Classes

ויקחו לי תרומה ה’תשמ”א.

Class One. The three תרומות in Avoda are: 1) 1) Torah, 2) Mesiras Nefesh (tefilla), 3) Mitzvos. This is connected to the עין יפה בינונית ורעה א’ ממ’ א’ מנו”ן וא’ מסמ”ך. 2) How in Torah itself there is 1) Torah, 2) The source of Mesiras Nefesh (Tefilla), 3) the source of Mitzvos. This second…

V’chul Haam Roim Es Hakolos 5746.

This is a post Shavuos Maamar. The sounds, flairs and sounds of the Shofar are Chesed, Gevura Tiferes. As Hashem gives them they are from the top down and we apply them from the bottom up. How the Shofar “that is narrow at one end and wide at the other end” can apply “from the…

Vayishma Yisro 5745.

Yisro’s presence was necessary for the giving of the Torah. He represents the darkness that needs elevating, transforming and revealing the Godliness in to it and from within it. The event of Maatan Torah was all about a higher level, revealing the Godliness from, and in and through darkness. This maamar also follows the earlier…

Vichol HaAm Roim 5744.

Why was Mattan Torah with so much fan fair and noise? The idea is that Mattan Torah reveals ‘Atzmus’ that breaks ‘The decree that separates the higher from the lower’. The ‘noise’ affects Bittul which is (in a way) the Keli to receive ‘Atzmus’ The Class discusses the change that is affected by the fact…

מזבח אדמה ה’תשמ”א.

There are two מזבחות: 1) מזבח אדמה which is a reference to involvement in direct holiness, תורה ומצוות which is why it is a certainty. 2) מזבח אבנים which is a reference to the involvement in Klipa, and it is therefore written as a condition “If” one (needs) to involve himself in correcting this involvement,…

Vayehi Bishalach Paro 5747.

Paro was the reason we entered Golus in the first place. He therefore sends us off when the task has been completed.

Amar Reb Oishiya… Tzidkas Pirzono 5743.

The Possuk which is the source of Reb Oshiya’s limud is addressing the end, the reward that will be when Moshiach comes: The pizur, the scatter and it’s challenges, will bring the infinite blessing, the Prazos. Netzach is brought forward from a King in very trying times, But it get’s you the treasure. The Nimashal…

ויבא עמלק ה’תשמ”ב.

The attack by Amalaik on the Jewish people has two basis: 1) They were weak in the hands, which means the Torah (which is not intellect but Godliness that is rooted higher than reason and extends lower) was not affecting their actions which reflects a deeper cause and source for weakness. 2) They went out…

Hachodesh 5748.

(A Parshas Hachodesh Maamar).