Class One. This is the first class on this Maamar.We explore the question of what (really) is the difference between K’dusha and Klipa, if both come from Hashem and both would not exist without Him what really is the difference? We are introduced to the idea of ‘Chai BiKiyum Atzmi’. Class Two. The second part…

The only Yahrtzeit actually recorded in Chumash is Aharon’s. It is mentioned in Parshas Masei which is always around his Yahrzeit. Short Class (5768). Longer Class (5770).

מילי דחסידותא is the same idea as זה הדבר words bring the greatest holiness down! There are four types of Jews: רשע who corresponds with ‘עשי, the בינוני who corresponds to יצירה, then the צדיק who corresponds to בריאה, but even he is subject to imperfection (particularly as the word צדיק is used in the…

The difference between Yosef and his brothers (and -even- the Avos) highlights the reason why the בני גד ובני ראובן wanted land east of the Yarden to be pastoralists. This was due to their worldliness עובדי הוי’ בגופם which required them to choose a life far from the material world, as opposed to their brethren…

Tomorrow is Tisha B’Av. An attitude.

The Beis HaMikdash is designed to reflect how we live, and Human habitation is divided into three basic areas. The Beis HaMikdash reflected this.Rabbi Paltiel describes the Beis HaMikdash in terms of three fundamentally different categories of space and compares them to a human home. The shiur builds on this analogy using concepts from philosophy,…

The third Temple won’t be the third but “of three” encompassing the virtues of the first and the second in addition to its own distinction.The first Beis HaMikdash and the second Beis HaMikdash were both destroyed because of a specific weakness. The first was “top heavy”. It was dominated by G-dliness and did not incorporate…

What is the Beis HaMikdash for? G-d meeting us (the Holy Ark; Torah) or us meeting Him (Korbonos, The Mizbeach)? Both are true as represented by Rambam and Ramban.The class revolves around a debate between Rambam and Ramban regarding the primary purpose of the Beis HaMikdash. The Mizbeach is representative of the Jewish people meeting…

An overview of the Rebbe’s thoughts on Fasts as days for Teshuva and opportunity. When Moshiach comes they will be transformed to holidays, why? We also discussed specifically the event of the walls of Yerushalayim being breached.

Explaining one of the Slichos we say on 17 TAMUZ.