Eliyahu Touger

In a more general sense, the two dimensions that characterize the nullification of the decree and the barrier between the higher realms and the lower realms – that “Those who are below shall ascend on high and those on high will descend below” – that were...

The above concepts can be understood by prefacing an explanation of the request “Open my eyes….” The wish is that the Holy One, blessed be He, enable his eyes to see. The implication is that David is saying that his eyes are flawed and he is asking G-d to...

In the maamar cited previously,The series of maamarim entitled Chayav Adam Livareich, 5638, sec. 23 (p. 39). the Rebbe Maharash explains that there are two levels of “the wonders of Torah”Thus, the plural form of “wonders,” niflaos, is used. (i.e., pnimiy...

(On an obvious level), the connection of the verse, “Open my eyes” to Lag BaOmer, the day of Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s passing, is that Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai’s mission and purpose was that he would reveal pnimiyus haTorah. [As explained in several sourc...

“Open my eyes and I will gaze at wonders from Your Torah.”Tehillim 119:18. The translation is based on Metzudos David. The Rebbe Maharash writes in his maamarThe maamar is found in the series of maamarim entitled Chayav Adam Livareich, 5638, sec. 23 (p. 3...

On Lag BaOmer, the day of his passing, Rabbi Shimon bar Yochai revealed to his students “holy words” that he had not revealed throughout his life.Idra Zuta, Zohar, Vol. III, p. 284b. Every year on that day, the revelation of the teachings of pnimiyus haTo...

The above concepts can be connected to the verseTehillim 54:9. According to the custom of reciting the kapitl of Tehillim corresponding to the years of one’s life (see the letter of the Rebbe Rayatz printed in Kovetz Michtovim and in his Igros Kodesh, Vol...

The preceding section explained that man’s Divine service in refining material existence throughout the entire continuum of time will transform the tzimtzum and make it into a medium for the expression of G-dly light. The present section explains the rami...

The resolution of the above question is that through our Divine service as alluded to in the verse, “And you shall serve G-d, your L-rd,” we transform darkness into light. This is implied in the verse,Shmos 14:20. “It illuminated the night,” i.e., that th...

On the surface, the following could be offered as a possible resolution:The Rebbe here is offering a suggestion that he will rule out further in this section. The revelation of the infinite dimension of Or Ein Sof within our world – despite the fact that ...