Daily Tanya Wednesday 19th Menachem Av Igeres Hakodesh 6 Part 1: The Divine Influence and Mercy in Charity

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The Power of Charity and Truth

  • The reward for sowing charity is the attribute of truth, as taught in Proverbs.
  • Divine truth is given to Jacob through Divine grace and mercy.
  • Charity and kindness serve to draw down higher mercy and manifest Divine influence in the physical world.

The Attribute of Mercy

  • Jacob embodies the quality of mercy, which is expressed through compassion for the Divine spark within each person.
  • This mercy is awakened by recognizing the greatness of the Creator and the relative insignificance of all worlds compared to the Divine essence.

Divine Immutability

  • Despite the changes and variations in creation, the Divine essence remains unchanged.
  • God’s presence is equally found in the higher and lower realms, unaffected by time or circumstance.

Spiritual Struggle and Divine Protection

  • The soul, housed within the physical body, faces spiritual dangers and temptations.
  • Divine mercy and protection strengthen the soul to overcome these challenges, providing the resolve to triumph over bodily desires.
  • This is reflected in the liturgy that refers to God as the protector and strength of salvation.

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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