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Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu: Part Four; Understanding the Language, Shedding Light on a Deeper Reality

Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu: Part Four; Understanding the Language, Shedding Light on a Deeper Reality

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Part Four: Understanding the Language, Shedding Light on a Deeper Reality Translation and Integrated Translation of the Ma’amer ד) דְּהִנֵה לָשׁוֹן ״עִם״ שַׁיָיךְ כְּשְׁיֵשׁ דִמְיוֹן בֵּין שְׁנֵי הַדְבָרִים. כְּדְרָשַׁת רַבֹּתֵנוּ זִכְרוֹנָם לִבְרָכָה, עֲל הַפָּסוּק וְהִתְיַצְּבוּ שָׁם עִמָּךְ, עִמָּךְ בְּדוֹמִין לָךְ The use of the word “with” is relevant only when there is a relationship between the different elements at play. For example, on the verse where G-d tells Moshe Rabeinu (BeHa’alos’cho, 11:16), “…And have them [the seventy elders] stand there…

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Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu: Part Three; Personal Relationship With the Divine

Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu: Part Three; Personal Relationship With the Divine

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Part Three: Personal Relationship With the Divine. Humility and Self-Sacrifice “ג) דְהִינֵה הַטַעֲם עֲל זֶה שׁהַיִרְאָה בָּאָה בּעִיקָר עֲל-יְדֵי עֲבוֹדַת הָאָדָם, יֵשׁ לוֹמַר, כִּי יִרְאָה הִיא בִּיטוּל. וּבְּפְרַט יִרְאַת הַמֶלֶךְ, ״שֹוֹם תָּשִֹים עָלֶיךָ מֶלֶךְ״ שֶׁתְּהֵא אֵימָתוֹ עָלֶיךָ The reason why fear is specifically a result of our personal effort is, that fear is humility: especially the fear associated with a king.  A possible reason why fear is humility can be understood by the following. Fear is, as defined in Chassidus, the…

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Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu; Parshas Korach, Gimmel Tammuz, 5724 Part One

Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu; Parshas Korach, Gimmel Tammuz, 5724 Part One

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Y’hi Hashem Elokeinu Imonu; Parshas Korach, Gimmel Tammuz, 5724 (1964) Historical Background to the Ma’amer: This ma’amer is based on the Frierdiker Rebbe’s sicha of 5687 (1927). The Frierdiker Rebbe delivered this sicha after being incarcerated for nineteen days at the Spalerno fortress, before being sent to exile in Kostroma. At the station, before boarding the train car, the Frierdiker Rebbe turned to the chassidim who had come to bid him farewell and delivered the sicha. (Days In Chabad, Kaminetzky & Cohen,…

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Likkutei Torah: Sh’lach Lecho Anoshim

Likkutei Torah: Sh’lach Lecho Anoshim

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Likkutei Torah Sh’lach Lecha Anoshim: First Ma’amer, First Os Conceptual Background to the Ma’amer: Please note that this is a small portion of the ideas covered in this ma’amer. For a fuller perspective on these and other ideas refer to Mystical Concepts in Chassidus, by J. Immanuel Shochet. Another indispensable tool is your local mafte’ach inyonim—the index of concepts—in the back of the Tanya or any other sefer Chassidus. I. The Scouts (Meraglim) Here’s a link to the verses with Rashi…

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Moshiach Now (Dor HaSh’vi’i)

Moshiach Now (Dor HaSh’vi’i)

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Things we are Who we want to be We’ve gotten this far, So it’s gotta be Something in the water, The kashe, the song The mashke, Break the bong Growing strong. Say l’chaim, Zog *****, Joyous and free, Alas, inhibition sets in, The mind cools the heart. Contemplate the One, Accept there’s none, Seek refuge, Think to feel, Feel to do, Do to feel, To think, To bring Moshiach now.

Quiet Desperation (There’s Love)

Quiet Desperation (There’s Love)

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I. Quiet desperation. The cry of a nation, Fleeing from starvation, Plagued by assimilation, Rip tide current, He shoots bullets from a turret, Greater light through it II. Quiet desperation, Faceless bochrim pacing, Fingernail clippings, Facial hair trimmings, Primping, Getting dolled up. III. Conflicting desires, I’m working, I’m fighting, I’m battling, When I’m living truth, I want to see truth. IV. Inspiration comes, Inspiration goes, Fanning the flames. Seeking pleasure, Removing censure, Forbidden desire, Frustration, Quiet desperation. V. There’s love,…

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Happiness

Happiness

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I. Happiness, Real tests, The greatest, Thing alive. Wond’ring, Where we’re going, Wandering and stoic. In a desert, Mirages flowing, From the rock. In this place, And no other. Call it home, Or whatever. II. Poignant blue, Serene and true, Our souls too, Can pull through. So don’t let me. You raised me, From the pit, Black pitch, You raised me.

Crown Heights (Winter)

Crown Heights (Winter)

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I. Wind bites, Frosted cheeks, Ambling down, Crowded streets. The best part of, Community, Is to come, Into unity. Sorry, for the moment, Grateful, for the courage, Climbing gradually, Albeit habitually. II. Explode! With honesty, Travel! Exponentially, We’re in this city, You, add the beauty. Think of something special, Something…confidential, Candid, Celebrate the moment, Admit, That you want it.

Flying

Flying

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Teach me how to fly, I’ll spread my wings and go. I’ll be fine, I’ll find my way home. Standing on the edge, Of time and space. Where universes collide, You and I, Must try, To exemplify each other.

Shacharis in 770

Shacharis in 770

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I. Flames of youth, Screaming truth, Praying in the doorways, Piling the halls. Clad in robes and shawls, And modern-day turbans. Gloriously crowned, By the powerful woman. Broken and beaten, Many times before, Victory through miracles, Stories, galore. Green glass bottles, Of culture, Sparkling brilliantly, Toward the future. Warmness, Effulgent Jew, Toughness, Ringing true. Infinite light, Pushing through, Heart contrite, To be, for You. II. Where I want to be, Where I’m not, Call it home, Taste and see. Droning…

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