058a Tanya Shvat 17a ~ m064 Shvat 25
Questions for today:
The Tanya committed to explain what Moses meant that to love the creator is simple. Simple how?
Today’s Tanya is a summary of the previous twenty-four chapters, and an explanation of the axiom on which the Tanya is built:
Moses tells us that it's easy and close to us, not just to do and see what God wants, but to love the Creator.
In the first Seventeen chapters, we dissect and study the human soul. If we meditate on that, we feel love.
In chapter we learned that if we have difficulty meditating, the fact that through history Jews, religious or not, were willing to be executed rather than commit spiritual treason, shows that we inherited from Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob a soul that is one with the Creator.
We then explained that the Creator is not abstract, but within every part of the world. Therefore, every positive commandment is an expression of “I am G-d, Your G-d, and every negative violation is an expression of “Don't worship idols”.
This axiom is now logical. If I am willing to suffer burning at the stake rather than commit spiritual treason, then how much more so would I be willing to suffer hunger, or social awkwardness, rather than eat shellfish
Tanya book 1, ch25 pt 1
We now tie the lessons of the past seven chapters to their logical conclusion. If I would accept major pain rather than to separate from the Creator, I would certainly accept a minor discomfort.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=1/27/2022
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