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Part 3: Mazal from above. B’gashmius Aretz Yisroel and Har Hermon (levanon). B’Ruchnius Levanon = lev [32 paths of chochma] Nun 50 gates of bina, higher than Seder Hishtalshelus (7 Middos). Galgalim – 70 nations under malachim from galgal 8. Yidden from ayin – higher. 13 middos harachamim. Mayim Tachtonim – work, earn, get, rain…

Part 2: Hashem remembered Sara and gave her a child – Hashem remembered the earth and gave rain. How are these two related? Do children, health, and parnusa (rain) depend on mazal, (often translated as luck, as if Hashem is not involved,) or on one’s earned merit? Actually, MAZAL is a drip, a spiritual source,…

Part 1: General introduction to maamarim. The Alter Rebbe had a mandate from the Maggid to internalize chassidus b’pnimius. Chassidus Chabad is the Alter Rebbe’s. He wanted his chassidus transcribed word for word with no modifications. The Mittler Rebbe opened the Alter Rebbe’s words and wrote volumes. The Tzemach Tzedek wrote notes and references. The…

Class 21: DAAS- Elyon and Tachton, Rachamim of Murgash, Romemeus Emuna begins where sechel ends. Place of faith is Sovev. Daas = Maturity. Daas Tachton – Daas with a subjective hergesh (feeling). To feel Rachamim for another (animal) it must touch you (you could boil a lobster but not a cat.) Daas Elyon comes from…

Class 20: ATZILUS (continued). ARIZAL- the Ein Sof can be OHR PNIMI to keilim like neshama and guf. What happens when we put Ohr Ain Sof into Adam Haelyon? Ramak: The Light lifts up the kelim and bittels them a drop (Davenning and Torah). Arizal: The light comes in and descends down here – a…

Class 19: Atzilus part 1: ATZILUS- allows for a real relationship with HASHEM. In hemshech ayin-beis there are 4 definitions of the word Sefira. 1) a number 2) Light that shines and reveals misaprim 3) a sefer and 4) a Sipur the source of the sefer. In Atzilus is the joining of Oros (infinite) with…

Class 18: ANOCHI- took us out of every MITZRAYIM. Review Speech and inside p. 117 7 lines from bottom.Speech is mostly Malchus with a little Chochma. When Hashem uses speech to create the world, it is only a HaAra from Malchus – Chitzonius. Yesh M’Ayin is only a HaArah. Perek tes. Anochi Havaya Eloka…Who took…

Class 17: Chochma – identifies which sound should come from a given motza. Tziruf into words, sentences etc. The Root of letters is from Atzmus. Chochma carries the osios into Malchus, where the light is diminished and the individual oisios can emerge, first by being divided into 5 categories: the throat, the tongue, the lips,…