Questions for today:
How to we understand the seeming dual priorities; the Torah is the greatest, the Mitzvos are the greatest?
We spent chapter after chapter explaining the very specific and incredible impact of the physical commandments that we do in the material world.
Yesterday we took a significant detour to explain the depths of G-dliness will reveal when we study Torah.
Today we explain how these seeming contrasting values work together.
There are two goals; One, is to achieve the ultimate goal and desire of the Creator, to be revealed in the physical world - that can only happen through physical Mitzvos.
Because of this, if there is any physical mission that needs to be done, one mitzvah, one person that needs to be helped, which hasn’t been taken care of, we close all of the books and we go and take care of it.
But the second important concept is to reveal the depths of our relationship with the Creator.
Therefore, once the first goal is taken care of, and we now have the opportunity, there is nothing that reveals the depth and expressiveness of the intimate relationship we have with the Creator, as the study of Torah.
100 Tanya Adar 29 ~ m120c Tanya Adar II, 20c
Tanya book 1, ch 37, Pt 9
Hard to imagine, today in the regular calendar year is 100 days!!
One important approach to any tough time is to look for, and work to reveal, G-dliness within it.
I hope that this milestone, 100 days of working to bring Tanya to clear, bite-sized portions, will help elevate us out of the challenge that we are now going through.
Please share with your friends, groups, etc, and invite them to join!
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After specifying that action is what G-d desires most, we then spoke about the value of Torah study.
Today we learn that each has a value. Action completes the Goal, Torah learning reveals a higher level of G-dliness
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=3/23/2022
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