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Chassidus

by Levi Gelb

Spreading authentic chassidus to the whole world in a way that is understood even to the intellect of the animalistic human soul (nefesh ha'bahamis).

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Episodes

  1. סה״מ עטר״ת ד״ה ויאמר משה אל העם ע׳ תנו

    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.

  2. סה״מ עטר״ת ד״ה ויאמר משה אל העם ע׳ תנה

    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.

  3. 5669 Ep. 9 - תרס״ט ע׳ ט

    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...

  4. 5669 Ep. 8 - תרס״ט ע׳ ח

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

  5. 5669 Ep. 7 - תרס״ט ע׳ ז

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

  6. 5669 Ep. 6 - תרס״ט ע׳ ו

    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.

  7. 5669 Ep. 5 - תרס״ט ע׳ ה

    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...

  8. 5669 Ep. 4 - תרס״ט ע׳ ד

    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.

  9. 5669 Ep. 3 - תרס״ט ע׳ ג

    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...

  10. 5669 Ep. 2 - תרס״ט ע׳ ב

    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.

  11. 5669 Ep. 1 - תרס״ט ע׳ א

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

  12. Ep. 44 (עמ׳ 51) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5710

    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

  13. Ep. 43 (עמ' 50) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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

  14. Ep. 42 (עמ׳ 49) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  15. Ep. 41 (עמ׳ 48) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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…

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  16. Ep. 40 (עמ׳ 47) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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

  17. Ep. 38 (עמ' 44) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  18. Ep. 37 (עמ' 42-43) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

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

  19. Ep. 36 (עמ' 41) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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.

  20. Ep. 35 (עמ' 40) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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.…

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  21. Ep. 34 (עמ' 39) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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 -...

  22. Ep. 33 (עמ' 38) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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…

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  23. Ep. 32 (עמ' 36-37) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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.

  24. Ep. 31 (עמ' 35-36) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

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

  25. Ep. 30 (עמ׳ 33-34) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

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

  26. Ep. 29 (עמ' 32) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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.

  27. Ep. 28 (עמ׳ 31) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

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

  28. Ep. 27 (עמ׳ 30) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

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

  29. Ep. 26 (עמ׳ 29) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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.

  30. Ep. 25 (עמ׳ 27-28) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

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

  31. Ep. 24 (עמ׳ 26) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

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

  32. Ep. 23 (עמ׳ 25) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  33. Ep. 22 (עמ׳ 24) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - The difference between koach and gilui.

  34. Ep. 21 (עמ׳ 23) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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…

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  35. Ep. 20 (עמ׳ 22) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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.

  36. Ep. 19 (עמ׳ 21) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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.

  37. Ep. 18 (עמ׳ 20) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - What is a truly good davening.

  38. Ep. 17 (עמ' 18) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  39. Ep. 16 (עמ' 17) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  40. Ep. 15 (עמ' 16) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  41. Ep. 14 (עמ' 15) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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…

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  42. Ep. 13 (עמ' 14) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  43. Ep. 12 (עמ' 13) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  44. Ep. 11 (עמ' 12) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  45. Ep. 10 (עמ' 11) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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…

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  46. Ep. 9 (עמ' 10) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  47. Ep. 8 (עמ' 8-9) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  48. Ep. 7 (עמ' 7) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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...

  49. Ep. 6 (עמ׳ 6) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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

  50. Ep. 5 (עמ' 5) - Sefer Hamaamarim 5701

    - 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…

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Spreading authentic chassidus to the whole world in a way that is understood even to the intellect of the animalistic human soul (nefesh ha'bahamis).

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