Daily Tanya Tuesday 4th Menachem Av Igeres Hakodesh 1 Part 2: The Power and Purpose of Torah Study

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The Foundation of Faith and Spiritual Strength

Faith acts as the support for the intellectual and emotional faculties of the soul, enabling deep contemplation and emotional connection with the Divine. The study of the laws in the Oral Torah is essential, as it reveals the Supreme Divine Will. This study provides the spiritual strength and foundation for faith, symbolized by the “loins” that support the love, awe, and intellect within a person.

The Role of Torah Study in Daily Life

Studying the laws of the Oral Torah is essential for nourishing faith and providing inner power to emotional and intellectual faculties. The Torah is likened to food for the soul, and its teachings are rooted in the supreme Divine will, which surpasses wisdom. Regular engagement with Torah is described as clothing oneself in spiritual strength. Torah grants strength to the “loins” (faith), supporting the “arms” (love and awe of G-d) and the “head” (intellect). This strength allows for a balanced spiritual life and receptivity to Divine revelation.

Prayer as a Time for Spiritual Elevation

The time of the morning prayer is highlighted as a unique opportunity for spiritual elevation, being a moment when compassion and Divine will are revealed. It is a special time to reinforce both the mind and heart in serving the Divine.

Guidance for Drawing Close to G-d

Individuals are encouraged to remember and reflect daily on the importance of focused, heartfelt prayer, seeking closeness and cleaving to G-d with all their heart and soul.

The Depth of Prayer

True prayer involves pouring out one’s soul, reaching a level of devotion where love for G-d is expressed with complete sincerity and intensity.

About The Author

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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