01. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class One Perek One (01)This class included:A. an overview of the celebrations of the Rebbe’s birthday (11 Nissan) by the Rebbe over the years. 5712, 5722, 5731 and on; he also began giving dollars on this day in 5746.B. This Ma’amar (as a whole) deals with the meaning of...

02. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Two; Perek One (02)This class began with a review of the previous one: A. 11 Nissan by the Rebbe; B. the idea of תפילה אריכתא and the Chassidic meaning of that phrase. Then we continued inside, exploring the idea of סמיכת גאולה לתפילה. these two are Yosef and...

03. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Three; Perek One (03)This class continues the discussion of Semichas Geula LiTefilla being the same as Yosef and Yehuda, Geula is Yichud Av”A (the idea of Mesiras Nefesh), but in Briah; Tefilla is Yichud Zu”N (bringing Godliness DOWN), but from Atzilus. It is connected to the difference between...

04. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Four; Perek One (04)- Perek Two (01).The first part of this class reviewed the end of Perek 1. The idea that Shmone Esrei (Yehuda’s) Yichud Zu”N is about bringing Godliness down and as such is altogether different that the earlier parts of Davening. It concluded with re-asking the...

05. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Five; Perek Two (02).Considering that Tefilla is from the bottom up, it requires work on the part of the person.The work is בירור המדות (refining one’s LIMITED faculties [as the word Middos connotes]) and this makes the person a vessel to tap into the Supernal Middos (which are...

06. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Six; Perek Two (03).1) Review of previous class.2) A higher idea of Tefilla is יהי רצון to create a new Will, we explained this to mean (as if) one is creating new Middos (Sfiros in Atzilus) so to speak; it’s far more than our Middos ‘touching’ His, as...

07. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Seven; Perek Two (04).This entire class was an oral review’ we repeated the stories of… 1) Reb Laibele Aiger and his father Reb Shlome, 2) The Tzemach Tzedek ‘Davening before Davening’; The idea of Avoda in Halacha and in Tanya chapter 41 (and the connection between the two);...

08. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Eight; Perek Two (05)- Perek Three (01).This class is the beginning of the discussion on ‘Tefilla Arichta’; that in Davening itself there’s a kind of Tefilla which is like Hashem Davening and we respond to Him.The Rebbe explains this by first discussing how in Torah there is Tal...

09. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Nine; Perek Three (02).This class reviewed the two ideas about Torah (having two levels) 1) Dew vs. Rain; 2) Hakadosh Baruch Hu Korei Vishone Kinegdo vs. Yoshev Viosek BiTorah.Then we moved on and read inside the third duality in Torah: how we learn it also has two levels...

10. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Ten; Perek Three (03).This class reviews the previous one, about Torah Shelo Lishma and Torah Lishma, explaining how Torah Lishma makes the Torah OURS (ובתורתו יהגה) and allows Yidden to add to the Torah based on their higher source. It discussed how high the source of the Jewish...

11. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Eleven; Perek Three (03)- Perek Four (01).The lengthy Torah discussion was a segue to the Tefilla discussion.There are (also) two types of tefilla. A. normal prayer, we ask and he responds; B. where our prayer is a if we are simply repeating after Him, due to our extreme...

12. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Twelve; Perek Four (02)This class is entirely a review of the one before.1) Inside, the higher kind of prayer is rooted in Yirah Ila’a, total Hisbatlus, where you need HIM to give you words.2) This prayer is sure to be answered, it is the ‘long prayer’ (from much...

13. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Thirteen; Perek Four (03)This class continues exploring the idea of Davening with is ‘Emes’ (Truth and unchanging) using the story of Chana as the model.She prays and is accused of being drunk; she counters with ‘I’m not drunk, I am engaged in השתפכות הנפש (pouring out my Soul)’...

14. Ma’amar Adna”i Sefasai Tiftach 5712, Class Fourteen; Perek Five (end).This final (Ma’amar) class of the year encompasses all of Perek 5 which is quite involved and concentrate. The Rebbe explains the idea of Davening with Bittul, where you cannot even speak. It is more than the highest level of Davening that creates a new...