Parshas Pekudei

The maamarim 2

1. 1 אלה פקודי המשכן משכן העדות וגו׳ “These are the accounts of the Mishkan, the Mishkan of the Testimony” G‑d’s dwelling in the lower realms has two levels, matching the two halves of His Name: Torah study and the positive commandments draw down the revealed vav-hei, the plain Mishkan, while the prohibitions, kept in self-nullification, draw down the hidden yud-hei, the Mishkan of the Testimony, which can be testified to but never grasped. Maamar 1.64 paragraphs~3 h415 sourcesEnglish
2. 2 הנה פקודי המשכן הוא יחוד ו״ה דשם הוי׳… “The accounts of the Mishkan” is the union of vav-hei “These are the accounts of the Mishkan, the Mishkan of the Testimony” names two unions: the lower union of Z’eir Anpin and Nukva, drawn through Torah and the positive commandments as light in vessels, and the higher union of Abba and Imma, drawn through the prohibitions and bittul, which reveals G‑d’s essence only as “testimony,” like knowledge by negation. The higher union is humbler in form and higher in source, and in prayer the lower is lifted into it. Maamar 2.44 paragraphs~2 h 20 min207 sourcesEnglish

The Rebbe’s maamarim on this parsha 1

The Rebbe built one of his maamarim (5730) on the Alter Rebbe’s maamarim of this parsha. Each maamar’s page summarizes them, with what the Rebbe adds; or see them all together.

• Maamar 1אלה פקודי המשכן משכן העדות וגו׳1 maamar · 5730

Learn it in seven days Sunday to Shabbos

The Rebbe asked that all the maamarim of the week’s parsha be learned in that week, spread over its seven days. Here is the parsha in seven portions of about equal length.

1. SUNMaamar 1, ¶1–17~39 min
2. MONMaamar 1, ¶18–36~53 min
3. TUEMaamar 1, ¶37–52~43 min
4. WEDMaamar 1 ¶53 – maamar 2 ¶1~51 min
5. THUMaamar 2, ¶2–16~45 min
6. FRIMaamar 2, ¶17–24~46 min
7. SHABMaamar 2, ¶25–44~46 min