Class One. The Shofar of Moshiach is included in our Pesukim of Shofar because even now we have the Shofar that will be then and it’s incredible power to bring Jewish people back. Class Two. The Shofar of now has four aspects: 1) The Shofar itself, that makes Him a King through our efforts, as...

Class One. Teshuva also has two (basic) levels as discussed above about סובב כל עלמין and about יחידה 1) that comes down, 2) The way it is במקומו. This explains why its says שובה ישראל rather than שובה יעקב. Class Two. This class explored the rest of the Possuk: עד הוי’ אלוקיך many levels of...

This Ma’amar explores a sequence of four Pesukim beginning with כי חלק הוי’ עמו are our roots, ימצאהו בארץמדבר discusses finding us in a desert and how from the desert itself comes our upliftedness, This is followed by the Possuk that is the Ma’amar’s title כנשר יעיר כינו he explains how the transforming of קליפה...

Class One. This part of the Ma’amar deals with the meaning of בסוכות תשבו שבעת ימים. Taking something that is in and of itself temporary and making it permanent. It is true of סוכה and of all Mitzvos. It is -really- the prescription for דירה בתחתונים. Class Two. In this class the discussion is about...

Class One. Tishrei is a Teshuva event and therefore the process begins בכסה ליום חגינו which means that the highest revelation is hidden initially and only revealed afterwards. On Shmini Atzeres the effect of the Teshuva is implanted and takes root, to grow throughout the year. This is special for the Jewish People. The difference...

Class One. We need walls to protect us in two ways: 1) Protect Klipa from coming in and getting more life than what Hashem allotted for it. [Klipa exists to give us more meaningful free will and the additional life it leaches adds to fulfilling it’s purpose of challenging our free will] 2) Prevent Klipa...

Various interpretations for the double allusion to Noach. 1) A soul in two worlds, 2) Two levels of reward, 3) The dual Avoda of Noach: two תיבות and two בא אל התיבה. he’s called Noach twice before he does anything.

The two motions of Avrohom: from far to close and afterwards from close to far to achieve his purpose.

The episode of the marriage of Yitzchok and Rivkah represents the idea of יחוד מ”ה וב”ן on a general level, which is the source of how this יחוד is manifest in individual Mitzvos. This union is the joining of Torah and Mitzvos, as they represent heaven and earth. The source of this Eliezer’s שיחה or...

Class One. There are four levels (like Hishtalshelus) and in each one there are three, like חג”ת. And above that is the plain essence of Godliness. מנוחה שלימה וכו. Every Jew is connected to all the levels of Hishtalshelus (like the ladder which is Tefilla) and also to the Yechida. Class Two. This Ma’amar and...

Lavan (on high) inspires correcting not only the spiritual Aisav, but the physical and actual Aisav as well. Lavan is also corrected on all levels. In this class we understand the Ma’amar to be saying that various levels of Lavan and Aisav are sequentially corrected from the top down: 1) לובן העליון נותן כח לברר...

This short 19 Kislev Ma’amar explains the idea of פדה בשלום in the life of each person. It is through an abundant dose of Torah, Mitzvos and (before those two) Prayer.

Torah is intellect, and that was what was available to the Avos before the Torah was given and no more. We were given God Himself at Sinai and we can connect the Giver of the Torah with the Torah by first saying the ברכות התורה and Davening, we then add the Godliness above the Torah...

This Ma’amar is about Galus and is therefore appropriate for Chanuka, since it is a Galus Yom tov though it occurred during the time of the Beis HaMikdash Thus, Rani which means to sing which is done from distance and darkness (as the Zohar states) brings one close, In fact even closer than when in...

This מאמר explains the basic idea of this Possuk. The idea that הוי was only revealed because of מתן תורה, and the transcendence of הוי versus all the other שמות. We must do the עבודה of the אבות as well as our own, This explains the ד’ לשונות של גאולה that represent both levels.

