Megilas Esther & the Haggadah based on the Mechir Yayin Commentary

SCP CLASS

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Fri, 04 Aug 2023 07:59:06 -0400

HAGGADAH CLASS #15: "BIM'SEI ME'AT"

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 20:36:14 -0400

HAGGADAH CLASS #14 - THE FOUR SONS

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Thu, 30 Mar 2023 14:20:38 -0400

HAGGADAH CLASS #13: HALLEL

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Wed, 29 Mar 2023 14:23:15 -0400

Haggadah Class#12: "B'chol Dor V'Dor" / "Lefichach"/ Hallel / Birchas Asher Ge'alanu"

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Tue, 28 Mar 2023 14:22:49 -0400

HAGGADAH CLASS #11: "RABAN GAMLIEL HAYA OMEIR" - PESACH, MATZAH, & MAROR

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Mon, 27 Mar 2023 14:46:23 -0400

HAGADDAH CLASS #10: "DAYEINU"

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Fri, 24 Mar 2023 08:27:16 -0400

Haggadah Class #9 : "10 Plaques" & "Detzach, Adash, V'Achav"

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Thu, 23 Mar 2023 14:18:37 -0400

HAGGADAH CLASS #8: "V'HI SHE'AMDA" & "TZAY U'LEMAD"

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Wed, 22 Mar 2023 15:35:33 -0400

HAGGADAH CLASS #7: "BARUCH SHOMEIR HAVTACHASO" & "V'HI SHE'AMDA"

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Tue, 21 Mar 2023 14:21:56 -0400

HAGGADAH CLASS #6: "MITCHILA OVDEI AVODA ZORA..."

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:00:50 -0400

HAGGADAH CLASS #5: "MA'ASE B'REBI ELIEZER" / "AMAR REBBI ELAZAR"

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:51:39 -0400

HAGGADAH CLASS #4 - MA NISHTANA / AVADIM HAYINU

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Thu, 16 Mar 2023 14:28:01 -0400

A SERIES OF CLASSES BASED ON THE COMMENTARY "MA'ASE NISIM" FROM RAV YAAKOV (LORBERBAUM) OF LISA (1760 -1832).

HAGGADH CLASS #3 - THE SHEHECHIYANU BERACHA / HA LACHMA ANYA

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Wed, 15 Mar 2023 15:04:33 -0400

A SERIES OF CLASSES BASED ON THE COMMENTARY "MA'ASE NISIM" FROM RAV YAAKOV (LORBERBAUM) OF LISA (1760 -1832).

HAGGADAH CLASS #2 - WHERE IS THE BERACHA ON THE MITZVAH OF SIPUR YETZIAS MITZRAYIM ?

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Tue, 14 Mar 2023 14:24:56 -0400

A SERIES OF CLASSES BASED ON THE COMMENTARY "MA'ASE NISIM" FROM RAV YAAKOV (LORBERBAUM) OF LISA (1760 -1832).

HAGGADAH CLASS #1 - INTRODUCTION : HASHEM LOVES OUR PRAISES ON SEDER NIGHT

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Mon, 13 Mar 2023 14:40:34 -0400

A SERIES OF CLASSES BASED ON THE COMMENTARY "MA'ASE NISIM" FROM RAV YAAKOV (LORBERBAUM) OF LISA (1760 -1832).

Class #15: 9,20 -10,3: THE ETERNAL MESSAGE OF THE MEGILAH TO THE SOUL

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 21:55:14 -0500

READING THE MEGILAH REMINDS US OF OUR OBLIGATION TO FULFILL MITZVOS: WHY WOMEN ARE OBLIGATED IN MEGILAH & WHY PURIM WILL NEVER BE NULLIFIED: THE WORDS OF THE MEGILAH ARE MAINTENANCE FOR THE SOUL - NOT THE BODY: THE HUMAN IS GREATER THAN AN ANIMAL ONLY BY VIRTUE OF HIS ABILITY TO GO TO OLAM HABA: THE WORLD EXISTS IN THE MERIT OF THE TZADDIK:

