m39 035 Tanya Teves 23 ~ 29
See in blog: ChabadMed.com/TanyaBlog
Questions for today:
We place so much emphasis on perfection, where does that put me with my daily challenges?
What if I told you you're the star of God's favorite show?
You might feel “I'm not the model antagonist or protagonist in the Bible”, “I'm not Moses, and I'm definitely not Pharaoh”.
The Prophet Malachi describes four different characters; the righteous and the wicked, and then ‘Oved Elokim’ and ‘Lo Avodai’ - someone who ‘serves’ Hashem, and somewhat that doesn't ‘serve’ Hashem.
Today’s Tonya tells us this is referring to the Beinoni that we've come to know.
Here is what is heroic of the Beinoni. They might have a tremendous temptation and then they invoke this deep love of the creator and they say no I'm going to stay on the straight and narrow.
Or, they're learning Torah day and night, but they're used to it. Then one day they say, “I love the Creator so much, today I'm going to learn something more”.
This, the Tanya says, is what Malachi is referring to when it mentions about this hero that's actively serving the Creator.
Tanya book 1, ch15 pt 1
You might not be Moses or Pharaoh, but you are the star of G-d's show.
Study today’s Tanya in full: https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=1/1/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=agQr1ipBiPQ&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKI_BRnjBvHe&index=35
Additional thoughts:
In Hebrew the word for a wise person is “Chochom” meaning someone that is currently wise.
The word for a servant for Hashem would be “Eved”.
The word “Oved” written here implies a work in progress, in the midst of the struggle.