Class 03
The stages of the process of creating חב”ד חסידות. Yechidus, what it was about. The first and second etc. Forty years, thirty years twenty five years (it depends on the perspective). The חדרים. Two and later a third. The spoken Tanya from 29 Elul 5549 until 9 Kislev 5552. The written Tanya, קונטרסים. The deliberate…
Class 02
Packaging: how to bring it to people. The early version of Chassidus חסידות הכללית involved: 1) connection to the Tzadik, 2) Miracles, 3) warmth. The Alter Rebbe was instructed (through the Maggid) by the Ba’al Shem Tov to create a פנימיות חסעדות where the Rebbe teaches but the Chossid inspires himself. The Alter Rebbe accomplished…
Class 20, Perek 1, Class 10 Tanya (text based)
מדות טובות בטבע כל ישראל בתולדותם continued. The word טבע is qualified here as being a fixed set of characteristics like the exoskeleton of an arthropod, a hard shell that is binding and unchanging.
Class 01
Introduction Part one. The precious stone that lies at the center of the King’s crown. Godliness is within and must be brought out from within, not added from without. The two key points: 1) Achdus Hashem. 2) The centrality of the Yid, Ahavas Yisroel. Yechida. The BeShT gave it to his time and to all…
Class 19, Perek 1, Class 9 Tanya (text based)
מדות טובות בטבע כל ישראל בתולדותם Part one. 1) In Kabbalah goodness means altruistic goodness not self serving goodness (this is on the mystical level “evil”!). The idea that the Jewish animal soul has good is therefore quite remarkable. 2) The Rebbe points out that the Alter Rebbe only lists רחמנות וגמילות חסדים (compassion and…
Class 18, Perek 1, Class 8 Tanya (text based)
The מדות של נפש הבהמית. In this class we explored the four elements Fire, Wind, Water, and Earth and the idea that in each person there’s a different tendency or מזג. Some are אש inclined, while others are מים inclined etc. We touched on each of the nine מדות רעות listed here: 1) anger, 2)…
Class 17, Perek 1, Class 7 Tanya (text based)
The נפש הבהמית is in the לב ודם. The נפש האלוקית is in the מוח. These two compete for the whole גוף. We explain it’s need to speak the נפש הבהמית language to relate and vis-versa. The fight.
Class 16, Perek 1, Class 6 Tanya (text based)
סטרא אחרא vs. צד הקדושה. On earth there are three levels and ideas: 1) חוב and 2) איסור, and 3) רשות. On the תורה שבשמים level, if it isn’t holy it is automatically anti-holy. This is why all that is not holy is סטרא אחרא וקליפה. In other words it is טומאה.
Class 15, Perek 1, Class 5 Tanya (text based)
Two ideas: A) The difference between the terms נפש האלקית ונפש הבהמית and the terms יצר טוב ויצר הרע. Basically the נפש is the מוח ופנימיות while the יצר is the לב וחיצוניות. Also the יצר is the צורה that must be destroyed while the נפש is the פנימיות and should be transformed to קדושה….
Class 14, Perek 1, Class 4 Tanya (text based)
This class (after a brief introduction) explores the basic character traits of the נפש הבהמית ונפש האלוקית. The נפש הבהמית is: 1) Self-centered (selfish), 2) not visionary; interested only in the here and now, 3) Lives in fear and “survives” because she has no trust. The נפש האלוקית is 1) G-d-centered (selfless), 2) Has great…
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