(פרשת פרה) Class One. There is a relationship between פרה אדומה and גלות, as it is done outside all three camps, like Galus. It starts at the exit to גן עדן where the one river diverges into four, and it ends with no water at all: Klipa. But there is the possibility for correction. פרה…

This מאמר explores the Chassidus of the word שושן: like שושנה, a rose. The thirteen petals on the rose are the מדות both of תפילה: מדות הרחמים as well as תורה: שהתורה נדרשת בהם. Then there is the red rose which shows on sin that needs to be whitened. This is the idea that גלו…

Why אורה is feminine: it is receiving inspiration from higher than אור/ תורה and therefore reaches lower. Like the ה’ה added to אברהם אבינו’s name raising him higher and bringing him lower. שמחה reveals this higher Torah. These two are חכמה ובינה and are secured through Davening with Ahava and followed by יפוצו מעינותיך חוצה….

Class One. There are a few different themes among the many מאמרי זכור. This one is about the idea of דרך. Why is the עמלק attack linked to these two clues: 1) on the דרך; and 2) after leaving מצרים. Answers: 1) In מצרים, they were out of עמלק’s reach because: A. there they had…

כי תשא means raising Yidden up in Teshuva, lifting in a way that is infinitely higher than before (even above the head). It must be done through Moshe. תרומה להו’ה means lifting from the bottom up, Teshuva, תרומת הוי’ה is bringing the infinity of the בעל תשובה into the finitude of the צדיק because he…

Moshe gathers the Jews and speaks first of Shabbos and then of the Mishkan; which is the opposite of how Hashem inspired him, where Shabbos was last. The Rebbe explains that these Pesukim are describing Hakhail; where the first step is Shabbos: Bittul followed by bringing Hashem into each aspect of life: The Bais HaMikdash.

Class One. This class is a brief חזרה of the מאמר רבי רש”ב from תרע”ח: There’s good חן and bad חן. Unearned חן is שקר החן and it was בדורו של משה before the Torah was given. Earned חן is very good, it is like אתעדל”ע שלמעלה מן אתעדל”ת אתעדל”ע or it is the level…

This is the מאמר given to us in Adar 5752, with which we live our lives; it is the מאמר of התקשרות Click here for a folder-full of classes and versions of classes on this מאמר. Below is a חזרה of this מאמר and below that a class on the בלתי מוגה (unedited version) of…

Class One. The three תרומות in Avoda are: 1) 1) Torah, 2) Mesiras Nefesh (tefilla), 3) Mitzvos. This is connected to the עין יפה בינונית ורעה א’ ממ’ א’ מנו”ן וא’ מסמ”ך. 2) How in Torah itself there is 1) Torah, 2) The source of Mesiras Nefesh (Tefilla), 3) the source of Mitzvos. This second…

Class One. Introduction: The classic idea of this Possuk, that we do משפטים like חוקים rather than the other way around, because the משפטים are also from סיני. The Rebbe added in תשנ”ב that the very idea of משפטים where ideas of morality צדק ויושר are logical is a special gift from Hashem to bring…