Tanya classes – Rabbi Krasnianski: Last Thesis (Kuntres Acharon)

[It is written,]1 “You shall surely reprove your comrade” — “even one hundred times,” add our Sages,2 taking up the hint offered by the repetitive form of the Hebrew verb. The post Last Thesis Essay 09 – Part 01 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

[It is written,]1 “You shall surely reprove your comrade” — “even one hundred times,” add our Sages,2 taking up the hint offered by the repetitive form of the Hebrew verb. The post Last Thesis Essay 09 – Part 01 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Moreover, since, due to the frailty of our times, not everyone is capable of fasting as he ought, The post Last Thesis Essay 09 – Part 02 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Moreover, since, due to the frailty of our times, not everyone is capable of fasting as he ought, The post Last Thesis Essay 09 – Part 02 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

I have heard with foreboding and am deeply grieved, writes the Alter Rebbe The post Last Thesis Essay 08 – Part 01 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

I have heard with foreboding and am deeply grieved, writes the Alter Rebbe The post Last Thesis Essay 08 – Part 01 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

For regarding the love latent in the heart of all Israel by birth and nature, there can be no command at all, for it already exists. The post Last Thesis Essay 08 – Part 02 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

For regarding the love latent in the heart of all Israel by birth and nature, there can be no command at all, for it already exists. The post Last Thesis Essay 08 – Part 02 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

The letters that spell the [Hebrew] word eitan [each] indicate the future tense. The post Last Thesis Essay 07 – Part 02 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

The letters that spell the [Hebrew] word eitan [each] indicate the future tense. The post Last Thesis Essay 07 – Part 02 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Since we are speaking here of Supernal Mercy, there must first be a sufficiently vigorous “arousal from below” that will cause it to descend to this lowly world. The post Last Thesis Essay 07 – Part 03 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Since we are speaking here of Supernal Mercy, there must first be a sufficiently vigorous “arousal from below” that will cause it to descend to this lowly world. The post Last Thesis Essay 07 – Part 03 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

“David! You call them songs?!”5Because he had referred to the laws of the Torah as “songs”, David was punished by being made to6 “stumble in a matter that even schoolchildren know” — that the Ark is to be carried on the shoulders. The post Last Thesis Essay 06 – Part 01 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

“David! You call them songs?!”5Because he had referred to the laws of the Torah as “songs”, David was punished by being made to6 “stumble in a matter that even schoolchildren know” — that the Ark is to be carried on the shoulders. The post Last Thesis Essay 06 – Part 01 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

However, for extolling the Torah with this quality, saying,13 “[Your statutes] were songs for me,” he was punished. The post Last Thesis Essay 06 – Part 02 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

However, for extolling the Torah with this quality, saying,13 “[Your statutes] were songs for me,” he was punished. The post Last Thesis Essay 06 – Part 02 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Hence, the internal aspect of the Torah too (which is wholly united with G‑d) is not at all to be lauded as being the animating force of all the worlds, for relative to the internal aspect of the Torah they are reckoned as nothingness itself. The post Last Thesis Essay 06 – Part 03 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Hence, the internal aspect of the Torah too (which is wholly united with G‑d) is not at all to be lauded as being the animating force of all the worlds, for relative to the internal aspect of the Torah they are reckoned as nothingness itself. The post Last Thesis Essay 06 – Part 03 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

It is written, “…and charity like a mighty river” (1Amos, end of ch. 52). The post Last Thesis Essay 07 – Part 01 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

It is written, “…and charity like a mighty river” (1Amos, end of ch. 52). The post Last Thesis Essay 07 – Part 01 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Let us understand [how this applies to] the details of the laws that never occur at all The post Last Thesis Essay 05 – Part 1 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

For the extension of the Supreme Wisdom that is vested in the laws of Torah is infinite, since the Infinite is actually clothed in it The post Last Thesis Essay 05 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

For the extension of the Supreme Wisdom that is vested in the laws of Torah is infinite, since the Infinite is actually clothed in it The post Last Thesis Essay 05 – Part 2 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

just as on the festivals, when Chesed of Atzilut, which is completely clothed in Chesed of Beriah, vivifies this physical world The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 12 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

just as on the festivals, when Chesed of Atzilut, which is completely clothed in Chesed of Beriah, vivifies this physical world The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 12 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Now though ChaBaD of Beriah-Yetzirah of the state of Neshamah by far transcend Malchut of Beriah-Yetzirah of the state of Neshamah The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 13 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Now though ChaBaD of Beriah-Yetzirah of the state of Neshamah by far transcend Malchut of Beriah-Yetzirah of the state of Neshamah The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 13 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

