Questions for today:
We’ve found that through faith, we make a home for G-d within us. Further, we learned that our Torah learning and Charity invite G-d into our action. What about the rest of our lives, how do we invite G-d into those?
For the last couple of days, Tanya has been leaving us on an emotional high. We have been learning to realize that it's not just that the Creator invites are imperfect selves to live with Him, but that He yearns to call us His home.
We then took it a step further. When we study Torah or give charity we're doing something tangible to make the Creator feel welcome.
Today, we see that when we give ten or 20 percent of our income to charity, it's not just that it spiritually lifts up the other 80 percent.
In fact, when we study or pray, we're doing it with the energy that we have from the food that we ate, which was food that we bought with money that we earned.
This pattern means that everything that we do on an ordinary day becomes part of the house that G-d yearns to call home.
Therefore, even though we're still looking in the mirror and facing our flaws honestly, so that we can break down those logs that didn't want to burst into flames, we are simultaneously thrilled because of the part of us that G-d is happy to call home.
086 Tanya Adar 15 ~ m102 Adar II, 3
Tanya book 1, Ch 34, Pt 4
We make our imperfect persona a home for the Creator, not just through faith and Torah learning.
Every dollar we earn and every calorie that we eat can function as fuel for our prayers and good deeds, thereby becoming a part of the house which G-d calls home.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=3/6/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxzF4VjsI&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKIBRnjBvHe&index=87