Kislev, the Chassidisher Chodesh (5781/ 2020)It’s not a few Chassidic days it is a Chassidic month.

Tanya (3) Nefesh HaBahamis.A short little class encompassing the end of Perek 1, Perakim 6-7 and beginning of Perek 8: What is the Nefesh HaBahamisThree aspects1) Essence: fire wind water or earth2) Form: mind heart senses3) Expression: thought speech action, cam stay the same cam go up and can go down.

Class Seventeen. Introduction to the Alter Rebbe’s arrest. The Vilner Gaon’s passing, Sukkos 5658. Hirsh Ben Baruch; the first arrest looked worse but the second one was in fact worse.

Class Twenty Six. Disputes with friends cont. 3) The Apter Rebbe, 4) Reb Mordechai of Tchernubil.

9a. (Short) HaMalach HaGoel. Toras Menachem vol. 7 Page 76. Children and HaMalach Hagoel. a custom the Rebbe maintained for a few years, having the children sing and Simchas Torah and having someone bless them with the Possuk HaMalach HaGoel.

Class Twenty Four. The Liadi period. 1) Stories. 2) The Zlobiner Chassunah, 3) New decrees.

Class Twenty Three. 5561. The death of Czar Paul, Leaving Petersburgh, Liadi,the expansion of Chassidus.

Class Twenty Two. The second arrest. The celebration wasn’t complete until after the release the second time. Meeting some great Misnagdim

Class One. The Alter Rebbe’s illustrious ancestry, the seventh generation from the MahaRaL of Prague. The family emigrated eastward where the Yiddishkiet was stronger. Reb Schneer Zalman, the Alter Rebbe’s father’s father chose to be a Melamed; his wife Rochel and her origins. Their two children Reb Boruch and Devorah Leah. When their parents die…