Quotes For Life – From The Rebbe
| Parents | |||
| Responsibility | Parents responsibility for their children begins while the child is in the womb. | ||
| Love, Comfort | A father has compassion – a mother has the quality of comforting. | ||
| God’s Helper | God trusts them with education of their children. | ||
| Mothers | A mother has an extra dose of compassion. | ||
| Heritage / Lineage | The lineage, as Cohen, comes from the father while the Jewish identity comes from the mother. | ||
| Torah | A father’s love for his son is evoked when the child asks him to learn Torah, as he knows the request comes from love (the fact that this law is brought in the laws of Honoring Parents, proves this.) | ||
| Sacrifice | Parents are willing for the sake of their children to sacrifice. | ||
| Father’s Essence | The child that comes from the father’s (body) is drawn from his soul. | ||
| Sacrifice | More than parent’s desire for themselves, they desire for their children – and this especially is in regards, to Judaism and Torah. | ||
| Father’s Day | Father’s day – namely buying dad a tie and then returning next year is obviously incorrect. | ||
| Mother | The mother’s influence has the greatest impact. | ||
| Giver/receiver | The nature of the relationship is the child receives, and the parents give. | ||
| From God | The creation of a child comes from God (the parents are only intermediaries.) | ||
| Role Models | The way to influence children is through being a good role-model – which when children see their parents dedicated to Torah and Mitzvos, they will likewise – though of-course influence is a step by step gradual process. | ||
| Influencing | Sometimes it is best to use a friend of the child, (asking him or her) to influence the child – for often parents still assume their children are small. |
| Father/Son | ||
| Meriting | A son adds merit to his father, and the reverse is also true. | |
| Role-Model | To the extent the father dedicates to a value system, is the extent that his wife and children will likewise. | |
| Nachas | A parent’s greatest nachas – children who get along. | |
| One Entity | Halachickly a parent and child cannot testify against one another, as they are too close, for they are one entity, and the lesson is, that God is one with us. | |
| Similar | Similar to one another, as both from a body and soul level, the son comes from the father. | |
| Abilities | A son’s abilities exceeds the father, for he has within Him, the father’s essence. | |
| Unique | Although they are connected, nonetheless, they are still separate individuals. | |
| Similarity | From the son one can perceive the father. | |
| Father/son | In essence the father is higher than the son – the concept that the son’s ability can exceed is what is novel. | |
| Essential bond | A father calling his little son, is a call from his essence. | |
| Identity | The identity of a father, is when he has a son. | |
| The Bond | The bond between a father and son surpasses all. | |
| Future image | Though a father can enjoy his son’s image, only after he is born… but God can before. | |
| Dependence | The son is not dependent on his father’s existence. | |
| Not jealous | One is jealous (if one has a jealous nature on others) besides the son. | |
| Interrelated | Only through modeling after the father can the son’s ability surpass. | |
| Playing | A father particularly enjoys and plays with his young son – likewise God to the Jewish people. | |
| Descending | One recognizes a father’s love by the fact that he lowers himself to descend to the level to communicate and interact (or play with his young son) and similar God to us. | |
| Caring | The very act of punishing demonstrates (for one wouldn’t do this for another) the personal care, attention and love of the parent (and of-course, this is also a lesson from God to us.) | |
| Teacher | A father must also be one’s “rabbi,” teacher of Torah. | |
| Student | A son is both a son and a student. | |
| Unity | Unity between parents and children is particularly important in our generation. | |
| Unity | When parents keep the laws of family purity and have with themselves unity, this causes that their children will be with them unified. | |
| Unique | A son is a new person. | |
| Generation Gap | Like one man with one heart – without a generation gap. | |
| Love | One father can handle ten sons, but the reverse is an exception. | |
| Connection | A son comes from the father’s brain, and therefore is always connected. | |
| Children’s Influence | The idea “the sons will return their fathers (to God)” is currently happening. | |
| Joy | Just as children who approach their parents, with requests… not through crying, but through joy, are more likely to get what they want… so too with us and God. | |
| Influencing | Sons can impact their father’s more than anyone – hence should encouraged them to Torah. | |
| To babies | A father has a special love to his baby son. | |
| Shabbos | A father must see to it that he Davens Shacharis in Shul on Shabbos on time, otherwise his children will imitate. | |
| Similar Potential | A father and a son are similar. | |
| Role-model | A father has to be a role-model and when he comes home from Shul, mustn’t discard his Gepatah and Chassidus Sefer. | |
