Likutei Moharan Amud Yomi | Rabbi Yaakov Klein

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.