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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.

What’s Your Mitzvah? How to identify your intended primary focus in life | 24 Av | Day 242

4 mins; August 10, 2023

The Perfect Chariot: Who did our patriarch Yaakov look like and why? | 23 Av | Day 241

3 mins; August 09, 2023

613 ÷ Infinity: What Adam’s soul has in common with the Torah | 22 Av | Day 240

3 mins; August 08, 2023

Our “Portion” and “Lot”: Why is G-d called the “Holy One, blessed be He”? | 21 Av | Day 239

3 mins; August 07, 2023

A TRUE Relationship with G-d: The connection between charity and truth | 20 Av | Day 238

3 mins; August 06, 2023

Plant Charity and Harvest Truth: Identifying our Inner Yaakov | 19 Av | Day 237

3 mins; August 05, 2023

Teamwork: Scholars and Philanthropists Operating in Tandem | 18 Av | Day 236

3 mins; August 03, 2023

How Avraham Influenced the Original Creation: Condensing mountains of wisdom into a single letter | 17 Av | Day 235

3 mins; August 03, 2023

The Uniqueness of Our World: Do we just read the words, or do we understand what they are saying? | 16 Av | Day 234

3 mins; August 02, 2023

The Hey Conundrum: Are words sourced in the mouth or the heart? | 15 Av | Day 233

3 mins; August 01, 2023

The Body and Soul of Words: The two aspects of speech | 14 Av | Day 232

2 mins; July 31, 2023

“Making” G-d’s Name: How the words we speak are sourced in the subconscious | 13 Av | Day 231

5 mins; July 30, 2023

Leading vs. Going: Where charity leads the heart | 12 Av | Day 230

2 mins; July 29, 2023

Charity and Redemption: Why the sages say that we “will only be redeemed because of tzedakah” | 11 Av | Day 229

3 mins; July 27, 2023

Circumcising the Heart: What does it mean to circumcise the heart and who is meant to be the mohel? | 10 Av | Day 228

3 mins; July 27, 2023

From the Depths of the Heart: A relationship with G-d that defies logic | 9 Av | Day 227

3 mins; July 26, 2023

The Helmet atop G-d’s Head: Planting charity, reaping salvation | 8 Av | Day 226

3 mins; July 25, 2023

“Leaky” Charity: Why charity is the only mitzvah for which we are rewarded in this world | 7 Av | Day 225

6 mins; July 24, 2023

The Appropriate Response to G-d’s Kindness: The Alter Rebbe’s message following his release from prison | 6 Av | Day 224

4 mins; July 23, 2023

Why the Alter Rebbe Spied on His Followers: And: How long should the daily davening last? | 5 Av | Day 223

3 mins; July 22, 2023

The Power of Talmud Study: Strengthening Faith Through Torah Study and Prayer | 4 Av | Day 222

2 mins; July 20, 2023

Igeres Hakodesh: Part Four of Tanya: Girding our loins with strength | 3 Av | Day 221

4 mins; July 20, 2023

Wrapping Up Igeres Hateshuvah: A perspective that allows us to take joy in difficult times | 2 Av | Day 220

3 mins; July 19, 2023

How to View Past Failures: Forget and move on or let bygones be bygones? | 1 Av | Day 219

3 mins; July 18, 2023

The Uniqueness of G-d’s Compassion: How many times will G-d forgive the same sin? | 29 Tamuz | Day 218

4 mins; July 17, 2023

Happy and Emotionally Broken: How to be happy and broken–simultaneously | 28 Tamuz | Day 217

3 mins; July 16, 2023

Conflicting Emotions: What is the appropriate emotional state for prayer? | 27 Tamuz | Day 216

4 mins; July 15, 2023

Climbing the Teshuvah Ladder: The role of prayer in the higher teshuvah | 26 Tamuz | Day 215

3 mins; July 13, 2023

When the Mother Crouches over Her Chicks: The trickle-down effect of the higher teshuvah | 25 Tamuz | Day 214

2 mins; July 13, 2023

Higher Teshuvah: Why Torah study constitutes the ultimate teshuvah | 24 Tamuz | Day 213

3 mins; July 12, 2023

System Restore: Fixing the damage to the soul and to G-d caused by sin | 23 Tamuz | Day 212

2 mins; July 11, 2023

When the Rope Frays: The impact of “minor” sins on one’s connection with G-d | 22 Tamuz | Day 211

5 mins; July 10, 2023

Absorbing the Impact: Who are the “dead people” who don’t praise G-d? | 21 Tamuz | Day 210

3 mins; July 09, 2023

The Two Steps of Teshuvah: Compassion and Ego Crushing | 20 Tamuz | Day 209

2 mins; July 08, 2023

Choosing Our Energy Source: Extracting ourselves–and G-d–from the clutches of kelipah | 19 Tamuz | Day 208

4 mins; July 06, 2023

Severed from the divine source–and surviving to tell the tale | 18 Tamuz | Day 207

3 mins; July 06, 2023

The 613-Ply Rope: The rope that connects us to G-d | 17 Tamuz | Day 206

5 mins; July 05, 2023

The Human Mirror of G-d’s Name: The four letters of our souls | 16 Tamuz | Day 205

1 min; July 04, 2023

One Name. Ten Attributes. | The significance of the four letters in G-d’s name | 15 Tamuz | Day 204

3 mins; July 03, 2023

Speaking vs. Exhaling: How our souls constitute “part of G-d’s name” | 14 Tamuz | Day 203

3 mins; July 02, 2023

The Impact of Sin: Why do sinners live long and pleasant lives? | 13 Tamuz | Day 202

2 mins; July 01, 2023

Our Generation’s Substitute for Korbanos: The charitable path to full atonement | 12 Tamuz | Day 201

