Video Audio Text אבל גילוי ההארה שבתחיית המתים יהיה מבחינת סובב כל עלמין The radiation of light at the time of the Resurrection, however, will become manifest from the level of Sovev Kol Almin, שאינה בבחינת צמצום ושיעור וגבול, אלא בלי גבול ותכלית which is not in a state of contraction, measure and limit, but […]

Video Audio Text The Alter Rebbe now goes on to explain why in Gan Eden, when the soul is not encumbered by a body, the light of Keter cannot be manifest, whereas — paradoxically — this revelation becomes possible only in the World to Come at the time of the Resurrection, when the soul is […]

Video Audio Text Returning to the earlier discussion: It is now clear why in future time the righteous (and “Your people are all righteous”) will be lauded as holy: they will all have revealed to them that Divine radiance that is “holy” in the sense that it transcends apprehension. Moreover, they will become so unified […]

Video Audio Text As noted earlier, the overwhelming majority of the letters that the Alter Rebbe’s sons included here as part of the Tanya, were intended to encourage active divine service,1 particularly through the giving of tzedakah for the Kollel Chabad Fund. (This Fund supported fellow chassidim who had settled in the Holy Land, there […]

Video Audio Text Having spoken until now of the higher category in the love of G‑d called ahavah betaanugim, the Alter Rebbe now proceeds to consider the lesser love, ahavah zuta. והשנית היא אהבה ותאוה, שהנפש מתאוה ואוהבת וחפיצה לדבקה בה׳ The second [category] is a love and desire in which the soul desires, loves […]

Video Audio Text The Alter Rebbe now answers the following implied question: If they indeed possess this love, why then are they wicked? אך מפני שהיא מוסתרת ונעלמה בבחינת גלות בגוף, הרי הקליפה יכולה לשלוט עליה However, because it is latent and concealed, in a state of exile in the body, it is possible for […]

Video Audio Text Part (i) In order to “enable” the Ein Sof-light, by definition infinite, to create worlds, which are finite, an intermediary is needed — to bridge the chasm between infinity and finitude. This intermediary, Torah,1 is alluded to in our opening verse,2 “He enwraps [Himself with] light as [with] a garment….” Now any […]

Video Audio Text ולכאורה יש להפליא הרי נאמר: ולא קם עוד נביא בישראל כמשה Now this seems surprising. After all, it is said,10 “There rose no other prophet in Israel like Moshe.” ואיך השיג האריז״ל יותר ממנו, ודרש כמה דרושים בבחינת פנימיות, אפילו בספירות ומדרגות רבות שלמעלה מהחכמה וכתר דאצילות How then did R. Isaac […]

Video Audio Text ואראה את ה׳ Likewise even with Isaiah, a lesser prophet than Moshe Rabbeinu, who was the greatest of prophets:15 “And I saw G‑d.” וירא אליו ה׳ Furthermore, even before G‑d gave the Torah we find Abraham’s prophecy referred to in these terms:16 “And G‑d appeared to him.” ואף שזהו דרך משל, ואינה […]

Video Audio Text והנה בחינת חכמת אלקות ברוך הוא, המלובשת בתרי״ג מצות התורה, נקראת בשם בחינת אחוריים דחכמה Now, the aspect of the blessed Divine Chochmah that is vested in the 613 commandments of the Torah, is referred to as the hindmost aspect of Chochmah. The Alter Rebbe had previously said that (a) Moses’ prophetic […]