Classes 1 to 18. The Mem Gimmel Class series includes a full year of study at a relatively advanced level. The classes delve into an important area of the chassidus of Rabbi Shalom Dov Ber Schneersohn (Rashab, the fifth Rebbe of Lubavitch). The first 18 classes in this series cover a discourse from 5657 (1897)…

This Hemshech (series) was said in a week! The week the Previous Rebbe got married in Elul 5657 (1897) in Lubavitch.

The first Maamar of five of this (unfinished) ‘Hemshech’ Rosh hashana.

This ma’amar discusses Chanuka and is also an Achdus Hashem ma’amar based on the pasuk, “Ani Hashem Lo Shanisi” (I Hashem (Havaya) have not changed). Based on different interpretations of the word “Havaya” the meaning of “lo shanisi” also changes. The first half of the discourse is mystical and philosophical and is meant to be…

The second Maamar of five of this (unfinished) ‘Hemshech’ Rosh hashana.

Three discourses given by the Rebbe Rashab on 3 successive Shabbosim during the year (1882-3) covering the topic of the Beis Hamikdash (the Temple). The following questions are explored: 1. Why would G-d prefer our service to Him in the physical world to what transpires in the spiritual worlds? 2. What does it mean that…

Sefer HaMa’amarim 5661 page 181-191

Introduction to this section

See last class in previous folder, which also introduces this section.

The Hemshech Rosh Hashana of this year (5668) was never finished. However, the Rebbe RaShaB wrote points of what would have followed had he continued saying and writing this Hemshech. It seems that he went as far as to complete it altogether in these notes. In these few classes we attempt to decipher these notes…