| Mesirus Nefesh (self-sacrifice) | Parents have Mesirus Nefesh (self-sacrifice) for their children. | |
| The Bond | The bond between a father and son emanates from above. | |
| Internal Bond | The bond between a father and son is internal. | |
| Model | The way parents behave, is the model for children. | |
| Only Child | An only child is especially loved. | |
| Deep | The image of the son’s face is in the father’s memory. | |
| Testing | It is a Jewish custom that the father (particularly on Shabbos) tests his son. | |
| Not jealous | Not only does a father not have jealousy of his son, but also of his grandson. | |
| Shidduchim | If a son refuses to accept a shidduch suggestion – he can be influenced through either a. his parents b. friends. | |
| Partners | Three partners make a child, a father, mother and God. | |
| Father Doctor | Though a father may be a doctor, one should use a natural (hence without emotional bias) doctor. | |
| Bonded | There is an essential core connection between parents and children. | |
| Give them joy | A father should bring joy to his children. |
| Returning what got lost | ||
| True Loss | The greatest loss, is a moment of time. | |
| Restoring | True “restoring (of loss”) is bring a Jew back to his Heavenly Father. | |
| Returning | Restoring our own soul back to God (which the fool discards.) | |
| Rebi Avahu | ||
| God | The Talmud states God in his holy room – this is Rebi Avahu. | |
| The Avos – Forefathers | ||
| Merkavah | Even when the Avos slept, they served God. | |
| Faith | Avrohom brought faith to the Jewish people. | |
| Mesiras Nefesh (self-sacrifice.) | Yitzchok brought Mesiras Nefesh (sacrifice of self.) | |
| Lessons | Avrohom and Yitzchok represented Chessed and Gevurah (love and justice) and one needs to incorporate both. | |
| Shalosh Rigalim | Avrohom Yitzchok and Yaakov represent the Shalosh Rigalim (Pesach, Shavous and Sukkois.) | |
| Role-Models | What they did in this world – was to enable us to do likewise. | |
| Preparation | Their Mitzvos was a preparation for Matan Torah. | |
| Yitzchok | Yitzchok was born specifically after Avrohom had a Bris. | |
| Avrohom / Yitzchok | Avraham was about drawing Godliness down and Yitzchok was about being spiritual. | |
| We are united | As they are our role-models, and we imitate their behavior, we and they are one. | |
| Love bequeathed | Because they had such a great love for Hahsem, every Jew has at least an innate (even if it’s hidden) love. | |
| Rectification of Eitz Hadas | Through being a Merkavah, they fixed up the sin of Eitz Hadas. | |
| Ways / Avodah | Avrohom was a genius beyond everyone (and his comprehension of God came through his intellect) Yitzchok represents going beyond the intellect. | |
| Rectifying Adam | They fixed up the three sins of Adam Harishoin, through their three modes of serving God. | |
| Merkavah Study | They studied Torah in a way of Merkavah. | |
| Their Mitzvos | As they did Mitzvos as individuals (Not communal…) therefore what they accomplished, did not have a physical transformation. | |
| Their Mitzvos | Before the giving of the Torah, Mitvos didn’t permeate the physical. | |
| Toildois | They are all mentioned – including their primary purpose – in Parshas Toildois. | |
| Encompassing | Though they each are known for a primary way of Serving God, they each had all three. | |
| Tie Together – Daily Torah | They lived (all three) in the world for 15 years together, and they studied every day 15 hours of Torah. | |
| Merkavah | They were a Merkavah through the 24 hours of the day. | |
| Significance of their fifteen years. | The fifteen years they lived together represents, the name of Hashem (Yud and Heiy.) | |
| Difference between them and Moshe | The primary difference between our forefathers and Moshe was that they represented Divine emotions, while he, Divine wisdom. | |
| Preparation to Torah | Their service was a preparation to receive the Torah. | |
| Role-Models | Their manner of worshiping God (in contrast to the manner of the Shevatim) applies, and should be emulated by all Jews. | |
| Role-Models | We learn from them, not to isolate oneself, but to care, teach, and help the world. | |
| Bequeathing | Their essential truth is found by even a newborn Jewish baby. | |
| Their Mitzvos | As their performance of Mitzvos was spiritual (even if they used a physical item) therefore it permeated not the physical. | |
| Why They Needed Physical Items for Their Mitzvos | The reason they needed physical items (despite that their Mitzvos were spiritual) is because they were preparing for the future Mitzvos (this is similar to how a prophet would need to do something physical to help manifest the prophecy.) | |
| Avrohom / Yitzchok | Avrohom and Yitzchok respectively represent Chessed (kindness) and Gevurah (strict justice) the former representing bestowal from above, the latter striving from below. | |
| Source | They are called the “fathers” as they are the source of all Jewish souls. | |
| Their – and our – Service | Avrohom, Yitzchok and Yaakov, are Chessed, Gevurah and Tifferes, which are Gemilus Chassadim (kindness) Avodah (prayer) and Torah (study.) | |
| Unique Avodas | The difference between Avrohom and Yitzchok (pushing away evil) and Yaakov, (transforming evil to good.) | |
