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Classes in daily portion of the Tanya by Rabbi Chaim [email protected]

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  1. 003 – Kislev 3 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 4 – ג' כסלו – קונטרס אחרון פרק ד'

    This shiur explains how all mitzvos serve to draw down the Infinite Light of G-d into the world, specifically through the limbs of Zeir Anpin. The mitzvos correspond to different channels of Divine flow, with each mitzvah affecting a specific aspect of spiritual structure....

  2. 004 – Kislev 4 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 4 – ד' כסלו – קונטרס אחרון פרק ד'

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that for a mitzvah that cannot be done by others, one interrupts Torah study, even the deepest mystical contemplation. Practical mitzvos and their study surpass intellectual achievements, as true attachment to G-d is through action....

  3. 002 – Kislev 2 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 4 – ב' כסלו – קונטרס אחרון פרק ד'

    This shiur explores why, according to Pri Etz Chaim, prayer is the main means of spiritual refinement in our time, even though Torah study is considered loftier. It explains how Torah and mitzvos draw Divine light differently than prayer, which brings direct change into creation....

  4. 003 – Kislev 3 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 4 – ג' כסלו – קונטרס אחרון פרק ד'

    This shiur explains how all mitzvos serve to draw down the Infinite Light of G-d into the world, specifically through the limbs of Zeir Anpin. The mitzvos correspond to different channels of Divine flow, with each mitzvah affecting a specific aspect of spiritual structure....

  5. 001 – Kislev 1 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 3 – א' כסלו – קונטרס אחרון פרק ג'

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching on the lower and upper firmaments in the Zohar: where prayer without intent ascends, how even improper prayers and sins rise to spiritual realms, and how mitzvos and Torah study ascend differently....

  6. 002 – Kislev 2 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 4 – ב' כסלו – קונטרס אחרון פרק ד'

    This shiur explores why, according to Pri Etz Chaim, prayer is the main means of spiritual refinement in our time, even though Torah study is considered loftier. It explains how Torah and mitzvos draw Divine light differently than prayer, which brings direct change into creation....

  7. 001 – Kislev 1 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 3 – א' כסלו – קונטרס אחרון פרק ג'

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching on the lower and upper firmaments in the Zohar: where prayer without intent ascends, how even improper prayers and sins rise to spiritual realms, and how mitzvos and Torah study ascend differently....

  8. 029 – Cheshvan 29 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 3 – כ"ט חשון – קונטרס אחרון פרק ג'

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching on the creation of angels through Torah and prayer with or without intention, citing Zohar sources. It explains how intention elevates Torah and prayer to higher worlds, while lack of intention causes them to descend....

  9. 028 – Cheshvan 28 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 2 – כ"ח חשון – קונטרס אחרון פרק ב'

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching on why only practical mitzvos enable the restoration of face-to-face Divine union: action elevates sparks from Asiyah. It discusses how speech is also considered action, and the spiritual process of elevating sparks through mitzvos and prayer....

  10. 029 – Cheshvan 29 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 3 – כ"ט חשון – קונטרס אחרון פרק ג'

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching on the creation of angels through Torah and prayer with or without intention, citing Zohar sources. It explains how intention elevates Torah and prayer to higher worlds, while lack of intention causes them to descend....

  11. 027 – Cheshvan 27 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 1 – כ"ז חשון – קונטרס אחרון פרק א'

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's first essay of Kuntres Acharon: how one who reads the Torah's narratives is bound to Chochmah Ila'ah, how thought, speech and action each elevate and draw down Divine light, and why without love and awe one's Torah and prayer cannot ascend to stand before...

  12. 028 – Cheshvan 28 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 2 – כ"ח חשון – קונטרס אחרון פרק ב'

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching on why only practical mitzvos enable the restoration of face-to-face Divine union: action elevates sparks from Asiyah. It discusses how speech is also considered action, and the spiritual process of elevating sparks through mitzvos and prayer....

  13. 026 – Cheshvan 26 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 32 – כ"ו חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק ל"ב

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter on the eternal merit of tzedakah and chesed: the good that Jews do in this world endures forever and will be revealed at the resurrection of the dead. It distinguishes feminine and masculine forms of tzedakah and closes with a blessing for those who...

  14. 027 – Cheshvan 27 - Kuntres Acharon, Chapter 1 – כ"ז חשון – קונטרס אחרון פרק א'

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's first essay of Kuntres Acharon: how one who reads the Torah's narratives is bound to Chochmah Ila'ah, how thought, speech and action each elevate and draw down Divine light, and why without love and awe one's Torah and prayer cannot ascend to stand before...

  15. 025 – Cheshvan 25 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 31 – כ"ה חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק ל"א

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter likening the Shechinah to the heart and Jewish souls to its limbs: just as the body's health depends on the heart reaching every limb, spiritual vitality flows when all souls are united, while the exile came about through baseless hatred and disunity…

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  16. 026 – Cheshvan 26 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 32 – כ"ו חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק ל"ב

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter on the eternal merit of tzedakah and chesed: the good that Jews do in this world endures forever and will be revealed at the resurrection of the dead. It distinguishes feminine and masculine forms of tzedakah and closes with a blessing for those who...

