Class One: Page 253. Introduction for the discussion on the development of Ma’amarim.

Page 251-3. Iyar is Avrohom, Yitzchok, Yaakov, Rochel. Why Rochel. She was the only one who could appease Hashem for the Galus and His distancing Himself from Yidden.

Page 251. Singing Tzoma again and talking about its musical composition and message.

Page 249-51. Matza, Bread is Reshus, Bread (Chometz) is a Mitzvah, This class explains this evolution.

Page 248-9.

Page 245-8. The Tzadik must also have the advantage of T’shuva, it motivates growth in an infinite way.

Page 245. Introduction to the Ma’amar.

Page 243-5. The Simchah is motivated by two ideas: 1) A person is where he wants to be, so he is already in the geula, 2) The longing and anticipation puts the person there. The Niggun Tzama Licha Nafshi.

Page 242-3. Ani Ma’amin, Simchah, what is there to be BiSimcha about, what we have revealed to us when Moshiach comes, that we are earning now.

This classic Rosh Chodesh Maamar is linked specifically to Rosh Chodesh Iyar, Parshas Kedoshim and Sefiras HaOmer. Hashamayim Kisi and its juxtaposition against Parshas Kedoshim. There seems to be contradiction here. The Haftorah discusses our work and the Parsha suggests that all is about Hashem. Is it about G-d or about man? The answer: it…