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Let’s Talk Tanya – Tanya Themes Your Language. Your Life.

Tanya Themes, a groundbreaking new series by acclaimed Tanya scholar Rabbi Naftali Silberberg, each segment delves deeply into a single topic, exploring it through the Tanya’s lens. The series is presented in clear, relatable language, making these timeless teachings accessible to everyone. Discover how the Tanya’s revolutionary perspective can illuminate every facet of your life, offering immeasurable insight, inspiration, and guidance for living with divine purpose and connection.

Permanent Security and Tranquility: Why not all charity has the same impact | 10 Elul | Day 288 | Leap Year

3 mins; September 12, 2024

Unnatural Kindness: The “act of tzedakah” vs. the “service of tzedakah” | 9 Elul | Day 287 | Leap Year

3 mins; September 11, 2024

The Daily Redemption Hour: The importance of giving tzedakah before prayer | 8 Elul | Day 286 | Leap Year

2 mins; September 10, 2024

Achieving Internal Tranquility: How charity effects inner harmony | 7 Elul | Day 285 | Leap Year

2 mins; September 09, 2024

The Anatomy of Peace: Introducing a higher element into the mix | 6 Elul | Day 284 | Leap Year

3 mins; September 08, 2024

Peacemaker: Why G-d had to make peace between two angels | 5 Elul | Day 283 | Leap Year

4 mins; September 07, 2024

When Difficulty and Tragedy Strike: The faith test for which we came to this world | 4 Elul Day #282

4 mins; September 05, 2024

Embracing G-d’s Model of Kindness: The specific type of charity that brings redemption | 3 Elul #281

4 mins; September 05, 2024

The Financial Cost of Spiritual Healthcare | 2 Elul | Day 280 | Leap Year

3 mins; September 04, 2024

Deeper Digging Demanded: What works for perfect people doesn’t for the rest of us | 1 Elul | Day 279

4 mins; September 03, 2024

The Fire that Comes from the Right Hand: Is the Torah chesed or gevurah? 30 Av | Day 278 | Leap Year

4 mins; September 02, 2024

The Falling Sukkah: Why charity is more important today than ever | 29 Av | Day 277 | Leap Year

2 mins; September 01, 2024

The Alter Rebbe’s Wake-Up Call: A new perspective on money and charity | 28 Av | Day 276 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 31, 2024

Plant Charity and Harvest Salvation: When a small investment yields a quantum gain | 27 Av | Day 275 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 29, 2024

What’s Your Mitzvah? How to identify your intended primary focus in life | 26 Av | Day 274 | Leap Year

4 mins; August 29, 2024

The Perfect Chariot Who did our patriarch Yaakov look like and why? | 25 Av | Day 273 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 28, 2024

613 ÷ Infinity: What Adam’s soul has in common with the Torah | 24 Av | Day 272 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 27, 2024

Our “Portion” and “Lot”: Why is G-d called the “Holy One, blessed be He”? 23 Av | Day 271 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 26, 2024

A TRUE Relationship with G-d: The connection between charity and truth | 22 Av | Day 270 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 25, 2024

Plant Charity and Harvest Truth: Identifying our Inner Yaakov | 21 Av | Day 269 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 24, 2024

Teamwork: Scholars and Philanthropists Operating in Tandem | 20 Av | Day 236 | Leap Year

4 mins; August 22, 2024

How Avraham Influenced the Original Creation: Condensing mountains of wisdom into a single letter | 19 Av | Day 267 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 22, 2024

The Uniqueness of Our World: Do we just read the words, or do we understand what they are saying? | 18 Av | Day 266 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 21, 2024

Multiplying Words: When the subconscious seeps through | 17 Av | Day 265 | Leap Year

2 mins; August 20, 2024

The Body and Soul of Words: The two aspects of speech | 16 Av | Day 264 | Leap Year

2 mins; August 19, 2024

“Making” G-d’s Name: How the words we speak are sourced in the subconscious | 15 Av | Day 263 | Leap Year

5 mins; August 18, 2024

Leading vs. Going: Where charity leads the heart | 14 Av | Day 262 | Leap Year

2 mins; August 17, 2024

Charity and Redemption: Why the sages say that we “will only be redeemed because of tzedakah” | 13 Av | Day 261 | Leap Year

4 mins; August 15, 2024

The Helmet atop G-d’s Head: Planting charity, reaping salvation | 12 Av | Day 260 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 15, 2024

Leaky Charity: Why charity is the only mitzvah for which we are rewarded in this world | 11 Av #259

6 mins; August 14, 2024

The Appropriate Response to G-d’s Kindness: The Alter Rebbe’s message following his release from prison | 10 Av | Day 258 | Leap Year

4 mins; August 13, 2024

Why the Alter Rebbe Spied on His Followers: And: How long should the daily davening last? | 9 Av | Day 257 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 12, 2024

The Power of Talmud Study: Strengthening Faith Through Torah Study and Prayer | 8 Av | Day 256 | Leap Year