Class #14: 9,12 - 19: How to Have Eternal Life & Have Something to Look Forward to at that Time

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Thu, 02 Mar 2023 14:56:04 -0500

THE DAILY FIGHT WITH THE YETZER HORA BRINGS ONE TO SUSPEND ONESELF TO THE ETERNAL TREE OF LIFE: A PERSON CAN MERIT PROPHECY BY KILLING HIS YETZER HORA: IN WHAT ASPECT DID BILAAM ‘ARISE’ TO BECOME A PROPHET - LIKE MOSHE: THE VIRTUE OF ERETZ YISROEL TO ACHIEVE INTELLECTUAL CONCEPTS: THE REASON FOR THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THOSE THAT ARE OPEN VS. WALLED: THE REASON FOR MISHLOACH MANOS & THE REASON TO GET DRUNK ON PURIM:

Class #13: 9, 6 - 11: DESTROYING THE FORCES OF THE YETZER

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Wed, 01 Mar 2023 14:23:13 -0500

THE DESTRUCTION OF THE 10 FORCES OF THE YETZER HORA: THE OLD PERSON IS REPULSED BY THE CHOMEIR:

Class #12: Ch. 8, 8 - 9,5:THE TESHUVA THAT OVERTURNS THE PROSECUTOR INTO THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:13:59 -0500

THE OLD PERSON CAN NOT NULLIFY HIS SINS, EXCEPT THROUGH SANCTIFYING HASHEM’S NAME IN THE PLACE WHERE HE DESECRATED IT - ESPECIALLY THROUGH TORAH STUDY: MASTERS OF IMAGINATION CAN DO TESHUVA IN ONE DAY: SEVEN DAYS BETWEEN THE DATE OF MOSHE’S DEATH & PURIM TEACH ABOUT THE LIMITATION OF MOURNING IS 7 DAYS - TO TEACH US THAT THE PAIN OVER DECEASED IS NOT ETERNAL, BUT ONLY FOR OUR LOSING HIM FROM AMONGST THE LIVING: SEVEN DAYS BETWEEN THE DATE OF MOSHE’S DEATH & PURIM TEACH ABOUT THE LIMITATION OF MOURNING IS 7 DAYS - TO TEACH US THAT THE PAIN OVER DECEASED IS NOT ETERNAL, BUT ONLY FOR OUR LOSING HIM FROM AMONGST THE LIVING:WHEN A PERSON MERITS TO THE FOUR TYPES OF PERFECTION, THERE IS PLACE FOR JOY AND REJOICING: 4 TYPES OF JOY THAT PARALLEL THE TYPES OF PERFECTION. THE TORAH BRINGS ONE TO TRUST IN HASHEM : THE TESHUVA THAT OVERTURNS THE PROSECUTOR INTO THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY: THE SEICHEL OF THE TALMID CHACHAM GROWS WITHIN AND SUBJUGATES THE YETZER HORA:

Class #11: Ch.7, 8 - 8, 7: THE SEICHEL BECOMES THE RULER OVER ALL; HOW TO LIVE THE DAYS OF OLD AGE

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Mon, 27 Feb 2023 14:54:45 -0500

THE LAST FAILED TACTIC OF THE YETZER HORA IS TO SEDUCE THE BODY TO A STATE OF TOTAL DEVEIKUS WITH THE SEICHEL UNTIL IT ABANDONS WHAT IT NEEDS IN ORDER TO PHYSICALLY EXIST: THE SEICHEL BECOMES THE RULER OVER ALL: THE OLD PERSON REPAIRS THE MISTAKES OF HIS YOUTH: THE REDEMPTION APPERS LITTLE BY LITTLE

Class #10: Ch. 6,7 - 7, 7: The Total Reversal in the Relationship Between the Imagination and the Tzura

