קדיש Class Eight. PDF on various נוסחאות קדיש מהראשונים בעלמא די ברא כרעותי’ וימליך מלכותי’ ויצמח פורקני’ ויקרב משיחי’ה Part One. Is this world בעלמא די ברא כרעותי’ה the world that existed before the original sin that was perfect, or to the world of Moshiach which is yet to be, or the world we live…

קדיש Class Seven. The two words יתגדל ויתקדש are explained in this class. The two pronunciations of יתגדל ויתקדש whether with a פתח (as we do it) or a צירה (as אשכנזים do it; and OUR RABBEIIM ALSO SAID IT THIS WAY!). With פתח it means we are praying that His name should become great….

קדיש Class Six. More on Kaddish: The תולעת יעקב. Why it is in Aramaic means what angels can’t know because it is higher than their reach. Inside the box vs. outside the box. Rashi: we say Kaddish in Aramaic in anticipation of what we’ll do when Moshiach comes. In this class we explained two words:…

11 Nissan 5778, The Rebbe’s Kapital 117. In Short (Beis Midrash Linashim). Ten minutes on the Perek. In Short. Given to Beth Rivkah Seminary, a thought with the Kapital. Being Chassidim. The פרק When even Goyim praise Him. Class One. Introduction: This is the fifth הלל. The first four were about the initial יציאת מצרים…

Explaining one of the Slichos we say on 17 TAMUZ.

ואכלת ושבעת תשמ”ג This Ma’amar is on Bentching. Why are there three biblical blessings and the ChaZaL added a fourth? It is like the numbers 3, (lights) that is favored by the Sefer Yeztirah, and the number 4, (light and vessel) favored by later Kabbalah. Hashem’s favoritism to His people for Bentching for a smaller…

Class One. There are four levels (like Hishtalshelus) and in each one there are three, like חג”ת. And above that is the plain essence of Godliness. מנוחה שלימה וכו. Every Jew is connected to all the levels of Hishtalshelus (like the ladder which is Tefilla) and also to the Yechida. Class Two. This Ma’amar and…

ויאמר לו יהונתן מחר חדש תשמ”ג. This מאמר begins and ends with מחר חדש: Dovid receives from Yehonasan but in the end, due to his Bittul exceeds him and he becomes One) greater and Two) the Mashpia. The body -ביאור- of the מאמר discusses ברכות: A) Bringing down, B) Three levels of Brachos: הנהנין, המצוות,…

This Ma’amar said by the Rebbe on his fiftieth birthday deals with the idea of this Possuk which is added at the beginning of the Amida and appears to interrupt the סמיכות גאולה לתפילה. The Gemara explains it using the logic of תפילה אריכתה The Ma’amar explains that תפילה אריכתא means much more than an…

Class One. Moshe’s explaining to the Malachim that they didn’t get the Torah because they have no Yetzer Hara etc, is really about the idea of Dira Bitachtonim. Fortunate is one who comes here (to Gan Eden) with the Talmud in his hand, meaning he brings along the level of Torah connected to action. Class…