Samach Vav
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Samach Vav Part 149: Deep study, effort and toil reaches the koach hi'uli ha'atzmi
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Jun 27, 2026 |
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Koach hiuli ha'atzmi, beyond structure and source, produces far deeper and unlimited ideas
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Jun 26, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 147: The koach ha'maskil is a manifestation of wisdom, lower than the core soul
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 146: Chochmah in keser and keser in chochmah
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Chochmah of ohr yoshor and ohr chozer are like the difference between coal and flint
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Jun 24, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 144: Two levels of concealment: with our without substance, hot coal vs. flint stone
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Jun 23, 2026 |
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Binah -- the power to dig deeper beyond the parameters of chochma and discover new insights
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Jun 21, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 142: "those who wait for him" are those who exert themselves in in-depth Torah study
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Yaaseh l'mechakeh lo (hope) is the performance of mitzvos that generates ratzon and taanug ha'atzmi
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Jun 19, 2026 |
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Ratzon and taanug ha'atzmi in mitzvos; today the ratzon is revealed and the taanug concealed
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 139: How taanug and ratzon interact with each other
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Jun 17, 2026 |
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Ratzon expresses the depths of the etzem; taanug ha'atzmi remains fundamentally concealed
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Jun 15, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 137: Ratzon, mesiras nefesh reaches Atzmus, deeper than revealed pleasure
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Jun 14, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 136: Taanug and ratzon's role in creating an interface between Atzmus and existence
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Jun 12, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 135: Ratzon expresses the intense drive of the soul, unlike conscious taanug
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 134: Ratzon is expressive; taanug -- non-expressive
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Jun 11, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 133: Taanug ha'atzmi remains concealed and unexpressed
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Jun 10, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 132: Every ratzon has concealed taanug within
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Jun 07, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 131: Ratzon reaches higher than taanug, causing the soul to be in a state of shuv
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Jun 04, 2026 |
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The baal teshuva's transformation and mesiras nefesh is greater than that of the tzaddik's
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 129:Difference between a tzaddik and a baal teshuva's repulsion to worldly pleasures
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 128: Ratzon has the power to turn pleasure into pain and pain into pleasure
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Jun 03, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 127: How do we explain taanug and ratzon?
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 126: Ratzon -- the inner driving force of mitzvos, and taanug its outer expression.
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Jun 01, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 125: Taanug and ratzon are one -- the level of etzem
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May 28, 2026 |
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A second, opposite mode: ratzon is the inner driving force, and taanug is its outer expression
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May 17, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 123: Pleasure is the inner driving force of the outer expression of desire
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May 15, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 122: Pleasure is the inner motive and vitality behind will
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May 14, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 121: Mitzvos reach and generate ta'anug ha'atzmi, the level which no eye has seen
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May 14, 2026 |
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Action-based Mitzvos in Asiya draw the etzem into the written and oral Torah (beriya and yetzira)
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May 14, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 119: How souls reach the etzem, re'usa d'liba, and then reveal it in giluiim
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May 11, 2026 |
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Re'usa d'liba's impact on mitzvos. Reaching re'usa d'liba through avodah with the revealed faculties
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May 09, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 117: Souls are connected with the Divine on a core level, like a child to a parent
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May 08, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 116: The love of re'usa d'liba is due to the soul's core connection with Atzmus
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May 07, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 115: Levels of contemplation in prayer that generate love, but cannot grasp Atzmus
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May 06, 2026 |
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Atzmus Ohr Ein Sof is completely beyond existence and all forms of comprehension, including negation
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May 05, 2026 |
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Samach Vav 113: No thought can grasp You at all. Two types of comprehension: Positive and negative
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May 04, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 112: The primary element in mitzvos is kabolas ol, which generates the ratzon atzmi
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May 03, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 111: The difference between sovev in creation and that revealed through mitzvos
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May 01, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 110: Mitzvos draw the core essence of ohr ein sof into existence
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Apr 26, 2026 |
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Difference between the inherent structure of creation and the desired structure of mitzvos
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Apr 24, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 108: The parameters of mitzvos are only a result of the divine desire, not inherent
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 107: Difference between the desire for creation and the desire for mitzvos
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 106: Review of the three levels in the Kav HaMidah
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Apr 23, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 105: Three levels in the kav ha'midah. The etzem can change the structure entirely.
