Questions for today:
We’ve come to value our imperfect humanity. Today we leverage that to a new level. What’s a greater thrill, to visit the palace, or for the king to feel at home in my home?
As kids, we learned the 12 Torah passages that the Rebbe encouraged us to learn. We learned them by heart and we said them in public, but for many of us, it took decades to truly understand how these messages impacted our lives.
We have been learning that an imperfect person can achieve happiness. Today's Tanya, with one of those twelve Torah passages, knocks it out of the park.
Imagine a creator that makes the entire vast universe on a whim, yet every particle within every grain of sand is directed by this great Creator. Where does this creator choose to call his home?
The most important mission of mankind is to realize that the Creator doesn't view the oceans or the heavens as His home. He doesn’t even view the heart of the perfect person as His home.
He specifically views the “tachtonim” as His choice dwelling place. He wants to be present in the mundane struggles of a person like me. When I realize that not only does the Creator invite me to come live with Him, but He yearns to make a home for Himself in my heart, this realization will induce the greatest happiness.
082 Tanya Adar 11 ~ mo98 Adar I, 29
Tanya book 1, Ch 33, Pt 1
How can an imperfect person be happy? How can they not?
G-d's deepest desire, the home where He yearns to dwell, is in the place we make for G-d "betachtonim", below, in our imperfect hearts.
This is mankind's greatest mission and is also the source of our greatest joy.
Not only does G-d invite us to live with G-d, G-d yearns to live with us.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=3/2/2022
See today’s video:
https://youtu.be/L4yroNF49sM