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Text-Based Tanya—Week #60

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Rabbi Shais Taub

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all right weekly text-based Tanya what chapter were you on 36 okay now just to review last chapter chapter 35 started a new theme do you remember that new theme what are we addressing starting in chapter 35. the point of life okay why did the point of life come up right the inside I'm still the same okay it's frustrating all right so there you go okay so the Bailey was complaining and saying I like when you say you're tricking me you're tricking me to focus on outer Perfection but inside I'm really the same all right how do you put those two together you said 35 starts talking about the point of life you're right but that's right and then you said the main these complaint is well like what's my life all about if I'm just never going to resolve my inner conflict and can only focus on behaviors put those two together why is one an answer to the other so there's a point of life is to connect and become one with herself and when you do a Mitzvah specifically that Hashem wants us to do right that is when we become one with Hashem okay so the point of life which is by doing his will which means following right and therefore just add one more sentence to make it really clear to everyone out there regardless of the internal conflict excellent so very good so the bending he

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  1. 0:00all right weekly text-based Tanya what chapter were you on 36 okay now just to review…
  2. 4:09focus of course emotions are important also but behavior is really the focus so it wasn't…
  3. 8:44entire physical the the the the the sum total of all the physical world and all…
  4. 12:54I didn't know that they're they're not looking come on how do you think they're going…
  5. 17:28so we're describing the condition of created existence it's a place of concealment and these concealments…
  6. 22:06so Hashem creates the the spiritual worlds in order to create more and more and more…
  7. 26:19yes yes that's what I'm holding off from getting into okay for 10 more seconds is…
  8. 31:03lightness or Darkness don't be so just think simple like a nine-year-old simple you guys are…
  9. 35:12be hidden from you Peter yes he will no longer be hidden through a garment your…
  10. 39:56experience which is very spiritually stimulating but it's not intellectual so therefore after you come out…

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