Daily Tanya Sunday 16th Menachem Av Igeres Hakodesh 5 Part 2: Divine Speech in Creation

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16th Av

The Creation of the World

The sages ask why this world was specifically created with the letter Hei (ה). The answer lies in the layered complexity and purposefulness of creation.

Multiplicity of Worlds and Spiritual Beings

There are countless worlds, palaces, and spiritual beings—angels and souls—each with levels and gradations beyond measure. All these are formed by combinations of the twenty-two letters of the Divine speech, which themselves branch out into infinite permutations.

Role of Divine Letters

The vitality and differentiation in all spiritual realms arise from the various arrangements and exchanges of these sacred letters. Each spiritual entity receives its unique life-force according to its specific configuration.

The Limitation of This World

Unlike higher realms, this physical world is unable to absorb the intense light and spiritual energy of the inner form of the letters directly. Instead, it receives only the external aspect, the “breath,” which manifests as the sustaining force behind all existence.

Divine Speech in Creation

Even though all worlds derive from the Divine, the physical world is animated by the external form of the Divine speech, enabling existence through concealment and limitation.

Symbolism in the Letters

According to Kabbalah, the lower letter Hei represents the soul of the world of Asiyah (Action), while the higher letter Yud symbolizes the spiritual realms of Atzilut (Emanation). The interplay among these letters reflects the flow of Divine energy throughout creation.

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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