Classes

Class 13, Perek 1, Class 3 Tanya (text based)

PDF רעיא מהימנא פרשת משפטים קי”ז, ב. This class was the introduction of the five levels of צדיק וטוב לו צדיק ורע לו רשע וטוב לו רשע ורע לו ובינוני, on the נסתר level; which is based initially on the גמרא בברכות ועוד; but is sourced in the רעיא מהימנא. We actually read it inside….

Class 12, Perek 1, Class 2 Tanya (text based)

The Gemaros themselves, that means Niglah alone accounts for the idea that there are two levels in the definitions of צדיק בינוני ורשע. 1) As it relates to being judged, where as a practical matter one is a צדיק if most of ones deeds are good etc. 2) מהות מדריגת צדיק ובינוני ורשע, where there…

Class 11, Perek 1, Class 1 Tanya (text based)

The journey from Nigla to Nistar that demonstrates the unity in the Torah. Various Gemaros and the Zohar (Raia Meheimna Parshas Mishpatim (117b)). The classic definitions for צדיק בינוני רשע address their judgement and reward or punishment. The more involved terms of צדיק וטוב לו, צדיק ורע לו and רשע וטוב לו לו רשע ורע…

Class 30, Perek 2, Class 10 Tanya (text based)

1) More on Neshama Klali (Rebbe, Tzadik) and Chassidus. 2) What parents contribute to their children: The Neshama comes from Hashem, but 1) the expression of the Neshama in the body, and the light drawn to the Neshama from above depends on the Levush that the parents give their children.

Class 29, Perek 2, Class 9 Tanya (text based)

The Mitzvah of ולדבקבה בו… בתלמידי חכמים is enlightened and clarified based on this notion of relatedness of souls and their hierarchy. Only Chassidus allows understanding this Mitzvah correctly and literally.

Class 28, Perek 2, Class 8 Tanya (text based)

One becoming many: It starts with the One Soul of אדם הראשון, which then becomes 7, then 600,000, then each of those (general Souls) has 600,000 sparks. But even after they descend and change they’re still essentially the same: one with their source until חכמה עילאה.

Class 27, Perek 2, Class 7 Tanya (text based)

The answer; we all start out the same but change as we develop. The real issue is the divine כונה which affects this diversification. The example of the fetus.

Class 26, Perek 2, Class 6 Tanya (text based)

1) A thought on Tisha BiAv, Teshuva and Moshiach. 2) Neshamos are G-dly but independent as they come from the Keilim. The פסוק נר הוי’ נשמת אדם that compares Neshamos to a Candle and the two ways of understanding this. 3) Though all Neshamos are one with Hashem and come from His Chochma, as the…

Class 25, Perek 2, Class 5 Tanya (text based)

Linking ישראל עלו במחשבה to the רמב”ם. What the RaMbaM understands about Hashem: that He is one with his wisdom and all of His faculties, allows us to understand how He can know what is happening in a changing world without changing Himself. הוא היודע הוא הידוע והוא המדע עצמה or הוא וחכמתו אחד. This…

Class 24, Perek 2, Class 4 Tanya (text based)

The second proof of the נשמה’s lofty origin is from the מאמר חז”ל: ישראל עלו במחשבה. This is a Kabbalistic “Proof” linking Neshamos to Chochma and through Chochma to the very Essence of G-dliness. The use of Kabbalah within Chassidus gives it “form” and a framework for understanding it intellectually.