Daily Tanya Wednesday 26th Menachem Av Igeres Hakodesh 8: The Power of Prayer and Higher Repentance

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Divine Attributes: Limitation and Concealment

There exists a spiritual principle of restraint and concealment of divine light, preventing its full revelation to the lower realms.

The Role of Human Initiative

Human behavior and acts of kindness can awaken heavenly responses. The sages taught: “With the measure a person uses, so is it measured to them.”

Worldly Reward vs. Spiritual Illumination

Worldly kindness brings reward in the world to come, but does not automatically bring the higher illumination of Divine light into this life.

The Power of Prayer and Higher Repentance

True spiritual elevation comes through heartfelt prayer—a form of elevated repentance that surpasses even the rewards of the next world. As sages said: “One moment of repentance and good deeds in this world is better than all the life in the world to come.”

The Nature of the Afterlife

The world to come is described as only a radiance and reflection of the Divine, not the full essence.

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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