| Within us | Within every Jew all three are present. | |
| Unique Avodois | Avrohom was about revelation, Yitzchok was about digging. | |
| Unique Avodois | They were shepherds – higher than the world, but from time to time, descend to assist and uplift. | |
| Their Torah | When they learned Torah it added to their identity, but after Matan Torah it transforms. | |
| Their Prayer | They pray for us. | |
| United | They join us in our Avodah. | |
| Empower | They empower us. | |
| Yaakov didn’t die | Yaakov didn’t die. | |
| Role Models | Their Avodah is our role model. | |
| Why they were chosen | The reason they had such Divine revelation, was not due to their superiority, rather as they were the progenitors of the Jewish people. | |
| Within Us | In each Jew are the forefathers. | |
| Yeshivah | It says Avrohom was elderly and he sat and learned in Yeshivah. This a lesson to each of us, to establish Yeshivois. | |
| Messanic State | They received a taste of the world to come (Moshiach) in that Hashem took away disturbances (so they could focus on their spiritual matters.) | |
| Beis Hamikdosh | Avrohom Yitzchok and Yaakov correspond to the 3 Beis Hamikdoshs. | |
| Specific Avodah | Avrohom was Chessed, Yitzchok was Gevurah – staying away from evil and doing good, and Yaakov was Tifferes, learning Torah. | |
| Yaakov Torah | Yaakov’s progeny were all religious, as He had the special protection of Torah. | |
| Their Merit | Their merit protects the entire Jewish people. | |
| Fathers | Every Jew inherits their spiritual characteristics. | |
| Their Service | Their main characteristics was the service of God in the three primary emotions, of Love, Fear and Torah. | |
| The power of Love Fear and Compassion | The three primary characteristics of Love and fear of God, together with compassion on others, gives the ability to overcome all challenges in Galus. | |
| Their Torah Study | They all studied and practiced Torah (though it was more on a spiritual level.) | |
| Avilus (Mourning) | ||
| Teffilin | We put on Teffilin. | |
| Lessons | We must observe and learn from the positive qualities of the person who has passed. | |
| When a Yom Tov breaks the Avilus, this is only the negative, but not positive aspects. | ||
| The Avel should do Teshuva and give extra charity. | ||
| One may learn Chassidus, as it increases Teshuvah. | ||
| We circle not the Bimah by Hashanois (and the source of this, Toras Menachem, Menachem Tzion vol 2 page 369.) | ||
| By lessening the mourning, we lessen the emotional pain on the deceased. | ||
| We minimize mourning on Yom Tov through saying L’ichaim. | ||
| It is good to have an Aliyah all the time (even at minchah – though there is no harm if not.) | ||
| There is the concept of now feeling fear for one’s own life, and thus doing Teshuva. | ||
| Gartel | ||
| Gartel. | Take the Gartel off before going into the bathroom. | |
| Alacrity | Wearing a Gartel assists with alacrity. | |
| Transforming | Wearing a Gartel transforms negative to positive. | |
| Separation higher/lower | The Gartel separates from the lower and higher part of man, in contrast to the Arabian wrapping of the head. | |
| Potential | The Rebbe said: If I had the opportunity (potential) I would institute a Gartel from the time of Bar-Mitzvah. | |
| Straight | In Yechidus the Rebbe explained why he doesn’t fold it (in half, as some do) because if you could make something straight, why go crooked. | |
| Precious Stones | ||
| When Moshiach comes they will be all over | Precious stones alludes to the secrets of Torah (Chassidus.) | |
| Gutnick | The fact they were found in a distant land (Australia) in order to increase in charity. |
| Avrohom | ||
| Merit | He merited to have Hashem appear to him as he made himself a Bris at the age of 99. | |
| Minyan | Even after his passing he was counted for a Minyan. | |
| Convictions | One of the things we learn from Avrohom is though the entire world didn’t have his belief… we have the capacity, through courage of convictions to change the world | |
| Mesirus Nefesh | He effected the world as he had Mesirus Nefesh. | |
| Inspirer | Avrohom descending into Egypt was a great and low descent, nevertheless it was purposeful, and he impacted the Egyptians, and the lesson is that we not only need not worry about the gentiles in exile, but we have the capacity to inspire them. | |
| Mesirus Nefesh | Avrohom has Mesirus Nefesh to teach about God. | |
| Arabs | He believed and knew he could beat the Yetzer Hara of an Egyptian, and he effected the Arabs – getting them to recognize God. | |
| Growth | Through his travels, he grew. | |
| Mission | Though he was so great, he never looked at his greatness, only his mission. | |
| Empowering | In a deeper level, having Eleizer swear was actually empowering him (to fulfil the mission.) | |
| Mila | The Mitzvah of Milah, combines the physical and the spiritual. | |
| Israel | Through paying 400 Shekel of silver, for the cave of Machpeila, every Jew has a part in Israel. | |
| Mitzvahs | From the fact that he wanted to hitch his donkey, for the Akeida, shows us, how for a Mitzvah we must be eager. | |
| Effort | The reason he paid for the Cave of Machpaila, though he could have gotten it for free is because every Mitzvah, must come with effort. | |
