This מאמר explores two levels: 1) וארא אל אברהם… ושמי הוי’ לא נודעתי להם 2) וארא אל אברהם… לכן אמור לבני ישראל אני הוי’ה Two ideas exist here. The first is when things are good but limited, one is not Zoche to אני הוי’ה. The second is in Galus where Hashem helps in extraordinary ways…

This Ma’amar on the Haftorah of Parshas Shemos. The Alter Rebbe says that the word הבאים at the beginning of this Possuk is the same as הבאים in the beginning of פרשת שמות. He brings the Alter Rebbe’s explanation that this is about ירידה צורך עלי’ה and that this is achieved through מצוות which are…

עמדת להם בעת צרתם means that He stood up for Us in our time of need, Because He reacts to us: when we stand up he stands. And… we stand when there are צרות. Standing means מוח שליט על הלב the mind and (what is above the mind) the eyes [that can see G-dliness] are…

Machon Liyahadus (5779/2018).What happened and what does it mean? 1) The Rebbe and Rebbetzin’s anguish. 2) There was a blockage on high based on revealing too much Chassidus and Didan Natzach cleared that just as in the story of 19 Kislev. 3) But so much had already been done? Answer: it was to raise us…

Class One. All Yomim Tovim celebrate material victories and are therefore celebrated through physical means: meat and wine etc. Chanuka was an attack on our Neshama, as they left the Beis HaMikdash intact etc. It is therefore celebrated through Hallel and candles. When a Yid has darkness he digs deeper and reveals higher levels of…

Class One. Rosh Hashana is not about creation but creation’s purpose. כי חוק לישראל הוא משפט לאלוקי יעקב means רוחניות broken down into two aspects: תורה ומצוות. However, this Ma’amar makes Rosh Hashana (not so much about Hashem becoming King, but) about the power of the Jewish people to crown Him as King. We reach…

This Ma’amar discusses תקעו בחודש שופר בכסא ליום חגינו. That there must be a שוב after the רצוא of the ימים נוראים. This is מצוות מעשיות. It seems that he adds here that in Rosh Hashana itself there are מצוות that are the שוב.

“Hayom” means the day one goes into Eretz Yisroel. We are choosing and being chosen. Eretz Yisroel in הוי’ האמרת. עולם שנה נפש means He responds to us. הוי’ האמירך means that He gives the Koach for us to respond to Him.

Class One. The basic idea of Elul, the king in the field: the super-rational bond between the King and the people of the field. Class Two. The people of the field and their work there. Different kinds of fields, some require more work and others require less work, and accordingly their way of life and…

Class One. The four letters of Shem Havaya (basically as explained in Likutei Torah Re’ei). Point, developed contemplation (י, ה). Above Havaya there’s Panim. When the Panim is joined with Havaya the revelation is healthy as it joins with the Source (essence). Class Two. When the Panim is disconnected from the Havaya, the problems start….