Class One. Two types of seeing through the”garments” of the eye and directly from the Etzem. Two types of Hashgacha: 1) through מלאכים that act like eyes, 2) directly- כאישון עיני. Two types of Avodah: Mind and heart and Essence- Yechida, There’s a bringing of the higher level into and through the lower level. Class...

07. Braishis 5734.This Ma’amar is only an outline (this is all we have).The Zohar includes 10 S’firos of Atzilus, but also the lower worlds until Asiya.The Avoda of an Aliya to the Torah raises up all levels of the Neshama (all of Hishtalshelus).The Avoda of Aliya of Tefilla also has 4 levels.Tishrei source of all...

06. Breishis 5735This Ma’amar is based on the Previous Rebbe’s Ma’amarim from 5705 (1944) (Breishis, there page 74 ff. and Lech, there page 90 ff.).The Ma’amar explores the question regarding the order of creation.Was Heaven created first (as we would intuit) or was Earth created first (as this is the purpose of it all).And of...

Machar Chodesh 5736 (from Tishrei to Cheshvan)This Ma’amar is a continuation to the last one.The constant is the idea of reaching the highest levels (one with Atzmus) through elevating Klipa.There are three parts to this Ma’amar.1) Shmini Atzeres. It’s much higher than Sukkos.

Machar Chodesh 5737 (end of Tishrei Breishis Hachodesh Ma’amar).Since the newness ונפקדת is on the highest level then each and every כי יפקד מושביך [Bittul] (Creation, Millemia, year month) must erqually be on the deepest level. The new revelation is explained by the juxtaposition of Breishis against HaChodesh Haze Luchem (creation vs Torah) and why...

Breishis 5738.Two ideas:1) Don’t be afraid.2) Ohr Chadash. now the details: This Ma’amar goes on the (Possuk as interpreted by) the Midrash that addresses the question of why the Torah begins with the creation account rather than the Torah and Mitzvos.In short: Torah and Mitzvos reveal the light from before Tzimtzum, but Birurim reveals “Ohr...

Braishis 5739 Class One: This class explains the “Shlichus” we take from Tishrei to bring Him with us into the everyday. The Ba’al Shem Tov taught that the meaning of the Possuk בראשית ברא אלוקים, is to reveal the reason for the Tzimtzum of Elokim. This will teach you how important Kavana is. Because he...

Two levels of wholeness and perfection and the difference between them: 1) אלה תולדות השמים והארץ בהבראם- עולם על מילואו נברא. 2) אלה תולדות פרץ- לעתיד לבא יעלה הפורץ לפניהם. These are two levels of perfection, one in the beginning of time there everything is A. potential and not yet actual, B. limited and in...

Class One. We need walls to protect us in two ways: 1) Protect Klipa from coming in and getting more life than what Hashem allotted for it. [Klipa exists to give us more meaningful free will and the additional life it leaches adds to fulfilling it’s purpose of challenging our free will] 2) Prevent Klipa...

This Possuk is hard to understand. RaShI explains that it means the first of the things to be created were… The Zohar has trouble with this and explains that this Possuk is about the ten Sfiros. Chassidus adds that 1) the ten S’firos are created Yesh MeAyin, 2) They serve the lower worlds, as they...

Breishis includes the world as it is in 1) the Torah, 2) in the Sefiros and 3) down here. The point is the Torah down here!

Braishis includes the creation of 1) Heaven and earth, 2) the four letters of Hashem’s name as 3) Divided into the ten utterances of the creation. This is paralleled by the Braishis, the two firsts: Torah and Yisroel who are also divide into 1) Heaven and earth, 2) the four worlds of Torah and a...