Derech Hashem

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2.30: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 4 Part 2

Apr 18, 2026

35:55

This dvar Torah (learning session) develops the Ramchal’s description of the נשמה entering the גוף as an inherently asymmetrical struggle: even when the powers are “balanced,” the battlefield is the body’s “home court,” so the soul experiences exile in a foreign environment. Because the soul-body partnership is permanent (death is only temporary until תחיית המתים), the soul must invest in a lifelong process: first weakening the הגוף’s darkness and then elevating the גוף to rise together with the נשמה. The session concludes by previewing the next layer of difficulty: not only is the body physical, but the entire world is physical and “dark,” constantly arguing that physicality is all that is real. Outline: https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/dh-biyun-1-4-2-20260418-001456-outline-20260418-001544.pdf

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2.29: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 4 Part 1

Apr 1, 2026

39:36

This dvar Torah frames Perek 4 as an investigation into the human condition in this world through two lenses: the inner structure of the person and the external environment in which he lives. Using the Gemara’s language of **“שאור שבעיסה ושיעבוד מלכויות”**, it connects these two forces to Pesach: the internal “yeast” (yetzer hara) that puffs up the dough from within, and the external oppression of surrounding cultures and empires. The shiur then maps the path of inner revolution—through **חכמה, בינה, דעת** and through **חסד, גבורה, תפארת**—and ends by probing the deeper mechanism: physicality’s inherent “opacity” and “darkness,” the opposite of deveikut to Hashem. Outline: https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/dh-biyun-1-4-1-20260401-221913-outline-20260401-221946.pdf

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2.28: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 3 Part 13

Mar 24, 2026

37:42

Outline: https://danielggordon.github.io/ateresami/dh-biyun-1-3-13b-20260324-141501-outline-20260324-141618.pdf

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2.27: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 3 Part 13

Mar 19, 2026

37:08

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1.1: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 3 Part 12

Mar 9, 2026

40:19

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2.25: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 3 Part 11b

Feb 25, 2026

35:51

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2.24: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 3 Part 10 -11

Feb 17, 2026

34:09

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2.23: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 3 Part 9

Feb 10, 2026

39:15

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2.22: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 3 Part 8

Feb 3, 2026

35:57

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2.21: Derech Hashem B'Iyun Book 1 Chapter 3 Part 4 - 7

Jan 27, 2026

37:53

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S1E1 -Book 1 Chapter 1

Oct 11, 2021

37:48

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S1E2 -Book 1 Chapter 2 Episode 1

Oct 11, 2021

42:52

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S1E3 -Book 1 Chapter 2 Episode 2

Oct 11, 2021

38:54

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S1E4 -Book 1 Chapter 2 Episode 3

Oct 11, 2021

48:29

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S1E5 -Book 1 Chapter 3 Episode 1

Oct 11, 2021

46:04

Episode Notes The beginning of Chapter 3 may be back at the end of the previous episode.

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S1E6 -Book 1 Chapter 3 Episode 2

Oct 12, 2021

39:15

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S1E7 -Book 1 Chapter 3 Episode 3

Oct 12, 2021

43:17

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S1E8 -Book 1 Chapter 3 Episode 4

Oct 12, 2021

38:48

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S1E9 -Book 1 Chapter 3 Episode 5

Oct 12, 2021

38:12

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S1E10 -Book 1 Chapter 3 Episode 6

Oct 12, 2021

31:26

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S1E11 -Book 1 Chapter 4 Episode 1

Oct 12, 2021

39:09

Episode Notes The beginning of this chapter is to be found at the end of Chapter 3.

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S1E12 -Book 1 Chapter 4 Episode 2

Oct 12, 2021

46:27

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S1E13 -Book 1 Chapter 4 Episode 3

Oct 12, 2021

44:47

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S1E14 -Book 1 Chapter 4 Episode 4

Oct 12, 2021

39:46

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S1E15 -Book 1 Chapter 4 Episode 5

Oct 12, 2021

44:54

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S1E16 -Book 1 Chapter 5 Episode 1

Oct 12, 2021

42:42

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S1E17 -Book 1 Chapter 5 Episode 2

Oct 12, 2021

43:29

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S1E18 -Book 1 Chapter 5 Episode 3

Oct 12, 2021

43:40

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S1E19 -Book 1 Chapter 5 Episode 4

Oct 12, 2021

40:30

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S1E20 -Book 2 Chapter 1

Oct 12, 2021

42:07

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S1E21 -Book 2 Chapter 2 Episode 1

Oct 13, 2021

44:39

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S1E22 -Book 2 Chapter 2 Episode 2

Oct 13, 2021

42:38

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S1E23 -Book 2 Chapter 2 Episode 3

Oct 13, 2021

43:47

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S1E24 -Book 2 Chapter 3 Episode 1

Oct 13, 2021

43:32

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S1E25 -Book 2 Chapter 3 Episode 2

Oct 13, 2021

40:47

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S1E27 -Book 2 Chapter 3 Episode 4

Oct 13, 2021

37:41

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S1E26 -Book 2 Chapter 3 Episode 3

Oct 13, 2021

44:23

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S1E28 -Book 2 Chapter 3 Episode 5

Oct 13, 2021

36:10

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S1E29 -Book 2 Chapter 4 Episode 1

Oct 13, 2021

40:36

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S1E30 -Book 2 Chapter 4 Episode 2

Oct 13, 2021

42:19

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S1E31 -Book 2 Chapter 4 Episode 3

Oct 13, 2021

38:59

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S1E32 -Book 2 Chapter 5 Episode 1

Oct 13, 2021

42:45

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S1E33 -Book 2 Chapter 5 Episode 2

Oct 13, 2021

41:33

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S1E34 -Book 2 Chapter 6

Oct 13, 2021

38:23

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S1E35 -Book 2 Chapter 7

Oct 13, 2021

38:16

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S1E36 -Book 2 Chapter 8 Episode 1

Oct 13, 2021

37:21

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S1E37 -Book 2 Chapter 8 Episode 2

Oct 13, 2021

39:07

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S1E38 -Book 3 Chapter 1 Episode 1

Oct 14, 2021

41:41

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S1E39 -Book 3 Chapter 1 Episode 2

Oct 14, 2021

40:08

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S1E40 -Book 3 Chapter 1 Episode 3

Oct 14, 2021

35:00

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