  17. 024 – Cheshvan 24 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 30 – כ"ד חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק ל'

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter on the greatness of tzedakah, which is equal to all the mitzvos, and of giving it habitually: through tzedakah the infinite Divine kindness is drawn down into the finite world, joining the two opposites, and this is true peace....

  18. 025 – Cheshvan 25 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 31 – כ"ה חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק ל"א

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter likening the Shechinah to the heart and Jewish souls to its limbs: just as the body's health depends on the heart reaching every limb, spiritual vitality flows when all souls are united, while the exile came about through baseless hatred and disunity…

    more

  19. 023 – Cheshvan 23 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 29 – כ"ג חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ט

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that the Supernal Will, hidden in the Written Torah, is revealed only through the Oral Torah, as with tefillin and Shabbos, and why the study of halachos is the "crown of Torah" that binds a person's whole being to the Divine Will....

  20. 024 – Cheshvan 24 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 30 – כ"ד חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק ל'

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter on the greatness of tzedakah, which is equal to all the mitzvos, and of giving it habitually: through tzedakah the infinite Divine kindness is drawn down into the finite world, joining the two opposites, and this is true peace....

  21. 022 – Cheshvan 22 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 29 – כ"ב חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ט

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching from the Zohar that good deeds form garments for the soul in Gan Eden: in the lower Gan Eden from the mitzvos themselves, and in the higher Gan Eden from the heart's intent in Torah study and prayer, studying Torah for its own sake out of love of...

  22. 023 – Cheshvan 23 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 29 – כ"ג חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ט

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that the Supernal Will, hidden in the Written Torah, is revealed only through the Oral Torah, as with tefillin and Shabbos, and why the study of halachos is the "crown of Torah" that binds a person's whole being to the Divine Will....

  23. 021 – Cheshvan 21 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 29 – כ"א חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ט

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter on the Supernal Will, called Kesser Elyon, which stands above wisdom and is clothed in the 613 mitzvos and the 7 Rabbinic mitzvos. Like pillars joining a house's floor to its ceiling, the mitzvos join the highest levels to this world and become…

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  24. 022 – Cheshvan 22 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 29 – כ"ב חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ט

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching from the Zohar that good deeds form garments for the soul in Gan Eden: in the lower Gan Eden from the mitzvos themselves, and in the higher Gan Eden from the heart's intent in Torah study and prayer, studying Torah for its own sake out of love of...

  25. 020 – Cheshvan 20 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 29 – כ' חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ט

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching on the light hidden away for the righteous: only a small ray of the Supernal delight becomes the soul's garment in Gan Eden. Like human pleasure in a new insight, true delight is higher than intellect, yet is revealed through it....

  26. 021 – Cheshvan 21 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 29 – כ"א חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ט

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter on the Supernal Will, called Kesser Elyon, which stands above wisdom and is clothed in the 613 mitzvos and the 7 Rabbinic mitzvos. Like pillars joining a house's floor to its ceiling, the mitzvos join the highest levels to this world and become…

    more

  27. 019 – Cheshvan 19 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 29 – י"ט חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ט

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter on why halachos are called "the crown of Torah" and why one who studies halachos daily is assured of the World to Come: every soul must fulfill all 613 mitzvos in thought, speech and action, which become the garments through which the soul receives...

  28. 020 – Cheshvan 20 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 29 – כ' חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ט

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching on the light hidden away for the righteous: only a small ray of the Supernal delight becomes the soul's garment in Gan Eden. Like human pleasure in a new insight, true delight is higher than intellect, yet is revealed through it....

  29. 018 – Cheshvan 18 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 28 – י"ח חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ח

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that at the passing of a tzaddik the "eighth mazal," the Supernal Will, is revealed: all his life's toil and avodah shine forth and draw down great kindness that atones even for grave sins — beyond what the offerings achieve....

  30. 019 – Cheshvan 19 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 29 – י"ט חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ט

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter on why halachos are called "the crown of Torah" and why one who studies halachos daily is assured of the World to Come: every soul must fulfill all 613 mitzvos in thought, speech and action, which become the garments through which the soul receives...

  31. 017 – Cheshvan 17 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 28 – י"ז חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ח

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter of comfort to his mechutan, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, on the passing of his son Rabbi Meir: why the Torah places the passing of Miriam right after the section of the Parah Adumah, and the Kabbalistic meaning of the red heifer's purification....

  32. 018 – Cheshvan 18 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 28 – י"ח חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ח

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that at the passing of a tzaddik the "eighth mazal," the Supernal Will, is revealed: all his life's toil and avodah shine forth and draw down great kindness that atones even for grave sins — beyond what the offerings achieve....

  33. 016 – Cheshvan 16 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 27 – ט"ז חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ז

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that after a tzaddik's passing a hidden illumination from his soul continues to reach his disciples, arousing them to teshuvah and good deeds — "growths of growths" — like the sun's light working unseen beneath the earth....