2 mins; August 11, 2024

Igeres Hakodesh: Part Four of Tanya: Girding our loins with strength | 7 Av | Day 255 | Leap Year

4 mins; August 10, 2024

Wrapping Up Igeres Hateshuvah: A perspective that allows us to take joy in difficult times 6 Av #254

3 mins; August 08, 2024

How to View Past Failures:Forget and move on or let bygones be bygones? | 5 Av | Day 253 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 08, 2024

How many times will G-d forgive the same sin? 4 Av | Day 252 | Leap Year

4 mins; August 07, 2024

Happy and Emotionally Broken: How to be happy and broken–simultaneously | 3 Av | Day 251 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 06, 2024

Conflicting Emotions: What is the appropriate emotional state for prayer? | 2 Av | Day 250 | Leap Year

4 mins; August 05, 2024

Climbing the Teshuvah Ladder: The role of prayer in the higher teshuvah | 1 Av | Day 249 | Leap Year

4 mins; August 04, 2024

When the Mother Crouches over Her Chicks: The trickle-down effect of the higher teshuvah | 29 Tamuz | Day 248 | Leap Year

3 mins; August 03, 2024

Higher and Lower Teshuvah: Two types of system restores | 28 Tamuz | Day 247 | Leap Year

4 mins; August 02, 2024

When the Rope Frays: The impact of “minor” sins on one’s connection with G-d | 27 Tamuz | Day 246

5 mins; August 01, 2024

Absorbing the Impact: Who are the “dead people” who don’t praise G-d? | 26 Tamuz | Day 245 | Leap Year

3 mins; July 31, 2024

The Two Steps of Teshuvah: Compassion and Ego Crushing | 25 Tamuz | Day 244 | Leap Year

2 mins; July 30, 2024

Choosing Our Energy Source: Extracting ourselves–and G-d–from the clutches of kelipah | 24 Tamuz | Day 243 | Leap Year

4 mins; July 29, 2024

The Effect of the “Exile of the Shechinah”: Severed from the divine source–and surviving to tell the tale | 23 Tamuz | Day 242 | Leap Year

3 mins; July 28, 2024

The 613-Ply Rope: The rope that connects us to G-d | 22 Tamuz | Day 241 | Leap Year

5 mins; July 27, 2024

The Human Mirror of G-d’s Name: The four letters of our souls | 21 Tamuz | Day 240 | Leap Year

4 mins; July 25, 2024

The Source of the Angels: The uniqueness of the Jewish soul | 20 Tamuz | Day 239 | Leap Year

1 min; July 25, 2024

Speaking vs. Exhaling: How we constitute “part of G-d’s name” | 19 Tamuz | Day 238 | Leap Year

2 mins; July 24, 2024

The Impact of Sin: Why do people who sin live long and pleasant lives? | 18 Tamuz | Day 237 | Leap Year

2 mins; July 23, 2024

Our Generation’s Substitute for Korbanos: The charitable path to full atonement | 17 Tamuz | Day 236 | Leap Year

3 mins; July 22, 2024

Making the Fasting Manageable: A Reasonable Fasting Regimen | 16 Tamuz | Day 235 | Leap Year

3 mins; July 21, 2024

When Fasting over Sins IS a Sin: A substitute for fasting | 15 Tamuz | Day 234

3 mins; July 20, 2024

Intermittent Fasting: Does multiplied sins mean multiplied fasts? | 14 Tamuz | Day 233

2 mins; July 18, 2024

Fasting Over Sins: The relationship between fasting and the korbanos | 13 Tamuz | Day 232

3 mins; July 18, 2024

What Teshuvah Is: …and what teshuvah isn’t | 12 Tamuz | Day 231

2 mins; July 17, 2024

Understanding Teshuvah: The third pillar of Chasidus Chabad | 11 Tamuz | Day 230

4 mins; July 16, 2024

A Glimpse Into the Divine: Wrapping up Shaar Hayichud Veha’emunah | 10 Tamuz | Day 229

2 mins; July 15, 2024

The Art of Combining Energies: Why letter order matters | 9 Tamuz | Day 228

4 mins; July 14, 2024

Building Blocks of Creation: Some words are the product of wisdom, others produce wisdom | 8 Tamuz

2 mins; July 13, 2024

Non-Parting Words: The unique nature of G-d’s speech | 7 Tamuz | Day 226

5 mins; July 11, 2024

The Sefiros In Action: The attributes behind the Six Days of Creation | 6 Tamuz | Day 225

3 mins; July 11, 2024

Divergent Perspectives: As the light enters creation | 5 Tamuz | Day 224

2 mins; July 10, 2024

The Light Analogy: Creations vs. emanations | 4 Tamuz | Day 223

3 mins; July 09, 2024

The Secret of Faith: Why accepting G-d’s absolute unity requires faith | 3 Tamuz | Day 222