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 09:15:54 -0500

A PERSON OVERTURNS THE ADVICE OF THE YATZER HORA AND SUBJUGATES IT TO THE SEICHEL: THE YETZER HORA UNDERSTANDS THAT IT HAS LOST HIS MIND:THE SEICHEL & THE BODY TOGETHER CAST DOWN THE YETZER HORA FROM ONE DOWNFALL TO THE NEXT:

Class #9: Ch. 5,10 - 6,6: The Yetzer Hora Regroups for the Next Attack

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:38:09 -0500

WHEN THE YETZER HORA FAILS WITH ITS SEDUCTIONS TO SIN, IT ATTEMPTS TO ATTRACT THE SEICHEL TO LUSTS, THROUGH THE POWER OF IMAGINATION:THE YETZER HORA COMPLAINS OVER IT’S FAILURE: THE ADVICE OF THE IMAGINATION TO THE YETZER HORA IS TO HAVE THE PERSON ERR IN HIS INTELLECT: A PERSON SEEKS OUT STRATEGIES TO CONSISTENTLY LISTEN TO THE SEICHEL

Class #8 - Ch. 4,10 - 5,8: THE SEICHEL & THE CHOMEIR COME TO AN AGREEMENT ON THE PATHWAY TO TESHUVA

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Wed, 22 Feb 2023 15:04:04 -0500

THE JUDGE ALSO SEES THE CLAIM OF THE CHOMEIR THAT IT IS NOT ABLE TO SUDDENLY MAKE EXTREME CHANGES: ALL THE FORCES OF THE SOUL AGREE TO THE CLAIM OF THE CHOMEIR: THE SEICHAL RESPONDS THAT ALTHOUGH THE CLAIM OF THE CHOMEIR IS GENERALLY CORRECT, BUT IT MUST BE RESTRAINED IN AN EMERGENCY SITUATION LIKE THIS: EVEN IF THE CHOMEIR REFUSES, SALVATION WILL COME FROM GILGUL, AND THIS BODY WILL BE LOST. NOW IS THE OPPORTUNITY TO FIGHT AGAINST THE YETZER HORA! THE CHOMEIR RESPONDS TO THE SEICHEL:THE CHOMEIR ALIGNS ITSELF TO THE GUIDANCE OF THE SEICHEL & THAT IS HIS KINGDOM: THE ONE WHO COMES TO PURIFY, THEY ASSIST HIM. THEREFORE, WHEN THE CHOMEIR FOLLOWS AFTER THE SEICHEL, IT RECEIVES EVERYTHING IT NEEDS TO EXIST: A SEUDAS MITZVA IS A PLEASURE FOR THE SEICHEL & THE YETZER HORA: THE CHOMEIR WITHSTANDS THE TEST OF THE FEAST & ACCEPTS UPON ITSELF TO BE SATISFIED WITH ITS BASIC NEEDS:

CLASS #7: Ch. 3, 15 - 4, 9 : THE SEICHEL ENCOURAGES THE CHOMEIR TO DO TESHUVA

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Tue, 21 Feb 2023 14:38:16 -0500

THE AFORE MENTIONED FRIVOLITY ENDANGERS THE SURVIVAL OF THE WORLD: THE NOBLE SOUL TEACHES THE PERSON THE WAYS OF TESHUVA IN HOW TO ESCAPE THE SEDUCTIONS OF THE YETZER HORA:EXPLAINING WHAT IS THE REASON FORHE SUFFERING OF THE RIGHTEOUS & THE EXILE OF THE JEWS: THE CHOMEIR WANTS TO RESTRAIN THE AROUSAL OF THE SEICHEL - BUT IT REFUSES: THE CHOMEIR CALLS THE JUDGE TO DECIDE BETWEEN ITSELF & THE SEICHEL: THE JUDGE THINKS ABOUT THE ISSUE: AND DECIDES THE SITUATION OF THE CHOMEIR IS SO SEVERE THAT IT REQUIRES ABSTINENCE UNTIL ITS MASTER CAN RETURN TO THE MIDDLE PATH:

