M 011 008b Tanya Chitas kislev 27 – 30
Questions for today:
Which part is me, and which part is what I’m doing?
Am I aware of when the two are separated? Can I tell when I feel connected but I don’t connect, or when I do acts of connectivity, but I’m not present, I’m not infusing the acts with emotion?
Study today’s tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=12/4/2021
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlV_Twzx32E
In today's tanya we learn a little more about what we said about the components, or parts, of the soul - and the clothing the soul wears.
We said that the soul is made up of intellect and emotion. When the soul’s intellect wants to interact with the world, it delves into the inspiration, the philosophy, the right and wrong of the Torah.
When the emotion - the love, the desire to connect to the creator, or, the awe, the embarrassment, the fear of being disconnected from the creator, wants to interact with the world, it uses the 613 things we can say or do - which we call the mitzvos.
This also works in the reverse. If a person fulfills one of the commandments but doesn't love the creator, doesn't want to connect, it's like a clothing without a person inside, like a body without a soul.
Additional thoughts for today:
We are using the 613 Commandments as the platform to describe the interaction of the Soul with the world.
This is not just because the 613 Commandments are our favorite subject of study.
In actuality, the world as we see it is it result and an embodiment of the Creator’s visualization of a playground to interact with His children.
Originally, there was only the Creator. First the Creator desired a relationship with his children, then the creator of visualized the Torah and 613 Commandments. From this, the world developed.
Every possible thought, verbalization, or action in the world is somehow an expression the 613 (620) elements that are at play in these potential interactions with the Creator.
Fun fact:
"yesh" the Hebrew word that describes reality, when calculated numerically both from the creator to us, and then again back to the Creator, equals 620...