‘The road’ from Egypt means our relationship with Hashem. Before we arrive at Mattan Torah the road leads us to confront the opposition, some is raised up- Yisro. Some is destroyed- Amalaik. Though Amalaik is our ‘brother’ and Yisro is only ‘our neighbor’.

The word ‘Li’ connotes unchanging. this is understood on two levels: 1) Spiritually the Mikdash on high is forever. 2) The Shuls and Yeshivos in Galus make the Beis HaMikdash eternal. This must be in a specific place just as the body has many different limbs and the highest (or center) is only the brain….

Everyone gives half a Shekel which is ten Gaira. Still one is rich and another poor, because though each gives ten Gaira they are rich (in Atzilus) and poor (BYA). The higher ten is Adam (and people like him) the lower ten is ordinary people. The joining of the higher and lower ten need to…

The Possuk which is the source of Reb Oshiya’s limud is addressing the end, the reward that will be when Moshiach comes: The pizur, the scatter and it’s challenges, will bring the infinite blessing, the Prazos. Netzach is brought forward from a King in very trying times, But it get’s you the treasure. The nimshal…

Class One. 1) Introduction, 2) Histalkus means a revelation which is universally the same, 3) Moshe builds the Mishkan as he is the seventh who brings the Shechina down here, 4) When there is opposition the Midas HaNetzach emerges, 5) Question: ‘Limata Mata Ad Ain Tachlis’- why Torah explains Klipa and in so much detail?…

The name Tzvaos in BY”A- an idea that originates with the Alter Rebbe and not from before. It refers to the idea that there is Godliness also in the lowest worlds. The meaning of the Tzivos Hashem in Chumash are the sparks the Jewish people took with them from Egypt, the Jews themselves are ‘Al…

Vihaya Midei Chodesh 5743Aliya Liregel is a Mitzvah that one only fulfills if he sees. If one fails to see, he has no requirement to go. Therefore, in historic times there was no obligation to go on Shabbos, because the experience of Shabbos was higher than what could have been experienced. The same is true…

Why does the Parsha that epitomizes Golus have a Haftorah that talks of Geula? The answer: the point of Galus is Geula. Not only the Geula from Mitzrayim is hinted here but all the Geulos including the final one. It is very important to reveal however that this advantage of Geula begins emphatically on the…

Class One. This part of the Ma’amar (which is the largest part of the Ma’amar) explores many levels of life and connection: 1) Food and drink, 2) Wine, 3) Water that is higher than wine, 4) Oil, 5) Good smell, 6) Light. Each of these six are found in the Beis HaMikdash and the Ma’amar…

To get to the Essence you must go in order and start from the very bottom. Osiyos before Ohr in Torah, Mitzvos Maasoyos before any Kavana. Bas Tzion.