02. Shuva Yisroel 5735Why is teshuva associated with the higher name of Yidden (Yisroel) rather than the lower name (Ya’akov)?Answer: Because here we speak of Teshuva Ila’a which allows Aveiros to actually become Mitzvos. This is true after we’ve done the lower Teshuva in Elul, and become Tzadikim on Rosh Hashanah. Now we transform the...

03. Ki Chelek Hashem Amo 5735Four steps of the Neshama are described here (in order):1) כי חלק הוי’ עמו- as the Neshama is a ‘Part’ of Godliness, where a part is the entirety, as an ‘Essence’ when holding a portion of it is holding all of it.2) יעקב חבל נחלתו- the Neshama comes into the...

06. Breishis 5735This Ma’amar is based on the Previous Rebbe’s Ma’amarim from 5705 (1944) (Breishis, there page 74 ff. and Lech, there page 90 ff.).The Ma’amar explores the question regarding the order of creation.Was Heaven created first (as we would intuit) or was Earth created first (as this is the purpose of it all).And of...

10. UvaGefen Shlosha Sarigim 5735This little Ma’amar explains a(nother) connection between the Parsha (Vayeshev) and 19 Kislev.The notion of Shalom associated with the Alter Rebbe’s release (פדה בשלום נפשי… יצאתי בשלום מהשם שלום ואסיים בשלום) is in concert with the dream of the Sar HaMashkim (butler) recorded in the Parsha.Wine is normally Bina, which is...

11. Rani ViSimchi Bas Tziyon 5735 (1st of a Hemshech). A (relatively short) Ma’amar that explains the notion of Chanukah beginning after dark.On the one jand this denotes the dire condition of the Jewish People then, not-withstanding that the Beis HaMikdash was standing, it was night and dark spiritually. This allowed the Syrian Greeks to...

12. Ner Chanukah Mishetishka HaChama 5735 (2nd of a Hemshech).This Ma’amar is the Avoda follow-up to the last one; it is far longer and detailed.Here the Rebbe argues the idea of ירידה צורך עלי’ה in the most extreme way: even if the Yerida is connected to (free will and) sin, the fact that it happened...

Class One. 1) Introduction, overview of the entire hemshech (two points): 1) Iskafia ViIshapcha (Korban, Shtus, Sheker to keresh), 2) Tzivos Hashem. 2) three examples of Shtus DiKdusha in Tefilla, 1) VaAni Baar Vlo Aida Behaimos Hayisi Imach Vaani Tamid Imach, 2) Korbanos, 3) ViImcha Lo Chafatzti. 3) The question: why does the Frierdike Rebbe...

15. Hayosheves Baganim 5735When the Malachim and Neshamos come to listen to the Jewish people down here learning Torah, Hashem Himself joins. Only here where darkness is transformed to light (not only displaced by light, but actually transformed), is the highest Godliness available. The word ‘VaEd’ means forever but it is also representative of the...

16. Arba’a Rashei Shanim Heim 5735All four Rosh Hashanahs are similar; they share the properties of Bittul at the outset and joy at the end.This is true of the three Regalim (Yamim Tovim) as well; they have a Bittul property (walking with the feet) and they’re joyous due to the harvest.However, though they all share...

17. Ki Tisa (Shekalim Ma’amar) 5735

18. Viyikchu Li Teruma 5735The repeat of the word תרומה (to separate and to lift up) is used at the beginning of this Parsha three times.It refers to the three offerings of 1) half Shekels for the Adanim (base of the Mishkan) 2) half Shekels for the Korbanos, 3) various offerings given in the goodness...

19. Zachor 5735.[The following s my (personal) understanding of this Ma’amar]. There are two levels of fighting and defeating Amalaik:A. (higher one) by being זכר remembering above the possibility of forgetting, than there’s really no fight and confrontation.B. If one is not on the higher level, then he fights Amalaik through Torah.

20. Vikibel HaYehudim 5735The Ma’amar speaks of three levels:1) The Avos’ Avoda before Mattan Torah; they were a Merkava and revealed the Ahava (and Yirah) Misuteres, but it was limited and (only) spiritual.2) Mattan Torah, where the Gzeira was broken and we can elevate the physical and see it’s advantage; and it is accompanied by...

