The story of creation must be a part of the Torah but why in the beginning? Why Rav Yitzchok asks this question? Three steps: A. The דינים וגבורות that allow to world to exist; B. The reversal of the צמצום so that what was in the מקום החלל before צמצום הראשון is reversed, C. החדש…

This מאמר explains the idea of the 3 בריתות (covenants) made with the world: 1) נח; לטבע. 2) אברהם; לתורה ומצוות. 3) משה; לתשובה. The covenant with משה is for תשובה; which means all Jews are (at least potentially) good. פרה אדומה is תשובה and therefore it was done outside of the camp because it…

This מאמר explains the inner dimension of the miracle of Purim “The King (of all King)’s sleep is interrupted” He is still sleeping נדדה but it’s disturbed. The נמשל is that through מסירת נפש the Miracles come directly from עצמות. The idea of ספר הזכרונות and דברי הימים. שינה בנפש האם; בעבודת האדם ולמעלה.

This מאמר on עמלק explains what עמלק does, he finds weak spots and affects that what is good should be weak enough for קליפה to take hold. He “cuts off the head at the nape (back) of the neck”. He cannot fight פנים but he exploits all אחוריים. פנים של נר”נ ופנים של חי’ יחידה,…

This מאמר is מוגה. It deals with the idea that a מחצית השקל is not a half שקל but rather an entire שקל that has been halved. This halving (causes one half to be lower) ends with the two halves rejoining better and higher than they were before they were halved. One half is the…

Class One. The work of בירורים in מצרים and in this final גלות reveals אלקות in בי”ע on the level of איהו וגרמוהי חד גם בבי”ע. This is tied into שם צבאות בבי”ע אות הוא בבצבא דילי’ה. The בעל שם טוב worries about the גשמיות of a Yid for this reason: it houses אלקות בבי”ע….

This מאמר is a המשך to the one before. It develops the same three ideas based on 1) creation per se 2) The newness associated with Mattan Torah after Galus Mitzrayim, This idea (dominates the מאמר) and is explained based on a מדרש and a זהר that both equate the giving of the Torah to…

There are three levels: 1) השמים כסאי והארץ הדום רגלי this is explained spiritually: heaven is Torah and Neshama and earth is Mitzvos and Guf etc. 2) כי כאשר השמים החדשים והארץ החדשה אשר אני עושה when Moshiach comes there will be a real חידוש which is much more than the חידוש הישנות every second…

Class One. Why is the Jewish people’s coming to Egypt repeated twice? Answer: because the descent has two levels, one lower than the other and there are two levels of ascent. However, the second ascent won’t happen until Moshiach. but we nevertheless include it in the Exodus account because what will happen is very similar…

Class One. To understand the מנורה of חנוכה we first discuss the מנורה that lit in the בית המקדש. The מנורה’s seven branches are the seven מדות, and there is זה לעומת זה and לאום מלאום יאמץ between the seven of נפש האלקוית and the seven מדות of the נפש הבהמית. To guarantee that קדושה…