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Back to SearchTanya Chapter 39 part 4
Season 23 Episode 4
There’s a distinction between the soul that serves and the service that it performs. Depending on the level of intention, the soul’s service of Torah…
4 years ago
Tanya Chapter 39 part 3
Season 23 Episode 3
Normally, a soul who served Hashem with instinctive love and fear abides in the world of Yetzirah, as does the “ruach” of a righteous person’s soul. …
4 years ago
Tanya Chapter 39 part 2
Season 23 Episode 2
In order to “inhabit” a world, there must be a common bond between the “self” and the “world.” The world of Yetzirah is a world of holy emotion and t…
4 years ago
Tanya Chapter 39: We can move beyond our natural holy instincts, but if not, angels operate by holy instinct too. part 1
Season 23 Episode 1
Animals are instinctive beings of our physical world. But there are instinctive beings in the higher worlds too – these are the angels. Their powerfu…
4 years, 1 month ago
Tanya Chapter 38 part 6. You may lack the human power to generate new emotions. But that shouldn't stop you from acting on holy instinct
Season 22 Episode 6
When a person lacks the capacity to generate new emotions of awe and love for Hashem, he has another path. He can awaken his instinctive love, which …
4 years, 2 months ago
Tanya Chapter 38 part 5. Your Divine instinct drives you to remain connected to your Source at any cost. Let that be the soul of your mitzvah
Season 22 Episode 5
A human being is characterized by his power of intellect and freedom of choice. A person with the ability to meditate upon Hashem’s greatness and to …
4 years, 2 months ago
Tanya Chapter 38 part 4. Can you see how the mitzvah and its intention reflects the lights and vessels of the Supernal world of Atzilut?
Season 22 Episode 4
The correlation between the mitzvah and its intention is sourced in the supernal world of Atzilus: the intention to cleave to Hashem is sourced in th…
4 years, 3 months ago
Tanya Chapter 38 part 3. The soul of the mitzvah. How intention radiates Divine attachment more than action alone
Season 22 Episode 3
The intention of attaching to Hashem while performing a mitzvah is like the soul of the mitzvah. It is not that the attachment that is forged by inte…
4 years, 3 months ago
Tanya Chapter 38 part 2. The physical act of the mitzvah and its intention both manifest the Divine will. But there's a difference
Season 22 Episode 2
While everything of this world is equal in that all are subject to utter and total Divine concealment, the difference between one thing and another b…
4 years, 3 months ago
Tanya Chapter 38: The power of intention. part 1
Season 22 Episode 1
Drawing upon what we’ve learned until now, we can now understand the halacha –– that meditation is not valid in lieu of verbal articulation. Because …
4 years, 4 months ago