The Alter Rebbe now answers the following question: Inasmuch as the Temple was located in this physical world, how was it possible for the Shechinah to be found there to a higher degree than in the upper Worlds? He answers: כי עשרת הדברות הן כללות התורה כולה For the Ten Commandments are the all-embracing principles […]
Tanya The Book of the Intermediates
Tanya: Chapter 53 – Part 3 – audio
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ותרי״ג מצות התורה, עם שבע מצות דרבנן, בגימטריא כת״ר, שהוא רצון העליון ברוך הוא And the 613 commandments of the Torah, together with the seven commandments of our Rabbis, combine to total the numerical equivalent of Keter (“crown”), which is the Supernal Will, Will is called a crown, for like a crown it encompasses the […]
Tanya: Chapter 53 – Part 4 – audio
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The Alter Rebbe now concludes what he began to elucidate (in ch. 51) concerning the statement of the Yenuka in the Zohar — that the light of the Shechinah which shines above the head of a person needs oil. The Yenuka concludes, “…and these are good deeds” — the oil is the performance of the […]
Tanya: Compilers Foreword – Part 1 – audio
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Compiler’s Foreword As we have seen from the title page, the Alter Rebbe perceives himself as a mere compiler rather than as an author. והיא אגרת השלוחה לכללות אנשי שלומינו יצ״ו יברכם צורנו וישמרם Being a letter sent to all Anash — members of our fellowship, i.e., the chassidim), may [G‑d] our Stronghold bless and […]
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אך ביודעיי ומכיריי קאמינא, הם כל אחד ואחד מאנשי שלומנו שבמדינתינו וסמוכות שלה I speak, however, of those who know me well, each and every one of Anash of our country and those countries nearby, אשר היה הדיבור של חיבה מצוי בינינו with whom affectionate words were often exchanged in private audience, וגילו לפני כל […]
Tanya: Title Page – audio
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