear author and purpose, to be ‘the thirteenth gate’. Reb Avrohom Dovid Lavut’s introduction (the Maggid’s Torah) and the joining of 1) Kabbalah, 2) Halacha, and…

Its four stages of development.

This class given at Beth Rivkah Seminary on 24 teves 5775, In this class it is underscored that the Tanya is a most encouraging (rather than discouraging) book, as it accepts the struggle of the ordinary person. Ideally it empowers one to ‘never sin again’, but one who cannot, learns from the Tanya never to…

The Tanya written by a Rebbe for Beinonim that is truly on their level not his own.

Hocheach Tochiach, three ideas conclude the entire Tanya. 1) Davening in a Shul that looks and acts like a Shul, a normal pace and a joined Minyan where no one talks and wanders. 2) Finishing the Shas each year jointly by all the members of each Shul and community [allows the community to join in…

Davening may not be a DeOraisa (a Biblical commandment) but it entails many of the most important DeOraisas and “Super Mitzvos” (i.e. higher than individual limbs (of Atzilus)). Therefore Davening must be done A. with the Minyan and it must be done B. properly. If one is in a rush he can Daven alone even…

Utzedaka Kinacha Aisan. Aisan is the Truth of the Neshama meant to be revealed when Moshiach comes. But it is available now also, and giving kindness to another makes it more possible for us to find it.

Introduction: the depth of Torah is a deep clarity which is (in the end) the peace and end of Torah and must be cherished. When Dovid placed the rear of the Torah before its face, the clarity vs. the struggle and the consequence, he forgot the law that the Aron HaKodesh must be carried by…

The ideas in Halacha that are entirely theoretical have a Birur quality also as there are spiritual representations of all (possible) klipos in the spiritual worlds. Eitz HaChayim supports Eitz HaDaas. Beyond Birur is Ohr, for when Moshiach comes.