Hayom Yom 6 Menachem Av, Class One.The Alter Rebbe returns from Petersburgh and recites a Ma’amar endorsing the advantage of intellect in effect acceding to his son and successor, the Mitteler Rebbe.

Hayom Yom 6 Menachem Av, Class Two.One Havaya brings a second Havaya that brings a third Havaya.But the point is עושה שמים וארץ the world must be.

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 klipawe will find that we are dealing with a leaf in the wind.  We have tostop believing in klipa’s power in order to break bad habits….

Class Two They went down “living”. The downside of being alive: in Sheol you still believe you are alive (right). The upside of being alive: you can still do Teshuva. Korach’s sons did right away in thought (and reemerged at the end of the forty years) According to the Gemara Korach is now saying משה…

מהוי’ מצעדי גבר כוננו Class One. מהוי’ מצעדי גבר כוננו

Class Three: Farbrengen and the idea of a farbrengen.