Questions for today:
We may be aware of an Infinite, Singular, Creator. We may even realize that the limitations and definitions within the physical world remain one with the Creator. However, can we ‘see’ this, within the limited world that we live in?
We have been learning how a physical and divided world could be one with a singular, undivided Creator. Usually, we study this by looking above and beyond the limitations of the physical.
Today we're going to find this within the definitions of the physical world itself.
We learned that the first day of creation is parallel to the Creator's kindness. Divine Generosity doesn't mean giving a donation of a million or a trillion. No matter what number we use, the fact that you can ‘measure’ it implies that there has to be some limit. Without that ‘limit’, kindness can’t exist.
On the flip side, on the second day we see the divine attribute of limitation. This attribute of limitation ‘gives’ rise to all the productivity and good in the physical world.
We see that divine attributes that are opposite in nature work together in harmony to create our world.
This concept, of the attributes acting opposite their inherent properties, is a vivid testimony to the fact that even while they are defined in the physical state, they are one with the singular and undivided Creator.
191 29 Tanya Tammuz 02~ M219 Tammuz 6
Tanya book 2, Ch 10, Pt 3
We can see that the attributes that G-d uses to create our world are one with the Creator.
Kindness, the divine attribute of pure giving, can only give within measure, when paired with G-d's attribute of limitation.
In turn, divine strictness and limitation gives rise to all the productive and positive aspects of creation.
The fact that defined characteristics act in tandem with attributes that go against their nature is proof that all the attributes remain one with the singular G-d that supersedes their nature.
Study today’s Tanya in full:
https://www.chabadmed.com/dailystudy/tanya.asp?tdate=7/5/2022
See today’s video:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ktMZxZo8hTU&list=PLFZQPK6u-zSC7FvXJfcTF6vOd_JEAABrJ&index=29