קדיש Class Nine. בעלמא די ברא כרעותי’ וימליך מלכותי’ ויצמח פורקני’ ויקרב משיחי’ה Part Two. In this class we explained only our נוסח. We intend to explain this in two ways and in this class we only covered the first. First explanation of בעלמא די ברא כרעותי’ וכו. The world is וימליך מלכותי’ה .חיצוניות הרצון…

קדיש Class Eight. PDF on various נוסחאות קדיש מהראשונים בעלמא די ברא כרעותי’ וימליך מלכותי’ ויצמח פורקני’ ויקרב משיחי’ה Part One. Is this world בעלמא די ברא כרעותי’ה the world that existed before the original sin that was perfect, or to the world of Moshiach which is yet to be, or the world we live…

קדיש Class Seven. The two words יתגדל ויתקדש are explained in this class. The two pronunciations of יתגדל ויתקדש whether with a פתח (as we do it) or a צירה (as אשכנזים do it; and OUR RABBEIIM ALSO SAID IT THIS WAY!). With פתח it means we are praying that His name should become great….

קדיש Class Six. More on Kaddish: The תולעת יעקב. Why it is in Aramaic means what angels can’t know because it is higher than their reach. Inside the box vs. outside the box. Rashi: we say Kaddish in Aramaic in anticipation of what we’ll do when Moshiach comes. In this class we explained two words:…

קדיש Class Five. The structure of Kadish, the various designs of Kadish: 1) Half Kadish 2) Complete Kadish with Tiskabel. 3) Kadish DiRabanan 4) Kadish Yasom. The end of Kadish is a good bye. 28 words from יהא שמי’ רבה until the end of חצי קדיש without the ואמרו אמן. The גמרא discusses העונה יהא…

קדיש Class Four. When was קדיש written and first said? Proposal. Kaddish is very old, but was initially introduced (in Aramaic) for the unlearned. Later its power and greatness caused the scholars to incorporate it into every facet of Jewish communal life.

קדיש Class Three. Translations.

קדיש Class One. Five types of Kaddish. Source of Kaddish- unclear. Ladder from world to world.

יהי רצון… שיבנה בית המקדש… במהרה בימינו ותן חלקינו בתורתיך Class Two. When we finish קרבנות, we ask for the two things that were missing in this recitation of words (ונשלמה פרים שפתינו). That is that the קרבנות should be physical and actual. This is alluded to in the words במהרה בימינו in time, (חיי…

יהי רצון… שיבנה בית המקדש Class One. The three reasons this is said here: 1) As a prelude to Kadish (like the usual recitation of רבי חנניא בן עקשיא) but the Alter Rebbe says that here it is OK to bring a לימוד with no פסוק which needs to be understood. 2) As a culmination…