Class 18
Avoda: Parnassa. Hashem will bless you in all that you DO. One needs to do – to make a keli on the one hand and to have emuna that everything comes from Hashem on the other. Hashem set the world up in a way that we get things through a memutza. They bring Hashem closer…
Class 17
TESTS: absolute darkness. The Akeida. Rabbi Akiba. Mesiras Nefesh of Frierdiker Rebbe. Withstanding a test breaks the darkness and allows a higher revelation of light in the world. Story with wounded soldiers coming to visit the Rebbe. When faced with a TEST: STOP thinking and just DO.
Class 16
Avoda: Intro to TESTS. Adam and Chava had one job – to eat fruit (do mitzvas). Originally Gan Eden was on the first floor and all bad kelipas in the basement. With the chet etz hadaas assiya fell down and klipa became mixed b’taaruvim in the world. Now there are 3 jobs to do. 1)…
Class 15
Rav must use words very carefully to keep the pnimius and all the links intact. Rabbenu haKodesh wrote the Mishna very carefully with links and hints for future students intact. He saw the material as Ohr Yashor. The Amoraim that came after must work to see all the links. For them it is a light…
Class 14
A point of Torah consists of omek (depth) the etzem of the point, Orach (length) how the point comes down to lower levels, and Rochav (breadth) how the point relates to other points and the rest of the Torah with the pnimius still intact. The Rogachover sees the whole Torah as 10 points. The Rebbe as…
Class 13
1st moshol 1st teretz.: Mashpia – mekabel moshol. A rav can’t give over his entire breadth and depth of his knowledge to the talmid because it will overwhelm him and he will get nothing. 3 rules of giluyi (revelation). 1) to a zulas. 2) Zulas gets it. 3) zulas determines what to learn. Ohr vs…
Class 12
Havaye is Atzmus Ein Sof as much as Elokim is Atzmus Ein Sof. Proof that Elokim blocks Havaye is that we are here. But it is not 2 forces. It is only one thing so it is not a real blockage. 3 answers in the maamar. 1) Elokim blocks Havaye but not really (hand on…
Class 11
What is Chassidus? 1) Haskala the point of which is ACHDUS of whole creation with Hashem and 2)Avoda the point of which is Ahavas Yisroel. – how we are one. The whole point is to live the achdus. What is the proof that Elokim blocks the infinite Havaye? We exist. Yarmulka: limitation must be imposed…
Class 10
Koach HaMaskel includes koach to create new ideas and also koach to limit the ideas. Any line of reasoning taken to its extreme is wrong. Need balance. To pasken shailos – limit all pertaining ideas, then weigh them.
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