059b Tanya Shvat 18b ~ m067 Shvat 28
Questions for today:
What would it take for me to think through my priorities consciously, and to choose based on where that leads me?
We are explaining the verse that tells us that it's easy for all of us to love the Creator. We are using the historical fact that through history, Jews – religious or not - were willing to give up their lives and be executed, rather than commit spiritual treason.
We are working to bring that stance and love into our day-to-day life.
Yesterday, we mentioned that there are certain types of pain in a relationship that supersede time which will always be there. There are certain types of connections that supersede time, and they will always be there.
Today, we are going to leverage that point to make our argument stronger.
This is because at the end of the day, nothing stands in the way of repentance. No matter how much spiritual treason a person commits, there is always a possibility to reconnect to the Creator.
Therefore, if a person is willing to give their life rather than the commit spiritual treason - which hypothetically they could repent for, and reconnect - how much more so it should they take a strong stance to make a spiritual connection to the Creator, which can never go away.
Tanya book 1, ch25 pt 3
If we will be willing to die rather than sever a tie which could be reconnected, wouldn’t we be willing to tie a knot that can never be untied?
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=1/31/2022
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