Likutei Moharan Amud Yomi | Rabbi Yaakov Klein

This class is sponsored by Shlomo Rosenblatt, as a zechus for besoros tovos for טליה מלכה בת נעמי. Also by a listener of the shiur who built NØRA, a clinically-grounded app for shemirat habris. Special Shovavim pricing: less than $1/week! norahealth.io/shovavim Also by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Avrohom Ben Rochel Themes: New project "S'fasayim Yishak"!, the meaning of Deveikus, what are Tefillin?, constructive or destructive speech, Ruach Se'arah, the nihilistic energy of "Achar HaDevarim", first kitrug and then nisayon, the myopia of hopelessness, are we as kind to ourselves as we are to others?, no such thing as checkmate, the possibility of finding peace of mind.

This class is sponsored by sponsored by a listener of the shiur who built NØRA, a clinically-grounded app for shemirat habris. Special Shovavim pricing: less than $1/week! norahealth.io/shovavim Also sponsored by Bernard Bollag l'ilui nishmas his dear maternal grandmother ‏רחל בת אריה - a woman of true chessed and gevura, whose yartzeit was Alef Shevat. Also by Boruch Berger as a zechus for Freida Golda bas Devorah and Eliyahu Betzalel bas Devorah, that they should be healthy and happy and continue to bring nachas to their parents. Also by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Avrohom Ben Rochel Themes: Review, remazim to improper shechita causing a lack of parnassah, (Kriyas Yam Suf, 437, "teref"), the 'Neviim' turn R'yudin into Ad-noi and open the channel of shefa, Rav and Shmuel are referring to two aspects of the same thing, especially an precious and holy soul are sent into a family of an am ha'aretz, that soul can be rectified by the Torah within which us drawn out through dignity.

This class is sponsored by Boruch Berger as a zechus for Freida Golda bas Devorah and Eliyahu Betzalel bas Devorah, that they should be healthy and happy and continue to bring nachas to their parents. And by Deena and Avi Holchendler L”N Deena’s father, Jerry Pasternak, Gedlaiah ben Menachem Yehoshua. Also by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Avrohom Ben Rochel Themes: Review, moving from the Chaos of Self into the integrated energy of the Avos, responding to one's true identity helps remind them of who they truly are, Human souls reincarnate into animals, Shocheit as gatekeeper between this world and the next, the Kabbalistic intention of slaughtering - to elevate the soul in "feminine waters", mindless murder of the animal's soul, the cry of the soul when slaughtered mindlessly, should one become a shocheit?

This class is sponsored by Yoni Shine l'ilui nishmas Yehoshua David Ben Robert (Josh Boone) - A Gibor Am Yisrael who gave his life protecting the Jewish people. Also sponsored by anonymously so that this shiur should be a zechus for all of us listening and sitting around R' Yaakov as well as for R' Yaakov himself to have the parnassah that we each need and want in order to serve Hashem correctly in the way He wants us to. Also by Boruch Berger as a zechus for Freida Golda bas Devorah and Eliyahu Betzalel bas Devorah, that they should be healthy and happy and continue to bring nachas to their parents. And by Deena and Avi Holchendler L”N Deena’s father, Jerry Pasternak, Gedlaiah ben Menachem Yehoshua. Also by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Avrohom Ben Rochel Themes: Review, fasting helps weaken the 7 aspects of "self-ishness", tzedakah does the same, Rebbe Nachman's realisation that hisbodedus accomplishes everything fasting does, two kinds of tzedakah - Chutz L'Aretz and Eretz Yisrael, two kinds of Torah consciousness, Torah study of children is particulary pure and sweetens the judgement, nullifying our sense of self-ishness by engaging in humbling practices and activating the inner-child and his fundamental fragility - returning to Binah and the "ikkar haBeriyah".

