Classes

Class 26

Page 45-6. Ata (missing the Hai) asisa Es HaShamayim. What gets lost in Tzimtzum HaRishon is all of Ein Sof, including the ten hidden S’firos (and these are the five Partzufim) only Malchus of Malchus becomes the basis for the Ohr (Ein Sof) of the kav.

Class 25

Page 43-5. Ata Hu Havaya Livadecha (2). Hu means Godliness which is very sophisticated and known only indirectly by very intelligent people. Havaya means the revelation of that Godliness, Livadecha it is all One with Him before the Tzimtzum.

Class 24

Page 43-5. Ata Hu Havaya Livadecha (1). Ata= Atzmus, the Truth of God Himself is simple and known to all, even the simplest ones. Hamaor Hu Bi’Hisgalus is discussed here and the idea that even small children and simpletons have opinions on G-d because they subliminally know Him.

Class 23

Page 41-3. Voice is different than words, the Kolos are voices, The mystical idea of voice, between emotion and revelation. The Kolos from down up- Prayer, and from up down- Torah. ‘Ani’ (Tefilla) two ideas in ‘Ani’ Yeshus and Bittul and their disconnectedness. Nafshi, two opposites as well. Prayer to fill a lack on high,…

Class 22

page 26-7. Three levels in Malchus and how they parallel the three ideas of Machshava, Koach HaMachshava, and Yedias Atzmo BiAtzmuso.

Class 21

Page 24-6. How the three levels in thought mirror the three levels of Malchus before the Tzimtzum. The uniqueness of (the Mashal of thought and the Nimshal of) Malchus.

Class 20

Page 23-4. Machshava, Koach haMachshava and Yedias atzmo BiAztmuso. Three levels of thought are discussed and the difficulty of using thought as an example is pointed out. The three levels are very far apart.

Class 19

Page 20 ff. The four elements, Fire is Atzilus and Wind is Briah, Why? Fire and light are removed from all other material, but even Atzilus is still a world.

Class 18

Page 20-23. Yiras Shamayim means higher than Atzilus. Havaya is Atzilus, the four letters of His name, the four elements etc. Shamayim is above all that. In this class we explain the Universe in the Jewish model from Shfailim to Yesodos (Tzuros) but as other Rishonim contend this is the world of the Shaidim (spirits)…

Class 17

Page 19-20. Na’aseh ViNishma, Kabbalas Ol Malchus Shamayim and Kabbalas Ol Mitzvos. Kabbalas Ol and the Ta’anug Atzmi of Mitzvos. The highest Ta’anug is unknowable and the Godliness of Kabbalas Ol comes from a similar place in the Neshama.