It Is Taught Tanya Podcast
Daily Teachings from the Tanya by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (AKA “The Alter Rebbe”)In loving memory of Avraham Yitzchok ben Binyamin HaCohen Z”L
Episode 644 - 11 Elul (Regular Year) - Should You Go to Landmark?
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In today's episode we discuss how the "Service/Work" of Tzedaka produces a stronger effect than the "Act" of Tzedaka.
Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 12.
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Episode 643 - 10 Elul (Regular Year) - What Is Work?
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In today's episode we begin to explore the difference between the Act of Tzedaka vs. the Work or Service of Tzedaka.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 12.
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Episode 641 - 8 Elul (Regular Year) - Beauty is the Harmony of Opposites
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Today's episode is dedicated in loving memory to my maternal grandfather Avraham Yitzchok ben Binyamin HaKohen Z"L (the entire It is Taught podcast is dedicated to him as well).
In today's episode we introduce the question of what the difference is between the Act of Tzedaka vs the Service of Tzedaka, based on a verse from Yeshayahu and how Hashem makes peace between the attributes of Chessed and Gevurah through the attribute of Tiferes/Rachamim. This attribute is associated with His 4 letter Name (Havaya/the Tetragrammaton).
Iggeres HaKodesh...
Episode 642 - 9 Elul (Regular Year) - Make Peace
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In today's episode we discuss how we can stimulate the affection of Peace on High and Below through engaging in the Act of Tzedaka as well as how we can get a taste of the revelation of G-dliness that will occur in the Future, by connecting with G-d during certain auspicious times such as prayer or giving Tzedaka.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 12.
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Episode 640 - 7 Elul (Regular Year) - How to Focus Your Thoughts on What Is Real
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In today's episode we discuss how not seeing everything as being good is a form of heresy and how training ourselves to see everything as good makes it revealed as such.
Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 11.
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Episode 639 - 6 Elul (Regular Year) - Shift Your Perspective
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In today's episode we discuss how everything we experience in our lives is really good and coming from G-d's Chessed, even if we don't perceive it as such. Our purpose is to shift our perspective and try to recognize the hidden goodness in all things.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Epistle 11.
FYI this is the gif I reference i the beginning of the episode: https://media.giphy.com/media/tKX6FNU9UGwF2/giphy.gif
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Episode 638 - 5 Elul (Regular Year) - Invoke the Limitless
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In today's episode we discuss how through giving Tzedaka in an abundant and unmeasured way, we invoke the unlimited Chessed of G-d from a place higher than the worlds (i.e Rav Chessed).
Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 10.
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Episode 637 - 4 Elul (Regular Year) - Break All Boundaries
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In today's episode we discuss why we should not stick to the limitations given for giving tzedakah.
Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 10.
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Episode 636- 3 Elul (Regular Year) - When to Extend Your Boundaries
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In today's episode we discuss how while all mitzvos, including the mitzva of Tzedaka has specific limitations and measurements to it, if a person veers even slightly from the Torah path, they should give over and above the set limitation given for Tzedaka in order to rectify the diminishment in light flow their actions caused, and this will stimulate an influx of even greater light sourced from above all the worlds.
Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 10.
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Episode 634 - 1 Elul (Regular Year) - Boundaries
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In today's episode we discuss how the positive commandments are rooted in Hashem's Chessed, but as vested within Gevurah, as is seen by virtue of their measurements and limitations.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Begnning of Epistle 10.
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Episode 635 - 2 Elul (Regular Year) - Why Everything in Our Universe Has Limits
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In today's episode we discuss how and why all of the Torah commandments have specific measurements to them.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 10.
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Episode 633 - 30 Av (Regular Year) - Why Do Societal Norms Change Over Time?
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In today's episode we discuss how the main focus of our generation, which is the generation of the "footsteps of Moshiach", is to give Tzedaka. This is in contrast to previous generations whose emphasis was more on Torah study.
Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 9.
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Episode 632 - 29 Av (Regular Year) - Why Are You Here?
