Hayom Yom 5 Menachem Av, Class One.Sur MeRa, Asei Tov, Bakesh Shalom, RadfaihuThe Ba’al Shem Tov’s commentary on this Possuk.This class 1 includes a reading of the text inside with translation.  Theanalysis in this introduction focuses on the necessary relationshipbetween a person and the physical world and the challenge of settingboundaries.First separate “evil” (materialism) from…

Hayom Yom 5 Menachem Av, Class Two.Klippa is darkness and nothingness plus one more thing – thepower of suggestion. If we don’t buy into our own belief in the klippawe will find that we are dealing with a leaf in the wind.  We have tostop believing in klippas power to break bad habits. That is…

There are three elements to Shofar: Hilchos Shofar, Teshuva, Etzem HaShofar. Our maamar discusses the Teshuva Aspect. There is a discussion in Chassidus about Sur Me Rah (Do mitzvos through kabbalas oyl – Malchiyos,) Oseh Tov (enlightenment, a richness so its easier to do mitzvos – Zichronos,) and Bakesh Shalom (Tap into the power that…