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Wage War With Love (but first know who you love)

Wage War With Love (but first know who you love)

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This sicha can be found in Likkutei Sichos, Cheilek Beis, p. 338 I. Bil’om and Amoleik It says in sforim(1), that there is a connection between Bil’om and Amoleik. The remez: If we write the names Bil’om and Amoleik on two lines, one above the other, the right half of the two words read (from the top down), “Bil’om”: the “beis-lammed” from Bil’om, and “ayin-mem” from Amoleik. The left side of the words read (from the top down: the “ayin-mem” from…

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Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Middle of Chapter Four; Tammuz 14, 5775

Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Middle of Chapter Four; Tammuz 14, 5775

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Continuing on the subject of returning the higher and lower “hei’s” of Havaye, the Alter Rebbe explains how and what the nature is of our being. We are a piece of G-d Himself and He blew within us a the soul of life. When one blows, it is from within, indicating to us the depth of our relationship with Hashem–we’re connected at the core.

Neshoma Klollis (Core Soul) / Neshoma (Soul)

Neshoma Klollis (Core Soul) / Neshoma (Soul)

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A neshoma klollis is the soul of the leader of any particular generation or the yechida,some say the chaya-yechida.  Let’s start with basics in Jewish soul-logy: 1. A soul is an extension from G-d (Tanya ch. 2) revealed (a little) in a body. 2. There are 600,000 general souls that split into 600,000 more souls and each gets a body. There are five degrees of the soul: 1. Nefesh, gives life to the body. This is the “lowest” or most external…

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Will

Will

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Will transcends the body. The proof is, that as soon as you want to put your foot in fire, for example, or jump in cold water, your body obeys despite the nature of the body. Will comes from above intellect (from kesser, it’s called higher will) and as a result of intellect (from da’as it’s called lower will). The first kind of will stands firm in the face of adversity. The second kind of will can be changed if the logic…

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Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Chapter Two; Tammuz 9, 5775

Iggeres HaT’Shuva: Chapter Two; Tammuz 9, 5775

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Earlier the Alter Rebbe explained that there is a difference between t’shuva and forgiveness/atonement. Today, the Alter Rebbe explains the need for fasting on top of the t’shuva and the forgiveness. If one wronged a king, for that matter, “sorry,” wouldn’t suffice. 1. There’s the t’shuva, which includes a resolution and verbal admission. 2. There’s the forgiveness, because G-d loves Jews. 3. Appeasement. Just because we were forgiven doesn’t mean we see eye to eye yet. This is where fasting comes in: In the…

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Shviras Hakeilim / Shattering of the Vessels / What’s With Physicality?

Shviras Hakeilim / Shattering of the Vessels / What’s With Physicality?

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Shviras HaKeilim, or the Shattering of the “Vessels,” refers to the shattering of the vessels of Tohu, chaos. Before the state of being we are in now, namely all of Hishtalshelus, there was (and because it transcends time, it still is) the world of chaos. In Tohu, everything exists in extremes; chessed exists as a polar opposite to g’vura and so forth. The issue with is they can’t exist at all. The reason is the “light,” or energy pumped into the “vessels”…

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Malchus

Malchus

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Malchus is the lowest sefira in any context. She is the universal recipient of any expression of any other (by definition higher) sefira: in the language of kabbala, “it has nothing to call its own.” Malchus manifests as the mouth, or speech, because the mouth expresses all of ones thoughts and emotions; speech, because words are little boxes (“teiva” means “word” in Loshon HaKodesh) to carry thoughts and emotions. Malchus manifests as earth and the womb since, like speech, they take a small…

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Tikkun

Tikkun

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In Tikkun, however, there is an added element of Hiskal’lus, inter-inclusion. Since there is now compatibility and integration, polar opposites no longer exist. That being said, dichotomies only exist in our mind and are tools by which we can understand abstract concepts. In Tikkun, chessed contains within it, chessed, g’vura, tiferes, etc., and g’vura contains chessed, g’vura, tiferes, etc. This will have tremendous (positive) ramifications, but is not relevant to ourma’mer.

Sha’ar HaYichud VeHaEmuna: Beginning of Chapter Twelve, Tammuz 5, 5775

Sha’ar HaYichud VeHaEmuna: Beginning of Chapter Twelve, Tammuz 5, 5775

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Letters are the means by which G-dly energy enlivens existence. Not only the words and the font of the letters in Loshon HaKodesh, but also the ideas behind them.  That means that, “May there be a sky,” includes all the details of what makes up a sky. Those particular ideas, which are subcategories of the general idea, are made of letters too. For example: the storehouse of snow, the grinders of mann for the tzaddikim, etc.