Classes

Toras Menachem – M’vorchim Sivan 5718 (01)

Class One. Page 311-313 This class has a very long introduction about the Rebbe MaharaSh on the occasion of ב’ אייר- Lichatchila Ariber. Why is Torah connected to the number three, wouldn’t One be preferred? Answer real Achdus is only in the face of adversity.

Toras Menachem – Vayeshev 20 Kislev 5717 (06) – Sicha Two (05)

Class Six. Page 236- 8. Doing what the purpose is, is being like Ya’akov, where nothing was beneath him. In the end his wealth materially and spiritually is found there.

Toras Menachem – Vayeshev 20 Kislev 5717 (05) – Sicha Two (04)

Class Five. Page 235-6. Yaakov settles in the land to collect its sparks, A lesson.

Toras Menachem – Vayeshev 20 Kislev 5717 (04) – Sicha Two (03)

Class Four. Page 234. Conclusion of the Sicha.

Toras Menachem – Vayeshev 20 Kislev 5717 (02) – Sicha Two (01)

Class Two. Page 233. Beginning of the Sicha: going where you are sent.

Toras Menachem – Purim 5718 (08)

Class Eight. Page 132-3. Yom Kippur is also above דעת as represented by the גורל which means מסירת נפש there also but it has some “hold” on reason- the fact that we do it by separation from worldly things. Purim we had the same מסירת נפש (not for a day but for eleven months) and…

Toras Menachem – Purim 5718 (07)

Class Seven. Page 131-2. There are things in Yiddishkeit that happen only without דעת and he gives the two examples: 1) שכחה cannot be done with intent. 2) Becoming a נשי”א must happen to a בורח מן הכבוד so it cannot be intentional. עד דלא ידע is above the no דעת of these also, as…

Toras Menachem – Purim 5718 (06)

Class Six. Page 130-131. Why and in what ways is the Joy of Purim higher than the Joy of all of Adar; and why it must be to the point of עד דלא ידע.

Toras Menachem – Purim 5718 (05)

Class Five. Page 130. Four categories of שמחה: A) עבדו את השם בשמחה. This Joy is (only) an aspect in the עבודה life of every Jew. B) מועדים בשמחה. This Joy is a Mitzvah onto itself but it only applies on Yom Tov (=it is linked to another Mitzvah). 3) משנכנס אדר מרבים בשמחה. This…

Toras Menachem – Purim 5718 (04)

Class Four. Page 129-130. Simcha even for the imperfect because Hashem doesn’t throw anyone away. Example: Sicha of Purim 5751 ובכן אבוא אל המלך אשר לא כדת.