Parsha Post: Nesivos Shalom

"I came to my garden, my sister, my bride." It says MY garden, not garden, because it is referring to The Garden that was G--d's dwelling place, as it were, when The Shechinah was primarily in The Tachtonim, as alluded to the description of Adam and Chavah hearing G-d's voice traverse through the garden. - Shir HaShirim 5:1 The cheit - sin/mistake of Adam sent The Shechinah to the first level of heaven, then one by one, six more people down the generations - Kayin, Enosh, The Generation of the Flood, The Generation of the Tower of Babel, The People of Sedom, The Egyptians In Avraham's Time - exiled The Shechinah from level to level until it got to the seventh heaven. Ten The Shechinah was lowered through the seven heavens back down to earth by seven people: Avraham, Yitzchak, Yaakov, Levi, Kehat, Amram, Moshe. The Shechinah came back to earth on the day Moshe established the The Mishkan - Vayehi beyom kalot Moshe lehakim et HaMishkan. That's when G-d return

  The Nesivos Shalom is accessible, that part of the appeal for me. I like words that I can understand. A poet I like, Billy Collins, stands at odds with other poets who feel that a poem must be cryptic to be sophisticated poetry. Collins argues that if that's true than poetry is a synonym for poor communication. I may ruffle some feathers, but I come in peace stating what works for me: When it comes to Torah, particularly Chasidus, I want good communication. What I love about the way Nesivos Shalom is written (and I have inside information that it was not written by the Rebbe, but collected from his lectures. The first two volumes were seen and approved by him. The five books on the Parshiot and certain holidays were given his blessing and not seen by him) is that you don't have to pause and parse out what he's saying, it is all laid out for you clearly, like a set table. Last week in Beshalach he spoke about emunah. This week in Yitro, he does so again. He speak