ABSTRACT לקוטי שיחות וילך

ABSTRACT לקוטי שיחות

• Alter Rebbe provided for all regardless of background: a siddur, a Shulchan Aruch and Chassidus Chabad
• Moshe wrote 13 Sifrei Torah; one to each tribe and the thirteenth was placed in the Ark. This corresponds to the 13th gate, that is available for anyone to enter
• The revelation that comes from something hidden is greater than a direct revelation. The higher the source of the blessing, the more it is hidden in this world
• Even ordinary Torah & Mitzvos are different during the 10 days of Teshuvah, due to the Yechidah permeating the ordinary soul powers
• Placement of the Sefer Torah (source of learning): on a shelf besides (but not in) the Ark; a teacher sees the general idea but can only give over through details (connected but on the outside); or was placed inside the Ark, capable of giving the idea over in a complete form
• Hakhel makes a new entity by connecting the two parts – G-d and the Jews. Spiritual effects of Hakhel can be accomplished even today
• Cohanim’s service affects outside the Bais HaMikdash, as expressed in Hakhel. Ketores rectifies the Yetzer haRa’s effects. Yom Kippur is a higher form of rectification
• Yechidah/Teshuvah needs to effect a person’s essence to all levels: intellect, emotions, and (mainly) action
• People sometimes don’t know Hebrew grammar. Infinitive form(מקור) which implies a command to physically move the Sefer Torah into the Aron. Need all 3 examples: זכור שמור הלוך
• During the 10 days of Teshuvah one must show love to someone doing bad, by helping him overcome
• Nitzavim & Rosh HaShana express the unity of the Jews according to their source above. VaYelech and Yom Kippur express the unity of the Jews as revealed below
• Our generation’s mission of spreading out the wellsprings of Torah is unique. Yehoshua’s mission to bring the Jews to Israel was different from Moshe’s mission. Each generation has its own unique mission
• Cohanim received a Torah from Moshe as representative of the entire tribe of Levi. In three areas Cohanim are not separated from tribe of Levi: Sefer Torah, lighting menorah, and “staff” of Aharon (after Korach). In these matters, the Cohanim were involved, not due to their elevated status as Cohanim, but from their portion in the tribe of Levi
• Hakhel –gather one’s abilities into one’s inner Temple. King – Bitul to His Kingship. Bimah – then need to raise up over one’s inclinations. Wooden – temporary object with purpose to raise oneself. Azarah – Only for holy matters. Mitzvah of Hakhel is for all the generations. The mechanics of Hakhel is for the King to read from the Torah from a raised temporary wooden bimah that was in the Azarah to enable all to hear