tanya

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chapter 1

Can We Be Perfect?

Is perfection attainable? The Tanya redefines our understanding of what it means to serve G-d.

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chapter 2

The G-dly Self

The "second soul" described in Tanya is the impulse for losing oneself in the Oneness of G-d. This chapter describes the selflessness of the "nefesh …

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chapter 3

The Soul's Powers

The make up and composition of the G-dly soul is the "ten soul powers" or "kochos hanefesh" which correspond to the Ten Sefiros. These soul …

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chapter 4

Garments of the Soul

The G-dly soul seeks expression through three modes or "garments"--namely, thought, speech, and action.

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chapter 5

Food for the Soul

Torah study is unique among all mitzvos, for all other mitzvos are "garments" for the soul while the study of Torah is "food." Whenever we …

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chapter 6,7,8

Unholiness

These chapters look at the unholiness within our own animal soul as well as in the universe around us. Just as the G-dly soul is …

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chapter 9

The Small City

The body is compared to a small city over which two kings battle for total domination.

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chapter 10,11

Tzaddik and Rasha

The tzaddik is the one who has defeated his or her animal soul either incompletely by neutralizing it or completely by transforming it. The rasha …

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chapter 12

The Beinoni

The beinoni is one who experiences the inner conflict of a rasha yet whose behaviors are indistinguishable from those of a tzaddik. The beinoni manages …

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chapter 13

More About the Beinoni

We continue to learn about the personality of the beinoni. Emotionally, the beinoni is no different than a rasha, yet behaviorally he resembles a tzadik.

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chapter 14

Even More About the Beinoni

We cannot change our feelings at will, but we can control our behaviors. The beinoni need not feel the love and awe of G-d that …

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chapter 15

Two Levels of Beinoni

Just as there are two types of tzadik and rasha, there are two types of beinoni--"one who serves" and "one who has not served." The …