Class One. This is the first class on this Maamar.We explore the question of what (really) is the difference between K’dusha and K’lipa, if both come from Hashem and both would not exist without Him what really is the difference? We are introduced to the idea of ‘Chai BiKiyum Atzmi’.

04b. Chayey Sara (חיי שרה) 5712, Class Two. Simcha: 1) Joy reveals the Atzmus created through the avoda of Dira BiTachtonim, 2) The prerequisite to joy is humility, 3) The joy (before the original sin was naturally) without murgash., 4) Nowadays the joy is bimurgash, and we must therefore have the joy hidden and the…

Class One. In one’s Avodas Hashem there are choices: 1) Live above the Nefesh HaBahamis, in which case no transformation takes place in the person and right after Davening and learning one can fall. 2) Fight with the Nefesh haBahamis but treat him like an equal in which case the fight is incessant. 3) Fight…

Class Two. In each of the three paths there can be war and peace: Torah: Pnimiyus HaTorah above the world. Tzedakah: GaMaCh, where you are helping even the rich and providing more than what he lacks but wealth. (The Nimshal for this is more than the lights that filled the Lifnei HaTzimtzum world). Tefilla: with…

07a. VaAira (וארא) 5712, Class Two. 1) why must Teshuva be a prerequisite to Moshiach? Is there not the option of not sinning in the first place? 2) Ki Lo Yidach Mimenu Nidach… (nothing is lost) doesn’t mean of Jewish Souls but of Godly sparks, 3) Consequently, virtually no person is in fact above the…

Class One. 1) Moshe gives instructions the day after Yom Kippur about correcting the sin of the Golden Calf. This requires total Bitul of the Avoda Zara idea on all levels. This is achieved by a totally indifferent attitude toward Parnassa, which makes Parnassa something we do only because we MUST and accordingly one does…

Class One. This class explores the השכלה in this מאמר. The three worldsבריאה , יצירה, עשי’ה succeed each other, each later world, being lower than the one above it. However to create the physical עשי’ה, requires a strength above all the worlds, represented by the words: אף עשיתיו. He also discusses אצילות כממוצע או [ביתר…

03a. Vayikach Hashem… Vayanichaihu BiGan Eden (ויקח ה”א את האדם) 5712, Class One. Olom, Shana, Nefesh, the structure of the Sefer Yetzirah. Olom means worldliness, concealment, dimensions. Three levels 1) physical, 2) spiritual connected to physical, 3) entirely spiritual, but as it comes into Understanding it takes on form (worldliness). Nefesh, Godliness removed from any…

07b. V’Heinif yado al hanahar (והניף ידו על הנהר) 5711, Class Two. In this class the issue of ריח- smell is explored mystically. There are all kinds of levels: 1) food for regeneration of physical body, 2) life in food to link (keep the connection) between the Neshama and the body, 3) taste and what…

05a. V’Kibel Hayehudim (וקבל יהודים) Muga 5711 Class One. Three levels of Mesiras Nefesh: 1) מסירת נפש בכח- At Mattan Torah through נעשה ונשמע and כפה עליהם הר כגיגית. 2) מסירת נפש בפועל מצד הנשמה- at Chanuka, this sacrifice has an order. 3) מסירת נפש בפועל מצד הגוף- at Purim. This involves הפקר total abandon….