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Class Twenty Seven in Section Four of The Source

Introduction: צמצום הראשון cannot happen without מקום. צמצום הראשון is the departure from this place. The question is whether the departure is actual צמצום כפשוטו or figurative (only for us) צמצום שלא כפשוטו. Another question is whether the צמצום affects אור or מאור also. The Alter Rebbe introduces the radical idea of המאור אדרבה הוא…

Class Twenty One in Section Two of the mind

An adult is Bottul by not being, a child is Bottul in what he is.

Class Twenty in Section Two of the mind

The adult negation of all form, vs. the child’s simplicity.

Class Nineteen in Section Two of the mind

Children’s faith. This class ended with a lively discussion and debate, it is worth listening to.

Class Eighteen in Section Two of the mind

History (again) of Chakira vs. Kabbalah and the question of “the mind of the child”- לדעת זה התינוק.

Class Seventeen in Section Two of the mind

Hashem’s hands and feet. The RaMbaM in his introduction to the More’ explains why the Torah seems simplistic, because it speaks first to the masses and only hints for the greater scholar, because the point of Torah is people should do good actions. It expects the smart people to figure it out on their own

Class Sixteen in Section Two of the mind

If you think of Hashem anthropomorphically as a child does: with simplicity, it is not a crime at all.

Class Fifteen in Section Two of the mind

The RaMbaM and the RaAvaD on the question of Hashem having a body or a form, what did the RaAvaD mean?

Class Fourteen in Section One of Before Logic

But the faith that follows reason is never as pure and true as the simple faith which preceded it.

Class Thirteen in Section One of Before Logic

Inside Section 7 (cont). After one believes then attempts to understand there is transcendent faith beyond his knowledge.

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