Questions for today:
What is the role that faith plays in my day-to-day life?
There is a fascinating Talmud that says that G-d gave us 613 commandments, but the prophet Chabakuk condensed them all into one. Chabakuk says, “A righteous person will live with faith,” and it seems like he is saying that this is the only commandment that we need.
G-d forbid to say that the prophet weakened a single one of the 613 commandments.
Let’s return to the meditation from yesterday, to think about the entire vast universe, and that the Creator created it all on a whim, while at the same time directing every single particle of each grain of sand.
When we take the prophet’s advice, and we don’t just believe it, but we live by it, we become excited and thrilled that this Creator considers our imperfect heart His home.
Furthermore, it will be impossible for the physical mundane world to be over-prioritized in our hearts and it will be impossible for us to be deficient in any aspect of Jewish life.
Tanya book 1, Ch 33, Pt 2
Yesterday's meditation, and its result, explain the Talmud’s statement: G-d gave 613 commandments, Chabakuk stood them all on one, "A righteous person lives by their faith."
When we "live" and are thrilled within the concept of a singular Creator, then no physical entity can diminish our divine pursuit.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=3/2/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZdCz3oA91NU&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKIBRnjBvHe&index=84