This class is sponsored by Bernard Berger as a zechus for Freida Golda bas Devorah and Eliyahu Betzalel bas Devorah, that they should be healthy and happy and continue to bring nachas to their parents. And by Deena and Avi Holchendler L”N Deena’s father, Jerry Pasternak, Gedlaiah ben Menachem Yehoshua. Also by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam. Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah shleimah for Chaim Avrohom Ben Rochel. Themes: To make Himself "known", 4 reasons for the creation of the world and their alignment with letters of Shem Havaya, Rebbe Nachman focuses on world of Binah/Beriyah, out of the womb of Binah comes 7 contrasting pairs, duality for the sake of reunification "face to face", the tragedy of self-obsession instead of self-for-other, nullifying the 4 Yesodos of physicality (accessing Gan Eden) through fasting.

This class is sponsored by Bernard Berger as a zechus for Freida Golda bas Devorah and Eliyahu Betzalel bas Devorah, that they should be healthy and happy and continue to bring nachas to their parents. And by Deena and Avi Holchendler L”N Deena’s father, Jerry Pasternak, Gedlaiah ben Menachem Yehoshua. Also by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah shleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah shleimah for Chaim Avrohom Ben Rochel Themes: Review, from Hashem only an "Ohr Poshut" descends, are we judged on Rosh HaShana or daily?, Bilaam couldn't understand why Klal Yisrael were always already blessed, feeding the Mochin, Bris is the point differentiating "Echad" and "Acher", K'halacha or not k'halcha - it's up to us whether to follow the Baal Shem Tov or Shabsai Tzvi ch"v, the narrative is in our hands to define. Huge mazal tov to our local and global chabura on completing a full year of learning together! B'chasdei Hashem we have had 173 Shiurim covering 50 pages (100 sides) and 36 lessons in Likutei Moharan. Ashreinu l'netzach nitzachim! Thank you to all the sponsors who help support the shiur, to all those who join us in person early in the morning, to those who join live on Zoom, to those who listen to the recordings later. We are part of something remarkable... what an endless privilege. With gratitude for the past, we ask Hashem to grant us another year ahead to continue this journey and rise ever higher in our hasagos and level of closeness to Hashem. 

This class is sponsored by Deena and Avi Holchendler l'ilui nishmas Deena’s father, Jerry Pasternak, Gedlaiah ben Menachem Yehoshua, whose yarzheit is today (Monday 23 Teves.) Also sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam. Themes: Review, crying while saying Shema, "I exist in a context," feeling our fragility and vulnerability, cleansing our eyes, this is all part of a necessary process of refinement - the peel before the fruit, these teachings give us a new soul, they are dangerous like Chemo is dangerous, Uman is a "soul hospital," the necessity of authenticity, an indicator that one was a tzaddik all along, only a true shomer habris can understand the Tzaddik's message, the fear of the misnagdim and why it didn't occur to the Baal Shem Tov.

This class is sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam. Themes: Review, Heart and Eyes - Chochmah and Binah, the impulse for immorality and the yearning for Nistar, Kriya Shema and the beautiful maiden with no eyes, the connection between pgam habris and the spleen, two kinds of hopelessness, the frozen "warmth" of Amalek, who is the real Eirev Rav?, returning to our root in the Shevatim - 12 words and 49 letters.

This class is sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam. Themes: Review, Torah=relationship with Hashem, Taavas Ni'uf as the ultimate imbalance, Moshe Rabbeinu is Daas, understanding "perishus", why some tzaddikim acted in surprising ways in this and other areas of spirituality, Billam could have revealed the Torah within him, the point of distinction between holiness and impurity is the wisdom of never giving up, Yosef and his nisayon.

This class is sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Themes: The 70 root souls of am Yisrael and their connection to the 70 Faces of Torah, middos as "measurements", the collective imbalances of the nations of the world, the process of labor and crying out 70 times, a paradigm shift in how we understand "yeridos", desert-field-forest-desert, authenticity is the foundation of everything, a theology of failure, life is a curriculum, we are birthing more ideal versions of ourselves.