  34. 017 – Cheshvan 17 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 28 – י"ז חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ח

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter of comfort to his mechutan, Rabbi Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev, on the passing of his son Rabbi Meir: why the Torah places the passing of Miriam right after the section of the Parah Adumah, and the Kabbalistic meaning of the red heifer's purification....

  35. 015 – Cheshvan 15 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 27 – ט"ו חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ז

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that in his lifetime a tzaddik's disciples receive only a radiance of his faith, awe and love, while after his passing they can receive their very essence — each according to his bond with the tzaddik and the effort he puts into preparing to receive....

  36. 016 – Cheshvan 16 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 27 – ט"ז חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ז

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that after a tzaddik's passing a hidden illumination from his soul continues to reach his disciples, arousing them to teshuvah and good deeds — "growths of growths" — like the sun's light working unseen beneath the earth....

  37. 014 – Cheshvan 14 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 27 – י"ד חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ז

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's explanation of the Zohar that a tzaddik who has passed on is found in all the worlds more than in his lifetime: the true life of a tzaddik is a spiritual life of faith, awe and love, which exists on every level and in every world....

  38. 015 – Cheshvan 15 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 27 – ט"ו חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ז

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that in his lifetime a tzaddik's disciples receive only a radiance of his faith, awe and love, while after his passing they can receive their very essence — each according to his bond with the tzaddik and the effort he puts into preparing to receive....

  39. 013 – Cheshvan 13 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 27 – י"ג חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ז

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching from the Zohar that a tzaddik who has passed on is found in all the worlds more than in his lifetime. His work keeps growing through those who live in his ways, he protects the world even more, and those who were close to him come first for blessing....

  40. 014 – Cheshvan 14 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 27 – י"ד חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ז

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's explanation of the Zohar that a tzaddik who has passed on is found in all the worlds more than in his lifetime: the true life of a tzaddik is a spiritual life of faith, awe and love, which exists on every level and in every world....

  41. 012 – Cheshvan 12 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 27 – י"ב חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ז

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter of comfort to the Chassidim in Eretz Yisrael on the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk. A tzaddik "leaves life to all the living": his faith, awe and love live on in every soul bound to him, each according to the truth of his hiskashrus....

  42. 013 – Cheshvan 13 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 27 – י"ג חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ז

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching from the Zohar that a tzaddik who has passed on is found in all the worlds more than in his lifetime. His work keeps growing through those who live in his ways, he protects the world even more, and those who were close to him come first for blessing....

  43. 011 – Cheshvan 11 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 26 – י"א חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ו

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that once the birurim are complete, Torah and mitzvos will serve to draw down higher unities through penimiyus haTorah. The revealed laws will be known to all; their study will remain for the Erev Rav, unlike in Second Temple times when it was the…

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  44. 012 – Cheshvan 12 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 27 – י"ב חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ז

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's letter of comfort to the Chassidim in Eretz Yisrael on the passing of Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Vitebsk. A tzaddik "leaves life to all the living": his faith, awe and love live on in every soul bound to him, each according to the truth of his hiskashrus....

  45. 010 – Cheshvan 10 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 26 – י' חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ו

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that only souls below, clothed in a physical body, can refine kelipas nogah, which is why the upper worlds come to hear chiddushei Torah from below. Every Jew can and must reveal new Torah wisdom according to his soul's root, redeeming sparks of the...

  46. 011 – Cheshvan 11 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 26 – י"א חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ו

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that once the birurim are complete, Torah and mitzvos will serve to draw down higher unities through penimiyus haTorah. The revealed laws will be known to all; their study will remain for the Erev Rav, unlike in Second Temple times when it was the…

    more

  47. 009 – Cheshvan 9 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 26 – ט' חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ו

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching on the wonder of clarifying a halachah from the Gemara and the poskim: it raises the halachah out of the kelipos that concealed it, freeing sparks of supernal Chochmah from exile. This is why the Ra'aya Mehemna calls a kushya something from the side…

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  48. 010 – Cheshvan 10 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 26 – י' חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ו

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that only souls below, clothed in a physical body, can refine kelipas nogah, which is why the upper worlds come to hear chiddushei Torah from below. Every Jew can and must reveal new Torah wisdom according to his soul's root, redeeming sparks of the...

  49. 008 – Cheshvan 8 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 26 – ח' חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ו

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching that the exile of the Shechinah is the descent of Malchus of Atzilus into kelipas nogah to refine the fallen sparks. In exile the main avodah is clarifying those sparks through Torah study, above all the analysis of what is permitted and forbidden,...

  50. 009 – Cheshvan 9 - Igeres HaKodesh, Chapter 26 – ט' חשון – אגרת הקודש פרק כ"ו

    This shiur explains the Alter Rebbe's teaching on the wonder of clarifying a halachah from the Gemara and the poskim: it raises the halachah out of the kelipos that concealed it, freeing sparks of supernal Chochmah from exile. This is why the Ra'aya Mehemna calls a kushya something from the side…

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