A gift to the Rebbe, by understanding the gift OF the Rebbe.

עם זו יצרתי The word זה can only really refer to Hashem Himself, because in everything He is the true substance of it. However, the word זה is also used for G-Dliness because of its דביקות, attachedness to Him. To be sure קליפה is also called (occasionally) זה לעומת זה, because it only exists to…

A cross section of ideas about tzaddikim from a concordance covering the Tanach, Shas, and Zohar (Mikhlol Ha-Meamrim ve Ha-Pitgamim) interspersed with stories of the Alter Rebbe and other tzaddikim. MP3

A י”א ניסן Ma’amar. Class One .The בן חכם knows what עדות חוקים ומשפטים are. He is questioning the אשר ציוה ה’ אלוקינו אתכם the constant in all three categories is that Hashem must command us to do the עדות חוקים ומשפטים because we would do none of them on our own. In other words…

Farbrengen with thought on the קפיטל at the end. 1) Tuesday twice כי טוב like Friday the day the Rebbe was born. Changing the paradigm Chassidus begins with helping others. Two levels of Mesiras Nefesh: 1) To give ourselves to G-d. 2) To give ourselves to G-d’s cause.

The Rebbe RaYaTz Bris; the end of the week long celebration of his Bar Mitzvah, the story with Rabbi Moshe Feller and the Farbrengen of 19 Tamuz 5728. The RaZa’s birthday.

Tefilla LiDovid 5747. This Kapital was the Rebbe’s from 11 NISSAN 5747-5748. The Rebbe’s maamar explores the very heart of the Kapital: it is 86 which corresponds to the divine name Elokim. The Maamar adresses 3 levels of Elokim and how each is sweetened by Havaya. It concludes with the notion of the sweetening of…

(A 11 Nissan Ma’amar). Class One. The first half of this Ma’amar explains the idea that we continue to leave Mitzrayim in space and in time (as we journey through our history and move from place to place) until Moshiach comes. He explores the highest source of Mitzrayim in the highest levels of Lifnai HaTzimtzum,…

Ki Yishalcha Bincha 5744. The Ben Chochom already knows Aidus Chukim and Mishpatim, what is bothering him is, why our Yiddishkeit is different than the Avos and is connected to action. The answer is that ‘Avadim haYinu’-, the challenges in Mitzrayim raised us up to the level of being able to elevate physical things also….

A י”א ניסן מאמר Class One. Introduction: to explain the timelessness of Yetzias Mitzrayim. Why we keep referring to Yetzias Mitzrayim throughout all of Galuyos, This is understood by focusing on the Ruchniyus of Yiddishkeit as a priority over the Gashmiyus. The spiritual process of mind to heart provides for a daily need for going…