Tanya 7th Nissan-Chapter 40: Love and fear are the wings of Torah and Mitzvos

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(LY) 7th Nissan

  1. Love and fear are the wings of Torah and Mitzvos:
  • Based on all the above, we can understand more clearly the fact that love and fear of G-d are considered the wings of the Torah and Mitzvahs that one studies and fulfills.
  • Angels need wings to fly, which is their love and fear: This is based on the verse which states regarding the Angels “and with two wings you shall fly,” [which refers to that the elevation above is through love and fear].
  • Love and fear are the arms of man corresponding to the wings of a bird: Rabbi Chaim Vital writes that the wings of a bird are the arms of man. [This refers to the love and fear that man has for G-d, as the right arm refers to love, and the left arm refers to fear.]
  • Sons versus chicks: The Zohar states that one who serves Hashem with love and fear is called a child, while if one does not serve him with love and fear, he is called a chick which cannot fly.

  1. Gloss-Matat, and the world of Yetzirah:
  • Matat the Angel is a bird: It states in the Zohar that the angel known as Matat is referred to as a bird. Its head is the Yud of G-d’s name, while its body is the Vav of G-d’s name, and its two wings are the two letters Hei.
  • The world of Yetzirah corresponds to Matat: In detail, the angel known as Matat corresponds to the world of Yetzirah. The laws of the Mishneh correspond to the letter Vav. The head of the world of Yetzirah [which corresponds to the letter Yud] is its intellectual aspects of Chochma, Bina, Daas. This corresponds to the inner aspects of the Torah laws, their mystical meaning, and reasons.
  • The wings are love and fear: The two wings of the angel of Matat is love and fear. The first letter Hei of the Divine name refers to love of G-d, while the second letter Hei of the Divine name refers to the lower fear of G-d.
  • The lower fear of G-d: This lower fear of G-d is the acceptance of the yoke of heaven and fear of G-d similar to the fear of the king. This is an external conscious fear.
  • The higher fear of G-d: This is in contrast to the higher fear of G-d which is a fear of shame. This is a concealed fear that is known only to G-d. This corresponds to the letter Yud of the name of G-d, which is in the supernal wisdom as it states in the Zohar.

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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