Avoda of Yamin – chesed – soft – B’chal Levecha and B’chal Nafshecha – relating to Hashem according to my version of Him. Avoda of S’moel – Tough Teshuva – Absolute. Chessed- Avoda of Kohanim is likened to water which unifies and dilutes. Gevurah can have two parts and is likened to Fire and it...

Ahava B’chal Meodecha How can a limited guf get an unlimited Neshama? For tefisa, grasping, a thing needs borders. The Neshama on the level of Yechida is too plain, too vast. CHAYA has virtual borders. We can get a little (koach hamaskil). Hisbonenun on “Hu chayecha” will lead to Ahava Misoteres. But Ahava B’chal Meodecha...

HISBONNENUS Meditation is emptying the mind so the soul can shine forth into the brain. We don’t do this. Hisbonnenus is about filling the mind with chassidus. It is a difficult process that one has to DO in order to be able to learn how to do it. Several different posukim and the maamarim associated...

Shuva class 3: B’chal Levavcha; B’chal Nafshecha; B’chal Meodecha B’chal Levavcha: 1) Loving Hashem in your heart (ONLY) 2) Levels of Nefesh, Ruach and Neshama 3) Yetzer Tov and Yetzer Hara. B’chal Nafshecha: 1) Love is spread out through the whole guf. 2) Level of Chaya 3) Love even if He takes your life. (lower...

Shuva class 2: P 19, 19 lines from Bottom. Chesed and Gevura ATIK = Old; Copied; Separated. 1) Atik is an exact copy of Atzmus like it is in Seder Hishtalshelus, 2)Separate from hishtalshelus but still a part of it, and separated from the Atzmus from which it was copied. 3) Old=always was. Levi serves...

Shuva class 1: Hemshech: Maamarim 1-2 – Kos; Maamar 3 is Din as a world of Mesiras Nefesh; Maamarim 4-5 about Din as in Hiding Elokus. Gevura is Z”A is cold, matter of fact, exacting, clinical and fair, but can also be cruel. A judgment that separates out good from evil. Gevura of Atik is...