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Apr 20, 2026 |
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Root of medidah in the pre-tzimtzum desire for existence that envisions all that will be actualized
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Apr 18, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 103: The partitions throughout the cosmic order, which conceal the divine light
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Apr 17, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 102: The light flows through one kav, and not many kavim, to create hierarchy
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Apr 16, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 101: The role of the elements used to create existence -- ohr ein sof, tzimtzum, kav
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Apr 15, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 100: The structure and hierarchy of existence is rooted in the kav
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Apr 14, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 99: Mitzvos draw down the ratzon from Atzmus, higher than the ratzon for existence
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Apr 13, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 98: Mati v’lo mati of Keser (ratzon) is the root source of ratzo v’shov of time
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Apr 01, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 97: Keser (ratzon) is above ratzo v'shov of time
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Mar 31, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 96: Rashbi's avodah and Torah drawing down from Atzmus, higher than containers
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Mar 30, 2026 |
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"With one bond I am bound; my soul is united to Him; aflame with Him" - Rashbi bound to Atzmus
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Mar 27, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 94: Mati v'lo mati in the revealed sefiros is ratzo due to feeling the source
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Mar 26, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 93: Mati v'lo mati due to Atzmus. Ratzo v'shuv due to the ohr itself sensing distant
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Mar 25, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 92: Mati v'lo mat exists in ratzon is not razto v'shov
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 91: Ratzo v'shov only exists once ohr has emerged from the source but not in ratzon
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Mar 24, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 90: The role of rotzo v'shov in generating the segmentation of time
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Mar 21, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 89: The pulsating rotzo and shuv of divine energy generates the intervals of time
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Mar 20, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 88: Divine energy flows with the rhythm of rotzo and shuv, like human breath
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 87: Spiritual anatomy of time: Time is rooted in the oscillation of Rotzo and Shuv
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Mar 19, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 86: Nine sefiros in Malchus, root of time and space; Keser Malchus -- above time
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Mar 18, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 85: Keser is above time of every respective structure. Time is a creation, Beriya
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Mar 12, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 84: Desire for finite existence and desire for infinite Torah and mitzvos
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 83: Makif empowers the internal refinement of the world; Sukkos and Shemini Atzeres
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Mar 11, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 82: Keser, unlike the other sefiros, is only an expression of Atzmus
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Mar 07, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 81: Ratzon is an expression of the soul, unlike chochma which is a distinct entity
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Mar 06, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 80: 3 levels above: Concealed Keser. Revealed and shaped light. Uniqueness of ratzon
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Mar 05, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 79: Three levels in energies and containers; in the evolution of a thought
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Mar 04, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 78: The process by which one level emerges from another is like light and reflection
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Mar 03, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 77: Thought as energy
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Mar 02, 2026 |
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Thought is a garment "attached" to the energy within it. Thus letters of thought are like energies
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Feb 28, 2026 |
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Letters of thought are rooted in the spirit, but are not of the same personality as the spirit
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Feb 27, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 74: All revelations above are called ohr, being that they are merely reflections
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Feb 26, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 73: Mitzvos generate ratzon from its source in sovev into space and time of memaleh
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Feb 25, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 72: Core mitzvos, rooted in the inner desire, will be revealed in the future
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Feb 24, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 71: Mitzvos are rooted in inner desire
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Feb 23, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 70: Difference between inner and outer ratzon/desire, Kesser
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Feb 21, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 69: Difference between inner and outer ratzon/desire
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Oisin retzono shel makom -- revealing G-dliness in existence the kav, and divine ratzon itself
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Feb 18, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 67: 1. Avodas Ha'Birurim' elvating the sparks to Biy"a. 2. Elevating them to Atzilus
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Feb 13, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 66: Piercing, stringing pearls is the work of uniting fragmentation with the kav
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Feb 12, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 65: Two kinds of service: 1. Menial labor. 2. Refined work, befitting the master
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Feb 11, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 64: Human service generates the renewal of the Divine desire for existence
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Feb 10, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 63: Pleasure in existence is finite. Mitzvos, rooted in core pleasure, is infinite.
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Feb 09, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 62: The reflection of pleasure too, diminishes from the moment of the epiphany
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Feb 08, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 61: Teshuva transforms the entire person and all his faculties
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Feb 06, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 60: Two ways that cause a longing for the Divine: Distance and closeness
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Feb 05, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 59: Two stages in the core shakeup caused by Teshuva: 1. distress, 2. longing.
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Feb 04, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 58: Etzem is indivisible and unspreadable.
