Before the first sin, and reversal of death to a level higher even than that.

Class One. The question is: we understand the idea of a chair and a footstool in Kabbalah, but what can it mean in Atzmus (Chassidus)? The answer: Torah and Mitzvos exist in Atzmus also. Class Two. Continued.

The Meraglim argued to stay in the world of speech rather than go into the world of action. Speech is spiritual but is Yesh. Kolaiv quieted the people, which is Bittul or thought which is higher than the world of speech also. The Possuk ארץ אשר השם אלוקיך דורש אותה תמיד עיני ה’ אלוקיך בה…

This class we began discussing דעת. דעת is התקשרות that what you are involved with matters and is personal. It is a tool that is ours to use at will just like חכמה ובינה etc.

The idea that Yidden have a fixed number: 600,000 בסוד שרש doesn’t make the additional Yidden mere actualization of the כלל of נשמות because there is another side to this coin: 1) The Bracha of Moshe adds more 2) A Yid like רשב”י who is on the level of עושין רצונו של מקום שמלאכתן נעשית…

Hemshech Part Three. Class One. Introduction: the word טבע in the נשמה includes the personality limitations based on the מטבע שטיבען and the ענין של יחידה that has a טבע of connection to Hashem. On this basis we learn the מאמר which speaks of three levels: 1) טבע the nature of the Neshama, 2) עבודה…

Eight is higher than the cycle of seven, and rather than start again it is what is above the cycle שומר את ההיקף and above (even eight) is ten. Moshe calls on this eighth day because although he is the seventh, he includes within himself the levels of eight (Bris Mila) and ten (?) as…

Class One. In this first class on this מאמר the Rebbe discusses the idea of עבודה צורך גבוה- do our תורה ומצוות touch and matter to Him? The answer: In שמו or גילויים yes, but not in עצמות. He explains it using the מאמר עד שלא נברא העולם הי’ הוא ושמו בלבד. He explains that…

חושים (Three). A) חושים not only take in, they give out very deep things. But in and of themselves they could be very deep and have no connection to the essence of what is real which is why they are called in קבלה with the name הבלים. B) חוש המישוש according to the רמב”ם is…

חושים (Two). Introduction thought for the convention. חושים help a person go from the most removed to the closest very quickly, but very fleetingly. Some חושים are quicker than others (like ראי’ה vs. שמיעה) but the quicker they are the more fleeting is the affect on the person.