The attack by Amalaik on the Jewish people has two basis: 1) They were weak in the hands, which means the Torah (which is not intellect but Godliness that is rooted higher than reason and extends lower) was not affecting their actions which reflects a deeper cause and source for weakness. 2) They went out...

1) When counting is good את שדרכו למנות it makes it eternal and infinite, and when counting is no good, כל שדרכו למנות, counting limits and reduces. Counting lifts up and makes us whole. Yidden are a half חצי צורה and they are made whole by doing their own maximum. This raises their heads and...

The Jewish people added a new dimension to their service and worship of God that is represented in their name “יהודים” which includes two things: A the denial of all idol worship, B. The acceptance of all of Torah and Mitzvos. This change in their service results in the fact that the reinstatement of these...

this is a Parshas Para Ma’amar. Parshas Para is called “חקת התורה” because: 1) It has רצוא ושוב in it, 2) It has the idea of the מדות which motivate our life as Jews, 3) It comes from the שרש ומקור התורה the idea of carved (rather than written) letters אותיות החקיקה. This provides the...

This is a Parshas HaChodesh Ma’amar. Class One: There are four levels: 1) World, where divisions of time are not real 2) When Hashem “Chose” His world. Adding this choice makes the world of value to Him, but He puts His essence into it so the value is real. 3) the (theoretical) idea that will...

1) Korban means to bring close, and everything can be made closer. 2) It is brought close by Yidden who are Hashem’s shluchim. 3) It begins with the sacrifice of self, and more specifically the sacrifice of the higher and Godly 4) It continues to the more mundane and lowly, including the body and animal...

Based on a Ma’amar of the Tzemach Tzedek. The first three days separated קליפת נוגה from ג’ קליפות הטמאות לגמרי. The fourth day elevates קליפת נוגה in אתכפיא. Eating is אתהפכא.

Class One. The question: why speak of Yetzias Mitzrayim after Moshiach comes, since that redemption will be much higher? Answer One: Because there is some similarity, as both are connected to revealing the 50 gates of Bina (but not on the same levels). Answer two: Because all Geulos -freedom- begins with Yetzias Mitzrayim and it...

Class One. The two allusions to Matza in the Haggada, one in Mitzrayim and another as they were leaving. חידוש נפלא הנמצא במאמר זה that אתכפיא is higher than אתהפכא. This is the basis for how we understand הא לחמא עני’ די אכלו אבהתנא בארעא דמצרים. Class Two. The Ma’amar inside. Two Matzos- before and...

Class One. The point that separates קריעת ים from לעתיד לבא is, That at Yetzias Mitzrayim what was limited and our initiative was uplifted into clarity like seeing, Emuna and Bittul, while when Moshiach comes, the faith and clarity of seeing will be brought down into our understanding etc. Class Two. In this class we...

The numbers seven, eight and ten. Three levels in Shabbos. These numbers as they apply to days, weeks and years. To Moshe Rabbeinu and Moshiach.

כי כאשר השמים החדשים ה’תשמ”ב1) פתיחת הצינור Opening new gates requires special strength. The Light originally was in the מקום החלל so that when we reveal it the פתיחת הצינור was already made by the Creator. 2) השמים כסאי והארץ הדום רגלי is the same idea. The higher worlds set up and make it possible...

This classic Lag BaOmer Ma’amar is repeated here. חיי עולם וחיי שעה- תורה ותפילה, תפילה וברכה Torah from the top down vs. Tefilla from the bottom up. RaShbI was one of those individuals whose Torah could change the world and it is without much effort. He was (both) lifted up and brought down by the...

ויאמר לו יהונתן מחר חודש ה’תשמ”ב, Class One. There are two levels: 1) סוד שרש where everything stays constant לא ישבותו. This is the basis for the sustained order in the world, and it is parallel to the sun, that is a constant but is sustained by יחוד חיצוני. 2) סוד תוספת which is all...

This, the first of two [three] Ma’amarim that are based on a Ma’amar of the same title from ה’תרצ”ט 1939, is not normally a Shavuos title and the Rebbe addresses this anomaly. The content of the Maamar with the same title deals with Yehuda and Dovid, Torah and Ma’aseh. which are familiar themes in Chassidus....

