Class Two. The need for Hisbonenus, is in all areas of knowledge, even in Nigla, but much more so in Chassidus because it is meta-physics, that you cannot touch, so you need real work and thought (איבערטראכטן) for the idea to be understood correctly (to get past the משל to the נמשל). The three stages…

Hayom Yom 7 Menachem Av, Class One.The story of the last two sections of the Tanya, Igeres HaKodesh and Kuntres Acharon, in brief.This class contains a treasure trove of stories about the Alter Rebbe’s early years and the development of the Tanya including information about the role of his children in publishing the Tanya.  Why…

Hayom Yom 7 Menachem Av, Class Two.This class has a long introduction dealing with the time (14 Kislev).The second Iggeres HaKodseh Katonti in the Sunday of Vayishlach cannot be ignored.The idea of שמינית שבשמינית and the fact that this Possuk is the eighth Possuk in the eighth Parsha.

Class One A Frum and Chassidic yetzer Hara. Introduction to this idea.

Class Three Until one has clarity about the diagnosis and is able to heal the specific spiritual illness in its specific way, he must 1) maintain an equilibrium, and 2) complement it with a strong desire to correct it 3) and a hope and trust that he will eventually.

Class One A Rebbe learning privately with one of his children. The Tzemach Tzedek and the Rebbe MaharaSh- a special relationship.

Class Two: Continued. Make the world around you light. Tanya Ch 41 discusses two levels in Mesiras Nefesh: Lower Level: Giving oneself to Him and being lost (even dying for) in Him. Higher level: To do for Him what HE needs (כבכיול) to bring Him down ליחדא קוב”ה ושכנתי’ בתחתונים. This 2nd level we are…