19a. Vayihyu Bnei Yisroel BaMidbar Vyimtzeu Ish Mekoshesh 5713, Class One.The Ma’amar explains the sin of the Mekoshesh (who collected wood on Shabbos) by first exploring the Etz HaChayim and the Etz HaDa’as and the sin of Adam and Chava (eating from the Etz HaDa’as).The Rebbe begins with the question, how is Etz HaDa’as a...

19b. Vayihyu Bnei Yisroel BaMidbar Vyimtzeu Ish Mekoshesh 5713, Class Two.The idea of Avoda which is limited, because the person isn’t giving himself away (to Hashem) completely, is now applied to the ten S’firos.The Rebbe argues that Malchus and Z”A, and Bina, and (even higher) Chitzoniyus HaKesser are Godly but limited in the kind of...

19c. Vayihyu B’nei Yisroel BaMidbar Vyimtzeu Ish Mekoshesh 5713, Class Three.This class is on the very beginning and the end of this Ma’amar; and it is the Rebbe’s explaining the Mekoshesh.There are three levels of understanding the Mekoshesh:1) The Zohar: Separating and prioritizing Etz HaDa’as from Etz HaChayim,2) Kabbalah: Seeing other trees (Malachim) and focusing...