As to the statement in Etz Chayim67 (and in Shaar HaYichudim68) that through intention a Neshamah-garment is formed The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 14 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

As to the statement in Etz Chayim67 (and in Shaar HaYichudim68) that through intention a Neshamah-garment is formed The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 14 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Let us understand [how this applies to] the details of the laws that never occur at all The post Last Thesis Essay 05 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

This is not the case concerning one’s intention while performing the mitzvah of the etrog. The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 06 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

This is not the case concerning one’s intention while performing the mitzvah of the etrog. The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 06 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Moreover, this leads to a “whole heart,” for the latter verse concludes, “and serve Him with a whole heart”; i.e., a knowledge of G‑d leads one to serve Him with one’s entire being. The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 07 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Moreover, this leads to a “whole heart,” for the latter verse concludes, “and serve Him with a whole heart”; i.e., a knowledge of G‑d leads one to serve Him with one’s entire being. The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 07 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

In addition: The Alter Rebbe will now state that beyond the above-discussed superior quality of mitzvot requiring action (as well as the study of their laws), they are also essentially superior to the source of the soul, by virtue of their source. The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 08 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

In addition: The Alter Rebbe will now state that beyond the above-discussed superior quality of mitzvot requiring action (as well as the study of their laws), they are also essentially superior to the source of the soul, by virtue of their source. The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 08 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Besides all the above,53 i.e., all the above-mentioned ways in which the action-related mitzvot are superior to intellectually-aroused love and fear, there is yet another superior quality to the practical mitzvot: The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 09 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Besides all the above,53 i.e., all the above-mentioned ways in which the action-related mitzvot are superior to intellectually-aroused love and fear, there is yet another superior quality to the practical mitzvot: The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 09 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

But let us understand how an etrog, which derives from the 288 sparks that have not yet been purified, The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 10 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

But let us understand how an etrog, which derives from the 288 sparks that have not yet been purified, The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 10 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

However, the detailed laws of the various mitzvot are drawn from the Supreme Wisdom of the Emanator, blessed be He, which is clothed in physicality The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 11 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

However, the detailed laws of the various mitzvot are drawn from the Supreme Wisdom of the Emanator, blessed be He, which is clothed in physicality The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 11 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Now, in one source13 it is written14 that the 248 positive commandments are [rooted] in the Five Attributes of Kindness of Za of Atzilut, for every positive command serves as a vessel to receive an expression of the kindly attributes and a calling forth of Divinity, The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 03 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Now, in one source13 it is written14 that the 248 positive commandments are [rooted] in the Five Attributes of Kindness of Za of Atzilut, for every positive command serves as a vessel to receive an expression of the kindly attributes and a calling forth of Divinity, The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 03 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

The source of the [Divine] Intellect is the Lavnunit [of Keter], The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 04 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

The source of the [Divine] Intellect is the Lavnunit [of Keter], The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 04 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

This is all the more true with regard to the [infinite] Ein Sof-light, for no thought can apprehend Him in His radiance or the diffusion of the life-force issuing from Him. The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 05 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

This is all the more true with regard to the [infinite] Ein Sof-light, for no thought can apprehend Him in His radiance or the diffusion of the life-force issuing from Him. The post Last Thesis Essay 04 – Part 05 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

To understand the statement in Shaar HaYichudim, ch. 2, Shaar HaYichudim of R. Chayim Vital (which appears in Shemoneh She’arim of current editions of the writings of the AriZal) is part of Shaar Ruach HaKodesh. The post Last Thesis Essay 03 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

To understand the statement in Shaar HaYichudim, ch. 2, Shaar HaYichudim of R. Chayim Vital (which appears in Shemoneh She’arim of current editions of the writings of the AriZal) is part of Shaar Ruach HaKodesh. The post Last Thesis Essay 03 – Part 1 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

(5 But since his intention is addressed to G‑d, He is, after all, in a state of prayer, except that alien thoughts interpose. The post Last Thesis Essay 03 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.