It Is Taught Tanya Podcast

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss the why only Ex Nihilo (in contrast to Cause and Effect creation) is called Creation (i.e Briya).Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 20.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we begin a discuss as to how it is possible that G-d is One with both His Lights and Vessels.Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 20.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss the meaning of the Thought Speech and Action of Letters.Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 19.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss the external and internal aspects of G-d's attribute of Chochma and why Moshe Rabeinu was a good conduit for transmitting the Torah.Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 19.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss the difference between "seeing" and "hearing" spiritually speaking and how this relates to the prophets vs. the Kabbalists.Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 19.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we bring up the question as to how it is that the Arizal was able to write about inner levels of sephiros and worlds which were above Moshe Rabeinu's ability to understand or experience, if Moshe was the greatest prophet that ever lived.Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 19.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss the second type of Love of G-d which is innate, albeit latent, within all Jews.Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 18.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss the first of two levels of Love of G-d, called Aha'av B'Ta'anugim.Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 18.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how the Righteous will only truly be able to rest and experience G-d's Infinite Light in the time of the Resurrection. Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 17. Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how Tzaddikim will experience a greater revelation of G-dliness in the Future Era in the time of the Resurrection vs the revelation they experience in Gan Eden.Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 17.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how giving charity reaps "fruit" in this world and "principal" for the world to come and what this means.Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 17.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss different reasons why a person should still give charity even if they are just as impoverished as the one they are giving to.Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 16.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss why even a poor person is not exempt from giving charity.Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 16.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how the emotions of the G-dly soul stem from the intellectual attributes of the G-dly soul. Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 15. Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn this episode we discuss how the emotive and intellectual attributes previously discussed are merely metaphors for the attributes of the G-dly Soul.Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 15.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode, we discuss the first six emotive attributes as they manifest within a person and how these emotive attributes are external manifestations of two internal emotive attributes, all of which are sourced in and correlate in quality with the three intellectual attributes.Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 15.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how Avraham's attribute of Chessed in relation to the Supernal Attribute of Chessed can be likened to the relationship between the ashes of a burnt piece of wood to the wood or tree itself.Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 15.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we begin a discussion in which we come to understand how we can come to understand G-d (somewhat) through studying the spiritual make up of Man.Iggeres HaKodesh, beginning of Epistle 15.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss what is meant by the teaching that the eyes of G-d are always on the Land of Israel. Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 14. Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we begin discussing a letter the Alter Rebbe wrote to his Chassidim, asking him to be just as passionate about giving to a fund that was established to raise money for the land of Israel as they were when the fund was first established.Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 14.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how there is a great Chessed which is latent within all Jews (Rav Chessed) and how G-d should thus act towards us in a way of Rav Chessed as well. Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 13. Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how all Jews embody both Chessed and Gevurah. It's just a question of what is overt vs what is latent. Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 13. Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how some Jewish souls are rooted in Chessed and some are rooted in Gevurah.Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 13.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how the "Service/Work" of Tzedaka produces a stronger effect than the "Act" of Tzedaka.Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 12.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we begin to explore the difference between the Act of Tzedaka vs. the Work or Service of Tzedaka.Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 12.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how we can stimulate the affection of Peace on High and Below through engaging in the Act of Tzedaka as well as how we can get a taste of the revelation of G-dliness that will occur in the Future, by connecting with G-d during certain auspicious times such as prayer or giving Tzedaka.Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 12.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailToday's episode is dedicated in loving memory to my maternal grandfather Avraham Yitzchok ben Binyamin HaKohen Z"L (the entire It is Taught podcast is dedicated to him as well). In today's episode we introduce the question of what the difference is between the Act of Tzedaka vs the Service of Tzedaka, based on a verse from Yeshayahu and how Hashem makes peace between the attributes of Chessed and Gevurah through the attribute of Tiferes/Rachamim. This attribute is associated with His 4 letter Name (Havaya/the Tetragrammaton).Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 12.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the showSupport the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how not seeing everything as being good is a form of heresy and how training ourselves to see everything as good makes it revealed as such. Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 11. Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how everything we experience in our lives is really good and coming from G-d's Chessed, even if we don't perceive it as such. Our purpose is to shift our perspective and try to recognize the hidden goodness in all things.Iggeres HaKodesh, Epistle 11.FYI this is the gif I reference i the beginning of the episode: https://media.giphy.com/media/tKX6FNU9UGwF2/giphy.gifMusic by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how through giving Tzedaka in an abundant and unmeasured way, we invoke the unlimited Chessed of G-d from a place higher than the worlds (i.e Rav Chessed).Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 10.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss why we should not stick to the limitations given for giving tzedakah.Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 10.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how while all mitzvos, including the mitzva of Tzedaka has specific limitations and measurements to it, if a person veers even slightly from the Torah path, they should give over and above the set limitation given for Tzedaka in order to rectify the diminishment in light flow their actions caused, and this will stimulate an influx of even greater light sourced from above all the worlds.Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 10.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how and why all of the Torah commandments have specific measurements to them. Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 10. Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how the positive commandments are rooted in Hashem's Chessed, but as vested within Gevurah, as is seen by virtue of their measurements and limitations.Iggeres HaKodesh, Begnning of Epistle 10.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how the main focus of our generation, which is the generation of the "footsteps of Moshiach", is to give Tzedaka. This is in contrast to previous generations whose emphasis was more on Torah study.Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 9.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode the Alter Rebbe reminds us of our true purpose on Earth, which is to emulate G-d by giving Tzedaka and doing acts of Chessed for His Sake.Iggeres HaKodesh beginning of Epistle 9.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how giving Tzedaka is likened to gardening and the spiritual response that it elicits. Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 8.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss the miraculous nature of plant growth and how the power that makes a plant grow is vested in the earth, not in the seed. Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 8. Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss the disproportionate response that our giving of Tzedaka elicits on High. Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Iggeres 8. Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss a deeper reasoning behind why we have the habit of giving Tzedka before praying. Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 8. Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how every Jew has a unique purpose to their life, involving having a special connection to certain mitzvos. This purpose is beyond rhyme or reason, originating in G-d's Thought.Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 7.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how Yaakov our forefather took over from the original Adam as being the collective soul of all Jews.Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 7.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how G-d's Radiance is divided into 613 general parts which are further subdivided infinitely. We also discuss how these rays correspond to the 613 mitzvos as well as the 613 parts of a person's soul.Iggeres HaKodesh, Middle of Epistle 7.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we begin a discussion regarding the understanding of references made to our "portion" and "lot" within G-d, when we know that G-d is Indivisible.Iggeres HaKodesh, Beginning of Epistle 7.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how giving Tzedaka can connect a person to the True Truth.Iggeres HaKodesh, end of Epistle 6.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we begin a discussion as to why giving Tzedaka rewards a person with Truth (Emes). We discuss our forefather Yaakov and how he is associated with Compassion and how we can arouse Compassion on High for having compassion on our G-dly souls which are exiled in our bodies and this physical world.Iggeres HaKodesh Beginning of Epistle 6.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss two categories of Jew 1) Those who's primary focus is in Torah study and 2)Those who's primary focus is in acts of Chessed and Tzedaka. Iggeres HaKodesh, End of Epistle 5. Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/It-Is-Taught-Twitter: https://twitter.com/itistaughtInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/itistaughtpodcast/To sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss the deeper meaning behind the phrase "behibaram" which is used in Chumash in describing Creation and how In today's episode we discuss how ever since the creation of Man, it is required of us to elicit G-d's Chessed to give power for the descent of His Chochma into the Malchus (Speech) which sustains our world.Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 5.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss how our world receives G-d's letters of speech in an external manner, which is referred to as the "body" or "matter" of the letters, AKA G-d's breath, as we could not handle the more inward "form" in a manifest way.Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 5.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the showSupport the show

Send us Fan MailIn today's episode we discuss the role Bina plays in having the hidden Chochma become manifest in more revealed Malchus (Speech).Iggeres HaKodesh, middle of Epistle 5.Music by Shoshannah.   Follow us on:  Youtube, Facebook, Twitter, InstagramTo sponsor an episode or for any other inquiries, email: [email protected] Support the showSupport the show