Class #6 - Ch. 3, 1 - 14: THE YETZER HORA TRIES EVEN HARDER TO GET THE PERSON TO SIN VIA PERSEUSIVE ARGUMENTS AGAINST HASHEM'S HASHGACHA

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Mon, 20 Feb 2023 14:27:17 -0500

THE GREATER A PERSON IS, THE GREATER IS HIS YETZER HORA: ZERESH & HAMAN ARE THE ASPECTS OF THE YETZER HORA THAT EVERYONE BOWS DOEN TO, EXCEPT FOR MORDECHAI WHO HAS A NOBLE SEICHEL, WHO MOCKS IT. THE YETZER HORA DOES NOT TOLERATE THE SEICHEL’S REFUSAL TO SUBMIT, AND TRIES TO CAUSE THE MASSES TO SIN, BY SAYING THAT THE TZADDIK SUFFERS FROM NISAN UNTIL ADAR. HE ALSO CLAIMS THAT THE WORLD CONDUCTS ITSELF ONLY BASED ON THE 12 MAZALOS: IN ADDITION, THE JEWS BEING SEPARATED SHOWS, ACCORDING TO HIS WORDS, THE ABSENCE OF HASHGACHA. THE YETZER HORA TRIES TO PERSUADE THE SEICHEL TO SUBMIT TO ITS LUSTS, AND ESPECIALLY THE LUST FOR MONEY. THE SEICHEL AGREES EVEN THOUGH IT GETS NO PROFIT FROM THIS: THE YETZER HORA SPREADS HERESY TO THE MASSES: THE SENSES RUN TO DESTROY & TO STEAL: THE SIN TURNS INTO LAW

Class #5 - Ch. 2, 10-23; DEVELOPING A LOFTIER SEICHAL LIKE MORDECHAI

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Fri, 17 Feb 2023 09:14:24 -0500

12-19: BA’AL HA’AKEIDA SYMBOLIZES THE “OTHER MAIDENS” TO PEOPLE WHO FOLLOW THEIR LUSTS. THEY DO NOT HAVE TRANQUILITY IN OLAM HABA, ESTHER SYMBOLIZES THE PERSON WHO ONLY DOES THE WILL OF HASHEM, AND MERITS TO ENJOY THE RADIANCE OF THE SHECHINA:DEEPER - WHEN IT COMES THE TIME FOR THE SOUL TO STAND BEFORE THE KIN GOF THE WORLD, IT IS LIABLE TO HAVE TO BE CLEANSED WITH VARIOUS CLEANINGS ON VARIOUS LEVELS: THE SOUL WHICH DEMANDS ALL OF ITS PLEASURES, WILL TRANSMIGRATE & RETURN TO THIS WORLD, AND THAT TOO IS ONLY BECAUSE IT IS THE DESIRE OF THE KING OF THE WORLD: AS OPPOSED TO THE CLEVER SOUL WHO ONLY REQUESTS WHAT IT NEEDS…

CLASS #4: Ch. 2; 2 - 9: FINDING A MORE COMPLIANT CHOMEIR IN ESTHER DURING THE SECOND STAGE OF LIFE

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 14:40:01 -0500

WHEN THE DAYS OF STANDING ARRIVE, ONE’S NATURE SETTLES IN ORDER THAT IT CAN FEEL THE TIMES OF THE CHOMEIR AND ADJUST IT TO THE SEICHEL (1-8) ;THE FORCES OF THE SOUL BRING A PURIFIED BODY TO THE SEICHEL (8): ONE WHO LEADS HIS BODY IN THE ABOVE MENTIONED MANOR, WILL MERIT TO ACHIEVE A NOBLE SEICHEL: THE BODY OF THE TZADDIK LEAVES THE CHOMEIR AND BECOMES A PERSON OF SEICHEL: IT IS FORBIDDEN TO PREVENT THE BODY FROM WHAT IT NEEDS TO SURVIVE:

