Part 12: Philosophers believed in HASHEM and yet were Apikorsim. Philosophers say that in order to establish that something exists you have to prove it. If you can’t prove it, then it doesn’t exist. They equate a nonproof to a proof of NOT. They can’t prove yesh mayin so they say that chomer (the raw…

Part 11: Ch. 2 intro. World only appears to exist. World is not what is appears to be, i.e.yesh and nifrad (independent and separate), but is really bittul to Hashem. To US, there is a world, but our reality isn’t true. Story about the Rebbe and Albert Einstein. Atoms are 99.9% space. the space is…

Part 10: (p 37 3 lines from bottom) HAMAOR HU B’HISGALUS. Tzimtzum c’peshuto or c’lo peshuto. Alter Rebbe”s chidush: The source of light i.e. the Aibishter is revealed in this world. Metzius nimtza is something that exists in time and space in relation to other things. Ohr Ain Sof is also a metzius. It doesn’t…

Part 9 (C): In ATZMUS – bilti metzius nimtza (continued). Review Definitions. Review Lo Shanisi on 3 levels. Why did the Aibishter make the world? He wanted to express His Kingship. A king needs a people who have Free Will and are separate from Him. The Aibishter has a tyva. We don’t ask questions on…

Part 8b: HASHEM – metzius bilti metzius nimtza. Lo shanisi in ATZMUS. 3rd Lo Shanisi cont. Atzmus – The Aibishter is above sekel, you cant know Him. To be a metzius one needs a Guf appropriate to a particular place. Story of ben Durdaya doing teshuva and getting Yochanon Kohen Gadol’s mitzvas as garments in…

Part 8a: HASHEM – metzius bilti metzius nimtza. Lo shanisi in ATZMUS. The third Lo Shanisi speaks about Atzmus, in this case the Aibishter Himself. This is very unusual, a big chidush for a maamar to speak about the Aibishter. There is no king without a nation. Hashem wants an Am (a people), so He…

Part 7: Second answer – SOVEV the same all over we get different. Review of three steps of creation: 1) Machshava – world comes into being in ruchnius 2) Dibbur a) words travel out b) can only say one word at a time c) amount of air is limited. Hashem seems to leave the world…

Part 6: (1) First answer – AIN ETZEM etc.. (2) three steps of creation. Definitions: Helem = hiding, too far away to see. Hester= blocking. Beriah is Yesh Mei’Ayin. Light is Ain Sof. Aibishter is Ain Techila. There are differences in the worlds as to how Elokus is perceived (above Atzilus, in Atzilus, and below…

Part 5: HISBONENUS. We need to Bittul the yesh of the nefesh habehamis to the Ayin, and even now we can do it completely. In chagas chassidus the Rebbe does all the work and brings Emuna to the chossid. In Chabad chassidus we do the work and develop Emuna inside ourselves. How? By Hisbonenus. Think…

Part 4: Torah-Ohr, Mitzva- Nehr. Mitzvos – physical. Text: p.36 U’biur. Ner Mitzva v’Torah Ohr… A ner is anything that conducts light and holds it here (in this world). Fire is goshmius but is used as a moshol to explain ruchnius. Fire wants to go away back to its source. We need to keep it…