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In today's episode the Alter Rebbe reminds us of our true purpose on Earth, which is to emulate G-d by giving Tzedaka and doing acts of Chessed for His Sake.
Iggeres HaKodesh beginning of Epistle 9.
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Episode 631 - 28 Av (Regular Year) - Spiritual Gardening
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In today's episode we discuss how giving Tzedaka is likened to gardening and the spiritual response that it elicits.
Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 8.
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Episode 630 - 27 Av (Regular Year) - The Miracle of Life
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In today's episode we discuss the miraculous nature of plant growth and how the power that makes a plant grow is vested in the earth, not in the seed.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 8.
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Episode 629 - 26 Av (Regular Year) - Can Our Charity Really Do That Much?
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In today's episode we discuss the disproportionate response that our giving of Tzedaka elicits on High.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Iggeres 8.
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Episode 627 - 24 Av (Regular Year) - Your Life Has No Meaning
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In today's episode we discuss how every Jew has a unique purpose to their life, involving having a special connection to certain mitzvos. This purpose is beyond rhyme or reason, originating in G-d's Thought.
Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 7.
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Episode 628 - 25 Av (Regular Year) - Why Give Charity Before You Pray?
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In today's episode we discuss a deeper reasoning behind why we have the habit of giving Tzedka before praying.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 8.
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Episode 626 - 23 Av (Regular Year) - Was the Biblical Adam Jewish?
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In today's episode we discuss how Yaakov our forefather took over from the original Adam as being the collective soul of all Jews.
Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 7.
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Episode 625 - 22 Av (Regular Year) - Anthropocentrism
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In today's episode we discuss how G-d's Radiance is divided into 613 general parts which are further subdivided infinitely. We also discuss how these rays correspond to the 613 mitzvos as well as the 613 parts of a person's soul.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 7.
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Episode 624 - 21 Av (Regular Year) - How Can You Divide That Which Is Indivisible?
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In today's episode we begin a discussion regarding the understanding of references made to our "portion" and "lot" within G-d, when we know that G-d is Indivisible.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 7.
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Episode 623 - 20 Av (Regular Year) - Live Your Truth
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In today's episode we discuss how giving Tzedaka can connect a person to the True Truth.
Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 6.
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Episode 622 - 19 Av (Regular Year) - So You've Been Publicly Shamed
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In today's episode we begin a discussion as to why giving Tzedaka rewards a person with Truth (Emes). We discuss our forefather Yaakov and how he is associated with Compassion and how we can arouse Compassion on High for having compassion on our G-dly souls which are exiled in our bodies and this physical world.
Iggeres HaKodesh Beginning of Epistle 6.
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Episode 620 - 17 Av (Regular Year) - Why Is It So Difficult for Intellectuals to Express Themselves?
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In today's episode we discuss the deeper meaning behind the phrase "behibaram" which is used in Chumash in describing Creation and how In today's episode we discuss how ever since the creation of Man, it is required of us to elicit G-d's Chessed to give power for the descent of His Chochma into the Malchus (Speech) which sustains our world.
Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 5.
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Episode 621 - 18 Av (Regular Year) - What's the Largest Bone in the Human Body?
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In today's episode we discuss two categories of Jew 1) Those who's primary focus is in Torah study and 2)Those who's primary focus is in acts of Chessed and Tzedaka.
Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 5.
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Episode 619 - 16 Av (Regular Year) - G-d's Exhale
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In today's episode we discuss how our world receives G-d's letters of speech in an external manner, which is referred to as the "body" or "matter" of the letters, AKA G-d's breath, as we could not handle the more inward "form" in a manifest way.
Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 5.
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Episode 618- 15 Av (Regular Year) - The Expansive Nature of Speech
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In today's episode we discuss the role Bina plays in having the hidden Chochma become manifest in more revealed Malchus (Speech).
Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 5.
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Episode 617 - 14 Av (Regular Year) - Niggunim and the Vagus Nerve
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In today's episode we discuss the difference between the more internal form vs. the more external matter (or body) of the Hebrew letters, and how the letter Hei is the source of the body of the letters.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 5.
