Daily Tanya Wednesday 8th Sivan Shaar Hayichud Viemuna Chapter 1 Part 2: The Flow of Life-Force In Creation

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Chapter 1: The Flow of Life-Force and Creation

8th Sivan

1.      The Concept of Life-Force in Creation

  • Life-force flows from the ten utterances mentioned in the Torah, even if a specific name (e.g., אֶבֶן for “stone”) is not directly stated in these utterances.
  • The flow of life-force occurs through combinations and substitutions of the letters in the “two hundred and thirty-one gates,” as explained in Sefer Yetzirah.

2.      The Connection Between Names and Creation

  • Lashon Hakodesh names of creatures are derived from the direct or altered combinations of letters from the Torah’s ten utterances.
  • These combinations become the life-force contained within the specific names of creatures, enabling their creation and vitality.

3.      The Process of Diminishing Life-Force

  • Creatures cannot receive the overwhelming, direct life-force from the ten utterances.
  • Life-force is diminished through progressive substitutions, transpositions, and numerical values gematriot, making it suitable for individual creatures.

4.      The Role of Names as Vessels

  • The name of a creature in Lashon Hakodesh serves as a vessel for condensed life-force derived from the Torah.
  • These names carry the power to create and sustain beings, as they are connected to the Torah, which is united with G-d.

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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