The Thursday Night Shiur

Embark on a late night journey into the most profound Kabbalistic secrets of the Torah. Follow along in the book as we climb from the highest peaks of Chassidic thought into the deepest canyons of the soul, in these avant garde teachings from the writings of Rabbi Schneir Zalman of Liadi on the weekly Torah portion.

Vayikra – Biur Lo Sashbis Melach – Class 2

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A profound discourse on the significance of  Torah study. Why we must study both the revealed and mystical dimensions of the Torah?

Tazria – Sos Tasis Vesagel Ho’akarah

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The Sages teach us that the gender of the child is determined  by which partner transmits seed first. If its the Father then it will be a Girl if its the Mother then it will be a Boy. This has a mystical meaning as well. We the Jewish people are married to G-D the children that we produce in our marriage is the love of G-D that is Kabbalisticlly referred to as our spiritual children. The love can either be Male or Female. A masculine love is a striving and a passion to cleave to G-D’s very self even if that would mean an end to the soul as we know it. A feminine love is a striving and passion to experience a ray of Divinity that would allow for the Soul to retain its own existence.

Shemini – V’Chol Halevavos Yiraucha

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An inside look at the sin of the Two son’s of Aharon. The danger of striving for spirituality for ones own gratification and not as a means to serve G-d. The Two son’s of Aharon reached the highest form of spiritual ecstasy to the point that they couldn’t control themselves from expiring in G-D’s infinite light. That was great for them but its not what G-D wants from us. We are charged with the mission to elevate the mundane and sanctify our bodies which can’t be accomplished if our souls escape back to their G-Dly source.