Video is also available – click to open In the language of the Zohar, the lower level of repentance entails returning the latter hei of the Four-Letter Name of G‑d to its rightful place — returning the Shechinah, which is the source of Jewish souls, from the exile to which it was banished by transgression. […]
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Chapter 07 – Part 2
Video is also available – click to open וכמו שכתוב: וישוב אל הוי׳ וירחמהו As the verse states:6 “He shall return to G‑d and He will have compassion for him”; i.e., the sinner shall return to G‑d and have compassion for Him. But how are we to understand the concept of arousing mercy for the […]
Chapter 07 – Part 3
Video is also available – click to open והב׳: לבטש ולהכניע הקליפה והסטרא אחרא The second element [in one’s preparation for a true and direct path to repentance] is to crush and subdue the kelipah and sitra achra, אשר כל חיותה היא רק בחינת גסות והגבהה whose entire being is simply grossness and arrogance; כמו […]
Chapter 07 – Part 4
Video is also available – click to open והאיך נשברה רוח הסטרא אחרא, כשהלב נשבר ונדכה וכו׳ How is the spirit of the sitra achra broken? When the heart is broken and contrite….14 והאיך נשבר הלב ונדכה And how is the heart to be broken and humbled? הנה מעט מזעיר הוא על ידי סיגופים ותעניות […]
Chapter 07 – Part 5
Video is also available – click to open להתבונן במה שפעל ועשה בחטאיו, בחינת גלות השכינה כנ״ל to contemplate how through his sins he has brought about the exile of the Divine Presence, as noted above, וגרם לעקור נשמתו ונפשו האלקית מחיי החיים ברוך הוא and caused his spirit and Divine soul to be uprooted […]
Chapter 07 – Part 6
Video is also available – click to open ולכן סידרו בקריאת שמע שעל המטה, לקבל עליו ד׳ מיתות בית דין וכו׳ For this reason it was ordained that in the course of Keriat Shema at the bedside33 one should accept the four executions of the court, and so on. This acceptance is recited even by […]
Chapter 08 – Part 1
Video is also available – click to open Two basic elements, as the Alter Rebbe made clear in the previous chapter, enable the lower level of repentance to be true and direct: (a) considering how one’s soul and its Source, the Shechinah, are to be pitied, and arousing Supreme compassion upon them; (b) making a […]
Chapter 08 – Part 2
Video is also available – click to open וכן ממש למטה בנפש האלקית שבאדם Just as there is a restoration of the hei Above, exactly so below in the Divine soul within man, שוב אין עונותיכם מבדילים no more do4 “your sins separate [you from G‑d].” וכמו שכתוב ונקה מנקה הוא לשבים Thus it is […]
Chapter 08 – Part 3
Video is also available – click to open וזו היא תשובה שלימה This is perfect return – Teshuvah. והנה בחינת יחוד זה ותשובה זו היא בחינת תשובה עילאה, שלאחר תשובה תתאה This state of unity and this return are called teshuvah ila’ah, the higher level of repentance, that follows teshuvah tata’ah, the lower level of […]
Chapter 09 – Part 1
Video is also available – click to open The Alter Rebbe explained at the conclusion of the previous chapter that through teshuvah ila’ah, the higher level of repentance, the soul is totally cleansed and purified. It then ascends and cleaves to G‑d with the same degree of unity that it enjoyed before it descended into […]
