M 016 012b Tanya Chitas teves 2 – teves 6
Questions for today:
What is it about humility to the Creator that is not only a ‘good thing’, but so fundamental that all of good and bad are defined by it?
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=12/10/2021
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGRpUIHQ0RY
Today’s Tanya Thought:
Why all this focus on humility to the Creator?
The Talmud (Brachos 63a) says that there is a statement on which all of the principles of the Torah can be founded: “bechol dereochecho doeihu”, “know G-d in all of your ways”.
Why are we here? What is the Torah’s perspective?
It is not entirely accurate to simply say that we are put into the world to do G-d’s commandments. The Reality is far beyond that.
The Torah’s perspective is that G-d created the entire universe as a complete Divine plan.
So any act, any moment that we take, not just ‘selfishly’ but without looking at the bigger picture at G-d’s plan, is taking it out of the oneness of G-d.
This also helps us understand G-d’s creation of ‘good’ and ‘the opposite’ through G-d’s ‘inner’ and ‘external’ creative power:
Think of yourself, of your imaginary power when you are thinking of your sports hero creating a play and compare that to your own imagination in that same picture of the opposing team which you are thinking of just to make the play more challenging.