כי על ידי דביקה בתלמידי חכמים, קשורות נפש רוח ונשמה של עמי הארץ ומיוחדות במהותן הראשון ושרשם שבחכמה עילאה For, through attachment to the scholars, the Nefesh, Ruach and Neshamah of the ignorant are bound up and united with their original essence and their root in Supernal Wisdom, שהוא יתברך וחכמתו אחד, והוא המדע כו׳ […]
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012 Intermediate: ch. 03 p. 1
והנה כל בחינה ומדריגה משלש אלו, נפש רוח ונשמה, כלולה מעשר בחינות Now, each of these three distinctions and grades — Nefesh, Ruach and Neshamah — consists of ten faculties1 כנגד עשר ספירות עליונות שנשתלשלו מהן corresponding to the Ten Supernal Sefirot (divine manifestations,2 in which they originate and whence they descend. הנחלקות לשתים The […]
013 Intermediate: ch. 03 p. 2
ושוב יתלהב לבו באהבה עזה כרשפי אש, בחשיקה וחפיצה ותשוקה ונפש שוקקה Next his contemplation will give birth to the attribute of Chesed, expressed as a love of G‑d, so that his heart will glow with an intense love of G‑d like fiery flames, with a passion, desire and longing, and a yearning soul לגדולת […]
014 Intermediate: ch. 04 p. 1
ועוד יש לכל נפש אלקית שלשה לבושים In addition [to its ten faculties — discussed in ch. 3], every divine soul (nefesh elokit) possesses three garments. The soul possesses three auxiliary powers, which are its instruments of expression. Like garments, they can be donned or shed at will. When the soul utilizes any of these […]
015 Intermediate: ch. 04 p. 2
Until now it has been explained that the divine soul has three garments in which it clothes itself: the thought, speech and action of Torah and the commandments. The Alter Rebbe now goes on to state that, unlike physical garments, which are less important than their wearer, the garments of the divine soul are even […]
016 Intermediate: ch. 04 p. 3
ואף דהקדוש ברוך הוא נקרא אין סוף, ולגדולתו אין חקר, ולית מחשבה תפיסא ביה כלל Although the Holy One, blessed be He, is called Ein Sof (“Infinite”), and5 “His greatness can never be fathomed,” and6 “No thought can apprehend him at all,” וכן ברצונו וחכמתו and so are also His Will and His wisdom (infinite […]
017 Intermediate: ch. 05 p. 1
At the conclusion of the previous chapter, the Alter Rebbe depicted the study of Torah as a royal embrace: When one studies Torah, his intellect “embraces” and encompasses the Divine Will and wisdom — and thus he “embraces” the King of kings Himself, since “He and His wisdom are one.” In turn, the “King” (i.e., […]
018 Intermediate: ch. 05 p. 2
וזאת מעלה יתירה גדולה ונפלאה לאין קץ, אשר במצות ידיעת התורה והשגתה This is the distinctive, infinitely great and wonderful superiority of the mitzvah of knowing and comprehending Torah על כל המצות מעשיות, ואפילו על מצות התלויות בדבור, ואפילו על מצות תלמוד תורה שבדיבור over all the mitzvot involving action, and even over those performed […]
019 Intermediate: ch. 06 p. 1
In the previous chapters the Alter Rebbe discussed the divine soul; its ten faculties — three intellectual and seven emotional — and its three garments by which it expresses itself, namely, the thought, speech and action of Torah and the mitzvot. He explained that the garments of the divine soul are actually on a higher […]
020 Intermediate: ch. 06 p. 2
וצד הקדושה אינו אלא השראה והמשכה מקדושתו של הקדוש ברוך הוא The side of holiness is nothing but the indwelling and extension of G‑d’s holiness. ואין הקדוש ברוך הוא שורה אלא על דבר שבטל אצלו יתברך, בין בפועל ממש, כמלאכים עליונים Now, G‑d dwells only on that which is surrendered to Him, whether [the surrender […]
