Page 24- 5. When one meditates on the aforementioned צמצומים that allow for creation to exist [one can react by focusing on themselves and the sustaining of the צמצום or] one reacts by wanting the truth, rather than the צמצום. In this מאמר he desires the entire truth. Three [or four] levels: A) שכינה the…

Page 18. 1) טהירו עילאה, טהירו תתאה- what are they and what are they not. One is before Tzimtzum, the other is after. 2) The ideas of מלכות before and after צמצום are linked to the phrase in the Siddur: יחיד חי העולמים מלך. יחיד is before Tzimtzum, חי העולמים מלך is, for obvious reasons,…

מלכות דאין סוף is explained in this class. Uncertainty about the meaning of this term here is addressed and a (possible) explanation offered.

Class 21: DAAS- Elyon and Tachton, Rachamim of Murgash, Romemeus Emuna begins where sechel ends. Place of faith is Sovev. Daas = Maturity. Daas Tachton – Daas with a subjective hergesh (feeling). To feel Rachamim for another (animal) it must touch you (you could boil a lobster but not a cat.) Daas Elyon comes from…

Class 20: ATZILUS (continued). ARIZAL- the Ein Sof can be OHR PNIMI to keilim like neshama and guf. What happens when we put Ohr Ain Sof into Adam Haelyon? Ramak: The Light lifts up the kelim and bittels them a drop (Davenning and Torah). Arizal: The light comes in and descends down here – a…

Class 19: Atzilus part 1: ATZILUS- allows for a real relationship with HASHEM. In hemshech ayin-beis there are 4 definitions of the word Sefira. 1) a number 2) Light that shines and reveals misaprim 3) a sefer and 4) a Sipur the source of the sefer. In Atzilus is the joining of Oros (infinite) with…

Class 18: ANOCHI- took us out of every MITZRAYIM. Review Speech and inside p. 117 7 lines from bottom.Speech is mostly Malchus with a little Chochma. When Hashem uses speech to create the world, it is only a HaAra from Malchus – Chitzonius. Yesh M’Ayin is only a HaArah. Perek tes. Anochi Havaya Eloka…Who took…

Class 17: Chochma – identifies which sound should come from a given motza. Tziruf into words, sentences etc. The Root of letters is from Atzmus. Chochma carries the osios into Malchus, where the light is diminished and the individual oisios can emerge, first by being divided into 5 categories: the throat, the tongue, the lips,…

Class 15: Mispar ispar hamer ubeh lemata, lemaala. Detail means less light. World created with dibbur. 1) separate from the speaker, 2) only one word at a time, 3) Limited power behind the speech. “Sefiros” (in hemshech ‘ayin-beis’) has four explanations. 1) Number, 2) Light, 3) a story, 4) Sefer – a book of stories,…

Class 12:Summary of Chapters 5-6. Language varies from maamar to maamar depending on its source. Ha Kadosh Baruch Hu – Kadesh is holy and removed = Sovev Kal Almin; Baruch = hamshacha to bring down = Memale. Kesser Malchus = Sovev; 10 Sefiros of Malchus = Memale . Malchus is lowest Sefira but has the…