37-29. Shemen HaMishcha KODESH and the Kitores TAHOR (Yeshiva 5781/ 2021).Why does the Torah (in this case) call Kitores Tahor?Could there be an upside to Tahara (which is lower than Kedusha) even over Kedusha.Hashem is usually associated with Kedusha is called Tahor also.

04. ועשית אותה קטרת רוקח מעשה רוקח ממולח טהור קדש. ושחקת ממנה הדק ונתת ממנה לפני העדות באהל מועד אשר אועד לך שמה קדש קדשים תהי’ לכם Class FourThis first part of a very long class discusses taking the spices (representing קליפה and its transformation through תשובה) and making from them an incense for Hashem….

03. ויאמר… קח לך… סמים נטף ושחלת וחלבנה סמים ולבונה זכה בד בבד יהי’ה Class Three Different opinions about how many kinds were included in the Ketores: 4, 6, 11, [12 -?-]. How these opinions are extracted from the words. The idea of כלל ופרט וכלל explains סמים נטף ושחלת וחלבנה סמים. Accordingly לבונה זכה…

02. ויאמר… קח לך סמים Class Two. Introduction: Food vs. Medicine; Ketores is medicine, given in very strong concentrated doses to heal. Consequently it includes from the highest (לבונה זכה) to the lowest (ויאמר הוי’ אל משה [.הלבנה soft rather than hard speech, but from a high level almost like thought (like ברוך שאמר). It…

פרשת הקטרת: ויאמר ה’ אל משה קח לך סמים… ובהעלות אהרון את הנרות 01 יקטירנה (Yeshiva Version, 5781/ 2021) Class One.Inner and Outer Mizbeach, inner and outer heart (from mind vs. from Soul).The day starts and finishes with Menorah and Kitores, two ideas of inner heart; Faith reason Faith, the process the advantages of each.The…

02a. Short Yeshiva (5781/ 2021) Version, Class One, Introduction to Ketores.1) Ketores means Kesher- connection, more than Karbanos; three fires: Mizbeach (war) Menorah (peace) Ketores (Oneness).2) The number 11 is associated with Klipa, or alternatively, Atika Kadisha, both ideas are present in the Ketores: the only “non-Kosher” in the entire Beis HaMikdash, elevating even this…

Class One. Korbanos and Ketores both involve fire (light) and shade (darkness that is above light). But in Korbanos it is about the fire and the (visible heat and) light; and in Ketores it is about the shade and darkness. Korbanos: 1) bring close, 2) are a service of the mind, 3) reach -only- the…