01. “Liolom Yehei Adam” [Tana Dvei Eliyahu] (Machon Chana (5775/ 2015)) Class One.17 Wednesday 20 Adar 5775/ March 11 2015.This prayer actually is found in the oldest Sidurim we have. It is from the תנא דבי’ אלי’. The prayer has various ideas: 1) To say שמע before coming to Shul in times of crises, 2)...

02. “Liolom Yehei Adam” [Tana Dvei Eliyahu] (Machon Chana (5775/ 2015)) Class Two. In this class we began a series of comparative Nusachs. Since this prayer is so old, and (at the same time) based on a Midrash, it combines great uniformity with very significant (large and small) variances. We explore the first four lines...

03. “Liolom Yehei Adam” [Tana Dvei Eliyahu] (Machon Chana (5775/ 2015)) Class Three.לעולם יהא אדם Class Three מה אנו… seven ‘מה’, The מה ישענו that some say The רמב”ם adds מה מעשינו. לעולם יהא אדם

“Liolom Yehei Adam” [Tana Dvei Eliyahu] (Machon Chana (5775/ 2015)) Class Four.We explore the end of רבון העולמים and we read אבל. The suggestion is that the RaMbaM has the philosophical approach where 1) Yiddishkeit is only for man and 2) We don’t have a special Soul. The Alter Rebbe (the מקובלים) see that 1)...

05. “Liolom Yehei Adam” [Tana Dvei Eliyahu] (Machon Chana (5775/ 2015)) Class Five. This Part of the prayer has three parts: A) לפיכך אנחנו חייבים it speaks to out obligations to our Creator in three aspects 1) to Him, 2) to His world, 3) to His Name, and revealing it B) אשרינו מה טוב חלקינו...

06. “Liolom Yehei Adam” [Tana Dvei Eliyahu] (Machon Chana (5775/ 2015)) Class Six.אתה הוא… We explore just a few lines and analyze the different versions. We are praising God on a level of Truth not on a level that relates to us.

07. “Liolom Yehei Adam” [Tana Dvei Eliyahu] (Machon Chana (5775/ 2015)) Class Seven.18 WEDNESDAY 24 IYAR 5775/ MAY 13 2015.The second half of the first אתה הוא. Here to reveal his name (light) in the world. He makes a Kidush Hashem and we also do. The discussion involves if His name rests on the world...

08. “Liolom Yehei Adam” [Tana Dvei Eliyahu] (Machon Chana (5775/ 2015)) Class Eight.19 WEDNESDAY 2 SIVAN 5775/ MAY 20 2015.This second אתה הוא is clearly lower than the first one. It discusses Hashem in the world rather than He is by Himself. It discusses the need to have Yidden lifted from the Galus. The RaMbaM...

09. “Liolom Yehei Adam” [Tana Dvei Eliyahu] (Machon Chana (5775/ 2015)) Class Nine.20 WEDNESDAY 9 SIVAN 5775/ MAY 27 2015.Four שמע ישראל per day. This class is based entirely on the Arizal, who explains that the recitation of קריאת שמע sets up the יחודים of זו”נ achieved each morning and night. Though שמע is מן...

10. “Liolom Yehei Adam” [Tana Dvei Eliyahu] (Machon Chana (5775/ 2015)) Class Ten.21 WEDNESDAY 16 SIVAN 5775/ JUNE 3 2015.This class starts over from the beginning and explores the first two paragraphs of this prayer based on 1) The רמ”ק, and 2) סדר היום, and the 3) של”ה, and 4) חסידות. This class is based...

11. “Liolom Yehei Adam” [Tana Dvei Eliyahu] (Machon Chana (5775/ 2015)) Class Eleven. 22 WEDNESDAY 23 SIVAN 5775/ JUNE 10 2015.Our ancestors each had the אדם quality, each holding the מדה opposite his nature, in addition to his nature. From them we inherit the obligation to engage in יחודים- bringing down (or up) the ten...