Class Sixty One. This class discusses the Possuk אני הוי’ לא שניתי, that the basis for the question is the word הוי’ה. In other words, after you define הוי’ה you can explain לא שניתי. Three definitions for הוי’ה: 1) לשון מהוה as the Creator, this is the lowest הוי’ה. 2) מלשון הי’ הוה ויהי’ה כאחד…

Class Sixty Six This is the end of Perek Aleph in Tanu Rabanan 5643, the third לא שניתי is in Atzmus. Introduction, Kavana, what does intent mean in ענינים פנמיים. We first gave examples from Halacha, like Shabbos. Intent changes nothing and everything, like כונת הצמצום בשביל הגילוי and כונת הגילוי בשביל הצמצום. Here we…

Class Sixty Four This is the first answer to the question of Shanisi: If Havaya means Mihaveh (creator), the Lo Shanisi is that אין עצם מסתיר על עצם one cannot truly block Himself, so the covering though actual isn’t “real.”

Class Sixty Five This class provides the second answer to the question of לא שניתי. It is predicated on the idea that now הוי’ה means אין סוף, or סובב כל עלמין. Here the answer is that אין סוף .נמצא למטה כמו למעלה ממש The אין סוף is the same everywhere, we just perceive it differently…

Class Sixty Three The question of Shanisi (2). How is there no change if there are changes between sfiros (in one world), Kesser and Chochma (from close), Bina (from far), Z”A (through a window), and Malchus (through a hole) It is predicated on the idea of “Makom” and Ein Sof- having a relationship with something…

Class Sixty Two. This class begins the question of שניתי. How can there be לא שניתי if each world has a different level of גילוי. [Note: the next Perek will address the question of שניתי from the worlds themselves, this Perek addresses the חיות אלוקי that comes into the עולמות]. The differences are in the…

Class Sixty. Beginning of אחדות: ביטול היש לאין שהיש יהי’ בטל אל האין. Different ideas of אחדות and what is unique about אני הוי’ לא שניתי.

Class Fifty Nine. Beginning of the Biur (we actually read inside the text). The world was created from שם אלוקים so that Hashem would be concealed and only after the creation event does the תורה mention שם הוי’ה. The idea of physical מצוות and how even the מצוות that are חובת הלבבות are physical.

Class Fifty Eight. כי נר מצוה ותורה אור ודרך חיים תוכחת מוסר. The three steps are מצות that make one a כלי for the אור התורה but to have it one must do אתכפיא so there’s adequate room for the אור to reveal itself in. How this manifests in Avoda.

Class Fifty Seven. This class is not text based and includes the Chanuka part of the Ma’amar (from the beginning of Perek 1 and Perek 4). The basic idea is that the Chashmonim demonstrated such a great Mesiras Nefesh as to make it possible to use their energy to light up the night, the street…