Tanya and Story for Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 7, Part 1. 21st of Av for Regular Year

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

Tanya for the 21st of of but first the story. There was once a businessman whose name is identified as Shimon in the story as recorded by Shivchei Ba'al Shem Tov. He was a merchant and he had business to do in a in a particular city. It was a very dangerous road, a highway that traveled between the city that he was in and the city where he wanted to do business and he had a tremendous amount of merchandise. He didn't know what to do and he knew he had to go along this road, the highway, he's going to get he's going to get uh robbed and everything's going to get taken away. He didn't know what to do. One of his friends told him the Ba'al Shem Tov is planning to travel the same highway soon. Wait for the Ba'al Shem Tov to travel along the highway and then you travel along with him. That's your best chance of making it safely with all your merchandise. So, Shimon thought it was a great idea and he waited and he learned that the Ba'al Shem Tov when the Ba'al Shem Tov was planning to go and he went to the Ba'al Shem Tov and he asked the Ba'al Shem Tov, "Would it be possible when the Ba'al Shem Tov travels if I travel with

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1. 0:00Tanya for the 21st of of but first the story. There was once a businessman whose…
2. 0:30had to go along this road, the highway, he's going to get he's going to get…
3. 1:34This is not a place to stop." Ba'al Shem Tov said, "We're stopping. The horses are…
4. 2:36themselves to be able to attack the wagon and they finally make their way out of…
5. 3:41uh a portioned lot that's fallen to us in in a pleasant way, etc. We're seeing…
6. 4:44seemingly this person has no portion. What do you mean portion? Hashem doesn't have divisions or…
7. 5:50Hashem fills the earth. And we're not just talking about Hashem's glory that fills it. Hashem…
8. 6:53So, you have this dual paradox. You have this paradox where on the one hand, Hashem…
9. 8:08And so, what happens is that Hashem's energy is radiating from Hashem's name. And from that…
10. 9:14then broken up broken up over and over and over again until finally it's suitable to…

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