Classes

Toras Menachem – 20 Kislev 5717 (02) – Sicha Six (02)

Class Two. Page 279- 80. To explain to a Baal Niglah why he must learn Chassidus you must speak his language. He claims לדעת זה התינוק and why must he have ידיעת סדר השתלשלות and ידיעת המציאות באלקות. And we must explain. [The Rebbe is different than his predecessors when it comes to learning Chassidus:…

Toras Menachem – M’vorchim Sivan 5718 (02)

Class Two. Page 312-313. Numbers One, Two, and Three again and more completely explained. ניסן everything was from above; from their vantage point they “ran away” in their lack of preparedness. איי”ר the entire month is ספירה= בירור נפש הבהמית; it is also ר”ת אברהם יצחק יעקב רחל but even that is only the מרכבה…

Toras Menachem – Purim 5716 (02) – Sicha Three (02)

Class Two. Page 135-7. Torah development, in later times much more details, more incumbent on the individual, Thus the Printing Press and later Offset were introduced to facilitate this greater learning of Torah that became more quantitative, rather than more qualitative as in earlier times.  

Toras Menachem – Purim 5716 (01) – Sicha Three (01)

Class One. Page 133-5. Why we don’t commemorate the holocaust as we do earlier (and smaller) tragedies. The idea of greater and smaller souls.  

Likutei Sichos – Vol 27 p 191 ff – Two Tekufos of Yemos HaMashiach (03)

Bechukosai Likutei Sichos vol 27 page 191 ff. Class Three.This class “gets into the RaMbaM’s head” what compels him to insist that the times of Moshiach “must” have two periods.Two levels:1) Since Moshiach can happen in two ways (זכו ולא זכו) so the RaMbaM must give us essentially a minimalist view of how he must…

Likutei Sichos – Vol 16 p 192 ff – Yisro comes to better himself: to bridge mind and action (01)

Yisro True Freedom (143)(01) Likutei Sichos vol 16 page 192 ff. Class One.In contrast to the earlier Sicha (vol. 11) where Yisro comes to benefit Yidden, in this Sicha we discover another dimension of Yisro’s coming: to better himself, to bridge mind and action.

BeHar 25:05 – Sfichim (Yeshiva 5781/ 2021)

25-05. Sfichim (what grows by itself).The self growing foliage may be treated more strictly than that on plants (in the sixth year) outright.The concept mystically, there are no new Neshamos (in Galus), but all the Neshamos of Galus are Gilgulim… what was planted long ago but grown now.The idea of seeds germinating and surfacing long…

Hayom Yom – 14 Menachem Av (2)

Hayom Yom 14 Menachem Av (Class Two).More stories on the stories the Previous Rebbe collected throughout his life, and from whom. The stories of the Previous Rebbe, are 1) The Sefer HaYashar (Breishis) of Chassidus, and 2) the maximum example of “Bizbuz Haotzros”.The day the 11 year old Previous Rebbe fasted and went to the…

Likutei Sichos – Vol 11 p 074 ff – Yisro must come so the Torah could be given (01)

Yisro True Freedom (142)(01) Likutei Sichos vol 11 page 74 ff. Class One.Yisro begins with Yisro joining the Jewish people in the desert.The Zohar asserts that had he not come the Torah would not be given!!The place of the righteous convert in Torah thinking.

Toras Menachem – Simchas Torah 5715 (01) – Sicha Two (01)

Class One. Page 69-71. ‘Kushe Alai Pridaschem’ when one Jew is separated from another Jew he is separated from God. Shmini Atzeres fixes this. The (Suka and the) four kinds only keep us together for the duration of Sukkos, but Shmini Atzeres together keeps us together all year long.