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Episode 616 - 13 Av (Regular Year) - Why Can't Babies Speak?
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In today's episode we begin a discussion surrounding how we can "make" G-d's name through giving Tzedaka by way of exploring the connection between Speech (Malchus) and Chochma.
Iggeres HaKodes, Beginning of Epistle 5.
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Episode 615 - 12 Av (Regular Year) - Why Do I Feel So Good After I Give Charity?
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In today's episode we discuss how giving tzedaka redeems and uplifts the inner heart and soul. This reunification of the soul with G-d is peace (Shalom).
Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 4.
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Episode 613 - 10 Av (Regular Year) - The Spiritual Reason Behind Circumcision
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In today's episode we discuss the connection between the mitzvah of circumcision and the two layers/dimensions of the heart.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 4.
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Episode 614 - 11 Av (Regular Year) - Why We Hate Being Asked "What Do You Do?"
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In today's episode we discuss how and why giving Tzedaka can serve as an impetus to accessing serving G-d from the inner recesses of the heart.
Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 4.
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Episode 612 -9 Av (Regular Year) - The Rider and the Elephant
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In today's episode we discuss the two dimensions of the heart and how these relate to our service of G-d.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 4.
Article referenced in the episode ("Riding the Moral Elephant: A Review of Jonathan Haidt's The Righteous Mind" by Kyle Roberts )
https://cct.biola.edu/riding-moral-elephant-review-jonathan-haidts-righteous-mind/
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Episode 611 - 8 Av (Regular Year) - Helmet of Salvation
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In today's episode we discuss what role the "Helmet of Salvation" plays in the imagery of the Coat of Arms in terms of the drawing down of the Or HaSovev into our world as a result of our giving of Tzedaka.
Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 3.
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Episode 610 - 7 Av (Regular Year) - Coat of Arms
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In today's episode we discuss why the mitzvah of Tzedaka (charity) is likened to a coat of arms.
Iggeres HaKodesh Beginning of Epistle 3
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Episode 609 - 6 Av (Regular Year) - When Was the Last Time You Felt Vindicated and What Did You Do About it?
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In today's episode we explore a letter written by the Alter Rebbe to his Chassidim after his having been released from prison in Petersberg. The main message is for them to become increasingly humble the more kindness the experience from G-d and to be humble of spirit before the Alter Rebbe's opponents who led to his being imprisoned.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Epistle 2.
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Episode 608 - 5 Av (Regular Year) - Slow Down
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In today's Tanya we discuss the Alter Rebbe's plea to his Chassidim to only appoint leaders to congregational weekday morning prayers from amongst men who have the luxury to pray slowly and with intention (for a minimum of 1.5 hours). We also discuss how on Shabbos and Yom Tov, businessmen are not exempt from this as well. We discuss how seriously the Alter Rebbe felt about this to the extent that he said that he would send spies to check on congregations and would distance anyone he caught not adhering to this slow praying f...
Episode 606 - 3 Av (Regular Year) - Engage Your Core (Which is Not What You Think!)
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In today's episode we discuss the concept of spiritual "loins", which is Faith in G-d (Emunah). How to strengthen our faith through learning Torah and meditating upon G-d, which will seep into the rest of our spiritual bodies/limbs, which translates into having Love and Fear of G-d.
We also discuss how it is the PELVIS and not the stomach which is the main aspect of the anatomical core and how this translates spiritually.
Iggeres HaKodesh Epistle 1, Part 1.
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Episode 607 - 4 Av (Regular Year) - How to Improve Your Posture
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In today's episode we discuss how learning the Oral Torah strengthens a person's faith in G-d.
As part of this discussion, I lead the listeners through a short "Mountain Pose" meditation to experience the relationship between the Crown and the Core (Pelvis) both physically and spiritually.
Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 1.
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Episode 605 - 2 Av (Regular Year) - Shadows
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In today's episode we discuss how to experience joy in worldly suffering in recognition of how it saves us from much greater suffering in Geheinom. We also discuss how our positive actions in this world similarly create a disproportionate spiritual effect.
Iggeres HaTeshuva, Chapter 12
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