This class is sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also sponsored anonymously bezchus shidduchim for Klal Yisrael's singles. Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Themes: Review, protecting our Malchus with the unifying light of Binah-Chashmal, the speaking silence, sticking to our values in business, Rebbe Shimon Ben Nanas, elevating the sparks via Chabad of Asiyah rising into Yetzirah, the 3 mitzvos upon entering EY, tefillin straps and moving from unity to mulitplicity, 370 Illuminations from Kesser, one person's faithful business dealings impacts another's consciousness, Rosh HaShana and Shofar, healing the brokenness to recieve the Ohr HaPanim.

This class is sponsored by Mikey Slasky l'ilui nishmas: Eliyahu Ben Moshe Yoseoh and Avraham Ben Peretz and in appreciation to Rabbi Klein for everything! And sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also sponsored anonymously bezchus shidduchim for Klal Yisrael's singles. Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Themes: Review, renewing our mind - reneweing creation, sleep and the renewal of the soul, Shabbos and the 6 days of the week, learning p'shatei Oraysa, Pashta-Munach-Zarka, accessing the light of Kesser, doing business in accordance with Halacha, the balance will be different for each person, sleep is for the purpose of further wakefulness, the danger of entering the realm of work, necessity of drawing down the protective element of Binah.

This class is sponsored as a Zechus for Rabbi Klein and his family by Eli Wolbrom of 90SecondNach.com And sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also sponsored anonymously bezchus shidduchim for Klal Yisrael's singles. Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Themes: Teshuvah - to return, catipulting to essence, Chochmah us the source, Externalizing Wisdom, bittul Torah, "Bas Pharaoh", cheilek Eloka m'maal, displacing the ocean of wisdom, wisdom increases slowly, moving further into line away from dot or further into dot away from line, Gavriel's reed turns into Rome, IFS and parts work, Kelipos are not bad - they are protecting something, moving into Mind (Chochmah) beyond parts (Binah).

This class is sponsored as a Zechus for Rabbi Klein and his family by Eli Wolbrom of 90SecondNach.com And sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also sponsored anonymously bezchus shidduchim for Klal Yisrael's singles. Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Themes: Review, Avraham and Malki Tzedek, the precarious nature of "Kana'us", we are looking for love, fixing the brokenness of our shattered vessels with the light of Tzidkus, finding the proper support system with the 3 nekudos, the importance of a good friend, Kadosh - Kodesh + Vav, insight communicated even through a friend's sichas chulin.

This class is sponsored as a Zechus for Rabbi Klein and his family by Eli Wolbrom of 90SecondNach.com And sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also sponsored anonymously bezchus shidduchim for Klal Yisrael's singles. Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Themes: Review, broken heart-broken luchos, "Melech" or "Kalem", the curse of forgetfulness, the rectification of Rashbi and penimiyus haTorah, an overview of "Sheviras HaKeilim", what happened to the light and vessel of Chessed, "Is Kabbalah fact or opinion?", "Are there disagreements between the Mekubalim about this stuff?", the ever-increasing coherence between Kabbalah and the Sciences, the unique revelation of Chassidus, Chachmei Shklov and the steady approach of the Geulah, pitch for the Eilecha campaign this coming Sunday and Monday.

This class is sponsored as a Zechus for Rabbi Klein and his family by Eli Wolbrom of 90SecondNach.com And sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also sponsored anonymously bezchus shidduchim for Klal Yisrael's singles. Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam And by Yehuda Davis, in honour of Reb Yaakov & Bernard Bollag & for a refuo Shelamo for Malka Ettel Bas Brocha. This shiur is particularly deep and might require some review. Gal einai, v'abita nifla'os m'Torasecha. Themes: Review, Yosef-Tzaddik is "melafum" - dot and line, Kesser is the root of everything, the necessity for the emergence of Chochmah and Binah, Binah is "Lecha", Yesod is "Kol", Yosef is "navon v'chacham", the entire Torah is dot and line - nachal/nahar and maayan/Eden, various instatiations of these two relative elements, the unified light of the Tzaddik Emes - revelation of "Mekor Chochmah" - the light of Kesser, connection to Torah Vav.

