Questions for today:
Where can we see, in the world around us, and in our lives, footprints of G-d’s gradual decent into our detailed, physical, lives?
We have come a long way in describing the way that the Creator leaves His palace in the infinite, undefined existence to contract Himself to create a defined, limited world where we can exist.
Today’s Tanya provides more detail and texture to this topic. The countless contractions of G-d can be divided into three categories.
From the spiritual world of “atzilus” G-d contracts Himself three times to create the worlds of “briah, yetzira and asiah,” the worlds that parallel thought, speech, and action. Each time G-d creates one of these three worlds, He contracts Himself further.
This brings us back to the theme of this topic.
When we think of how the Creator ’leaves everything behind’ to create a finite world where He can embrace us, should imbue us with a natural desire to reciprocate. We should want to leave everything else behind in order to remain committed to the Creator and to return the hug.
148 Tanya Iyar 18 ~ m176 Iyar 17
Tanya book 1, ch 49, Pt 1
We add details to the description of G-d contracting Himself to create the physical world.
We describe the complete contractions occurring in the spiritual world of “atzilus” to create the worlds of “briah, yetzira, and asiah.”
G-d leaving everything behind for us should cause us to want to do the same for Him.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=5/18/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TfahWI2Nr4&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSBls9Hwx3P5vKIBRnjBvHe&index=147