| Reality | He declared that the entire reality comes from the first prime cause. | |
| Progeny | The Mitteleh Rebbe said, that the sign of Avrohom’s love for God is that it continues in all his future descendants. | |
| Love! | Even his fear of God was done through love. | |
| Complete | One of the things about Avrohom was that every day was complete – meaning filled with Torah and Mitzvos. | |
| His Service | Avrohom represents serving God though love. | |
| Taught Torah | He and Sara taught Torah. | |
| Teaching | He drew Godliness even to Arabs. | |
| Teaching | His service was to bring G_d even to the lowest. | |
| Ushpizin | The first day of Sukkois is his Ushpizin. | |
| Main Mission | One of his main missions was the marriage of Eliezer and Rivka which represents the Avodah of Iskafiya (subjugating our instincts) and Ishapcha (transforming them.) | |
| Dedication | The fact that it says, his heart was one hundred percent with God, means his service surpassed even King David’s. | |
| The Lesson | Just as he not only gave physical but spiritual charity, so too, now in the times right before Moshiach we must. | |
| Matan Torah | The difference between him and Moshe – Avrohom was the preparation for Matan Torah, and Moshe was Matan Torah. | |
| His Self-Sacrifice | He didn’t seek the pleasure of self-sacrifice, only did it when it was part of the service. | |
| His Dedication | It says his heart (with two Beisis, representing both the Nefesh Eloikis and Bihamis) both served God. | |
| All God | He taught not that God is the God of the world, but the world is God. | |
| Legacy | His Divine qualities are passed to his children. | |
| Wealth | Though he was very wealthy, he never took any pleasure. | |
| Sara | Sara (as women are) was more connected to the physical, which is also why her prophecy was greater. | |
| Mesirus Nefesh | Avrohom’s Mesires Nefesh was greater than Rabbi Akivah, as he did not seek it – only was seeking to fulfil God’s will. | |
| Eitz Hadas | The first to fix the sin of the Eitz Hadas. | |
| Kindness | His kindness was infinite – it extended even to Arabs. | |
| Loved helping | He was pained when he couldn’t do favors. | |
| Growth | Each time Hashem spoke to him, it was as exciting as a new instruction which he fulfilled. | |
| Justifying (To God) | We can learn from Avrohom’s (way, that he tried to speak favorably about the people of Sedom) to always speak favorably about Jews. | |
| Passion | He converted his Yetzer Hara to become a Yetzer Toiv. | |
| Mesrus Nefesh Role Model | He opened the gateway, to us having Mesirus Nefesh. | |
| Fearless | When he was an emissary of Hashem, he did not consider any fears. | |
| Hachnasas Oirchim | His manner of Hachnasas Oirchim – serving guests was that his tent was open on all four sides and he also taught them Torah. | |
| Light | From Avrohom the world began to have light! | |
| Eagerness | What was so marvelous about his sacrifice for the Akeieda, was his eagerness. | |
| Complete Subservience | The main challenge of the Akeida was the fact that as by nature he was compassionate… | |
| Caring | Avrohom began the era of caring for others. | |
| Generosity | Avrohom was generous with his time, money, and effort! | |
| Emulate | We must all learn and try to emulate Avrohom’s behavior. | |
| Educator | Avrohom was chosen – as he would teach. | |
| Milah | The reason he performed not the Mitzvah of Milah previously (though he did all others) for he wished to have the reward for obeying. | |
| Inside… | His inside taught him Torah. | |
| Akeida | The Akeida was so difficult as it was not about sacrificing himself, but another. | |
| Obedience | Even his heel obeyed G-d. | |
| Nation/s | Avrohom is the father of nations, namely Jews and Arabs which is consistent with the idea that he taught everybody – Sara who was focused on teaching those who were worthy, fathered specifically the Jewish people. – currently Yishmoel was banished and through Yitzchok the legacy of Avrohom endures. | |
| Transformation | He converted his Yetzer Hara, to be a Yetzer Tov. | |
| Model | We must learn from Avrohom Avinu, that though he was one person he was able to convince the whole world. | |
| Mesirus Nefesh | His Mesirus Nefesh was greater than Rabbi Akivah, for the latter sought it, but the former had it only as part as the overall mission (to spread Godliness.) | |
| Geirim | He is the head (father of – progenitor) of Converts (Geirim.) | |
| Education | He didn’t educate through coercion and managed to convince the whole world! | |
| Steadfast | We can learn from Avrohom to never worry about mockers. | |
| Honored | He was honored by the gentiles. | |
| Love / Fear | Though he is called the “Lover of God” he of-course included also fear (of God.) | |
| Mila | The reason he told Eliezer to swear by his thigh, for it was the only tangible Mitzvah. | |
| Mila | The reason he didn’t do a Mila earlier was before it was not considered Orlah. | |
| Preparation | Avrohom getting people to realize not that God is the God of the world but the world is God (for it is all Divine energy) is analogous to the revelation that occurred at the giving of the Torah. | |
| Chosen | The reason Abraham was chosen for he would behave ethically and charitably due to the Divine instruction and teach his descendants likewise. | |
