איזהו מקומן Class Four. This class and all subsequent classes will be based very heavily on the words of the פרדס commentary on the סידור called תפילה למשה. There are eight issues repeatedly addressed in this chapter, and they are: One) Three levels of קדשים: A) קדשי קדשים where the holy is raised up to…

04. רבון העולמים Class Four. This class continues the reading inside with a long review of the way this entire paragraph is being understood based on the רמ”ק. We have the ability to sacrifice, which is lower than the order of אדם כי יקריב (meaning coming close) in אצילות. And also the idea that sacrifice…

02. רבון העולמים Class Two. Examining relative נוסחאות. A) How Hashem is addressed: רבון העולמים or רבון כל העולמים or רבונו של עולם, a personal G-d or the Creator of all. Also, is this paragraph only a prayer or a praise and a prayer? B) The mention of קטרת first appears in the Chassidic נוסחאות,…

05. אנא בכח Class Five. This class is very long. The גר”א continued. The fourth millennia is נצח during which both בתי מקדש were destroyed. We explain the irony in רחמי צדקתך to help illustrate this. The fifth millennia is entirely Galus: הוד like דוה. At this point Yidden are called עדתיך denoting 1) even…

03. אביי Class Three. PDF The first few lines of the text. Abayey and Chava both have to do with creation. Order is a good thing. Abba Shaul= חכמה ובינה. The fires are the inner and outer heart and they need to be sweetened. Three fires and then the two logs of wood.

01. תנו רבנן the entire ברייתא. Class 28 Wednesday 9 Sivan 5776/ June 15 2016.This was the last class of the year and we discussed the entire ברייתא of קטרת. Inside. Why the תורה שבעל פה is included by קטרת and not by דשן and תמיד. A discussion on three levels in Torah and the…

03. ויאמר… קח לך… סמים נטף ושחלת וחלבנה סמים ולבונה זכה בד בבד יהי’ה Class Three Different opinions about how many kinds were included in the Ketores: 4, 6, 11, [12 -?-]. How these opinions are extracted from the words. The idea of כלל ופרט וכלל explains סמים נטף ושחלת וחלבנה סמים. Accordingly לבונה זכה…

03. אתה הוא… prayer introducing קטרת part three. This class has some repetition because of the Pesach break. In this paragraph the key word is לפניך underscoring the essence quality of קטרת. However it must be drawn down from אתה הוא into הוי’ אלוקינו ואלוקי אבותינו.

HaRaini Mikabel (Class One) Machon Chana 5774 Wednesday 15 Elul 5774, September 10 2014.This class discusses the line the Arizal added to the Siddur to be said at the very outset of the davening, that the Rebbe popularized. We explore three levels of this: 1) For Chaveirim, 2) For all Jews so the Tefila (korbon)…

Ailu Devarim (Birchas HaTorah) Monday, 5 Kislev 5773, November 19 2012.Ailu Divurim, is said in conjunction with Birchas haTorah according to most opinions. This class brings some of the variety as to where and when this Mishna (and Braisa) are recited. It also attempts to explain how the many ideas in the two parts of…