21. Zos Chukas HaTorah 5735 (a Para Ma’amar).Para Aduma is ultimate Chuka; it brings together opposite extremes. Though all Mitzvos (Chukim -?-) do, but here it is most pronounced. The two names הוי’ה (in the Parsha) are interpreted to mean הוי’ דעתיק והוי’ דז”א; the merging of two opposites.This is found 1) in Torah, 2)...

23. Vihigadeta LiVincha 5735 (Ma’amar 1 of Hemshech of 2 Ma’amarim).The Rebbe said 2 Ma’amarim (one on Shabbos 10 Nissan, and one on Sunday 11 Nissan) with the same title (דיבור המתחיל), and the same basic design. This is the first of these two.The key idea in (both) these Ma’amarim is that בנך means the...

24. Vihigadeta LiVincha 5735 (Ma’amar 2nd of Hemshech of 2 Ma’amarim).The Rebbe said 2 Ma’amarim (one on Shabbos 10 Nissan, and one on Sunday 11 Nissan) with the same title (דיבור המתחיל), and the same basic design. This is the second of these two.The key idea in (both) these Ma’amarim is that בנך means the...

30. BiSha’a Shehikdimu Yisroel… (Mi Gila LiBanai Raz Zeh) 5735.This Ma’amar speaks of נעשה ונשמע; it explains that for Torah to be given, Yidden needed to first exclaim נעשה ונשמע;It further explains however, that in order to say נעשה ונשמע they needed to discover ‘the secret’ [of נעשה ונשמע or the secret that would lead...

31. Vayedaber Elokim 5735This Ma’amar explains the idea of pre and post Mattan Torah Yiddishkeit; before- ריחות (like a fleeting good smell), after- שמו תורק שמך כמריק מכלי אל כלי (having the actual bottle of perfume and the substance -permanence- of the Torah). This is juxtaposed against (and answers many questions) on two Pesukim: 1)...

33. Viatta Yigdal Na 5735This Ma’amar explores (basically) every single word in this Possuk.The gist of the Possuk is Moshe Davening for Yidden after their rebellion due to the spies. In his prayer to God Moshe asks for the יגדל נא כח אדנ”י the greatening of the Divine name Adna”i, which perplexes the Rebbe as...

34. Az Yashir Yisroel 5735 (1st of 4 part of Hemshech)This is the first of four Ma’amarim in a Hemshech about the Possuk מעין גנים באר מים חיים ונוזלים מן לבנון.The miracle celebrated in these Pesukim and this song, is not the (incredible) miracle of the בארה של מרים that provided millions of people and...

37. Aileh Masei 5735 (4th of 4 parts of Hemshech (?)).This is ‘the typical’ Masei Ma’amar, that until (עבר לירדן מזרחה) Moshiach comes (you enter into the ‘ארץ טובה ורחבה גו good and broad land etc.) we’re continuosly leaving Mitzrayim. This involves repeated journeying, and when it is done על פי השם (as explained in...

39. Tziyon BiMishpat Tipadeh (Ma’amar 02 of Hemshech) 5735, Mugga.In this second Ma’amar of this Hemshech the Rebbe questions the notion raised in the earlier Ma’amar that Tzadik (ציון במשפט תפדה) is higher than Teshuva (ושבי’ בצדקה).The question arises from another Ma’amar where the (same) Tzemach Tzedek refers to ושבי’ בצדקה as being the Teshuva...

41. Ani Ledodi 5735 (1st Ma’amar)This Ma’amar (which was said Shabbos Mivorchim Elul 5735) focuses on the הרועה בשושנים.The Rebbe explains the reference to the roses by developing a discussion on the mystical meaning of Jewelry, that is secondary yet enhances and adds to the person (even his soul) in some ways more than what...

42. Ani Ledodi 5735 (2nd Ma’amar).This Ma’amar offers a very unusual version of the “King in the Field” analogy. The King is in the field always due to the fact that this is where His purpose is. נתאוה הקב”ה להיות יתברך דירה בתחתונים [and therefore עיקר שכינה בתחתונים היתה].The people come from the city; this...