Daily Tanya – Chapter 23 Part 2: The unity of the G-dly soul with the Divine will during Torah learning (Friday, 12th Shevat)

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  1. The unity of the G-dly soul with the Divine will during Torah learning:
  • An absolute unity and not just a mere chariot: One’s thoughts and contemplations of words of Torah in one’s mind, as well as one’s speech of Torah with one’s mouth, are considered the inner garments of the G-dly soul, and during the fulfillment of the Mitzvah of Torah study are all actually united in an absolute unity with the Divine will and are not just a mere chariot for the Divine will. It goes without saying that this applies to the G-dly soul itself.
  • G-d’s will found in Jewish law: The reason for this is because the will of G-d is the actual Jewish law that one is contemplating in one’s mind and that one is speaking about. All of the laws in Judaism are considered channels of the inner Divine will of G-d, as all of the laws are the Divine will which decided whether something be permitted or Kosher, or exempt and forbidden and the like.
  • The words of Tanach: All of the words of Tanach are also channels of the Divine will and wisdom which are united with the infinite light of G-d with an absolute unity, as He is the knower and the knowledge.
  • A greater unity then Mitzvahs: It is for this reason that the sages state that the Torah and G-d are all one and do not refer to the Torah as merely the limbs of the king as Mitzvahs are referred to.
  • G-dly soul is united with G-d: Now, being that the Divine will which is united with the infinite G-d is completely revealed, and not concealed at all within the G-dly soul and in its inner garments, which are the thought and speech at that time of the study of Torah, it therefore ends up that the soul and these garments are also completely united with G-d at that moment with an absolute unity similar to the unity of G-d’s speech and thought with G-d’s actual essence.
  • A greater unity than the upper worlds: Furthermore, this unity of the G-dly soul and its garments with the infinite light of G-d at the time of Torah study is much greater than the unity of the infinite light of G-d with the upper worlds. The reason for this is because the Divine will is actually revealed within the soul and its garments at the time that one is studying Torah, as the Divine will of G-d is the actual Torah that one is studying.
  • All the world’s live off the energy of Torah: Furthermore, not only is the unity of G-d with the G-dly soul during the time of Torah study greater than the unity of G-d with the upper worlds, but all of the upper worlds actually receive their Divine energy and life force from the Torah which is the will and wisdom of G-d, as the verse states that everything is created from Chochma. Accordingly, it is understood that the Torah itself is higher than all the upper worlds.
  • The will of G-d which encompasses the worlds is invested in the G-dly soul: The Torah is the will of G-d which is called Soveiv Kol Almin which is the Divine light that is not able to be invested within the worlds and simply enlivens them and shines to them from above in an encompassing manner. It is this Divine light which becomes invested within the soul and its garments in an actual revealed manner at the time of one’s study of Torah.
  • One’s Mazal experiences the unity not the conscious soul: Now, although the person does not consciously experience the unity with G-d at the time of Torah study, his Mazal above does experience the unity. In fact, it is only because one does not consciously experience this unity that one is able to contain it within him. This is in contrast to the upper worlds which would consciously feel the unity with G-d if it were to take place, and therefore would expire as a result.

 

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Unity of G-dly soul during Torah learning

Absolute unity with Divine will, not just a mere chariot; thoughts and speech of Torah are inner garments united with Divine will

G-d’s will in Jewish law

Will of G-d is the actual Jewish law being contemplated and spoken; laws are channels of inner Divine will

Words of Tanach

Channels of Divine will and wisdom united with infinite light of G-d with absolute unity

Unity greater than Mitzvahs

Sages state Torah and G-d are all one, not just limbs of the king as Mitzvahs are

G-dly soul united with G-d

Divine will is completely revealed within G-dly soul and its garments during Torah study, resulting in absolute unity

Unity greater than upper worlds

Unity of G-dly soul and garments with infinite light of G-d during Torah study is greater than unity with upper worlds

Worlds live off energy of Torah

All upper worlds receive Divine energy and life force from Torah, which is will and wisdom of G-d

Will of G-d encompassing worlds

Torah is will of G-d called Soveiv Kol Almin, Divine light not invested in worlds but invested in soul during Torah study

Mazal experiences unity

Person does not consciously experience unity with G-d during Torah study, but Mazal above does; conscious experience would cause upper worlds to expire

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Rabbi Yaakov Goldstein is a 6th generation descendent of the famous Chief Rabbi of Izhmir, Rav Yehoshua Avraham Krispin, who authored a number of Sefarim, and was a colleague of Rav Chaim Falagi, and father in-law of the Pesach Hadvir. He currently lives with his wife Shayna, and twelve children K”H, in Tzfas, Israel. Rabbi Goldstein received Semicha from Rabbi Schneur Zalman Labkowski of the Tomchei Temimim headquarters in 2005 and served as a chaplain in the Lotar/Kalatz and K9 unit of the IDF from years 2005-2008. He is also a certified Shochet, and has performed Hashgacha work in slaughterhouses. Rabbi Goldstein is the director of Shulchanaruchharav.com, the world’s leading web-based Halacha database, and is the director of the Home Study Semicha Program, a self-study web-based Semicha program. He is a prolific author of over 50 Sefarim studied by a wide range of readers throughout the world, which is used regularly in Semicha programs around the globe. He is a world renowned Posek, answering questions to a web-based market, and serves as a local Posek, Rav, and Lecturer, in the Tzemach Tzedek community Shul in Tzefas, Israel. His many classes can be heard both from his website, Vimeo and YouTube channel. Students can join live to classes given in the Tzemach Tzedek Shul, through the “בית חבד צפת Chabad Tsfat” YouTube channel.

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