Tanya
ืืืื ืืื ืืื ืกืืจื ืืงืืืฉื ืฉืืื ื ืืื ืื ืฉื ืืฉื ืืืืื, ืฉื ืงืจืืช ืงืืืฉ ืืขืืืื
Now this is a general principle in the whole realm of holiness: Holiness (ืงืืืฉื) is only that which derives from Chochmah, called ืงืืืฉ ืืขืืืื โ โsupernal holiness.โ
ืืืืชืื: ืืืืื ืชืืื ืืขืืื
as it is written,7 โWisdom gives life to those who possess itโ โ the soul, which possesses the faculty of wisdom, receives its life by means of this faculty, as stated above.
ืืืคืขืืื ืืืฉืืืื ืคืืฉืขื ืืฉืจืื ื ืฉืืืช ืืืืืืช ืืื ืฉืืื ืืขืืงื ืืงืืืคืืช, ืืื ืฉืืชืื ืืกืคืจ ืืืืืืื
ืืืืื ืืืืื ืช ืจืื ืืฉืจืฉ ืืืื ืฆืืืง ืฉืชืชืขืืจ ืื, ืืขืืื ืืณ ืืฉืืื ืืืืชืืช
and it will be granted him that the [soul-level of] Ruach, originating in the soul of some tzaddik, will be โimpregnatedโ in him, so that he may serve Gโd with joy.
Hell of Snow and Hell of Fire
ืืืื ื ืฉื ืฉืื
ืืฃ ืืงืืข
(ืฉืืืื ื ืื) ืึฐืึถืช ื ึถืคึถืฉื ืืึนืึฐืึถืืึธ ืึฐืงึทืึฐืขึถื ึผึธื ืึผึฐืชืึนืึฐ ืึผึทืฃ ืึทืงึผึธืึทืข.
We shall now learn what is necessary for the rectification of permitted words not spoken for the sake of heaven.
ืืขื ืืืจืื ืืืืื ืืืืชืจ, ืืืื ืขื ืืืจืฅ ืฉืืื ื ืืืื ืืืืื
As for innocent idle chatter, such as in the case of an ignoramus who cannot study,
the angels which where designated to rule over the nations, where mistaken to be gods, and worshipped...
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(ืืื ืฉืืืืฅ ืืืจืฅ, ืืืืืช ืืื ืขื ืืื ืืชืืืฉืืช ืฉืจืื ืืืืฆืื ืื, ืืืืื ืื ืขื ืฉืืขืื ืืืืืช)
(1However, outside the Land of Israel,2 the life-force is [bestowed] by [means of โthe word of Gโdโ] being invested within the extraneous patron-angels that are appointed over the seventy nations.
Jacob's Ladder
Jacob's covenant, "if You will protect me, feed me, clothe me...i will make You my G-D"
ืึทืึผึตืฆึตึฅื ืึทืขึฒืงึนึื ืึดืึผึฐืึตึฃืจ ืฉืึธึืึทืข ืึทืึผึตึืึถืึฐ ืึธืจึธึฝื ึธืื
Jacob left Beer-sheba, and set out for Haran.
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ืึทืึผึดืคึฐืึผึทึจืข ืึผึทืึผึธืงึืึนื ืึทืึผึธึคืึถื ืฉืึธืึ ืึผึดืึพืึธึฃื ืึทืฉืึผึถึืึถืฉื ืึทืึผึดืงึผึทืึ ืึตืึทืึฐื ึตึฃื ืึทืึผึธืงึืึนื ืึทืึผึธึืฉืึถื ืึฐืจึทึฝืึฒืฉืึนืชึธึืื ืึทืึผึดืฉืึฐืึผึทึื ืึผึทืึผึธืงึฅืึนื ืึทืึฝืึผืื
if you ever doubted life after death, you should look into the research done by our forefathers on this topic, below, enjoy...
ืืื ื, ืืืืืช ืืฆืืืง ืื ืขื ืคื ื ืืืืื, ืืื ืฉืืฉ ืืืืช ืืื ืืชืื ืืื ืืืืืฉ ืฉืืื
Now, while the tzaddik was alive on earth, these three attributes were contained in their vessel and garment
ืืืืื ืช ืืงืื ืืฉืื, ืฉืืื ืืืื ืช ื ืคืฉ ืืงืฉืืจื ืืืืคื
ืืื ืฉืืื ื ืืจืื ืื, ืืชืืืื ืื ืคืฉื
But he that does not show this [realization] is guilty of a capital offense,
ืืขืืื ืืืจื ืืืืจ ืืงืืืฉ, ืืื ืืื ืงืื ื ืืชืงืื ื ืขืืืื, ืืืืื ืคืจืืื, ืืืืช ืืื ืืืืงื ืืืืงื ืืืฉืจืื, ืจืืื ื ืืืฆืื
and of him it was said in the sacred Zohar that โhe brings disgrace into the Supernal Order, and shows that he is separate [from holiness], and has no share in the Gโd of Israel,โ heaven forfend.
ืืืชืืืฉืช ืืืณ ืกืคืืจืืช ืชืืชืื ืืช, ืฉื ืงืจืืืช ืืขืืจ ืื ืคืื
which in turn is vested in the seven lower Sefirot, [collectively] called Zโeir Anpin (lit., the โSmall Countenanceโ)
a) Love from Pleasure
b) Love from Fear
ืื ื ืืณ ืืื ื ืืืืืช ืื
There are two kinds of love, each of which subdivides further.
ืืืืช: ืืืื ืืชืขื ืืืื
The first is ahavah betaanugim,
ืืืืื ื, ืฉืืชืขื ื ืขื ืืณ ืขืื ื ื ืคืื
meaning that one delights wondrously in Gโd,
ืืฉืืื ืจืื ืืขืฆืืื, ืฉืืืช ืื ืคืฉ ืืืืืชื, ืืืขืื ืื ืืื ืืณ
with a great and immense joy, the joy of the soul and its yearning as it tastes that Gโd is good
