Tanya (Part 14)

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The opening of this shiur, in Rabbi Efrem Goldberg’s own words — taken from the captions, so names and Hebrew terms may be approximate.

don't seek to slaughter, but we want to train, we want to elevate, we want to channel. We're not looking to get rid of or purge, but we're looking to have it work for us and on behalf of us and for our advantage. The second perek began with the nefesh hasheinis, the second soul we have, not chronologically, but the second soul that we have is the godly soul, the chelek Eloka mimaal mamash. The godly soul that's not just a godly soul in theory, it's not just a godly soul as a nice drasha, it's a godly soul mamash, mamash, literally. And therefore, we can find Hashem, stop looking everywhere else, just look in the mirror, he can be found inside of us. And then the Alter Tanya continued to say that we all found ourselves in the same root, the same source, namely him. So, there is a democratization of all humanity, of all Yidden, at least the Jewish people, our soul comes from the same place. And the Alter Rebbe was invoking what was an ancient wisdom or understanding, one that we know has evolved and changed, but that the original seed of a person begins in their brain, comes down their spinal cord, their spinal their spine, and once ultimately that seed is used for conception, everything comes from the brain, which we thought of Steinzaltz related as being connected to the pituitary gland, maybe you could connect to free will and the place of choice, but essentially, whatever is created, whatever is conceived as a result, comes from that seed, and the creation, the created, both its brain, all the way down to its toenails, all come from that same seed. So, Hakadosh Boruch Hu seeded the world, he's our father, and in every generation, whether the tamidei

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1. 0:30don't seek to slaughter, but we want to train, we want to elevate, we want to…
2. 2:02chachamim and the tzaddikim, the righteous, down to the toenails of the generation, what he calls…
3. 3:33our strength, we draw what animates the three levels of our soul, what connects us to…
4. 5:35they're speaking to the chelek Elokai mimaal mamash in us. They light us on fire. They're…
5. 7:05it's true for all about of our neshama. Are you ever somewhere? People are going on…
6. 9:09share with you the Stein saltzer's commentary on this uh part of the Tanya, of the…
7. 10:41Biologically, as long as a limb is connected to the body, a mutual bond exists between…
8. 12:14Rebbe applies the concept of Israel as a Klal Yisrael to shed light on the principle…
9. 14:15sanctity. It's the exact opposite of our generation that everything is done without the holiness and…
10. 15:48their child. It doesn't matter even if the core root of that soul is holy, the…

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