| Education | There were steps until he recognized God – this is a lesson in education. | |
| Chevrion | His first possession was in chevroin. | |
| Akeida | The reason he sacrificed the ram is that the blessings and the promises at the Akeida should manifest. | |
| Avrohom/Avrom | Before the Mila he was called Av Ram, which means a lofty soul, but after Avraham, which means the father of a multitude of nations through his wife Sara. | |
| Beer Sheva | In the future he will receive of Bear Sheva for there he dwelled most of his days. | |
| Generosity | Avrohom was generous financially emotionally and physically. | |
| Generosity | When God came to speak to him but angels (dressed as men came) as they were hungry / visitors he left the Shechina – this teaches us that caring for a fellow takes precedence. | |
| Serving God | We cant say feeling weak prevents us from serving God, for Abraham was three days after the Meal when the pain was strongest and yet he ran to serve guests. | |
| Tzeddaka | Avrohom’s hospitality teaches us about the Mitzvah of Tzeddaka, the most comprehensive Mitzvah. | |
| Atzilus | He was the vehicle of Chessed of Atzilus. | |
| God’s Will | His kindness was, as this is God’s will. | |
| Avrohom/Sara | Avrohom and Sarah represent body and soul. | |
| Body/Soul | Avrohom and Sara going to Egypt represent the need of the body to recognize the supremacy of the soul. | |
| Transformation | Through Lech-Licha, his journey on God’s command, he altered his nature. | |
| Love | His main emphasis was on love. | |
| Alacrity | Due to Avrohom’s alacrity to fulfil the command of God, many great historical events occurred – he was a busy man, he would pray in great devotion – yet as soon as God’s command arrived, he ran. | |
| His Kindness | The reason he was so kind was not because this was his innate nature but because he was so attached to God. | |
| God & Man | The reason he caused “pain” to his guest – for he forced them to thank G-d – is because he was both good to people and God. | |
| Obedience | He sacrificed himself immediately to have a Bris – when God said. | |
| Judaism… | His first line of order was to follow God’s command “Lech Licha” (“Go where I show you…”) this shows that the entry into Judaism (doesn’t need preparation…) just the desire to follow orders. | |
| Alacrity | When he received the order to Have a Bris Milah though he was 99 years old, he (and he performed for all the children of his household – servents etc.) he did this immediately. | |
| Action | The above teaches us about people who feel they do enough by writing a check – a person must get actively involved. | |
| Jews/Education | Each and every Jew – descendant of Abraham – has (inherited) a special ability to educate. | |
| Goodness/Kindness | Avrohom and Sarah’s main preoccupation was in goodness and kindness. | |
| Educating | In the path of goodness and kindness they educated their son and so too – we Jews do – for eternity. | |
| Tool | His kindness was not innate rather a vehicle to spread Godliness. | |
| Cohen | He was a Cohen. | |
| The A Team | His combination of Mesirus Nefesh (sacrifice) Obedience (Kabbalas Oil) and Alacrity (zrizus – doing things right away) influenced everyone. | |
| 12 Tishrie | On the 12 of Tishrie, the third day after his Milah, God to him appeared. | |
| Kindness | We find with Abraham, first you help someone physically – as he would host people – then you help them spiritually – for then he taught them about G-d. | |
| Empowerment | His Avodah (Divine service) empowers every Jew. | |
| International | Avrohom effected the nations of the world. | |
| Revelation | He was the first to reveal God to the world. | |
| Baal Shem Tov | He is connected to the Baal Shem Tov – they are both the First Ushpizin of Sukkois. | |
| Mila | The Tzemach Tzeddek answered his grandson (the future Rebbe Rashab, who cried to him “How come G-d revealaed Himslef to avrhama but not to us”) “When a Jew a Tzaddik descded a the age of 99 to have a Mila…” | |
| Torah | He did all of the Torah. | |
| Matan Torah | He paved the way for Matan Torah. | |
| Challenges | His life was filled with challenges. | |
| Spiritual Torah | Before Matan Torah Abraham kept the Torah spiritually. | |
| Influence | We learn from Abraham to influence the other – for in this way we save their souls. | |
| Torah | Avrohom stands for Av Ram (great mind) which refers to Torah. | |
| Mission | His main mission Avodah was to do charity and kindness. | |
| Influencing | He dealt even with Arabs who bow to sand. | |
| Influencing | He revealed Godliness in the world both through Torah and serving people. | |
| Mission | His mission was to reveal Godliness in the world. | |
| Soldier | Even Abraham’s heal obeyed! | |
| Chosen | Abraham was chosen by God, for He knew that he would teach. | |
| Free Hotel | He created a free hotel – as this was a very important thing, the Torah speaks of it. | |
| Test/Upliftment | The tenth test of the Akieda was an infinite elevation beyond al the others. | |
| Open | His home was open to wayfarers from all four sides! | |
| Abraham | Abraham realized there is a God at the age of 3 – the three years before were a preparation. | |
