Class 45
Page 76 (4-6). Ohr Ein Sof Is Ratzo VaShov for there to be a world. What is Ohr Ein Sof? 1) like sunlight, 2) like light of the eye that sees, 3) like the color on an apple. All these examples don’t fully explain Ohr. It is altogether not the Source and altogether the source.
Class 44
Page 76 (4). Two types of Ratzo VaShuv: 1) from creations (angels) renewing their bond with their Life-source, 2) Life from Hashem coming into creation. These two are 1) from the bottom (Ratzo first) up; 2) from the top (Shov first) down. Malchus of Malchus of Ein Sof, and Tiferes of Malchus of Ein Sof.
Class 43
Page 76 (1-3). Why are there two separate ideas קבלת עול מלכות שמים and קבלת עול מצוות. There seems not to be a satisfactory answer in Niglah, so he says the Kabbalah answer. It is Ratzoi, Mesiras Nefesh to Him, and Shuv, there is a world and vessels and there is a risk but it is…
Class 42
Page 76 (1) The questions. 1) The big question is how can a Torah that is absolutely true that it is from before creation be so defined by a Golus in one place (Mitzrayim) at one time (thousands of years ago? There are the classic Matza questions as well, 2) before and after midnight, 3)…
Class 41
Page 59-61. Shabbos. Friday night we return to the pleasure associated with creation. Shabbos day we return to the pleasure of Him as He is Himself.
Class 40
Page 59- 60, 62. The Kapital ‘Tefila LiMoshe reveals Moshe’s prayer: first to lift up Malchus by praising it and then it can be enriched. 1) to fill its emptiness, 2) to reveal its source in the essence.
Class 39
Page 58-9. The Midrash brings three kinds of prayer: 1) Dovid, poor, 2) Daniel, For making a mistake, 3) Moshe, the rich man who prays. [To be sure the Zohar also has a fourth prayer: תפלה לעני which is an allusion to משיח but our מאמר speaks only of three]. Moshe prays though he’s wealthy…
Class 38
Page 57-8. Two levels of need (Weekdays and Shabbos) and what is above need (higher than Shabbos). Two levels of lack and wealth.
Class 37
Page 56-7. Etzem of Ohr Ein Sof is higher than life altogether. What it means to love Hashem What it means to love Him for the life He gives (Mimalei), for what is the Source of that life (Sovev) and for His absolute Truth.
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