2 mins; July 08, 2024

Touching an Idea: Why it is absurd to say that we can’t intellectually fathom G-d 2 Tamuz | Day 221

4 mins; July 07, 2024

Five vs. Infinity: Our roof; His floor | 1 Tamuz | Day 220

3 mins; July 06, 2024

Simple Unity vs. Composite Unity: The knower, the knowledge, and the known | 30 Sivan | Day 219

5 mins; July 04, 2024

Power in the Numbers The secret behind Gematriya | 29 Sivan | Day 218 | Leap Year

3 mins; July 04, 2024

Divine Anagrams: How G-d’s breath devolves to create limited creations | 28 Sivan | Day 217 | Leap Year

3 mins; July 03, 2024

The Permeating Light: The contracted energy that creates limited worlds | 27 Sivan | Day 216 | Leap Year

2 mins; July 02, 2024

The Encompassing Light: Present in every detail, yet not sensed | 26 Sivan | Day 215 | Leap Year

3 mins; July 01, 2024

Grasps All, But Ungraspable By All: G-d’s presence in creation vs. the soul’s inhabiting a body | 25 Sivan | Day 214 | Leap Year

4 mins; June 30, 2024

It’s Not Literal! Did G-d really contract Himself? | 24 Sivan | Day 213 | Leap Year

6 mins; June 29, 2024

Unchanging: How all of creation doesn’t effect any change in G-d | 23 Sivan | Day 212 | Leap Year

2 mins; June 27, 2024

Lower Unity: Where creation lacks independent existence but has independent value | 22 Sivan | Day 211 | Leap Year

4 mins; June 27, 2024

Higher Unity: Where creation lacks independent existence AND value | 21 Sivan | Day 210 | Leap Year

2 mins; June 26, 2024

A Third Divine Name: A-donai: the royal name | 20 Sivan | Day 209 | Leap Year

4 mins; June 25, 2024

A Secondary Entity: Can creation be compared to a body and the creative energy to the soul? | 19 Sivan | Day 208 | Leap Year

3 mins; June 24, 2024

Two Names, One Mission: The significance of the unity of Havayeh and Elokim | 18 Sivan | Day 207 | Leap Year

3 mins; June 23, 2024

The True Nature of Nature: When concealment is actually revelation in disguise | 17 Sivan | Day 206 | Leap Year

4 mins; June 22, 2024

Why G-d Changed His Mind: The Divine light that does filter through to our world | 16 Sivan | Day 205 | Leap Year

5 mins; June 20, 2024

Concealing and Channeling: Is all of creation just an optical illusion? | 15 Sivan | Day 204 | Leap Year

4 mins; June 20, 2024

The Dual Wonder of Creation: Acknowledging the Limits of Human Intellect | 14 Sivan | Day 203 | Leap Year

5 mins; June 19, 2024

Havayeh and Elokim: Two Divine Modalities | 13 Sivan | Day 202 | Leap Year

2 mins; June 18, 2024

Subsumed in Our Source: The question that doesn’t require immediate resolution | 12 Sivan | Day 201 | Leap Year

3 mins; June 17, 2024

The Sunlight Metaphor: Where sunlight exists and where it does not | 11 Sivan | Day 200 | Leap Year

1 min; June 16, 2024

The One and Only Existence: What projectors teach us about G-d’s unity | 10 Sivan | Day 199 | Leap Year

3 mins; June 15, 2024

If G-d loses interest in something He created, how does He get rid of it? | 9 Sivan | Day 198

4 mins; June 13, 2024

The Difference Between Divine & Human Creation: The logical argument for Divine Providence | 8 Sivan

4 mins; June 13, 2024

G-d is One vs. G-d is the ONLY One: The Doctrine of Perpetual Creation | 7 Sivan | Day 196 | Leap Year

4 mins; June 10, 2024

Introducing Part Two of Tanya: The Relevance of G-d’s Unity | 6 Sivan | Day 195 | Leap Year

4 mins; June 10, 2024

G-d’s Wisdom that Masquerades as Actions: Why is G-d compared to a consuming fire? | 5 Sivan | Day 194 | Leap Year

5 mins; June 10, 2024

Post Holy Temple: Where does G-d reside since the destruction of the Beis Hamikdash? | 4 Sivan | Day 193 | Leap Year

4 mins; June 09, 2024

The Small Room that Housed the Infinite: In this world but not of this world | 3 Sivan | Day 192 | Leap Year

3 mins; June 08, 2024

The Brains of the Worlds of Beriah and Yetzirah: Intellectual Torah and emotional Torah | 2 Sivan | Day 191 | Leap Year

3 mins; June 06, 2024

The Garment that Enclothes the Shechinah: The Torah as mediator between the Shechinah and creation | 1 Sivan | Day 190 | Leap Year

3 mins; June 06, 2024

The Intensity of the Shechinah: Why the Shechinah needs a garment | 29 Iyar | Day 189 | Leap Year

1 min; June 05, 2024

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