Chassidus

What is יש אין יש as expressed in the vegetative power. There must be 2 levels within the אין. The more refined משל of the soul giving life to the body.

Why does Moshe say don’t be afraid when the whole foundation of Torah and Mitzvos is fear of Hashem? Between two יש there is an אין that really has 2 parts to it. Mashal of כח הצומח.

The נמשל in Godliness of the יש האמיתי and the אין of the יש האמיתי and the אין of the יש הנברא. The 40 days from Rosh Chodesh Elul until Yom Kippur are auspicious days when Hashem’s י״ג מדות הרחמים are revealed. The idea of אין of the יש האמיתי is that is lacks defined מציאות, meaning it is פשוט like Hashem’s light which can only create through the defined vessels.

4 levels of יש האמיתי, אין של היש האמיתי, אין של היש הנברא, יש הנברא how they are expressed in the vegetative power.

The concept of יש אין יש. The analogy of כח הצומח and the הארה which extends from it into the dust of the earth.

Why every Jew has an inborn simple faith in Hashem. Neshamos of אצילות and neshamos of בי״ע. The difference in the divine service between these 2 neshamos. Explanation of the verse זרעתי את בית ישראל זרע אדם וזרע בהמה. Da’as elyon - ביטול במציאות, da’as tachton - ביטול היש.

Why Rosh Hashona is one long day, with no concept of night. What does תחלת מעשיך mean - the ultimate purpose of creation. The purpose of creation is to draw down revelation of Hashem’s essence. Explanation of א-ל דעות הוי״ה - 2 Godly perspectives. דעת עליון - whatever is higher is יש and what is lower is אין.this is experienced by lofty souls and by the essence of every soul.

Explaining what צמצום הראשון is. Why the world was created in 25 כה Elul. The idea of בנין המלכות on Rosh Hashona. Explaining the prayer - מלוך על העולם כולו בכבודך.

Depending on how developed your כח המשכיל is will dictate how your שכל הגלוי works. Even in עילה ועלול the עילה must be hidden for the עלול to come into being. The משל of the ray of the sun from the orb of the sun itself. For creation to happen you need total concealment of Hashem’s essence, and then drawing down a הארה דהארה from that essence to actually create. What are the עשרה מאמרות?

The difference between עילה ועלול and יש מאין. Why creation doesn’t affect the creator at all. Example of הארה דהארה from the soul powers שכל and מקור השכל.

The difference between כה and זה. Why creation comes from מלכות specifically.

Even a yoshev ohel has to arouse divine mercy on his soul for not learning the proper way - seeing the pinimius of Torah.  Link to this page of the maamar: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=56

- resurrection of self through contemplating the great descent of the soul. Link to this page of the maamar: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=55

- empathy is so important in the emotional experience.  - feeling implies that there that are two entities.  - feeling oneself is a sign of sickness physically and spiritually.  - feeling of self causes spiritual death which will bring a person lower and lower.  - to reawaken your relationship with HaShem after sining person needs repentance.  - only the revelation of Hashem’s essence can bring about forgiveness.  - The reason why even the completely righteous say confessions during the 10 days of repentance. Link to this page of the maamar: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=54

- resurrection is from a higher source than creation something from nothing.  - fulfilling Torah and mitzvos with fear of HaShem makes a person truly alive and automatically elevates him intellectually emotionally and actually.  - empathy is a sign that you’re truly alive.  - The true idea of life is not feeling your life.  - a true maskil is someone who feels what he intellectualizes. Link to this page of the maamar: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=53

- 3 types of day - revelation.  - why resurrection of dead is through רחמים רבים.  - what is true life and death.  - resurrection of the dead physically and spiritually.  - the source Of life מלכות דאצילות. Link to this page of the maamar: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=52

- Definition of עשיר בדעת and עני בדעת. - What is someone who is חכם בעצם כח חכמתו - lives in ידיעת השלילה. - Two ways of learning Torah in this world. - Hugging the king although he's wearing many layers of clothes. - Difference between learning Torah in this world and learning in the world to come/gan eden. - Where does the rule מרומם נמשך אל השפל apply. - Learning Torah in this world, even on the highest level, isn't considered learning compared to learning in the world to come.

- The difference between רוממות על עולמות and רוממות מצד עצמו.

- What is אהבה עצמית - love of עצם לעצם. - The difference between חסד and רחמים. - The superiority of חמלה over רחמים. - The opposite elements of לימוד and חנינה. - Why learning obligates intellectual exertion - יגיעה.

