Chagiga 13B - Yeshaya and Yechezkel

Chagiga 13B - Yeshaya and Yechezkel

1. The distinction between what they each saw
2. Seeing the chariot
3. What could be seen during Temple times vs. what could be seen subsequently
4. The king of the animals...
5. What is real wealth

Chagiga 13B - Chashmal and the Malach Sandal--Phon (SP)

Chagiga 13B - Chashmal and the Malach Sandal--Phon (SP)

1. Times when Creation cannot express itself, times when it finds its individuality and expression
2. Chashmal - finding the place of choice within all the noise and storm
3. Explanation of the four worlds and the place of Chayos and Ofanim and their relationship with each other.
4. Why the Malach SP is referred to as Echad. What is his role within existence
5. What does the name SP mean? How does he bring prayers to God?

Chagiga 13A- 4

Chagiga 13A - 4

1. Review of discussion of age-appropriateness for Kabbalah study
2. What is חשמל - Chashmal
3. Explanation of Pesukim of Maaseh Merkavah

Chagiga 13A - 3

1. The appropriate age at which to study the deeper portions of the Torah
2. Creating a vessel (כלי) for one's knowledge
3. Did Rav Yosef mislead the Savi D'Pumbedisa? When would misleading be permitted? The slippery slope.

Chagiga 13A - 2

Chagiga 13A - 2

1. Teaching Torah to an Akum
2. Tosefos...and issues of Lifnei Eever
3. Maharsha - prohibition only applies to secrets of Torah
4. The approach of the B'er Sheva
5. Who, and at what age, is fit to study Kabbalah
6. Maharsha - Discussion on the balance between studying Kabbalah and other topics 

Chagiga 13A - 1

Chagiga 13A - 1

1. The relationship between Nimrod and Nevuchadnezzar
2. How "large" are the spiritual worlds
3. Rabbeinu Chananel explaining that these are not logical constructs but traditions received during Temple times
4. What are the qualifications for a student of the secrets of the Torah

Chagiga 12B - 7th Heaven - Concluding Overview

Chagiga 12B - 7th Heaven - Concluding Overview

1. Explanation of GR"A/Michtav M'Eliyahu as to how the seven heavens relate to ascending in spiritual stature. Comparison to יעלה ויבא
2. When we are taught to refrain from studying certain topics it does not include studying Kabbalah, on the contrary, one should.
3. Maharsha on scientific dilettantes 

Chagiga 12B - 7th Heaven - Part IV

Chagiga 12B - 7th Heaven - Part IV

1. The final five "heavens"
2. Review of some of the points made last week
3. Discussion of the nature of the טל ("dew") that will resurrect the dead

Chagiga 12b - 7th Heaven - Part III

Chagiga 12b - 7th Heaven - Part III

1. Understanding what are the 2nd through 5th heavens
2. The need to chew over things in order to get to the kernel of truth and understanding inside
3. Why is that all of these discussions have ended up in Chagiga. What is the connection?
4. Understanding the Brocha of שהשמחה במעונו
5. The question of the Chid"a on the issue of not interrupting Torah study

Chagiga 12B - 7th Heaven Part II

Chagiga 12B - Seventh Heaven Part II

1. Review of previous Gemara
2. Discussion of why we would have thought that שמים וארץ were divine names
3. Explanation of the Tzaddik as the foundation of the world
4. The Seven Heavens
5. Review of Ramaak and Maharsha who say they are spiritual, not physical
6. Rabbeinu Chananel who says that these are part of our Oral Tradition and not logically derived from verses
7. וילון and how it relates to the Sefirot
8. How does the "Vilon" cause there to be light, machlokes Rashi and Tosefos

Chagiga 12B - 7th Heaven

Chagiga 12B - 7th Heaven

Chagiga 12B - The Pillars of the Earth

Chagiga 12B - 1: The Pillars of the Earth

1. Why does the Torah twice insert the word את when describing Creation
2. On what does the world stand? Is this literal or metaphorical?
3. The need for scientific inquiry

Chagiga 12A - Which Came First?

Chagiga 12A  - Shiur 5  Which Came First?

1. Which was created first, the heavens or the earth?
2. How do we understand Machlokes in Agadta?
3. The etymology of the word שמים

Chagiga 12A- 4: the Name Shin-Dalet-Yud

Chagiga 12A - 4: The Name Shin-Dalet-Yud

1. Review of ten things with which the world was created
2. The world at Creation was expanding until God shouted at it and it stood still
3. The name Shadai means that he told the world "Enough!"
4. Explanation of the metaphor of the two spools of warp thread
5. Finding the balance between Chesed and Din
6. The relationship between the word שם (name) and two names of God
7. Each person has this desire to expand infinitely within
8. The expansion was taking the world further from God to allow room for people to exist, but hiding God's presence
9. For each person there is a limit to what he can do