Daily Tanya Monday 24th Menachem Av Igeres Hakodesh 7 Part 2: Divine Illumination and Individual Souls

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Universal Path to Divine Revelation

All individuals of Israel can connect to Divine revelation through engagement in Torah and mitzvot. The Torah provides one unified path for everyone.

Unique Roles and Spiritual Missions

Despite this unity, each soul, spirit, and generation is distinct. Every soul has a particular role influenced by its era and circumstances, just as each part of the human body has its unique function.

Distinct Spiritual Light Per Commandment

Each mitzvah radiates a specific aspect of the Infinite Divine Light, and every person is drawn to excel in certain mitzvot with greater dedication and enthusiasm.

Personal Emphasis and Excellence

Although every soul is destined to fulfill all 613 mitzvot through various lifetimes, each is especially called to be meticulous and dedicated in a particular commandment, excelling in it more than in others.

The Mystery of Spiritual Preference

This enhanced spiritual illumination and individual focus are beyond human understanding, rooted in the Divine Will itself, and are likened to drawing lots—an act above reason and logic.

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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