This מאמר is about renewal. The counting of the Jewish people was a newness that requires: 1) שאו את ראש which means an opening of ביטול. 2) Then the actual עבודה consists of two steps: A. במדבר סיני which is תפילה climbing from the lowest to the highest level. B. באהל מועד which is תורה…

Class One. Flags and what they mean and when are they necessary- when you bring together different aspects. Class Two. The משל of words is used to explain reduction and צמצום. The idea is introduced that שבירה can happen simply from distance from אלקות. The שבטים are in the lower worlds and with the help…

Class One. Counting the Yidden, Count and higher than count, or: bringing ‘higher than count’ into count. The number 600,000 is constant (A. In Atzilus, B. when Yidden’s Avodah is limited), is enhanced by the increasing and fluctuating higher numbers. Class Two. Questions and Answers. It all amounts to explaining two aspects: 1) counting, 2)…

Basic Kabbalah to understand the first 2 1/2 pages of this maamar. Seder Hishtalshelus is made of Ohr and Kelim. We are just discussing the ohr part. The ohr that comes from Maor is called Meayin hamaor. The light from Elokus is helem B’etzem. Sefiros Ain Keitz.There is a tzimtzum before Tzimtzum ha Rishon that…

Review of the two systems of Hishtalshelus, mehus to Mehus and Ohr Elokus. Moshol of two Bocherim learning.In the maamar the moshol of ohr is used for chochma and bina, while it would seem more appropriate to call it shefa. The Alter Rebbe says that the Chochma acts like a maor to Bina. The focus…

What is Makom? Al pi Arizal, Alter Rebbe, and the Zohar, Makom is memale Kol Olmin.Oseh Ratzon shel Makom – bringing pnimius Ratzon in to Makom.Makom is a thing that allows other things to exist. Time and Space allow other things to exist and be defined by what they can tolerate. We are defined by…

There are three elements to Shofar: Hilchos Shofar, Teshuva, Etzem HaShofar. Our maamar discusses the Teshuva Aspect. There is a discussion in Chassidus about Sur Me Rah (Do mitzvos through kabbalas oyl – Malchiyos,) Oseh Tov (enlightenment, a richness so its easier to do mitzvos – Zichronos,) and Bakesh Shalom (Tap into the power that…