Text-Based Tanya Class—Week #27

What’s said in this shiur

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

okay what chapter are we on sweet 16. sweet 16. okay wow is that a jewish thing i don't think it's a jewish thing it's a tanya thing okay fine so you remember last week test valve chapter 15 we're speaking about two levels of betany right yes yes okay and we said that this guy and we said that this guy who's the second level baitini called leia a sherloya valde he didn't even serve hashem what he's he's not obeying him no he is a maiden so why didn't he didn't sir why is he called he didn't serve because he doesn't by default there's no extra effort and then remember the alternative says the end of that chapter what defines effort he very very briefly he says look if you want to be if you want it to be considered effort either you have to do one of two things either you have to meditate on hashem either you have to meditate on hashem until you create some feelings that will push you to do the right thing or you have to tap into your innate love of hashem which is already installed in your jewish soul but either way you have to do something and if you don't do anything if you're able to manage mainly behaviors without doing either of those two things it's called the shallower you didn't even serve hashem right right you're just saying right or you remember no you remember okay so let's talk more about the first of those two methods are these methods for what are they doing what are these methods for what are they doing we have to struggle they they are struggle but what do they do what do they accomplish meditation well one is meditation yeah but what do they both do that's too general you're always going to be right when you say that

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1. 0:00okay what chapter are we on sweet 16. sweet 16. okay wow is that a jewish…
2. 5:19do what would what you you need to not do did i say whether it's of…
3. 10:29but even when he does the work the level of intensity of the emotions just isn't…
4. 16:20an idea and a feeling so those are two different worlds an idea like i can…
5. 21:23hopefully ultimately but not necessarily not necessarily and this is what the alternative is saying that…
6. 27:04if he would be a tsadic that meditation would cause him intense emotions but he's not…
7. 32:16so now you're trying to reconcile that or fit that with what we just learned that…
8. 37:22a mitzvah that's done mindfully and even that is not binary it's on a spectrum how…
9. 43:56well literally matsarifah means combines hashem combines a good thought to a deed usually the way…
10. 49:08they're very spiritual and they're far removed from physical action and of their own accord they…

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