Chassidus

• The reason for silence at the splitting of the sea - ואתם תחרישון. • Why it says אז ישיר in the singular tense - Moshe and the Jewish people were on the same level. • אז - zayin refers to seven days of week; alef refers to the infinite essence of God. • Two levels in the transcendent keser - חיצוניות המקיף, פנימיות המקיף. • When the inner core of keser is revealed, everything opposite of holines...

---- The song of malchus expresses its desire to go from גרמוהי to חיוהי ---- • The life force of the vessels themselves - from the transcendent light "hitting" the internal light. • Malchus is the source of creation being that it has only a minute revelation of Godly energy. • How the song of malchus at the sea is higher than the song of the levites. • Deeper explanation of the verse אתה הוא הוי"...

---- Difference between the service of kohanim and Levite’s ---- • Song uplifts the being out of its limitations. • Two opinions of what happened in the spiritual realms during the splitting of the sea. • The song of the sea is השירה הזאת - the song of malchus. • חיוהי - simple Godly light, גרמוהי - defined vessels to channel the light. • Removing of the light from the vessels like sleep state - p...

• Why angels can be called by the name of God. • Names of angels fitting to their specific divine mission. • How Moshe was able to say "I will give rain", when in truth only God gives rain. • The deeper reason why Moshe had a stutter. • To bring עלמא דאתכסיא together with עלמא דאתגליא a revelation from a higher level is necessary. • Why the service of the Kohanim was done quietly without song. • T...

• Through contemplating the bittul of the angels, this affects a bittul in the animal soul. • The blessings of the Amidah draw down from עלמא דאתכסיא and affect ביטול במציאות in the person. • The difference between creation of עלמא דאתגליא and עלמא דאתכסיא like creatures of the sea and the earth. • The difference between letters of thought and letters of speech depending on level of revelatio...

• Two types of love of God: 1) based on understanding, 2) gift from God, above logic. • Two interpretations of "You shall love God" - commandment to contemplate, or promise: "You will love God".  • Two types of fire on the alter - Godly fire from above, physical fire from below. • Contemplation: source of all creation from external ray of Godliness.  • The difference between יחיד and אחד...

• Through bringing the sacrifice you uplift the supernal animals on the divine chariot. • The secret of the sacrifices ascends to the secret of the Ein Sof. • How prayer is similar to animal sacrifices. • Uplifting the animal soul through contemplation and love of God. • Acts of kindness and fulfilling mitzvos elicit revelation of Divine energy from above to below. • The mitzvos are called "620 pi...

NEW MAAMAR - אז ישיר משה • Why ישיר singular, why השירה הזאת, why ויאמרו לאמר. • Zohar: all praises start with אז, revelation from atik to א and then to ז. • If there were no Egyptians left after splitting of sea, how did God gain honor through that? • The world stands upon 3 pillars - Torah, Sacrifices (Prayer), acts of kindness. • How animal sacrifices are an ascent of the soul of the animal to...

• The concept of heaviness כובד in holiness - כובד ראש opposite of קלות ראש. • כובד אבן - Inner firmness to stand up to all obstacles in fulfilling Gods will. • Heaviness of kelipah כובד לב - indifference to Godliness. • Through breaking the heaviness of kelipah you cause the revelation of the glory of God. • Come to pharaoh, in order to break his kelipah and reveal the level of אני הוי"ה. • God u...

• A creation cannot ascend higher than his source, proof from the spring of Eitam. • The forefathers reached Havayah but weren't able true draw it down in a truly revealed way. • The preparation of the revelation of Havayah at Matan Torah was breaking the kelipah of pharaoh during the exodus. • The connection of Havayah to kavod (כבוד הוי"ה). • To draw down Havayah into the totality of malchus, th...

• Question: why does it say אלקי אברהם כו' שלחני אליכם and not אלקי עולם or בורא עולם. • The forefathers drew down revelation of Godliness, whereas in creation alone God is concealed. • The meaning of ושמי הוי לא נודעתי להם - the forefathers didn't have da'as in the level of הוי"ה. • Only at the giving of the Torah was הוי"ה drawn down in truly a revealed way. • Link to view this page in original...

• The difference between שמן טוב and טוב שם. • Two levels: 1) the wonders of chochmah, 2) "The master of wonders" - the essence of God which transcends chochmah. • Through surrender of ones being to God, you're able to "make" - draw down the will of God into creation. • The deeper meaning of the distance of 500 years that God traveled to "acquire for Himself a name". • Drawing down from אתה קדוש t...