| Love | God realized that his Heart is complete in love. | |
| Father | Abraham is contented to each person – the father of us and Gerim. | |
| Teaching | He first started spreading Godliness through influencing physically and then spiritually | |
| Conduct | Avrohom conducted himself beyond the bounds of nature. | |
| Mesirus Nefesh | He opened the gateway to have Mesirus Nefesh – sacrifice for God. | |
| Stages of Revelation | There were stages in the Divine revelation to him. | |
| Influence | He effected the whole world. | |
| Yishmoel | Yishmoel was separated from him, for his Chessed (light) was not meant to go to a negative zone. | |
| Advancing | He continually advanced. | |
| Influence | He was “the master of the world” to reveal in it Godliness. | |
| Avrohom/Sara | Avrohom and Sarah represent soul and body. | |
| Appearance | Yitzchok looked like him. | |
| Torah | From Avrohom begin the 2,000 years of Torah. | |
| God | He recognized his Creator, and he stood strong against a pagan world. | |
| Revelation | He received a special revelation due to Mila. | |
| Yitzchok | He bequeathed everything to Yitzchok. | |
| Milah | His Mila was the beginning stage of Matan Torah. |
Agag
| Agag – Amalek | Having left him one night, allowed him to procreate and caused the future Haman. |
Aggadah
| Halacha | If there is no clarity in the Talmud, we learn from the Aggadah. | |
| Halacha | We learn from it a Halacha, if it is not in contradiction to the Talmud. | |
| Secrets | Most of the secrets of God are contained in Agadah. | |
| Halacha | The Rambam writes that as there are many laws in Aggadah there is a connection between it and law – for there is one God and one Torah. | |
| Torah’s Soul | Aggadah contains the soul of the Torah. | |
| Torah | As the Rambam writes, Aggadah is part of Jewish teachings and it is a Divinely inspired. | |
| Torah | It is just as much part of Torah as every other part. | |
| Inspirational | It is a very inspiring part of Torah. | |
| Aggadah | Aggadah corresponds to the world of Assiyah. | |
| Inspiration | Simple people, learn Ein Yaakov – Aggadah and Aggadah seeps into their soul. | |
| Shulchan Aruch | The Shulchan Aruch – code of Jewish law – specifically begins with a Aggadah and Mishna. | |
| Torah | The Torah itself as Rashi explains begins with a story. | |
| Torah | Just as all the Torah was given to Moses, so too the Agada. | |
| Aggadah | The Rebbe was very displeased with people that did not include Aggadah in their study. | |
| Nut | Nuts | A nut is an example on the Jewish people. |
| Letter | Temporary | A letter in contrast to a book which is permanent is more like an employee – it doesn’t have the same permanence. |
| Man | Moods | We have different moods based on different supernal light – that shine in different times. |
| Perfection | The perfection of Man is when he is comparable – or imitates – the Creator. | |
| Development | A person must self-develop by continually progressing from level to level. | |
| Composite | In each person there are the four kingdoms of mineral, vegetation, animal and man. | |
| Adam | Adam (man) is the acronym for Adam, Dovid, Moshiach. | |
| Growing | The vegetative part of man is the idea that we are always growing. | |
| Greatness | The true advantage over an animal is not that we are intelligent – rather that we can perfect our emotional states. | |
| Needs | Just as we find those things that man needs most – such as air, water, become more readily available and cheaper than those things that he needs not as much – such as food and clothing – similarly the spiritual needs. | |
| Change | The greatness of man is we can change our nature – emotions. | |
| Qualities | In man, the great “division” complementary qualities is the intellect and action. | |
| Completion | A complete person is one who is both intellectual as well as practical. | |
| Ripples | One of the ways of saving the world, is to be a good person and this will have a ripple effect. | |
| Greatness | The greatness of man over all of God’s other creations is infinite. | |
| Comparison | The Jewish people are compared to their Creator. | |
| Completion | A man’s completion is specifically through their actions. | |
| Social | A person is a social creature. | |
| Specialness | A person should recognize that all of creation was made “just for me.” | |
| Influence | We need to learn from Abraham to influence the world. | |
| Heal | Though our heal seems to be the least “man” part, nonetheless it keeps the entire person – it represents obedience to God. | |
| Growth | Man goes through a stage of pregnancy – suckling – and intelligence. | |
| Compliment | We must obviously have both physical and spiritual – and the spiritual must be more predominant. | |
| God | We come from God’s essence. | |
| Specialness | Our superiority over an animal is both in our intelligence and our striving to study and know Torah. | |
| Improving | The goal of man is to improve all his actions! | |
| Adam | Adam comes from Adameh (compare or imitate) God, and to attach to Him | |
| Adam | Adam is also called such because he is taken from the ground (Adameh) and makes from it something for God. | |
| Like God | We are comparable to God in we each have Ten Sefiros – soul powers. | |
