Class One. Shabbos is higher than Rosh Chodesh and Rosh Hashana as it is completely above time (while Rosh Chodesh and Rosh Hashana are higher ideas IN time but not above it). The strength for מחר חודש always comes from Shabbos- what is completely above time. Class Two. This is the classic Ma’amar of Machar…

Three ideas in “Shamayim” and three ideas of “Aretz”. Three levels of connection to Hashem.

The classic Ma’amar of the Alter Rebbe (in Torah Ohr on Breishis) is here analyzed, expanded and revolutionized. In the process some obvious questions are resolved. Heaven and earth are (not only Torah and Yidden and the like, but also) the higher and lower worlds (including Atzmus). Accordingly, we can explain that the heavens are…

Golus already has all of Geula in it, (even the pain of the birth of Geula). It needs to be revealed.

HaShamayim is 1) a chair that brings down and close to the worlds (as understood from the Possuk HaShamayim Kissi [The heaven is My throne]) while in most other contexts Shamayim is remote and aloof. This Maamar explains the first idea, that Shamayim is a Kisii (chair) and brings close and then explores a means…

A Chukas (Rosh Chodesh Ma’amar). This Ma’amar has three levels: 1) The idea of Shamayim and Aretz in ruchniyus, it represents 1) Torah and Mitzvos, 2) Yisachar and Zevulun, 3) The two parshiyos of Krias Shma, 4) Hafrasha and Haram, 5) Yerios and the rest of the Mishkan. 2) The “new” heaven and earth that…

Aliya LiRegel was really meant to be on Rosh Chodesh and Shabbos as well, but it was not commanded because there is a need ‘to see’ (not only be seen) in the Beis Hamikdash. The ability to see Godliness on Shabbos won’t happen until Moshiach comes, because Shabbos is ta’anug (delight) which is too subtle…

Aliya Liregel is a Mitzvah that one only fulfills if he sees. If one fails to see, he has no requirement to go. Therefore, in historic times there was no obligation to go on Shabbos, because the experience of Shabbos was higher than what could have been experienced. The same is true of Rosh Chodesh….

1) פתיחת הצינור Opening new gates requires special strength. The Light originally was in the מקום החלל so that when we reveal it the פתיחת הצינור was already made by the Creator. 2) השמים כסאי והארץ הדום רגלי is the same idea. The higher worlds set up and make it possible to reveal Godliness down…

Class One. Heaven and earth are beyond any form: they refer to Torah and Mitzvos. In the beginning, the heaven and the earth are: 1) potential and not actual, 2) finite and not infinite. Class Two. In the end heaven and earth are 1) actual, 2) infinite. This is the פסוק: כי כאשר השמים החדשים…