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Tanya The Holy Epistle
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 25 – Part 05 – video
והנה נודע ליודעי חכמה נסתרה Now it is known to those familiar with the “Hidden Wisdom”23 (i.e., the Kabbalah) כי דבר ה׳ נקרא בשם שכינה בלשון חז״ל, ואימא תתאה ומטרוניתא בלשון הזהר that the “word of G‑d” is referred to as the Shechinah, in the terminology of the [Talmudic and Midrashic] Sages, of blessed memory, […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 25 – Part 06 – audio
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The Holy Epistle: Epistle 25 – Part 06 – video
The Alter Rebbe now returns to the theme of the Divine spark in exile: ונקרא גם כן בשם גלות השכינה This [sustenance of idolaters through the Divine spark] is also called “the exile of the Shechinah.” מאחר שחיות זה, אשר בבחינת גלות בתוכם For this life-force, which is in a state of exile within them, […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 25 – Part 07 – audio
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The Holy Epistle: Epistle 25 – Part 07 – video
אך שלמדרגה זו, צריך התעוררות רבה ועצומה However, for such a level one needs a great and intense arousal. ועצה היעוצה להתעוררות זו, היא מענין זה עצמו And the counsel suggested to attain such an arousal, derives from this very subject. כשישים אל לבו ויתבונן ענין ירידת השכינה כביכול, ותרד פלאים להתלבש ניצוץ מהארתה One […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 26 – Part 1 – audio
The letters that comprise Iggeret HaKodesh were written over many years and assembled in their present order by the sons of the Alter Rebbe after his passing, as they explain in their introduction (“Approbation”) to Tanya (Vol. I, p. 19ff., in the present series). It is clear from internal evidence, as the Rebbe notes, that […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 26 – Part 1 – video
The letters that comprise Iggeret HaKodesh were written over many years and assembled in their present order by the sons of the Alter Rebbe after his passing, as they explain in their introduction (“Approbation”) to Tanya (Vol. I, p. 19ff., in the present series). It is clear from internal evidence, as the Rebbe notes, that […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 26 – Part 2 – audio
To resume the discussion of R. Shimon bar Yochai: וגם פלפול הקושיות ותירוצים, דמסטרא דרע ורוח הטומאה, אשכחן ברבי שמעון בר יוחאי, דעסק ביה טובא Moreover, we find that R. Shimon bar Yochai dealt considerably (not only with the mere statements of law in the Mishnayot, but) also with the argumentation of problems and solutions, […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 26 – Part 2 – video
To resume the discussion of R. Shimon bar Yochai: וגם פלפול הקושיות ותירוצים, דמסטרא דרע ורוח הטומאה, אשכחן ברבי שמעון בר יוחאי, דעסק ביה טובא Moreover, we find that R. Shimon bar Yochai dealt considerably (not only with the mere statements of law in the Mishnayot, but) also with the argumentation of problems and solutions, […]