- The fact that you say סובב is above worlds implies connection to them. - Analogy of king - existence of kingdom only through awe of the king. - How malchus is its source - atzilus - it is like a כלל from which derives the פרט. - There is still a תפיסת מקום of creation relative to אור הסובב. - The purpose of prayer - connect the birurim to Godliness. - Person is given set amount of letters to think and speak to fulfill his purpose. - What happens if person doesn't fulfill purpose - גלגול הנשמה. - Explanation of the request - לא נבוש - בעולם הזה, לא לכלם - לעולם הבא, לא נכשל לעולם ועד - בתחיית המתים.

- The two types of knowledge ידיעת החיוב והשלישה complete each other. - If you can't understand something in the abstract, that's because you're missing in the actual knowledge - ידיעת החיוב. - Understanding chassidus פנימיות תורה helps you understand nigleh. - ממלא הוא אור פרטי, סובב אור כללי - Even the mercy which comes from רוממות has somewhat of a relationship with worlds - קצת הרגש כללי.

- Source of 2 mercies - ממלא כל עלמין - mercy from feeling, סובב כל עלמין - mercy from being above/removed. - Difference between ממלא and סובב - one is understandable, one is above our limited brains. - להבין דבר מתוך דבר - understanding סובב from understanding ממלא. - ידיעת החיוב and ידיעת השלילה. - In revealed aspect of Torah - השגה בדרך הלבשה, in inner aspects of Torah - השגה בדרך הפשטה. - 4 domains of shabbos in nigleh and pinimius or Torah. - The halachah - המחליף פרה בחמור - according to chassidus.

- How אהבת עולם is greater than all other loves. - The difference between רחמים and חמלה. - Questions on the request לא נבוש ולא נכלם ולא נכשל לעולם ועד. - Explanation of the 2 causes for רחמים - empathy and being exalted/removed.

- Why the הרגש of the דבר שכל is especially felt by the simpleton.

- The superiority of simple/sincere people over intellectuals in their connection to HaShem.

- Essential/Eternal love - אהבת עולם. - אהבה של שבע שנים - love based on the supernal midos. - אהבה של עשר שנים - love based on the supernal intellect.

- Two levels of malchus and the two types of mercy deriving from them.

- The difference between mercy which comes from empathy, to mercy which comes from being removed and exalted.

- The second cause of mercy - empathy, ability to feel others pain and joy. This ability is possible only through da’as, identifying and connecting to someone in your mind.

- One reason for feeling merciful is רוממות - being uplifted and removed from the subject of the mercy.

- 4 rungs of the latter of prayer. - answering the questions of unifying the hearts to love and fear Your name.

- 3 stages of the souls and within Godliness: 1. Actual soul powers/sefiros. 2. How these powers are included within their abstract source in the soul/ sefiros in keser. 3. The essence of the soul potential for all powers and expressions/ essence of God potential for limitation or unlimited expression.

- The difference between koach and gilui.

- 3 Explanations of the word יחד - unify, designate, clearly. - Unity with Godliness through dedicating your heart to Hashem. - Clear attachment to Hashem through an essential attraction to Godliness. - 2 types of divine revelations from Hashem - ממלא כל עלמין, סובב כל עלמין. - The differentiation of ממלא כל עלמין, each entity to its capacity. - סובב כל עלמין is found equally within every world.

- The cause of indifference/coldness in divine service is lack of avodah in prayer. - Deeper explanation of אין לך אדם שאין לו שעה. - Deeper explanation of קץ שם לחושך. - Questions on the prayer - ויחד לבבנו לאהבה וליראה את שמך.

- What does "forgetting" about Godliness during davening mean. - Different levels of poorness - physically and spiritually. - The immense holiness of a shul. - The effect of a "routine" davening has on the rest of your day. - How davening can cause your soul to take expression in your body.

- What is a truly good davening.

