This is based on a Ma’amar of the Alter Rebbe, the reason and meaning of this practice is explained a little bit here. אורה in feminine means how we become the Mashpia, this is a true infinity. יקר which is usually not a sustainable light, becomes manageable because of Purim. Turning Yekar around, Tefillin.

Class One. This class is about Dira BiTachtonim, 1) as the lowest world (the last to be created) it stands to be the purpose quite logically. 2) The higher worlds, though after the Tzimtzum, A. have more light, B. Are created based on the return of the light, C. indirectly reveal the Etzem from which…

Class One. Introduction to Basi Ligani as a whole. Three examples for אתכפיא ואתהפכא: 1) קרבנות 2) שטות דלעו”ז לשטות דקדושה, this involves the word for not good being transformed to good. 3) שקר לקרש this involves the individual letters of the word for not good (שקר, שין, קוף, ריש) being transformed to good. The…

Class One. This class explores the beginning and the end of the Ma’amar and chapters 2-3. This מאמר goes on the גמרא that through תורה ומצוות after ,תפילה we redeem ה’ ובניו from exile. We explore what is the meaning of Hashem being in Golus. The fact that from ז”א there could be a יניקה…

Class One. This Ma’amar explains the four worlds as they relate to the Avoda of a Yid. The two levels of ביטול היש and ביטול במציאות correspond to עשי’ ויצירה and בריאה ואצילות respectively. He explains in footnote 31, how בריאה is also ביטול במציאות, as it is a ביטול that is natural to its…

Class One. The heavens and the earth are linked: The lowest levels of heaven (השתלשלות) to the highest levels of earth (אצילות), and the link is revealed and obvious (גילוי ההעלם). The highest levels of heaven (עצמות) and the lowest levels of earth (בי”ע) are linked but the connection is sublime and will be revealed…

Class One. Rosh Hashsna has three ideas: 1) Inyan Rosh Hashana- creation 2) Tochen Rosh Hashana- renewal, 3) Mitzvas Rosh Hashana- Shofar why all of this happens for man, because he is not a mind but a Soul.   Class Two. The Human being is the purpose of creation, because he represents an essence. He…

Class One. The entire Ma’amar can be seen to discuss five ideas (levels) of Avodah. 1) Birurim through avodah without Torah and Mitzvos. 2) The Kavana of Mitzvos gets us Schhar (Mimalei) in Gan Eden. The Mitzvah itself acts as a garment to conduct the light. 3) The Bracha that goes along with the Mitzvah…

21a. Ani Lidodi 5715, Class One. Introduction, what is davening? the ‘ladder’ of Davening, Modeh Ani, Pesukei DiZimra, Birchos Krias Shma, Shma and the Amida. 21b. Ani Lidodi 5715, Class Two. Chapter 4. (This is a difficult Shiur). This class explores an assertion made by the Rebbe that davening will never be Hasaga, it will…

Class One. To explain the gift of the Torah, that is dependent on Jews, who are in turn dependent on the Torah. [For two reasons this dependency exists: 1) they protect each other, 2) in Essence they are the same]. The Rebbe explains how a Neshama is on high: A) It exists in אצילות (as…