CONCLUSION OF THE SECOND PART, WITH THE HELP OF G-D, MAY HE BE BLESSED AND EXALTED The post Chapter 12 – Part 4 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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Chapter 12 – Part 4 – audio podcast

Returning to the body of the text, the Alter Rebbe now goes on to illustrate how one utterance (“Let there be a firmament”) created the extensive components of the worlds as well as their specific creatures.Note of the Rebbe This also helps us understand the degree to which The post Chapter 12 – Part 3 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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הגהה- ” ואות מכ״ב אותיות התורה היא המשכת חיות וכח מיוחד פרטי, שאינו נמשך באות אחרתNOTE-trans- Inasmuch as every single one The post Chapter 12 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Chapter 12 – Part 2 – audio podcast

The letters that constitute the Ten Utterances, as the Alter Rebbe has just explained, are effluences of the Divine attributes which are wholly united with G‑d Himself. Therefore, though they are termed mere “letters”, they are able to serve as vehicles for creating the wisdom and The post Chapter 12 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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אבל באמת, בחינת אותיות הדבור שלמעלה, היא למעלה מעלה ממדרגת ומהות חכמה ושכל הנבראיםIn truth, however, the Supernal letters of speech are far higher than the level and essence of the wisdom and intellect of created beings. The post Chapter 11 – Part 3 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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כי אף שאינן כאותיות מחשבה שלנו, חס ושלוםAlthough they are not actual letters of thought like our letters of thought, G‑d forbid,The Alter Rebbe had previously drawn an analogy: just as The post Chapter 11 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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The Alter Rebbe explained in the previous chapter that the Sefirot — the Divine attributes, and the Divine wisdom and Will — are designated by their respective names only in relation to created beings, which are granted existence and life and guidance by Him Who enclothes The post Chapter 11 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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The Alter Rebbe now offers an instance of how creation came about through the Sefirot.על דרך משל, ביום ראשון מששת ימי בראשית נגלית מדת החסד, כלולה מכל מדותיו הקדושות, ורצונו וחכמתו ובינתו ודעתו מלובשין בה-trans The post Chapter 10 – Part 3 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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וכדברים האלה ממש ויותר מזה, הן מדותיו של הקב״ה ורצונו וחכמתו בעולם האצילות, עם מהותו ועצמותו, כביכולPrecisely in this manner, and even more so, is [the unity of] (on the one hand) the attributes of the Holy One The post Chapter 10 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Chapter 10 – Part 2 – audio podcast

Concluding the previous chapter, the Alter Rebbe explained that since G‑d is infinitely exalted above intellect, intellectual means are inadequate to grasp His absolute union with the Sefirot of the World of Atzilut The post Chapter 10 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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אבל הקב״ה, שהוא למעלה מן השכל והחכמה, לא שייך כלל לומר בו שאי אפשר להשיגו מפני עומק המושגHowever, concerning the Holy One, blessed be He, Who transcends intellect and wisdom, it is not at all appropriate to say that one cannot comprehend Him The post Chapter 09 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Chapter 09 – Part 2 – audio podcast

אבל לגבי הקב״ה, מדרגת החכמה שהיא תחלת מחשבה וראשיתה, היא סוף מעשה אצלוIn regard to the Holy One, blessed be He, however, the level of wisdom — which [in all created beings] is the beginning of thought and its genesis The post Chapter 09 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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Creation effected absolutely no change in the Creator, neither in His Unity nor in His knowledge. This we learn from the verse, “I, Havayah, have not changed,” as the Alter Rebbe explained in the preceding chapter. Though one might assume that by bringing created The post Chapter 08 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Chapter 08 – audio podcast

והנה מכאןIn the light of what has been said above — that G‑d’s knowledge is wholly one with G‑d Himself, for otherwise it would imply multiplicity in One Who is perfect unity,-heb” dir The post Chapter 07 – Part 9 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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והנה מכאןIn the light of what has been said above — that G‑d’s knowledge is wholly one with G‑d Himself, for otherwise it would imply multiplicity in One Who is perfect unity,-heb” dir The post Chapter 07 – Part 8 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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Tanya – Portal of Unity and Belief (Shaar Hayichud Vehaemunah) – taught by Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasnianski

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