Class Thirteen. 51) The MaHaRiL. 52) Connected to the Mitteler Rebbe 53) He became his father’s Chossid after coming from Petersburgh. 54) Chassidus and Avoda. 55) Going to Kopust, passes away. 56) His dynasty Tzemach Tzedek – The MaHaRiL- three sons in succession. 57) MaHarIN. 58) His daughter married the RaZA. 59) grandfather of Reb….

Class Nine. 30) The war over education, and the Haskalah’s efforts to make inroads into Russia. His visit to his mother’s grave, she was allowed in to the BeShT, and he referenced ChiTaS (by heart). The efforts of the reform to extend into Eastern Europe, during the times of the Alter Rebbe and again by…

Class Ten. 32) His writings, in Nigla and in Chassidus. 60,000 “Boigens”. 33) Reb Yitzchok Elchanan contemplates going to Lubavitch. 34) The Teshuvos (responsa) published posthumously. 35) a pen and paper on every surface, 35) His furniture was simple 36) His sefarim and what Chassidim gave him. 37) The Rabbanim and Shavuos in Lubavitch.

Class Eleven. 38) Yechidus, some stories. The disorder served a purpose. 39) Yeshivos all over Russia under the auspices of the Rebbe’s son in law Reb Levi Yitzchok. 40) Yoshvim in Lubavitch. 41) Sending young men to learn the ways of Chassidus from older Chassidim.

Class Seven. 26) Tzemach Tzedek as a Rebbe. His Torah, His leadership. 27) He was an incredibly succesful Rebbe with so many Chassidim.

Class Twenty Seven. The war of Napoleon (1). The dispute among Tzadikim who should win. The hatred the Alter Rebbe had for Napoleon. Pesach 5572 Reb Mendel Riminover, Reb Naftoli of Ropshits and the Matzos. Leaving Liadi, Rosh Hashana and the Shofar, the Russians escaping, Pienne his Histalkus More next time.

Class Twenty Eight. The war of Napoleon and the Alter Rebbe’s Histalkus (1). The Mitteler Rebbe’s reaction. The Rebbetzin Fraida’s reaction. Two Baalei Tshuva fifteen years after he passed away. The three Tzadikim tried again in 5575 and what happened.

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