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Feb 03, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 57: Pleasure -- the highest, and cause, of all faculties
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Feb 02, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 56: Revelation of core Eden through our work in refining the material world
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Jan 31, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 55: The higher a soul climbs the more it experiences the awesome wonder of Atzmus
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Jan 30, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 54: Levels in Nehar Dinor, cleansing and allowing the soul to elevate higher
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Jan 29, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 53: The partitions necessary to climb from a lower paradigm to a higher one
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Jan 28, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 52: Two Ways to Feel the Divine During Prayer; Bittul Prior to Prayer: Koved Rosh
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Jan 26, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 51: Contemplation of the Divine Within Existence and the Divine beyond existence
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Jan 24, 2026 |
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Hishtomimus (losing oneself). Effort. Prayer. Contemplating the bigger divine picture
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Jan 23, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 49: Bittul of a Lower Level to Elevate to a Higher Level
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Jan 21, 2026 |
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Bina flowing from Chochma irrigates Gan Eden's many levels -- ohr/expression of the seamless etzem
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Jan 20, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 47: Splitting the river separating Gan from Eden to reveal the Etzem of Eden
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Jan 19, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 46: Revealing the Etzem of Eden by splitting the river separating Gan from Eden
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 45: Explanation of Eden -- taanug ha'atzmi ha'poshut (Yechayeinu 5691)
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Jan 16, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 44: Explanation of Eden -- taanug ha'atzmi ha'poshut (Yechayeinu 5691)
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Jan 15, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 43: All the levels in existence are finite, Mitzvos are infinite
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Jan 14, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 42: Torah draws down pre-tzimtzum Ohr Ein Sof below as it is above
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Jan 13, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 41: Post-Tzimtzum Kav Begins and Ends. Pre-Tzimtzum Ohr Ein Sof is Omnipresent
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Jan 12, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 40: Kav measuring and creating all parameters of existence
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Jan 10, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 39: Containers and energies of Atzilus are finite, create the hierarchy of existence
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Jan 09, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 38: Rosh Hashana - Purpose of Creation. In the Cosmic Order Everything is Finite
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Jan 07, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 37: Atzmus Taanug HaPoshut Manifests Exclusively Through Physical Actionable Mitzvos
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Jan 06, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 36: The Higher the Soul Elevates the More its Wonder of the Reality of Atzmus
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Jan 05, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 35: In the Infinite Light One Level Does Not Lead Into a Higher One
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Jan 03, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 34: 2nd Interpretation in Ad: Limit, Because We Cannot Reach Atzmus
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 33: Two Interpretations in Adei Ad
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Jan 01, 2026 |
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Samach Vav Part 32: Beyond Existence Within Existence
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Dec 31, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 31: Soul's Multitude Elevations in Gan Eden
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Dec 30, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 30: River Strips Away, Pillar Facilitates Absorption
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 29: Levels in Nehar Dinor
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Dec 29, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 28: The Deeper the Bittul the Greater the Revelation
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Dec 26, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 27: Connecting to G-d Through Prayer Needs to Be Preceded by Humility and Bittul
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 26: Deeper Wisdom Requires More Effort and Bittul
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Dec 24, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 25: Bittul of a Lower Level to Elevate to a Higher Level
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 24: All Gan Eden Elevations in All Their Levels Are Only Revelations
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 23: Gan Eden -- Revelation of Atzilus via Binah Unified With Chochma
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 22: Gan Eden -- Revelation of Atzilus via Binah
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 21: The River Running from Eden into the Garden
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 20: P. 15-26: Eden — Inner Chochma, Manifesting Inner Atik, Core Pleasure.
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 19: Today We are a Reflection of Divine Desire as it Flows Diminished
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 18: Mitzvos Draw Down Ani Havaya
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Dec 22, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 17: Additional divine energy generated through our Torah and Mitzvos
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 16: Building a Home in the Lowest of Worlds
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 15: Ultimate Purpose of Creation is Only the Desire of Having a Home
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Dec 15, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 14: The Ultimate Purpose of Creation is Having a Home in the Lowest of Worlds
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Nov 26, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 13: The Difference Between Atzilus and Biy"a
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Nov 25, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 12: The Ultimate Purpose of Existence is Not to Express G-d's Abilities
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 11: The Letters of the Reshimu - Pre-Tzimtzum
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Nov 24, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 10: Memaleh, Sovev, Atzmus in the Human Psyche
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Nov 22, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 9: Koach and Poel On the Pre-Desire Level.
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 8: The Purpose of the Cosmic Order
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Nov 20, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 7: Revealing the Divine Potential is Not the Ultimate Reason for Existence
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Nov 19, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 6: Reasons for Creation in Etz Chaim and Zohar
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 5: What is Achieved Through Our Efforts?
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 4: Purpose of Creation
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 3: Why Does G-d Need to be Reminded of Us?
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 2: Two Paths to Emotional Awakening
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Nov 17, 2025 |
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Samach Vav Part 1: Introduction
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Nov 17, 2025 |