Bo Exile and Redemption (110) This class discusses the Jewish people’s preparation for leaving Egypt. It involved the two bloods: 1) Mila 2) Korban Pesach. To be continued.

Class One. In this first class on this מאמר the Rebbe discusses the idea of עבודה צורך גבוה- do our תורה ומצוות touch and matter to Him? The answer: In שמו or גילויים yes, but not in עצמות. He explains it using the מאמר עד שלא נברא העולם הי’ הוא ושמו בלבד. He explains that…

A י”א ניסן Ma’amar. Class One .The בן חכם knows what עדות חוקים ומשפטים are. He is questioning the אשר ציוה ה’ אלוקינו אתכם the constant in all three categories is that Hashem must command us to do the עדות חוקים ומשפטים because we would do none of them on our own. In other words…

Each aspect of Avoda has the two requisite parts: A. He inspires (אתערותא דלעילא) B. We work. This is true in each of the following scenarios: 1) Before the original sin we had work, that He inspired. 2) After the giving of the Torah there was the building of the Mishkan. 3) After building the…

The story of creation must be a part of the Torah but why in the beginning? Why Rav Yitzchok asks this question? Three steps: A. The דינים וגבורות that allow to world to exist; B. The reversal of the צמצום so that what was in the מקום החלל before צמצום הראשון is reversed, C. החדש…

This מאמר explains the idea of the 3 בריתות (covenants) made with the world: 1) נח; לטבע. 2) אברהם; לתורה ומצוות. 3) משה; לתשובה. The covenant with משה is for תשובה; which means all Jews are (at least potentially) good. פרה אדומה is תשובה and therefore it was done outside of the camp because it…

This מאמר explains the inner dimension of the miracle of Purim “The King (of all King)’s sleep is interrupted” He is still sleeping נדדה but it’s disturbed. The נמשל is that through מסירת נפש the Miracles come directly from עצמות. The idea of ספר הזכרונות and דברי הימים. שינה בנפש האם; בעבודת האדם ולמעלה.

This מאמר on עמלק explains what עמלק does, he finds weak spots and affects that what is good should be weak enough for קליפה to take hold. He “cuts off the head at the nape (back) of the neck”. He cannot fight פנים but he exploits all אחוריים. פנים של נר”נ ופנים של חי’ יחידה,…

This מאמר is מוגה. It deals with the idea that a מחצית השקל is not a half שקל but rather an entire שקל that has been halved. This halving (causes one half to be lower) ends with the two halves rejoining better and higher than they were before they were halved. One half is the…

Class One. The work of בירורים in מצרים and in this final גלות reveals אלקות in בי”ע on the level of איהו וגרמוהי חד גם בבי”ע. This is tied into שם צבאות בבי”ע אות הוא בבצבא דילי’ה. The בעל שם טוב worries about the גשמיות of a Yid for this reason: it houses אלקות בבי”ע….