CLASS #3: CH. 1, 10 - 22: THE HEAVENLY PROSECUTION AGAINST THE STUBBORN "CHOMEIR"

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 14:37:29 -0500

ON SHABBOS & WHEN LEARNING TORAH, ONE SENSES THAT HE IS SUNK IN HIS PLEASURES AND DIRECTS THE BODY TO RETURN AND DO GOOD: THE BODY REFUSES AND AROUSES THE ANGER OF THE KING OF THE WORLD: HASHEM TAKES COUNSEL WITH HIS COURT FOR WHAT TO DO TO THE SINNER: THE PROSECUTOR CLAIMS THAT NOT ONLY HAS THE BODY SINNED AGAINST HASHEM, BUT ALSO AGAINST ALL HIS FRIENDS. FURTHERMORE, IF HE IS NOT PUNISHED FOR HIS SINS, ALL BODIES WILL DENIGRATE THEIR “TZURAH”. THE PROSECUTOR CLAIMS THAT THE BODY NOT ONLY SINNED AGAINST HASHEM, BUT ALSO AGAINST ALL MANKIND. MOREOVER, IF IT DOES NOT GET PUNISHED, ALL OTHER BODIES WILL LEARN TO DENIGRATE THEIR TZURAS. THE PROSECUTOR SUGGESTS THAT THE SINFUL BODY SHOULD TRANSMIGRATE INTO ANOTHER BODY; AND IN THE MERIT OF THE PUNISHMENT, THE BODIES WILL FOLLOW THE TZURAH IN THOUGHT AND ACTION:HASHEM DECREES THAT THE BODY SHOULD CONDUCT ITSELF IN A HUMAN WAY

CLASS #2: CH. 1, 2 -9: THE RECKLESSNESS OF THE THE STAGE OF YOUTH:

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 12:58:58 -0500

WHEN A PERSON BEGINS TO UNDERSTAND THINGS, HE REALIZES THAT A WONDROUS WORLD HAS BEEN DEPOSITED IN HIS HANDS: ONCE HE IS WEANED, THE YETZER HORA SEDUCES THE PERSN TO FILL HIMSELF UP WITH ALL THE PHYSICAL PLEASURES: THIS HAPPENS AS MAN SEES THE GLORY OF HIS STATUS UNDER THE HEAVENS. MAN IMAGINES THAT HE WILL FILL HIS DAYS ON OLAM HAZAH & TURN TO FEASTS WHERE HE ASSOCIATES WITH LOW-LIFES. ALSO IN HIS SEICHEL WHICH IS THE COURTYARD OF THE KING, HE INDULGES HIS LUSTS WHILE IN THE GARDEN. HASHEM PROVIDES BEFORE THE YOUNG PERSON VARIOUS MEANS TO DEVELOP SEICHEL FROM THEM - BUT HE REFUSES TO MAKE USE OF THEM. MAN GOES WITH HASHEM’S GIFTS AFTER MANY WOMEN AND PLEASURES: THE CREATOR DOES NOT FORCE MAN TO SIN.VASHTI SYMBOLIZES THE CHOMER THAT BECOMES WORTHLESS.

Class #1 : INTRODUCTION & CH. 1, 1: THE MEGILAH AS AN ALLEGORY TO THE 3 STAGES OF LIFE

Rabbi Yossi Michalowicz — Wed, 15 Feb 2023 12:31:14 -0500

INTRODUCING THE HUMAN BEING: THE DAYS OF OLAM HAZA, WHERE THE TZURAH IS FORCED TO CONNECT WITH THE CHOMER, ARE PAINFUL FOR IT. THE HUMAN IS A KING REGARDING HIS CHOICE BETWEEN GOOD & EVIL FROM THE BEGINNING OF HIS LIFE UNTIL THE END: