Questions for today:
We’ve used several examples to explain how on one hand the world remains nullified and one with the singular Creator, and at the same time its differences and definitions are real. Today we look to the source of creation to find out how this can be.
Chapter five is a continuation of the brackets at the end of chapter four, and it validates and gives detail to a lot of the points that we learned until now.
We are going to focus on one thing. The Torah that G-d gave us is not a book, it’s not even information.
On the one hand, the Torah is 100% divine, while on the other hand, G-d revealed the Torah to us with details that we can relate to.
This dual nature of the Torah is what allows for the revelation of infinite G-dliness in this finite world.
On the one hand, the Torah is the divine power that limits our perception of the infinite and gives letters and form to the ten utterances of creation so that a physical world can take shape.
At the same time, the Torah is entirely Divine. Therefore, even in a finite world articulated through the Torah, the Oneness of the Creator can be revealed.
The Torah has within it supernal levels where right and left coexist and fire and water coexist. This is also how our souls could have a divine revelation when they are in heaven without ceasing to exist.
In heaven, we get a reward for the Torah that we learned. We are able to have infinite G-dliness revealed to our defined souls through the G-dliness of the Torah.
174 12 Tanya Sivan 15 ~ m201 m14 Sivan 16
Tanya book 2, Ch 5
- The G-dly power "dimming" infinity is not a curtain, it's a creative force.
- Gdliness can still be revealed in the finite world, because of the lofty levels of the Torah.
- Even sages such as Moses, who see divine truth, still live in a finite world since they are seeing this truth as it exists in lower levels.
- Our souls can receive a revelation of Gdliness in Heaven because it is coming through the Torah.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=6/15/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Eoyl2YuP6E&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSC7FvXJfcTF6vOd_JEAABrJ&index=12