This class is sponsored as a Zechus for Rabbi Klein and his family by Eli Wolbrom of 90SecondNach.com And sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also sponsored anonymously bezchus shidduchim for Klal Yisrael's singles. Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Also sponsored anonymously in honor of Reb Ori Strum from Torahsparks. Themes: Review, the notion of Ratzon Hashen being given over into our hands, Klal Yisrael and Torah SheBaal Peh, Ishbitz and the tension between objective halacha and subjective individuality, the necessity of motive-clarification, the danger of this discussion and the importance of abundant caution, the nekudos of "Bereishis" and Jewish history, progressivism in symbiotic tension with conservitism, the necessity of the proper context for this clarity - Tzaddik-Chaver-Hisbodedus.

This class is sponsored as a Zechus for Rabbi Klein and his family by Eli Wolbrom of 90SecondNach.com And sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also sponsored anonymously bezchus shidduchim for Klal Yisrael's singles. Also dedicated as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam Also sponsored l'hatzlacha Akiva Lev ben Michal Davida Umishpachto for hatzlacha b'chol inyanim And L'ilui nishmas Hadassah Hinda bas R' Mordechai Meir Themes: Positive broken heart vs. broken heart of "bizayon", the particularized Nekudah and it's connection to Torah 33, Yat Kislev and "Ayekah", the Tzaddik has "power over Hashem" - to help others return to Him, Yesod in Malchus and Malchus in Yesod, the nekudah of "Melafum", why we need to speak out our tefillos in words, every Yid's a big tzaddik, Hisbodedus is Ruach HaKodesh, the "Chutzpah" of Ikvesah D'Mashicha, the importance of sichos chaveirim.

This class is sponsored as a Zechus for Rabbi Klein and his family by Eli Wolbrom of 90SecondNach.com And sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also sponsored anonymously bezchus shidduchim for Klal Yisrael's singles. The learning from this class should be as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam. Themes: Review, relative levels of spirituality, Yiras HaOneish and Yiras HaRomemus, the sliding scale of Tzimtzum-dissolution, the Tzaddik's Ahava Sheb'Yamim is our Ahavah Sheb'Daas, there is only ever your P'nim and next Makif, Mind and Heart are Makif and P'nim - Ahava Sheb'Daas and Ahava Sheb'Yamim, a new understanding of "Rachmana Liba Ba'i", the true Ohr HaGanuz is is tasted not in learning but in actualizing what we learn, Kabbalistic intentions of Lulav, Succos is the essence of Judaism (Daas), illuminating Malchus - reaching all of humanity.

This class is sponsored as a Zechus for Rabbi Klein and his family by Eli Wolbrom of 90SecondNach.com And sponsored by Zev Klein l'ilui nishmas his parents: רבקה בריינדל בת צבי שמחה & יעקב בן ישעיהו Also sponsored anonymously bezchus shidduchim for Klal Yisrael's singles. The learning from this class should be as a zechus for a refuah sheleimah for Chaim Yehoshua ben Chaya Miriam. Likutei Moharan Amud Yomi #159 - Torah Lamed Gimmel (4)Themes: Review, finding the themes of our lesson in the opening pesukim of Parshas Vayishlach, Ahava Sheb'Middos and Ahava Sheb'Daas, conditional and unconditional, hanhagos of Ze'ir Anpin and Arikh Anpin, what is Penimiyus haTorah?, the Ohr HaGanuz, Kislev and the hidden 36 lights, the hidden Torah and the hidden tzaddikim, why Rebbe Nachman is such a secret treasure, "B'cha Chosmin" and the Abraham Accords, a superrational vision of "Peace in the Middle East", a day that is not a day and not a night.