Class Thirty Five in Section Four of The Source
The Avodah of המאור הוא בהתגלות part 1. The Rebbe introduces us to the notion that the Ba’al SHem Tov’s ואתה קדוש יושב תהילות ישראל isn’t the same as לאתקנא רזא דשמיא or לשם יחוד קוב”ה ושכנתי’ה because ti is to עצמות שהוא בהתגלות!
Class Thirty Four in Section Four of The Source
בלילה ההוא ה’תשכ”ה cont. The Purim story is explained based on this new idea. בלילה ההוא is lower than בלילה הזה but it has a higher a source. From the level of בלילה ההוא in its source the miracle of Purim came to be.
Class Thirty Three in Section Four of The Source
בלילה ההוא ה’תשכ”ה. This class further explains the idea of עצם giving כח in this case as it relates to the “night” (darkness of Golus) of the Purim story. He explains two levels of העלם: 1) העלם בשביל הגילוי. 2) העלם מצד עצמו. The first idea is the traditional one and it is about revealing…
Class Thirty Two in Section Four of The Source
היושבת בגנים ה’תשי”ג cont. This class continues explaining the idea that the union of אור וכלי must come from עצמות. This is enhanced by comparing to the idea of כונה found in the המשך תער”ב and other sources.
Class Thirty One in Section Four of The Source
היושבת בגנים ה’תשי”ג. The Rebbe takes this to an entirely new level explaining the influence of עצמות that is בהתגלות while being altogether concealed. Introduction: why is the צמצום הראשון in a way of סילוק- the total removal of the light (rather than מיעוט)? The traditional answers are: 1) To fortify the שרש הכלים that…
Class Thirty in Section Four of The Source
Review (one more time). Stories that describe being without any expression; yet being very present as a way of understanding המאור הוא בהתגלות.
Class Twenty Nine in Section Four of The Source
המאור הוא בהתגלות cont. The idea that He that is מציאות בלתי מציאות נמצא is known without any announcing of self or interaction. We know Him because we have Him in us.
Class Twenty Eight in Section Four of The Source
(continued). Only a מציאות נמצא which is אור would interfere with the world and would need be removed in צמצום הראשון. And even that is שלא כפשוטו. But Hashem Himself needs no צמצום as He is no מציאות and interferes with nothing. Moreover, His מציאות is בהתגלות as we’ll explain soon IYH.
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.
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