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Tanya The Epistle on Repentance
The Epistle on Repentance: Chapter 04 – Part 6 – video
(repeating from previous class) ושם אלקים הוא בחינת חיצוניות לגבי שם הויה ברוך הוא Similarly, the Name Elokim is an external state relative to the Tetragrammaton. אבל נשמת האדם, שהיא מבחינת פנימיות החיות, היא חלק שם הויה ברוך הוא But the soul of man, deriving from the internal aspect of the G‑dly vivifying power, is […]
The Epistle on Repentance: Chapter 04 – Part 7 – audio
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ונכללת ונרמזת באות ה׳ אחרונה של שם ה׳ This [attribute of sovereignty] is contained and represented in the final hei of the Tetragrammaton, in the following manner: כי פנימיות ומקור הדבור הוא ההבל העולה מן הלב, ומתחלק לה׳ מוצאות הפה: אחה״ע מהגרון וכו׳ The internal aspect and the source of speech is the breath that […]
The Epistle on Repentance: Chapter 04 – Part 8 – audio
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ואף שאין לו דמות הגוף חס ושלום Now “He has no corporeal form,” G‑d forbid. How, then, can one differentiate Above between those letters that possess substance and those that do not? אך דברה תורה כלשון בני אדם Nevertheless, “the Torah speaks as in the language of men.” Since on the mortal plane this differentiation […]
The Epistle on Repentance: Chapter 04 – Part 9 – video
וגם ההתבוננות, להבין ולהשכיל באמתתו וגדולתו ית׳, נמשכה גם כן מן התורה Furthermore, contemplation that endeavors to understand and conceive of G‑d’s true being, also derives from Torah, I.e., such contemplation must necessarily be preceded by the study of Torah, דאורייתא מחכמה נפקא, היא בחינת יו״ד של שם הויה וכו׳ for36 “Torah proceeds from Chochmah,” […]
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The Epistle on Repentance: Chapter 05 – Part 1 – video
The previous chapter taught that the Jewish soul is a part of the Tetragrammaton, the internal aspect of G‑dliness, from which it derives. In this it differs from other created beings whose source is more external — the Divine Name Elokim and Supernal speech. However, in order that the soul be able to become enclothed […]
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