This Ma’amar discusses the idea of one being a seminal point which matures when it develops all ten aspects. It interprets the word בעשור (as opposed to בעשירי) as meaning all ten, meaning, that each later day includes all the preceding ones until ten. Ten is the completion of one’s personal wholeness; of קשוט עצמך….

Why one would think the Torah should begin with החודש- which is the directly holy involvement of the צדיק, ישכר, תורה ותפילה but in the end the תורה begins with בראשית because in the connection of the תורה to the נותן התורה action, בעל תשובה, זבולן is actually primary.

Two levels are described in the first P’sukim of our Parsha. Avos had Sheim Shakai, and Moshe was given (for Yidden) Sheim Havaya. 1) VaAira el HaAvos, how much we got from the Avos as a ‘sign’ from them to us which is not only a sign but a provision of power to achieve, in…

Class One. The first half of this Ma’amar discusses the dual expression in the Possuk Aharon UMoshe and Moshe ViAharon. It is explained this on four levels: 1) Each does a different task- Aharon does Yetzias Mitzrayim and Moshe the bittul of the Pharaoh, 2) Each needs the others assistance, but the primary player in…

This מאמר explains the basic idea of this Possuk. The idea that הוי was only revealed because of מתן תורה, and the transcendence of הוי versus all the other שמות. We must do the עבודה of the אבות as well as our own, This explains the ד’ לשונות של גאולה that represent both levels.

What does the snake miracle that precedes the ten מכות mean and represent? All the מכות are not only to get Yidden out of Egypt, but also for the elevation of sparks, עבודת הבירורים. The snake sets this all up, and particularly the fact that it goes from stick to snake and back again and…

Class Thirteen. page 358-9. Conclusion.

Class Twelve. Page 357-8. After a fire one gets rich. How to help.