Learning Chassidus Aliba D'Nafshei

00:04 But still, something [unclear]. What does that mean? [unclear], that one must learn even aliba d’nafshei. The expression “aliba d’nafshei” is, after all, [unclear]. [unclear] that you learn a maamar of Chassidus aliba d’nafshei. The expression is simple: aliba d’nafshei. I don’t know [unclear] Kabbalah, but the meaning is simple. When we learn a maamar and apply it to ourselves, we make Chassidus something that concerns us. Aliba d’nafshei—he wants [unclear]. Aliba d’nafshei, what is aliba d’nafshei? You learn a maamar, and the maamar discusses a particular subject; anything you learn can be taken as something that concerns you. Aliba d’nafshei means [unclear]. That isn’t the whole point, only one aspect of it—but it is an aspect. Still, the expression is based on [unclear]. I find the phrase “something that concerns us” a little difficult here. [unclear] But what can we learn from this

01:45 in serving Hashem? But we learn Chassidus, after all, and that is something simple, a subject in its own right. And we learn it in the morning. The Chassidus we learn can surely be learned with ourselves in mind. [unclear] You learn two or three lines, [unclear]. You have to learn Chassidus aliba d’nafshei. With every subject, not just [unclear], but by thinking about one’s own personal avodah. And when he learns a maamar of Chassidus, he learns it aliba d’nafshei. With every subject, we learn Chassidus for ourselves. The idea is: I’m learning the subject, but it concerns me. A geshmak in a mitzvah, vitality in [unclear], a passage in a maamar—[unclear]. Aliba d’nafshei—what is a bochur? I wonder: What does a bochur tell me? A bochur [unclear] me; a bochur shows me what aliba d’nafshei means. Aliba d’nafshei means this: you get up [unclear]. You have to learn Chassidus, and that is Chassidus aliba d’nafshei. [unclear]. L’chaim,

03:30 L’chaim, l’chaim. L’chaim, l’chaim, l’chaim. [unclear] What was new about it? A Yid found it meaningful, [unclear]; even when they said the passage plainly, it was no small thing. Even that passage wasn’t [unclear]; it was no small thing. [unclear]. The Rebbe said: With every subject in Chassidus that we learn, every subject, [unclear], we must think: We’re learning this Chassidus about ourselves. To dwell on it [unclear], in a Jewish way, Chassidus. [unclear], that a person [unclear], Chassidus that is simple. Chassidus is [unclear]. But it’s possible. This time I want to—l’chaim, l’chaim. L’chaim. It draws me in, it draws me in, and I [unclear]. Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay.