Classes

Perek 4, Class 01 (51). Tanya (text based)

Livushim (1). All Mitzvos connected to all Livushim. Each Mitzvah is connected to one part of the person.

Lesson 4 Tanya Lectures – Iggeres Hateshuva

Chapters 4-6 discuss Yiddishkeit in the time of the Beis Hamikdash vs. the times of Golus. These two disparate worlds can be described as normal vs. extreme. Golus has several advantages. One of them appears to be Teshuva (in the mystical sense at least).

Lesson 3 Tanya Lectures – Iggeres Hateshuva

Chapter 4 begins the mystical interpretation of Teshuva. What we do has an affect on high also. Two Teshuvos, The lower and higher Heis of Hashem’s name.

Lesson 05 Tanya Lectures

Chapter 2,3,4. The soul’s structure: Essence (Wants what’s beyond, altruistic), Kochos (attributes), Garments (tools for expression).

Lesson 06 Tanya Lectures

Chapters 4,5. Why a jew (who is G-Dliness) needs Judaism for his (revealed) connection to his Creator.

Lesson 05 Shaar Hayichud Vihaemuna

Chapters 4-5. Divine concealment is as G-Dly as His infinite power to create. Two ideas: 1. G-Dly concealment allows the worlds to feel themselves separate from Him (and in a position to serve Him); 2. G-Dly concealment is the essence of G-Dliness. Even the holiest men can’t see through this concealment.

Lesson 04 Shaar Hayichud Vihaemuna

Chapters 3-4. The truth of creation is (only) the divine words that (individually) sustain each being. “If G-D would open our eyes we would see that reality is nothing other than the divine words that sustain all”. We are what we think we are because He hides.