Interdependence and brotherly love among Jews strike far deeper than the visible interpersonal plane. Indeed, if they are lacking, the pain is felt by the Shechinah itself, the Divine Presence. For the Divine Presence is the heart of the Jewish people, who themselves constitute the organs. A deep-seated organic disorder that affects the circulatory system, […]
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The Holy Epistle: Epistle 31 – Part 1 – video
Interdependence and brotherly love among Jews strike far deeper than the visible interpersonal plane. Indeed, if they are lacking, the pain is felt by the Shechinah itself, the Divine Presence. For the Divine Presence is the heart of the Jewish people, who themselves constitute the organs. A deep-seated organic disorder that affects the circulatory system, […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 31 – Part 2 – audio
The above discussion relates only to the drawing down of Divine vitality from the Shechinah into the created worlds, which parallels the emanation of the spirit of life from the heart and its diffusion throughout the entire body. The Alter Rebbe will now go on to explain the second aspect of this analogy — […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 31 – Part 2 – video
The above discussion relates only to the drawing down of Divine vitality from the Shechinah into the created worlds, which parallels the emanation of the spirit of life from the heart and its diffusion throughout the entire body. The Alter Rebbe will now go on to explain the second aspect of this analogy — […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 32 – Part 1 – audio
Just as the Alter Rebbe opened the first Epistle in this series1 with a blessing — occasioned by the good news that most of the chassidic congregations had completed their annual study of the Talmud — so, too, this final Epistle begins with a blessing. Evidently, this blessing too was occasioned by good news […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 32 – Part 1 – video
Just as the Alter Rebbe opened the first Epistle in this series1 with a blessing — occasioned by the good news that most of the chassidic congregations had completed their annual study of the Talmud — so, too, this final Epistle begins with a blessing. Evidently, this blessing too was occasioned by good news […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 32 – Part 2 – audio
אבל: צדק לפניו יהלך, הוא לשון זכר However, the verse,22 “Tzedek shall go before him,” is in the masculine gender, both the noun (tzedek) and its matching verb (yehaleich). היא מדת החסד המתעוררת בלב האדם מעצמו This refers to the attribute of kindness that is aroused in a man’s heart of his […]
The Holy Epistle: Epistle 32 – Part 2 – video
אבל: צדק לפניו יהלך, הוא לשון זכר However, the verse,22 “Tzedek shall go before him,” is in the masculine gender, both the noun (tzedek) and its matching verb (yehaleich). היא מדת החסד המתעוררת בלב האדם מעצמו This refers to the attribute of kindness that is aroused in a man’s heart of his […]
