Class One. The Gemarah that links this Possuk to Torah Avoda and Gemilas Chasadim. The Rebbe links this to ‘the three pillars on which the world stands’. These three are affecting one’s 1) mind, 2) body, 3) world. The narrow world (the person) and the greater world. Yerida Tzorech Aliya of the Neshama, from a state of Amida (standing motionless, unable to move), into this world with a body animal Soul etc.
Class Two. This class explores the ‘Aliya’ after the Yerida: the ascent from Tzadik to Ba’al Teshuva. The ascent from being a Nivra to being ‘Tehota Hi’; the Ma’amar also explained that this ascent is a Chidush, meaning to say, something so new, that it doesn’t even exist in the potential of the Neshama which is why where the Ba’al Teshuva stands, the Tzadik can’t possibly stand! We explored the difficulty in understanding this and explained that the ‘Tahor’ the Ma’amar speaks of here is actually higher than K’dusha. The Neshama is both Godly and an entity onto itself. This makes this version of ‘Yerida Tzorach Aliya’ (from Tzadik to Ba’al Teshuva) quite different from the normal idea of Aliya from Tahor to Kodesh.