| Soul To Soul | Because God made his Ten Sefiros and our Ten Soul Powers therefore – when we use our soul for God – then we manifest Divine blessings. | |
| Jew | Every Jew is connected to Adam and also we have the terminology “comparable to above.” | |
| Adam | Adam stands for Thought Speech, Action. | |
| Nature | The nature of a person is not being alone but with a group. | |
| Kindness | Being that a person is social they are prone to act benevolently. | |
| Man | אדמ stands for head body feet | |
| Supernatural | A person’s nature is thinking speaking and acting – all of this is natural – however with Me-od – Everything – the person is supernatural. | |
| Whole | On one hand a person is made up of many parts – on the other, only all those part together make one person. | |
| Growth | A person’s nature is first to be self-oriented and then other (therefore one should always begin by explaining the benefit to self.) | |
| Achievements | By nature a person desires their own achievements. | |
| Toil | Man was created to toil not just to think and meditate. | |
| Individual | Man was created as a single individual to indicate the whole world was made for you! This also teaches us, you must take responsibility for the whole world. | |
| The entire universe | A person is a composite of all the worlds. A person is a complete world – The shape of the body is the four letters of God’s name Yud – Hei – Vov – Hei and the soul is divided into four levels. | |
| Higher | The difference between a man and an animal is the man his head is higher than his body | |
| Man | Before he does something he thinks – which shows his essence is spiritual – intelligence, and from there comes a physical action – yet the spiritual part always remains. | |
| Stages | The stages of mineral, vegetative, animal, and intelligent also are stages in human development. | |
| o | God | In every person we see God, for as man is a composite of spirit and matter which are opposites… |
| Alef | The letter Alef signifies the essence of man that includes all the details. | |
| God/Torah | א דמ This signifies God who is the blood of the Torah. | |
| Beyond limited | Limited and beyond limited in the man – man’s forehead (perhaps referring to the prefrontal lobe) is the part higher than. | |
| Unique | No two people are alike for everything God made is special. | |
| Importance | Every thought speach and action of each and every one of us – as it is connected to God – can move heavens. | |
| Lessons | The story of man’s life of course is made up of episodes and each episode is a tale and each tale is a lesson. | |
| Composite | a person is a composite of the four fundamental elements earth air fire water. | |
| Impact | Each of us impacts the entire cosmic universe. | |
| cOSMIC | every detail of your life like a tapestry is sewn together – interconnected – and affects the entire universe. | |
| Individual | As opposed to the creations man was created as single person. | |
| Individual | Man was created as an individual similar to God (that there is no female.) | |
| Importance | Man was born alone indicating each person is a complete world | |
| SUSTENANCE | it is not the bread but the word of God within it that causes life. | |
| Godly | every person is created in the image of God | |
| our soul comes from on high – from a place that there is no higher – and our body is from below, from a place that there is no lower | ||
| Growth | Our greatness is when we grow | |
| Sight | A difference between a man and animal is whereas the animal only sees the ground manses heaven. | |
| Greatness | The greatness of man – he is in charge of the world. | |
| Man | Man is a microcosmic universe. | |
| God’s Name | Our two eyes nose and mouth corresponds to God name Yud – Hei – Vov – Hei. – This reminds us to place God before us constantly. | |
| Adam | Adam stand for Avrohom Dovid Moshe | |
| Transforming | Man is not only compared to above – he’s actually beyond above, spiritually – He is a partner with God, and in fact he makes a greater reality than “God made” for he transforms matter into spirituality. | |
| World | Man was created Friday afternoon for all had to be prepared for him | |
| Purpose | Man is created to serve His Creator | |
| Tools | Alef stand for thought – Daled stands for speech – and Mem stands for action. | |
| Shape | A man is shaped like the shape of the universe for his effect is upon it. | |
| Shape | The body is shaped similar to God’s name | |
| Godly | Alef – Dam, God in blood. | |
| Ish | Man has two (actually four) Hebrew names – not only Adam also Ish – this refers to Daas (knowledge) and Mesirus Nefesh. | |
| Gever – | Another name for a man is Gever – Gever stands for the three hallmarks of the Jewish people Gemilus Chassadim – (Kindness) Baishanyim (Reticent) and Rachmanim (Compassionate) | |
| Adam Harishoin | Fully Formed | Adam and Chava were created at age 20. |
| Peeking | The sin of Adam was he peered into the location of Kelipos (arrogance) and this caused the sin. | |
| Probing | God’s question “where are you” inspires Teshuva. | |
| Greatness | He was greater then the Arizal The Rashbi and the Baal Shem Tov. | |
| Knowledge | He understood the source of every Creation – which is how he could “Divine” their Hebrew name. | |
