Chassidus

• Why the vision of Ezekiel starts with the 3 impure kelipos.

• קליפה קדמה לפרי - why the shell grows before the fruit.

• The shell even seems more important than the fruit - it growing first.

• The fruit can't grow without the shell protecting it.

• In many things we see - that which comes first isn't the main purpose. i.e. asking a favor.

• The concept of an analogy (משל) - analogy is a shell, the idea conveyed through it is the fruit.

• Why the human mind needs analogies to understand concepts.

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• How the vov of Hashem’s name unifies the two hei’s.

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• NEW MAAMAR - ד"ה זה יתנו כל העובר על הפקודים.

• Questions about the half shekel.

• Zohar: the letter vov between the 2 letter hei of Hashem's name is the half shekel.

• 2 levels in the half shekel - (1) מחצית סתם, general, without saying how much is a whole shekel, which in truth includes two halves.

• (2) When the verse says clearly 20 geira are a shekel.

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• The special quality of the things that were created the eve of the Shabbos of creation.

• Moshe's richness that came from the shavings of the second tablets.

• Why Moshe's face was shining after receiving the second tablets.

• The superior quality of learning the Oral Torah.

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• Why the sages fences were only added during the time of the second temple.

• The more careful a person is with keeping the "fences" of the sages the more he will arouse his Godly soul's love for God.

• The deeper the evil is ingrained in the soul, the more we need the details of the Oral Torah.

• Through learning Torah in depth and coming to the real halacha, we refine the Godly sparks.

• The "stone" Torah can break the "stone" evil inclination.

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• The difference between the first tablets and the second tablets - general Torah, detailed Torah.

• The spiritual source for the detailed laws of the Torah is higher than the general Torah - from תעלומות חכמה.

• After the sin of the golden calf in order to combat evil we needed the second tablets - detailed Torah.

• What is the deeper reason for the fences made around the Torah by the sages, seemingly דייך במה שאסרה תורה!

• Analogies to understand how the sages fences come from God's intense love for the Jewish souls.

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• The refining process (עבודת הבירורים) can truly only take place through the inner light of חכמה, not through the encompassing light of כתר.

• Through refining the sparks of Godliness trapped in physicality you draw down from the essence of God.

• The whole idea of the Torah how it has descended down here is to refine sparks (לברר בירורים).

• The inner reason why Torah is called עוז and תושיה.

• Sins and even over involvement in the physical weaken the Godly soul.

• The Torah gives strength to the Godly soul to be able to be aroused to escape the confines of the animal soul.

• Two types of peace - unity between God and the Godly soul - accomplished through learning Torah.

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• The possibility for the process of בירורים came about from שבירת הכלים.

• Even the world of tohu has ישות.

• The elevation of the sparks of holiness is similar to the thirst of the ba'al teshuvah.

• Through the refinement of שם ב"ן, it ascends higher than שם מ"ה.d

• The explanation of the analogy of the scale.

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• Explanation of the התלבשות of Godliness into the כלים of atzilus.

• Analogy for שבירת הכלים from separating letters from a word.

• The source of ישות in creation is from the intense revelation of Divine energy in תוהו.

• Why רצוא is opposite of the true purpose of creation.

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• Why da'as is directly underneath keser in the second way of organizing the sefiros.

• One cannot grasp the infinite energy of God, but one can sense/feel it.

• Why da'as is called "Rich" - עשיר.

• "The scale that weighs the yud (יו"ד).

• Divine service and reward and punishment is only possible in the lower worlds of בי"ע.

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