066b Tanya Shvat 25b ~ m075 Adar I, 6
Questions for today:
We just discovered a key to G-d's greatest pleasure - our inner fight. How can I give that, when I have no contender?
A fellow wakes up with a vague recollection of drinking way too much at the office party last night. He looks around expecting to see evidence of his wife’s deep disappointment. But he is shocked to see scrambled eggs ready for him in the kitchen and slippers right near the bed.
He calls his little son over and asks, “do you remember what happened when daddy came home last night?” He answers, "you yelled at Mommy". “What did I say!?” the father asks. The young son responds, she was trying to help you in bed, and you yelled, "get your hands off of me lady, I'm married!”
Yesterday, we learned a tremendous perspective change that our temptation is not a weakness. Rather, it's an opportunity to express a close relationship with the Creator.
This powerful connection through self restraint is not only applicable when we avoid doing something bad. We can get closer to G-d even when we're doing something that we should be doing, by taking the opportunity to fight our own self-interest.
Every time we wait five minutes before eating dinner or have a coffee without sugar, by limiting ourselves, we are building and expressing a deep bond with the Creator.
Tanya book 1, ch27 pt 3
We can build and express this deep and passionate connection with the creator, not only when we are victorious over temptation, but also by minimizing our infatuation with the things that we may, or must do.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=2/7/2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRQixTRHiMg&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKIBRnjBvHe&index=67