Rabbi Yossi Paltiel, a well known educator and teacher of Chassidus, teaches a maamar in Likkutei Torah by the Alter Rebbe, dissecting the dynamics of passion in Chabad thought.
The class, on the short but powerful maamar “Veavad Halevi Hu,” explores the difference between the Kohanim and the Leviyim, as the difference between oneness with G-d vs. the emotional passion about G-d. Despite the pitfalls of emotions, the Alter Rebbe insists, we must cultivate passion and emotions.
I love this class, it keeps getting better