• The reason why the vegetative power exist in the earth specifically. • The connection between אני and אין - essence of God and the אין of כתר or מלכות. • The meaning of "The 'lower light' continuously calling to the 'higher light'". • The spiritual source for miracles that are within nature. • Two ways that God runs the world: 1. from the name Elokim, 2. from the name Havaya. • The idea of God "...

• The idea of 'light' in divine service is serving God based on logic and reason - only reaches external revelation of Godliness. • Service and love of God flowing from the essence of the soul reaches the essence of God - the idea of 'name'. • Learning Torah is calling God by his 'name' and pulling Him down in His very essence. • " Acquire for Himself a name" - bringing about revelation to the ess...

• A name touches the very essence of one's being, whereas light has nothing of the source of light. • The superior quality of light is revelation, whereas the greatness of a name is it's connection to the essence. • Name is a הארה קדומה - ray that has a essential source, light is הארה המתפשטת - ray that is only a external glimmer of its source. • In Godliness: light is the אור הקו, and the name re...

---- The difference between a name and light ---- • Light is similar to the luminary - the source of light, whereas a name tells you nothing about the essence of the person. • The name of the general species is the channel for the specific energy of those creations. • From the name of the creature you can know its spiritual source, but nothing about that source. • The amount of the soul that shine...

***** New Maamar - ד"ה ויאמר ה' אל משה בא אל פרעה ***** • Questions on the verse "Come to pharaoh" - what's the connection of this with "For I have hardened his heart". • Why does it say " These miracles of Mine" - what is the necessity of "these". • The Zohar interpretation of "Come to pharaoh" - come up to arich anpin of kelipah. • God's miracles were in order to make a name for Himself? What do...

• Breaking ones coarseness through tzedaka and through being strong in סור מרע ועשה טוב, not allowing oneself to indulge in his desires. • Through making ones אני - own existence, into אין - nothingness, you draw down the essence of God. • The explanation of מתק רעהו מעצת נפש - sweetness of fulfilling mitzvos is better than arousing love of God. • To draw down the deepest and highest levels of God...

• The deeper reason why the animal soul is "The foolish old king", whereas the Godly soul is called "The poor young child". • The true source of tikun is even higher than tohu, therefore the Godly soul has tremendous power to overpower the animal soul. • The oath and the "satiation" of the Godly soul - משביעין אותו. • Overcoming the animal soul through contemplating Godly concepts that she can app...

• In tikun there is a revelation of the infinite essence of God because of the inclusiveness there. • The proper vessel to contain God's essence is bitul - surrender of the ego, self nullification. • Two reasons for coexistence: 1) Weakness of each beings existence, 2) self nullification that permeates to the very core of existence. • Two types of coexistence: 1) putting up with each other, 2) rec...

• Tohu is like a cedar tree and tikun like a soft reed. • The superiority and strength of tikun is its ability of inclusiveness. •  The superiority of tohu - intense revelation of Godly energy. • Why man is dependent on receiving energy from animals, plants and minerals.   • The weakness of tikun is not negative - it comes from the great bitul felt there. • Emotions have the intensi...

• The human's source is in tikun therefore opposite emotions can coexist within him, which is now so with the rest of creation. • The one-track minded nature of the raven. • Example of chesed within gevurah and gevurah within chesed in a person. • How Avraham was able to go against his kind nature at the binding of his only son Yitchak. • The reason why in tohu all the sefiros are separate, wherea...

• The essential difference between holy emotions and unholy emotions is feeling of self (הרגש עצמו). • The more you exert yourself in service of God the weaker your animal soul becomes. • The source of anger is being overly self absorbed. • Trust in God comes from fear of Him and lack of ego. • The source of holy emotions in tikun and unholy emotions in tohu. • The source of man in the world of ti...

• Only through first thirsting for God can you have true joy from being close to Him.  • Through the idea of טוב לבב - the highest level of love for God - can you reach שמחה.  • The reason why the emotions are called "The seven doubles".  • Love for God generated by contemplating how far one is from Him.  • Fear of God by contemplating how His infinite essence is right here.&nb...

• All the levels that are in the holy temple exist in a person's soul. • The deeper meaning of simcha shel mitzvah - revealing the inner core of the soul. • Simcha breaks all boundaries in the person and in Godliness. • Why simcha can nullify all bad decrees on a person. • The service of טוב לבב which brings to שמחה של מצוה. • Three levels of love for God - בכל לבבך ובכל נפשך ובכל מאדך. • Link to...