Video Audio Text Part (a) The Alter Rebbe wrote this letter of condolence to his chassidim in 1788 after the passing of his colleague and mentor, the saintly R. Mendele of Vitebsk (or Horodok), who had settled in the Holy Land in 1777. It concludes by rousing them to the mitzvah of tzedakah in general, […]
Rev Tanya part 4 chapter 27
389 Holy: Epistle 27 p. 2
Video Audio Text The Alter Rebbe is here addressing chassidim who in the past had benefited from their connection with the tzaddik both through his advice and blessings on material matters, and through his guidance in matters of the spirit. He comforts them, therefore, with the teaching of the Zohar that a tzaddik is to […]
390 Holy: Epistle 27 p. 3
Video Audio Text וזהו שכתוב בזהר הקדוש, דצדיקא דאתפטר אשתכח בכלהו עלמין יתיר מבחיוהי This, then, is the meaning of the statement in the sacred Zohar,23 that “When a tzaddik departs he is to be found in all the worlds more than during his lifetime.” Surely this should only apply to the higher worlds. How […]
391 Holy: Epistle 27 p. 4
Video Audio Text Part (b) ביאור על הנ״ל An Elucidation of the Above The Alter Rebbe now provides a deeper understanding of the above letter. * * * איתא בזהר הקדוש, דצדיקא דאתפטר, אשתכח בכלהו עלמין יתיר מבחיוהי כו׳ It is stated in the sacred Zohar that “When a tzaddik departs he is to be […]
392 Holy: Epistle 27 p. 5
Video Audio Text והנה יש עוד בחינת הארה לתלמידיו Now, there is another kind of illumination [from the tzaddik] to his disciples. רק שאינה מתלבשת בתוך מוחם ממש, כראשונה However, it does not vest itself truly in their minds43 — as is the case with the first [kind of illumination] that derives from the Ruach […]
