Video is also available – click to open Approbations Concerning the approbations of the tzaddikim, Rabbi Yehudah Leib HaKohen1 and Rabbi Zusya,2 the previous Rebbe3 cites a tradition originating with the Mitteler Rebbe, the son of the author of the Tanya, as follows. For twenty years the Alter Rebbe wrote the Tanya, revising, adding and […]
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_Compilers Foreword – Part 1
Video is also available – click to open Compiler’s Foreword As we have seen from the title page, the Alter Rebbe perceives himself as a mere compiler rather than as an author. והיא אגרת השלוחה לכללות אנשי שלומינו יצ״ו יברכם צורנו וישמרם Being a letter sent to all Anash — members of our fellowship, i.e., […]
_Compilers Foreword – Part 2
Video is also available – click to open אך ביודעיי ומכיריי קאמינא, הם כל אחד ואחד מאנשי שלומנו שבמדינתינו וסמוכות שלה I speak, however, of those who know me well, each and every one of Anash of our country and those countries nearby, אשר היה הדיבור של חיבה מצוי בינינו with whom affectionate words were […]
_Title Page
Video is also available – click to open Title Page The title page written by the Alter Rebbe reads as follows: ספר לקוטי אמרים חלק ראשון הנקרא בשם ספר של בינונים מלוקט מפי ספרים ומפי סופרים קדושי עליון נ״ע מיוסד על פסוק כי קרוב אליך הדבר מאד בפיך ובלבבך לעשותו לבאר היטב איך הוא קרוב […]
Chapter 01 – Part 1
Video is also available – click to open תניא בסוף פרק ג׳ דנדה: משביעים אותו We have learned (Niddah, end of ch. 3):1 “An oath is administered to him: Before a Jew is born an oath is administered to him in heaven, charging him: תהי צדיק ואל תהי רשע, ואפילו כל העולם כולו אומרים לך […]
Chapter 01 – Part 2
Video is also available – click to open הגהה ומה שכתוב בזהר חלק ג׳ דף רל״א: כל שממועטין עונותיו וכו׳ — NOTE As for what is written in the Zohar III, p. 231: “He whose sins are few [is classed as a ‘righteous man who suffers’],” implying that even according to the Zohar the meaning […]
Chapter 01 – Part 3
Video is also available – click to open אך ביאור הענין However, the explanation of the matter, so that we better understand the levels of tzaddik and Beinoni, as well as the various gradations within their ranks, על פי מה שכתב הרב חיים ויטאל ז״ל בשער הקדושה ובעץ חיים שער נ׳ פרק ב׳ [is to […]
Chapter 02 – Part 1
Video is also available – click to open ונפש השנית בישראל היא חלק אלו-ה ממעל ממש The second, uniquely Jewish, soul is truly “a part of G‑d above,” “A part of G‑d above” is a quotation from Scripture (Iyov 31:2). The Alter Rebbe adds the word “truly” to stress the literal meaning of these words. […]
Chapter 02 – Part 2
Video is also available – click to open ודבר זה אין ביכולת האדם להבינו על בוריו כו׳ Maimonides continues: “And this is not within the power of any man to comprehend clearly”; כדכתיב: החקר אלו-ה תמצא, וכתיב: כי לא מחשבותי מחשבותיכם וגו׳ as it is written,11 “Can you find and understand G‑d by searching?” And […]
Chapter 02 – Part 3
The Alter Rebbe now addresses a difficulty arising from his previous statement that every soul emanates from Divine wisdom. Since all souls emanate from one source — Supernal Wisdom — it should follow that all souls are of the same level and rank. How then do the various levels and ranks found in Jewish souls […]
