Text-Based Tanya—Week #67

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.

all right weekly text-based Tanya we are on chapter 30 39 very good very very good okay just a little review a little review I only want I'm not going to go back to the first chapter of Tanya I want to just go back to chapter 35. just back to 35. in chapter 35 we addressed the issue that debate me the person's following the guidance of the altarebit the guidance of the altarebit experiences a crisis I'm saying back in chapter 35 where he basically says he or she says what's the point of this program called Tanya where I know that the best I'll ever achieve is behavioral Perfection and I'll never be rid of my internal conflict and basically we answer power this person what so what are the answers oh the power of action the power of action yeah so we say the the person well maybe you want you need to understand better the power of action I'll use those words okay uh and we said explicitly that even if someone were at sadik meaning they did have internal Perfection the only way that they can actually make a real difference and achieve the purpose for which the world was created and for which their soul was sent here is really only their soul was sent here is really only through action not through their amazing insides their amazing intellect and emotions and we basically focused on that theme for three chapters 35 36 and 37. as we came to chapter 38 we sort of addressed you know classic Jewish argument always has to present a point and a Counterpoint though on the other hand on the other

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1. 0:00all right weekly text-based Tanya we are on chapter 30 39 very good very very good…
2. 5:45okay so let's jump in um this is why what is why what we're talking about…
3. 12:03philosophical idea up there and the concept of God is empirical reality okay so when you're…
4. 17:51Hayes and they're from the level of yitzira and they're emotional they serve Hashem emotionally I…
5. 24:02everything in utsira we categorize it emotionally because that's the That's the basis of reality in…
6. 30:19Bria they say here's your wardrobe that you made here's your clothes that you made all…
7. 36:20okay so you do you want it to take eight and a half years to finish…
8. 42:34nishamas are are putting out has to go through this resistance of a body so it…
9. 48:32whenever they serve Hashem through learning doing mitzvahs so they are creating um their own reward…
10. 54:41this is a good place to be right now you're you're wondering tell me if I'm…

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