Tanya classes – Rabbi Krasnianski: The Holy Epistle (Iggeret HaKodesh) ch. 21 - 32

May2 G‑d bless your3 effort and favor the work of your hands The post Epistle 32 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

May2 G‑d bless your3 effort and favor the work of your hands, The post Epistle 32 – Part 1 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

However, the verse,22 “Tzedek shall go before him,” is in the masculine gender, both the noun (tzedek) and its matching verb (yehaleich). The post Epistle 32 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

However, the verse,22 “Tzedek shall go before him,” is in the masculine gender, both the noun (tzedek) and its matching verb (yehaleich). The post Epistle 32 – Part 2 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Having first duly inquired after the welfare of those who love [G‑d’s] Name, The post Epistle 21 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Having first duly inquired after the welfare of those who love [G‑d’s] Name, The post Epistle 21 – Part 1 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

And it is well known at the gates13 The post Epistle 31 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

And it is well known at the gates13 The post Epistle 31 – Part 2 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

This is a reasoned message of encouragement in which the Alter Rebbe urges his chassidim not to reduce their fixed annual commitment to charity for the Holy Land, The post Epistle 30 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

This is a reasoned message of encouragement in which the Alter Rebbe urges his chassidim not to reduce their fixed annual commitment to charity for the Holy Land, The post Epistle 30 – Part 1 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

This [Sefirah of Malchut] animates all the created beings that are in all the upper and lower Heichalot, which are all subject to counting and reckoning (cheshbon), The post Epistle 30 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

This [Sefirah of Malchut] animates all the created beings that are in all the upper and lower Heichalot, which are all subject to counting and reckoning (cheshbon), The post Epistle 30 – Part 2 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Well known at the gates1 The previous Epistle opened with the phrase, “It is well known…,” The post Epistle 31 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Well known at the gates1 The previous Epistle opened with the phrase, “It is well known…,” The post Epistle 31 – Part 1 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

This is the meaning of the statement in the sacred Zohar, Parshat Pekudei (p. 229b), that “the good deeds (i.e., the mitzvot) which man does, elicit a garment from the light of the Supernal Splendor… The post Epistle 29 – Part 4 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

This is the meaning of the statement in the sacred Zohar, Parshat Pekudei (p. 229b), that “the good deeds (i.e., the mitzvot) which man does, elicit a garment from the light of the Supernal Splendor… The post Epistle 29 – Part 4 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

The Alter Rebbe now focuses on the distinctive quality inherent in the halachot of the Oral Torah. The post Epistle 29 – Part 5 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

The Alter Rebbe now focuses on the distinctive quality inherent in the halachot of the Oral Torah. The post Epistle 29 – Part 5 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

“A woman of valor is the crown of her husband…” The post Epistle 29 – Part 1 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

“A woman of valor is the crown of her husband…” The post Epistle 29 – Part 1 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Now, in the soul of man there is a faculty for pleasure: [the soul] takes pleasure in what it finds pleasurable,31as in the conception of a new insight, or the like. The post Epistle 29 – Part 2 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Now, in the soul of man there is a faculty for pleasure: [the soul] takes pleasure in what it finds pleasurable,31as in the conception of a new insight, or the like. The post Epistle 29 – Part 2 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Now the Supernal Will is termed and referred to by the Kabbalists40 as Keter Elyon [“the Supreme Crown”]. In it there are 620 pillars of light,41 620 being the numerical equivalent of the Hebrew word Keter. The post Epistle 29 – Part 3 – audio podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

Now the Supernal Will is termed and referred to by the Kabbalists40 as Keter Elyon [“the Supreme Crown”]. In it there are 620 pillars of light,41 620 being the numerical equivalent of the Hebrew word Keter. The post Epistle 29 – Part 3 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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Now, it is known that Abba (lit., “father”, a Kabbalistic name for the Sefirah of Chochmah) draws its sustenance from the eighth mazal. The post Epistle 28 – Part 4 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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Now, the mystical principle of the sacrifices offered on the altar is known from the sacred Zohar and from R. Isaac Luria, of blessed memory The post Epistle 28 – Part 2 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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This letter was written [by the Alter Rebbe] to his relative-by-marriage — the famous rabbi and Gaon, the G‑dly man, the holy man of G‑d,2 Lamp of Israel, pillar of the right hand, mighty hammer3 — The post Epistle 28 – Part 1 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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Now, there is another kind of illumination [from the tzaddik] to his disciples. However, it does not vest itself truly in their minds43 — as is the case with the first [kind of illumination] that derives from the Ruach of the tzaddik, whereby his faith, fear and love are intellectually integrated and internalized within his […] The post Epistle 27 – Part 5 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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An Elucidation of the Above The Alter Rebbe now provides a deeper understanding of the above letter. * * * It is stated in the sacred Zohar that “When a tzaddik departs he is to be found in all the worlds more than during his lifetime…” The post Epistle 27 – Part 4 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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This, then, is the meaning of the statement in the sacred Zohar,23 that “When a tzaddik departs he is to be found in all the worlds more than during his lifetime. The post Epistle 27 – Part 3 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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The Alter Rebbe is here addressing chassidim who in the past had benefited from their connection with the tzaddik both through his advice and blessings on material matters, and through his guidance in matters of the spirit. The post Epistle 27 – Part 2 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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Part (a) The Alter Rebbe wrote this letter of condolence to his chassidim in 1788 after the passing of his colleague and mentor, the saintly R. Mendele of Vitebsk (or Horodok), who had settled in the Holy Land in 1777. The post Epistle 27 – Part 1 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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But when the Shechinah will emerge from kelipat nogah The post Epistle 26 – Part 6 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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And this is the meaning of the statement in Ra’aya Mehemna: “While the Tree of Good and Evil dominates [the world] The post Epistle 26 – Part 5 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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But the study of Torah, even the laws of issur and hetter, impurity and purity, i.e., not the objects but the laws concerning them The post Epistle 26 – Part 4 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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But in truth, if you examine closely the above-quoted text of Ra’aya Mehemna The post Epistle 26 – Part 3 – video podcast appeared first on TanyaClass.com.

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