Day 306 (Daily Sefer HaMitzvos)
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Day 306: Positive Commandment 246
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The Mirror of the Heart
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In Chapter 46 of Tanya, we learn about a mechanism by which we can automatically trigger intense feelings of love for our Creator. This is based on the Solomon's wisdom that "As water reflects a face, so does one heart reflect another heart."
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Day 307 (Daily Sefer HaMitzvos)
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Day 307: Positive Commandment 246
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Day 308 (Daily Sefer HaMitzvos)
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Day 308: Positive Commandment 246
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Day 309 (Daily Sefer HaMitzvos)
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Day 309: Positive Commandment 246, 248
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Day 310 (Daily Sefer HaMitzvos)
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Day 310: Positive Commandment 248
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Day 311 (Daily Sefer HaMitzvos)
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Day 311: Positive Commandment 248
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Day 312 (Daily Sefer HaMitzvos)
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Day 312: Positive Commandment 248
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Day 313 (Daily Sefer HaMitzvos)
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Day 313: Positive Commandment 176; Negative Commandment 284; Positive Commandment 175
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Al Kein Karu 5713: Class 3—Achashverosh and Hashem's Silence
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Having left off with the question of why Haman's evil plot was unsuccessful, the maamar now turns its focus to King Achashverosh. We learn that the level of divinity symbolized by Achashverosh refers to a transcendent plane where the categories of ends and beginnings lack any practical distinction. Consequently, the rule of Achashverosh was characterized by a time of seeming divine indifference, where evil appeared to have been allowed to prevail without incurring G-d's immediate judgment. Why then did Haman still feel the need to cast a lottery to carry out his plan?
Chapters 6 and 7 of the maamar.
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The Body and Spiritual Freedom
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Embodiment may be considered both a prison for the soul as well as its path to spiritual freedom.
Continuing the theme introduced in Ch. 46 of Tanya which explains the reflective nature of the heart, Ch. 47 asks how we can feel G-d's love for us that He exhibited when taking us out from Egypt when it happened so long ago. The answer is that we can view every moment as "Egypt" and whenever we connect to Him through Torah and mitzvos, this is our "Exodus."
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Day 314 (Daily Sefer HaMitzvos)
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Day 314: Negative Commandment 282, 283; Positive Commandment 229, 228
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