This is the second Ma’amar on this Possuk. In this one the Rebbe develops many new ideas (based on the Tzemach Tzedek’s notes) on the “old theme” of ועבדי דוד. He brings a Gemara that speaks of קיסר ופלגי קיסר Moshiach and an assistant, He also speaks of משה הוא גואל ראשון הוא גואל אחרון...

This Ma’amar was taught as the third part in a series on Moshiach. In this class we explore Moshiach as a teacher of Torah. All revelation must follow Mitzrayima and concealment in order to reveal. Torah of Moshiach on the level of vision follows the darkness of Galus and the preparing for the Torah of...

There are three Midrashim regarding crowns and Mattan Torah, in one there is one crown, in another there are two, and in the third, there are three. These contradictions are resolved in this Ma’amar. They correspond to serving Hashem with Mesiras Nefesh בכל מאודיך in each of the three areas of תורה עבודה וגמילת חסדים....

Moshe’s spies were his choice, Yehoshua’s was a divine mandate, Why? Yehoshua’s spies concerned themselves with the practical level of Judaism which is everyone’s and a divine commandment, while Moshe’s were concerned with something above the practical and that is not for every body.

Based on the Previous Rebbe’s Ma’amar from 5688. Just as ten Jews are needed for a Minyan and the effect reveals the 13 attributes of Mercy Similarly, when one learns with ten Jews it reveals the 13 attributes of the interpretations of Torah (Torah SheBa’al Peh)

Class One. This class on this Ma’amar repeats and organizes the ideas that show the similarity between Davening and Learning with a Minyan. Class Two. This class focuses on the asymmetry of Torah with a Tzibur and Tefillah with a Tzibbur. Davening is more important in terms of reaching up. Torah is more important in...

Class One. More on the advantage of Tefilla over Torah it is the real source of Bittul Of being an Eved. Class Two. Another point regarding Torah study, that in bringing light downward it is fulfilling the divine plan in creation and as such it reaches “Atzmus” Thus placing Torah in as much as it...

Class One. The classic discussion of Chassidus on this Possuk is repeated here. The journeys from Egypt and through the desert are ירידה צורך עלי’ה on two levels: 1) The Yidden have an Aliya. 2) They took along and elevated the sparks of Mitzrayim. Thus the departure is really taking Egypt along. Thus the reference...

This Possuk has two ideas which this Ma’amar develops into three based on the Possuk ואשים דברי בפיך ובצל ידי כסיך לנטוע שמים וליסוד ארץ ולאמור לציון עמי אתה. The idea is that there is Torah which is Essence that is above the two ideas of Mitzvos and Tefilla. Torah is ציון. Mitzvos and Tefilla...

This Ma’amar which the Rebbe repeats rather often is about the idea of two levels of Yomim Tovim. The greater of the two types are Teshuva Yomim Tovim such as Yom Kipur (when we got the second Luchos) and Chamisha Asar BiAv (when the Beis HaMikdash is built after destruction). He speaks of three levels:...

1) Elul is time of Teshuva 2) we get the strength for Teshuva from the 13 attributes of mercy: the King in the field. 3) The King visits the field because each Jew is חלק אלוק ממעל ממש. 4) In the City, Field, desert 5) In the desert you find if you search there; the...

Levels of higher and higher Simcha justifies bringing Joy to the (already) Joyous.

Teshuva and Achdus, various levels higher and higher.

All aspects of this Possuk are explained. Both joys are connected to Rosh Hashana. The basis for the discussion is the idea that on Rosh Hashana we bring something truly new down into the world.

Class One. Shabbos has two levels: 1) The delight of Shabbos which happens by itself, 2) The delight of Shabbos which is connected to Avoda. Rosh Hashana is also about delight, but it is higher than both of the aforementioned levels, it reaches the מקור כל התענוגים- the source of all delight. It actually isn’t...