| Fire | On Motzai Shabbos (Sat. evening) he took two rocks and hit them together and it caused a spark. | |
| Sin | His sin was he ate the Tree of knowledge before Shabbos (when the prohibition existed.) | |
| Sin | He sinned in the three “capital offenses” and his sin was rectified through the Avos (forefathers.) | |
| Test | The entire command/test of not eating from the tree of knowledge was for 3 hours! | |
| Adam / Avodah | His Avodah (Divine service) was that he got all Creations to acknowledge (bow before) God. | |
| Kelipah | Through His sin, the Kelipah managed to get energy. | |
| Kiruv | Even after he sinned God left him in Gan Eden the whole Shabbos – this teaches us to always bring people closer. | |
| Adam/Chava | Adam and Chava are similar to Torah Shebiksav and Torah Shebal Peh (the written and oral Torah.) | |
| GREATNESS | In Divrei Hayomim Adam is spelled with a big Alef indicating a greatness he has even over Moses. | |
| Eternal | As He is a “handiwork of God” he is everlasting and He lives in each of us. | |
| Test | We find even Adam who was so great couldn’t help himself and transgressed the word of God – proving it is an awesome test. | |
| Punishment | He was only punished after 930 years. | |
| Greatest | He was the greatest of creation and in him, all of creation is included. | |
| Gan Eden | After he sinned he couldn’t reman in Gan Eden. | |
| Influence | He brought all of creation to humility (to God.) | |
| Completion | After Adam was made, the completion of creation occurred. | |
| Infinite | Every Jew has the potential of Adam to peer from one end of the world to the other (perhaps time as well.) | |
| Kingdom | On the sixth day of creation He declared “God is garbed in kingship” – the Kingdom of God. | |
| Birth | When he was born – all creations above and below shook. | |
| God’s pleasure | He was placed in the Garden of Eden to work it and protect – to add in God’s pleasure. | |
| Mission | Every person is similar to Adam – in our mission (to brighten the world.) | |
| Elevation | Adam was made Erev Shabos / before Shabbos – so he and the entire creation could come into the Shabbos, and everything would be elevated | |
| Greatness | He was great enough that through him the Torah should be given. | |
| Yetzer Hara | The reason that though he had but one Mitzvah he lapsed – for whatever is most important, the Yetzer Hara places most of his effort. | |
| Shabbos | He was created before Shabbos – to cause in the world Shabbos. | |
| Souls | All souls in him are included – and likewise in every soul a part of his soul. | |
| Composite | He was a composite of above and below. | |
| Prepared | All creations were for him a prepartiuon.. | |
| Empowered | Every month of Tishrei, every Jew is empowered. | |
| Influence | Before he sinned, while he served God in Gan Eden, through this he influenced the world. | |
| King David | He lived 930 years – 70 less then 1,000 because he gave 70 to King David. | |
| Work | The reason man was made before Shabbos and not on – for the point of man is to do Divine service. | |
| Teshuva | The reason he sinned to pave a way for Teshuva | |
| Elevating | The reason man is made from a physical body is through elevating oneself one elevate a;l four categories of earth vegetation animal man. | |
| Avodah | His service is in the level of Taanug – Shabbos – pleasure. | |
| To Serve And Protect | He service was to “Serve and Protect.” | |
| Teshuva | Through his repentance the curse, “the day you eat it you shall die” was delayed. | |
| Rosh Hashana | Every Rosh Hashana, we are reborn. | |
| Birthday | Rosh Hashana is all of our birthdays. | |
| Perception | He was able to gives names to all the animals, as he could perceive their spriitual source. | |
| Responsibility | He was created a single person on the planet to teach us – each and every person has the entire responsibility – though today (relative to his job) it is harder. | |
| Tree Of Knowledge | The goal of the tree of knowledge is to elevate the world through Avodah (effort.) | |
| Influence | He effected the entire creation, as he had everyone crown God as king. | |
| Creation | He was either created in Gan Eden or on Mount Moriah. | |
| Forefathers | The difference between Adam Haroshoin and the forefathers – external versus internal. | |
| Torah | He learned Torah while he was in Gan Eden. | |
| Rosh Hashanah | Adam was created Rosh Hashanah and every Rosh Hashana a renewed reality relative to his birth is renewed. | |
| Uniqueness | In contrast to all creation that were created both with their body ad soul – he first was created from the earth and then God breathed within his nostrils the breath of life. | |
| Height | He was 100 Amah tall. | |
| Sin | He was banished form Gan Eden as it cannot tolerate a sin. | |
| Torah | He not only studied Torah in Gan Eden but most importantly the inner Torah (Chassidus/Kabbalah.) | |
| Baal Teshuva | When he was first created he was on the level of a Tzaddik – then he got to the higher level of Baal Teshuva. | |
| Challenge | Though he was a Divine creation he couldn’t withstand a 3 hour challenge… | |
| Ready | He was created at the end so the world for him should be prepared. | |
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