m036 031 Tanya Teves 19 ~ 25
Questions for today:
Are things outside of my relationship with the Creator truly, completely, out of my realm?
Do you ever feel like you want to strangle someone?
A couple of days ago, we started off the Tanya thought with that question. We quickly switched to a much more relatable example, because no matter how imperfect we are, there are certain things that are just totally out of our realm.
Today’s Tanya teaches, that that's the main distinction between a ‘fully righteous’ Tzadik, and a so called intermediate ‘Beinoni’.
By a Tzadik, anything that's not directly related to the relationship with the Creator, is totally out of their realm.
A Beinoni on the other hand, might practically make the right decisions every day, but it's not because everything else is totally out of their realm.
They might need G-d's help to make that decision.
This is even if they might be so clear about the relationship with the Creator that they might actually living every single day like they're on a romantic honeymoon with the Creator - every napkin, every drink, is totally related to the relationship with the Creator.
Neverthaless, today's Tanya reminds us that the Talmud says, that even such a person should consider the animal soul like it's just dormant, and it's ready to cast an opposing vote.
We should wake up every single day ready to fight it.
Tanya book 1, ch13 pt 2
No matter how idealistic our relationship may be, don't take it for granted. Be ready, every day, to fight for it.
Study today’s Tanya in full: https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=12/29/2021
See today’s video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O3L72IjPDFw&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKI_BRnjBvHe&index=31