Classes

Achdus 113

Perek 5 part 3 The audio for this class is (unfortunately) missing. In addition to Malchus being ממלא so is ז”א, because (although it is סוף וגילוי האין סוף, it is so much a גילוי that) it is considered איהו וגרמוהי חד (even the אורות according to the אריז”ל). The two opinions about איהו וחיוהי…

Achdus 111

Beginning of Perek 5. The idea that the truth is always counter-intuitive to our point of view. Life is natural, while death is a creation. Memory is natural, while forgetting is a novelty. And… infinity and unity are natural, while disunity and finitude are novel. The first level where there is no אין סוף is…

Achdus 110

End of Perek Daled. The idea of ממלא כל עלמין as it plays out in the smallest and biggest things in creation, but always limited.

Achdus 116

Part One: This (previous class) justifies calling מקום secondary (טפל) to Hashem as it is spiritual and the six מדות and we know from the פסוק לך השם הגדולה that the ספירות are טפל to the אין סוף. Beginning of the מאמר האומנם ה’תרמ”ג Part Two: the two opinions about מקום if it is ממלא…

Achdus 115

Perek 5, Part 5. Conclusion of the discussion that מקום is ממלא כל עלמין, which includes the idea that it is much more than physical, it is spiritual. And it gives life to what will be space, and at the same time it is local: each creation has its own מקום that is the source…

Achdus 109

Perek 4 (7)- more on ממלא כל עלמין The heavens and the earth: 1) They are different because the heavens are קיימין באיש and the earth is קיימין במין 2) The heavens are מה גדלו מעשיך and the earth is מה רבו

Achdus 108

Perek 4 (6)- more on ממלא כל עלמין There’s so many detail and התחלקות for the sake of התלבשות. In general, there are four kingdoms דומם, צומח, חי, מדבר and specifically, each of these four has many many more particulars.

Achdus 107

1) Separation Ohr makif (Chaya/ Yechida) from Ohr Pnimi (Nefesh/ Ruach/ Neshama) 2) The individuation of NaRa”N in each of the three basic cavities; mind, heart and liver, and then the distribution to each aspect of the body.

Achdus 106

Makom is Mimalei, personalized for each creation. The beginning of the explanation of Mimalei, the idea of hislabshus; life that is personalized and individuated.

Achdus 099

Perek 13-14 (2)The division between higher and lower, makes the high- higher, Kedusha, and the low lower- creation. Creation is under the effect of מט”ט who is called שרו של עולם or הדיוט relative to Kedusha. There is עליון down here in: Torah and Mitzvos, as well as in זמן, like שבת יום טוב etc,…