Portal of Unity and Belief (Shaar Hayichud Vehaemunah)

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

וכתיב: החקר אלקה תמצא וגו׳, וכתיב: העיני בשר לך, אם כראות אנוש תראהIt is likewise written, The post Chapter 07 – Part 7 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

וכמו שכתב הרמב״ם ז״ל, שהוא היודע והוא הידוע והוא הדיעה עצמה, הכל אחדAs Maimonides, of blessed memory, stated, c12 that He is the Knower, He is the Known, and He The post Chapter 07 – Part 6 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

והנה במה שנתבאר, יובן מה שכתוב: אני ה׳ לא שניתיNow, from the foregoing exposition one will be able to understand the verse,a 8 “I, Havayah, have not changed.” The post Chapter 07 – Part 5 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

There is no other reality but G-d, yet the world appears totally separated from G-d.Rabbi Ben Tzion Krasniaski recaps the subject. The post Chapter 07 – Part 4 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

ולפי שמדת מלכותו יתברך מיוחדת במהותו ועצמותו יתברך בתכלית היחוד, כמו שיתבארNow, since [G‑d’s] attribute of Malchut is united with His Essence and Being in an absolute union, as will be explained,” align The post Chapter 07 – Part 3 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

והנה גדר ובחינת שם עולם נופל על בחינת מקום ובחינת זמן דוקאThe term “world” can be applied solely to [that which possesses] the dimensions of space and time,בחינת מקום הוא מזרח ומערב The post Chapter 07 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

וממלא כל עלמין היא בחינת החיות המתלבש תוך עצם הנבראAnd “He fills all worlds” is the life-force that becomes enclothed i.e., is internalized within the essence of the created being.-heb” dir The post Chapter 07 – Part 11 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

וזהו גם כן ענין סובב כל עלמיןAnd this is also the meaning of “He encompassess all worlds.”This does not mean to say (heaven forfend) that G‑d is not found within the worlds but merely encompasses them The post Chapter 07 – Part 10 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

The Alter Rebbe explained in the previous chapters that the Scriptural statement that “in the heavens above and upon the earth below there is none other,” is not intended to negate the existence of another god. Rather, it tells us that Divine Unity is such that there is no true existence The post Chapter 07 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

ולכן גם הארץ ומתחת לארץ הן אין ואפס ממש לגבי הקב״הTherefore, even the earth and that which is below it are naught and utter nothingness in relation to the Holy One, blessed be He, The post Chapter 06 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Earlier on, in ch. 4, the Alter Rebbe explained that the Supernal attributes of Chesed and Gevurah — the former finding expression in the diffusion of the Divine life-force that creates and animates created beings The post Chapter 06 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

It was stated in the previous chapter that both the expansive and creative attribute of Chesed and the concealing and constrictive attribute of Gevurah transcend the grasp of created beings. Here the Alter Rebbe adds that these attributes transcend even the comprehension The post Chapter 05 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Thanks to G‑d’s attribute of Gevurah and His capacity for tzimtzum — so the Alter Rebbe explained in the foregoing chapter — created beings live in the illusion that they possess an independent The post Chapter 05 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

(והנה בחינת הצמצום והסתר החיות נקרא בשם כלים, והחיות עצמו נקרא 10 (The tzimtzum and concealing of the life-force is called in kabbalistic terminology kelim The post Chapter 04 – Part 3 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Since the capacity for tzimtzum emanates from the Divine attribute of Gevurah, one might erroneously infer that it actually serves to create an independently existing entity; i.e., not only does the created being regard itself as such, but the Creator views it so as well. The post Chapter 04 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Since the Divine activating force responsible for the existence of created things must continuously be present within them, they are completely nullified in their source. This means, as the Alter Rebbe explained in the previous chapter, that in reality they do not “exist”.Why The post Chapter 04 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

The Alter Rebbe has explained that the activating force of the Creator must constantly be vested within creation, ceaselessly recreating and reanimating created beings ex nihilo. This force consists of the creative “letters” which emanate from the five supernal organs of verbal articulation. The post Chapter 03 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

והן הן בחינת אותיות הדבור מעשרה מאמרות שבהם נבראו[Activating forces such as the above] are the selfsame letters of speech [that constitute] the Ten Utterances by which [all beings] were created. This is why the above-quoted The post Chapter 02 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

In his opening chapter the Alter Rebbe explained that the Divine life-force which brings all creatures into existence must constantly be present within them, in order to recreate and revivify them on an ongoing basis. Were this life-force to forsake any created being for even one brief moment, it The post Chapter 02 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

עד שמשתלשל מעשרה מאמרות ונמשך מהן צירוף שם אבןso that ultimately the combination of letters [that forms] the name -heb” descends from the Ten Utterances, and is derived from them, The post Chapter 01 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Shaar HaYichud VehaEmunah 1 The theme of this treatise, as the Rebbe notes, is stated in its subtitle:” The post Chapter 01 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

והנה ראשית הדברים המעוררים האהבה והיראה, ויסודן, היא האמונה הטהורה ונאמנה ביחודו ואחדותו, יתברך ויתעלהFirst among the factors that arouse love and fear, and their foundation, is a pure and faithful belief in the Unity and Oneness of G‑d, may He be blessed and The post The Education of the Child – Part 4 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

The Alter Rebbe now goes on to explain what special quality lies in the lesser manner of service of “educating the child according to his way,” so that “even when he grows [spiritually] older he will not depart from it.” It is true that the lower level of love, that which is engendered by The post The Education of the Child – Part 3 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

והשנית היא אהבה שכל אדם יוכל להגיע אליה, כשיתבונן היטב בעומקא דלבאThe second [level] is a love which every man can attain when he meditates earnestly, so that its echo resounds in the depths of his heart, The post The Education of the Child – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Chinuch Katan (Introduction to Shaar HaYichud VehaEmunah) The heading written by the Alter Rebbe reads as follows: The post The Education of the Child – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.