- What happens to the idea expressed through a sentence when the words separate. - The difference between breaking and separating. - What is left in the letters after the words are broken. - The analogy of fragrant spices in jars, after they're taken out of the jars. - Why the breaking of the vessels cause yeshus. - What is the idea of עבודת הבירורים. - Why ויטע אשל is important to Avraham's service of publicizing Godliness.  - Avraham's lesson: the whole purpose of the physical is for the sake of the spiritual. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=23 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- The fourth level: intellect expressed through a sentence. - Example of the nusach of a blessing, what each word means by itself, and the higher meaning when they come together. - Why אתה implies Hashem's essence. - The concept behind הוי"ה from the word התהוות. - What does אלקינו mean? We are imbued with a Godly supernatural power. - The meaning of the blessing: drawing down from עצמות into our souls to infuse us with power to fulfill the purpose of creation. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=22 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- The yesh of creation can only come about through שבירת הכלים - shattering of the vessels/letters. - What is the general idea of letters. - For levels of expression of intellect through letters. - 1. The lines that the letters are made of. - 2. The form/shape of the entire letter, how it's composed of different letters together. - The meaning of the form of the letter alef - yud above, יש האמיתי, yud below, יש הנברא, vov in the middle - אין באמצע. - The creation of יש הנברא is only through the concealment of the creator. - Every creation has a specific measurement that it can receive Godly energy. - 3. The idea that is expressed through the combination of letters together to form words. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=21 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- The creation of the world through the 10 sefiros - 10 utterances. - How the first 2 utterances refer to the sefiros chochmah and binah. - Question: how can limited created worlds come from sefiros which are literally Godly. - The difference between יש מאין of the sefiros to יש מאין of the created worlds בי"ע. - Difference between ראשית and תחלה. - Why creation of sefiros does not cause change in Hashem. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=20 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- Avraham explained to people: 1. everything is controlled by God. - 2. Ones sustenance and livelihood are dependent on God's Individual providence. - 3. Godly concepts can be understood by the human intellect. - Different levels of comprehension, different levels of intellect. - 3 levels that Avraham caused: הודו, שבחו, ברכו. - How is publicizing Godliness through the אשל - eating, drinking, escorting - important. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=19 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- Avraham caused the name of Hashem to be called out by everyone who came to his tent. - Two special qualities of Avraham: 1. Publicizing Godliness in the world - God is directly connected to worlds. - 2. The way in which Avraham spread knowledge of God - through the אשל. - The main thing Avraham did: explain greatness of Hashem with examples and analogies. - Difference between יש מיש and יש מאין, analogy of craftsmen making a pot. - The Godly creative energy must be hidden from creation - therefore It's called אין. - 2 ways that ביטול היש can happen. - The concealment of Divinity is itself a Godly power. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=18 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- Galus by neshamos is caused by galus of Hashem. - Revelation of Godliness can only come about through bittul. - Praising brings about bittul in the one giving praise. - Explanation of לך ה' הגדול and כי כל בשמים ובארץ. - The definition of "50 Gateways of Understanding" - נ' שערי בינה. - Why specifically through prefacing pesukei d'zimra can one come to the spiritual service of shema. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=17 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- Why every request from Hashem do we ask that it should be from שמים. - The spiritual level of שמים - the midos of atzilus. - When Godliness shines through the midos then - ואהב את יעקב ואת עשו שנאתי. - What happens during galus spiritually - הסתלקות ההארה מתוך המדות לעצמותו יתברך. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=16 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- The 2 main psalms of pesukei d'zimra, why? - How psalm 148 hints to all of creation, and 150 to the 10 sefiros. - How pesukei d'zimra is a preparation for the spiritual service of shema. - The deeper meaning of שמע ישראל הוי"ה אלקינו הוי"ה אחד - the innate ability of נשמות ישראל to understand that which transcends nature. - The unique unity of Hashem expressed in the words הוי"ה אחד. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=15 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- Letters of thought are a true yesh m'ayin from the soul. - The possible way of thinking: without a מלובש there is no לבוש. - When the אור departs from the כלים of the 10 sefiros, they still exist like a body without a soul. - The essence of creation if from הוי"ה, the actual creation is through אלקים. - The seeming difference between the התחדשות of letters from the soul, to התחדשות of Godly letters from Hashem. - Simple and deeper explanation of why Rosh Hashanah is called בכסה - from the word covering/concealment. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=13 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- The level of מהות of the מציאות how it relates to the garment of thought. - 3 Stages of גילוי within thought - מחשבה שבמחשבה, דיבור שבמחשבה, מעשה שבמחשבה. - How thought is a יש מאין from the soul. - The difference between descent of עילה ועלול to יש מאין. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=12 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- The concepts of מהות and מציאות are 2 ideas that split into 4 - שתים שהם ארבע. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=11 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01

- 2 explanations of המחדש בטובו בכל יום תמיד מעשה בראשית. - Only in Hashems essential goodness does He allow our avodah to arouse Him to be our king. - Creation is something that must happen constantly. - The garments of the soul are יש מאין from the soul itself. - The difference between letters in the soul (שכל ומדות) and letters in thought. - Everything is made of two parts: מהות ומציאות. - "Essence" of letters is power of revelation; "Existence" of letters is the limitation/definition they bring. - letters within the soul itself - כח הגילוי של הנפש. • Link to view this page in original sefer: https://hebrewbooks.org/pdfpager.aspx?req=31668&st=&pgnum=10 • Link to purchase the original sefer: https://store.kehotonline.com/prodinfo.asp?number=HFR-SM01