Classes

Toras Menachem 5727- Six Day War (03)

Class Three. Toras Menachem vol. 50 page 194-202. This war is a great miracle but it mustn’t be confused with אתחלתא דגאולה. אתחלתא דגאולה which is a משיח idea must be connected to Torah and Yiddishkeit because there is no other Moshiach and secular Eretz Yisroel is not at all this.

Toras Menachem 5727- Six Day War (02)

Class Two. Toras Menachem vol. 50 page 184-190. Three lessons in נעשה ונשמע from the six day war and how they must be applied to Avodas Hashem.

Toras Menachem 5727- Six Day War (01)

Class One. Toras Menachem vol. 50 page 176- 184. 12 Tamuz was 40 years ago; one man defied all of Russia. The war just experienced and the attitude and victory are inspired by what the Previous Rebbe started all those years before.

Toras Menachem – 10 Shvat 5721 (36) – Sicha Five (11) – Sicha Six (01)

10 Shvat 5721, Class 36; Sicha 5 (Class 11); Sicha 6 (Class 1).This class completes the Fifth Sicha about חיים כולכם היום that Dvaikus means life, real life, which is forever, an attachment to the source.We also began Sicha 6. He begins by introducing us to the notion that Dvaikus has to mean oneness and…

Toras Menachem – 12 Tammuz 5720 (06) – Sicha Six (03)

12 Tamuz 5720, Sicha 6, Class Six.Page 212-213.This sicha addresses the Chassidic principle of going out of restriction (tzimtzum). In addition there is extensive discussion of the decades long process of building 770 (the Lubavitch central synagogue in Brooklyn) and the Rebbe’s approach to managing and developing the physical infrastructure of the Lubavitch organization.  

Toras Menachem – 10 Shvat 5721 (34) – Sicha Five (09)

10 Shvat 5721, Class 34; Sicha 5 (Class 09). ולדבקה בו is also a specific Mitzvah.

Toras Menachem – 10 Shvat 5721 (35) – Sicha Five (10)

10 Shvat 5721, Class 35; Sicha 5 (Class 10).A great oral discussion about individual limbs (בשר גידים ועצמות) and general organs (אברים שהנפש תלוי’ בהם), and we tied this into the issue of general vs. specific Mitzvos (מצות כלליות שאינם נמנין במנין תרי”ג ומצות פרטיות שכן נמנין במנין תרי”ג) [from the Likutei Torah in Balak].Some…

Toras Menachem – 10 Shvat 5721 (33) – Sicha Five (08)

10 Shvat 5721, Class 33; Sicha 5 (Class 08).Though the Bittul brings about peace, there’s (seeking out) struggle (war) for the sake of Birur.Joy provides ‘infinite’ strength to accomplish this.

Toras Menachem – 10 Shvat 5721 (32) – Sicha Five (07)

10 Shvat 5721, Class 32; Sicha 5 (Class 07).Toras Menachem vol. 30 page 82-83.1) thought on 4th of July, Country, Freedom.2) more on Mode Ani, the idea that Pshitus (simplicity) touches the Essence.

Toras Menachem – 10 Shvat 5721 (31) – Sicha Five (06)

10 Shvat 5721, Class 31; Sicha 5 (Class 06).Toras Menachem vol. 30 page 82.1) 19 Tamuz.2) After Bittul and Dvaikus there’s reward.3) Mode Ani.