05a. V’Kibel Hayehudim (וקבל יהודים) Muga 5711 Class One. Three levels of Mesiras Nefesh: 1) מסירת נפש בכח- At Mattan Torah through נעשה ונשמע and כפה עליהם הר כגיגית. 2) מסירת נפש בפועל מצד הנשמה- at Chanuka, this sacrifice has an order. 3) מסירת נפש בפועל מצד הגוף- at Purim. This involves הפקר total abandon….

05b. V’Kibel Hayehudim (וקבל יהודים) Muga 5711 Class Two. Three levels 1) for us, 2) for God, 3) to join the two. 1) In Torah 2) learning Torah, 3) In learning Halacha, 4) In Mitzvos, 5) In doing Mitzvos. There’s another idea: that we are Bottul not by not existing, but in our existence and…

Beshalach Exile and Redemption (138)(03) Likutei Sichos vol 21 page 77 ff. Class Three.The lesson: having Mesiras Nefesh even for “the worst Jew”.

Beshalach Likutei Sichos Vol 21 p 77ff Exile and Redemption (138)(03) Class Three.The lesson: having Mesiras Nefesh even for “the worst Jew”.

(3) This is a form of serving Hashem בכל דרכיך דעיהו on the highest level: Mesiras Nefesh.

(2) The Rebbe’s notes on the Ba’al Shem Tov’s teaching. Mesiras Nefesh for a virtual year; denying Idolatry IS accepting all the Torah מה לי קטלא כולא מה לי קטלא פלגא. Two Yuds- Yetzer Tov and Yetzer Ra.

Bris Mila (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020), Class Eight.We read Likutei Sichos vol 3 page 757 ff inside.It is a Mitzvah that 1) pervades the physical 2) continues indefinitely.Avrohom waited to be told so it should be the מעשה אבות סימן לבנים for all the Mitzvos we do after Mattan Torah. Bris Mila (Yeshiva 5781/ 2020), Class…

Bo Exile and Redemption (112) The Mesiras Nefesh it took for the Yidden to trust Hashem and hold and kill the Idol of Egypt and its reward.

Farbrengen with thought on the קפיטל at the end. 1) Tuesday twice כי טוב like Friday the day the Rebbe was born. Changing the paradigm Chassidus begins with helping others. Two levels of Mesiras Nefesh: 1) To give ourselves to G-d. 2) To give ourselves to G-d’s cause.

A thought on 12 Tamuz and Mesiras Nefesh.