Daily Tanya Chapter 33 Part 2: How the faith in G-d’s unity leads to the fulfillment of all 613 commands (Sunday 12th Adar)

12^th Adar

3.      Praising G-d each morning for the inheritance of His true unity:

• Dirah Betachtonim is Hashems Achdus below: It was regarding this that the sages established that a person praise G-d each morning. [They established that every morning a Jew should say a prayer for having been given the recognition of G-d’s unity, as explained above, that the true unity of G-d exists even now, and that even now nothing exists other than him being that everything is nullified and united with Him, including the person himself, and hence already now G-d is actually dwelling in this world.]
• Ashreinu Mah Tov Chelkeinu: The prayer in which this praise was established to be recited is the prayer of, “Ashreinu Mah Tov Chelkeinu Umah Yafa Yerushaseinu.”
• This belief is an inheritance from our forefathers: In this prayer we praise G-d for our portion and inheritance, as just like a person rejoices when he inherits a mass fortune that he did not have to work for, so too even more so one should infinitely rejoice over the inheritance that we received from our forefathers, which is the true belief in G-d’s unity that even now He dwells within us being that nothing exists other than Him, and this is the true fulfillment of G-d dwelling below in the lower realms.

4.      Fulfilling all Mitzvos through Emuna in Achdus Hashem-The faith in G-d’s unity leads to the fulfillment of all 613 commands:

• All 613 commands are supported by faith: The sages state that although 613 commands were given to the Jewish people, Chabakuk came along and established that the single Mitzvah of faith encompasses and supports all the 613 commands that were given to the Jewish people, as the verse states that “a Tzadik lives with his faith.”
• Faith in G-d’s unity leads to the fulfillment of all 613 commands: This means to say that one can view all 613 commands as if they were only one command, which is the command involving the above faith in G-d’s unity, as through this belief in G-d’s unity one will come to fulfill all of the 613 commands.
• How-Treating the Mitzvah of faith and its joy as the only Mitzvah in the Torah: [The above statement that all 613 commands are based on the command of faith can be realized] through utterly rejoicing over the above faith and belief of G-d’s unity that even now one is completely united with G-d, and treating it as if this is the only Mitzvah in the Torah, and that the fulfillment of this Mitzvah alone is the entire purpose of his creation and the creation of all the worlds.
• This joy leads one to fulfill all the 613 commands: When one greatly rejoices in the above then the energy and vitality of this joy will elevate his soul very high and help him overcome all of the internal and external challenges and obstacles that prevent him from properly fulfilling all the 613 commands [and hence it is found that this one Mitzvah of faith leads to the fulfillment of all the other commands].

7. The joy in realization of one’s unity with G-d is similar to resurrection:

• On the above, the verse states that “Bemunaso Yichyeh/through faith one lives,” as this faith is literally like a resurrection, as it resurrects the soul with a great joy and vitality.

8. A double joy:

• This joy is a double joy.
  • One is living with G-d: The first joy is the joy of the soul which comprehends how G-d is very close to him and literally lives with him.