Pada Bishalom 5738 (19 Kislev) Class One: This class has two very important introductions, that, it seems, are new ideas that the Rebbe focused on more after 5738 (especially the one about Teshuva). Introduction one: The Rebbe speaks about the purpose of creation being Teshuva, and in this itself there are two ideas. One: the…

Pada BiShalom 5739 (Muga) A Tes Kislev Ma’amar Class One: This class is on the Biur (heart) of the Ma’amar. First we review (orally) the levels of NaRaN (Hilabshus and struggle,) Chaya (Struggle but no direct meeting, meaning no Hislabshus,) and Yechida (No Hislabshus, no struggle as there is no opposition). Then inside, why even…

Given at Chabad of Colonie, New York. (5779/ 2019) Point One: Chassidus is about finding the Jew inside. Point Two: Right and wrong are not that difficult to figure out, it is doing them that is the challenge. Point Three: Action really matters above all else.

A cross section of ideas about tzaddikim from a concordance covering the Tanach, Shas, and Zohar (Mikhlol Ha-Meamrim ve Ha-Pitgamim) interspersed with stories of the Alter Rebbe and other tzaddikim. MP3

Class One/ Nine (המשך). Nature vs. Miracles, where do they get their energy from and how are they different. Level One: G-dliness is revealed only in miracles; in nature He is hidden. Level Two: Both the miracle and nature are (sustained by) G-dliness, the difference is only from which aspect (name): Miracles from הוי’ה and…

A discussion on the basic wish of the Ba’al Shem Tov: that we live by our Neshama rather than our mind.

End of HaYom Yom. Some thoughts on the Hayom Yom. Meaning Tzadik doing Teshuva.

Siyum of Tanya and Sicha (19 Kislev 5730) about Shabbos

Getting the light requires a pure vessel. The four principles of Chassidus 1) waking us from a faint, 2) being extra frum, 3) Refining character, 4) intellectually understanding Godliness. and what they represent, in Chassidus calling to us or us reaching to Chassidus.

A Farbrengen built around a story of reb Hilel Partcher and reb Itcha Der Masmid.