5 mins; June 29, 2023

When Fasting over Sins IS a Sin: A substitute for fasting | 11 Tamuz | Day 200

3 mins; June 29, 2023

Intermittent Fasting: Does multiplied sins mean multiplied fasts? | 10 Tamuz | Day 199

2 mins; June 28, 2023

Fasting Over Sins: The relationship between fasting and the korbanos | 9 Tamuz | Day 198

3 mins; June 27, 2023

What Teshuvah Is: …and what teshuvah isn’t | 8 Tamuz | Day 197

2 mins; June 26, 2023

Understanding Teshuvah: The third pillar of Chasidus Chabad | 7 Tamuz | Day 196

4 mins; June 25, 2023

A Glimpse Into the Divine: Wrapping up Shaar hayichud Veha’emunah | 6 Tamuz | Day 195

2 mins; June 24, 2023

The Art of Combining Energies: Why letter order matters | 5 Tamuz | Day 194

4 mins; June 22, 2023

The Twenty-Two Building Blocks of Creation: Some words are the product of wisdom. Other words produce wisdom | 4 Tamuz | Day 193

2 mins; June 22, 2023

Non-Parting Words: The unique nature of G-d’s speech | 3 Tamuz | Day 192

5 mins; June 21, 2023

The Sefiros In Action:The attributes behind the Six Days of Creation | 2 Tamuz | Day 191

3 mins; June 20, 2023

The Light Analogy: A matter of differing perspectives | 1 Tamuz | Day 190

3 mins; June 19, 2023

“The Secret of Faith”: Why accepting G-d’s absolute unity requires faith | 30 Sivan | Day 189

2 mins; June 18, 2023

Touching an Idea: Why it is absurd to say that we can’t intellectually fathom G-d | 29 Sivan | #188

4 mins; June 17, 2023

Five vs. Infinity: Our roof; His floor | 28 Sivan | Day 187

3 mins; June 15, 2023

Beyond the Framework of Our Experience: The five levels of the human make-up | 27 Sivan | Day 186

2 mins; June 15, 2023

Simple Unity vs. Composite Unity: The knower, the knowledge, and the known | 26 Sivan | Day 185

4 mins; June 14, 2023

Divine Anagrams: How G-d’s breath devolves to create limited creations | 25 Sivan | Day 184

5 mins; June 13, 2023

Encompasses and Fills: The two modes of divine energy | 24 Sivan | Day 183

3 mins; June 12, 2023

It’s Not Literal! Did G-d really contract Himself? | 23 Sivan | Day 182

6 mins; June 11, 2023

Unchanging: How all of creation doesn’t effect any change in G-d | 22 Sivan | Day 181

2 mins; June 10, 2023

Lower Unity: Where creation lacks independent existence but has independent value | 21 Sivan | Day 180

4 mins; June 08, 2023

Higher Unity: Where creation lacks independent existence AND value | 20 Sivan | Day 179

2 mins; June 08, 2023

A Third Divine Name: A-donai: the royal name | 19 Sivan | Day 178

4 mins; June 07, 2023

A Secondary Entity: Can Creation Be Compared to a Body and the Creative Energy to the Soul? | 18 Sivan | Day 177

3 mins; June 06, 2023

Two Names, One Mission: The Significance of the Unity of Havayeh and Elokim | 17 Sivan | Day 176

3 mins; June 05, 2023

The True Nature of Nature: When Concealment Is Actually Revelation in Disguise | 16 Sivan | Day 175

4 mins; June 04, 2023

Why G-D Changed His Mind: The Divine Light That Does Filter Through to Our World | 15 Sivan | Day 174

5 mins; June 03, 2023

Concealing and Channeling: Is All of Creation Just an Optical Illusion? | 14 Sivan | Day 173

4 mins; June 01, 2023

The Dual Wonder of Creation: Acknowledging the Limits of Human Intellect | 13 Sivan | Day 172

5 mins; June 01, 2023

Havayeh and Elokim: Two Divine Modalities | 12 Sivan | Day 171

2 mins; May 31, 2023

Subsumed in Our Source: Where Sunlight Exists and Where It Does Not | 11 Sivan | Day 170

3 mins; May 30, 2023

The One and Only Existence: What Projectors Teach Us About G-D’s Unity | 10 Sivan | Day 169

3 mins; May 29, 2023

The Difference Between Divine Creation and Human Creation: The Logical Argument for Divine Providence | 9 Sivan | Day 168

5 mins; May 28, 2023

The Spiritual Codes That Underlie Creation: How the Holy Tongue Is Different From Other Languages | 8 Sivan | Day 167

4 mins; May 27, 2023

G-D Is One vs. G-D Is the Only One: The Doctrine of Perpetual Creation | 7 Sivan | Day 166

4 mins; May 24, 2023

The Relevance of G-D’s Unity: The Tzadik’s Fallback Love | 6 Sivan | Day 165

5 mins; May 24, 2023

The Doable Love: Hard Feelings–Made Simple | 5 Sivan | Day 164

3 mins; May 24, 2023

Introducing Part Two of Tanya: From the Practical to the Theological | 4 Sivan | Day 163

4 mins; May 23, 2023

G-D’s Wisdom That Masquerades as Actions: Why Is G-D Compared to a Consuming Fire? | 3 Sivan | Day 162

5 mins; May 22, 2023

Post Holy Temple: Where Does G-D Reside Since the Destruction of the Beis Hamikdash? | 2 Sivan | Day 161

4 mins; May 21, 2023

The Small Room That Housed the Infinite: In This World but Not of This World | 1 Sivan | Day 160

3 mins; May 20, 2023

The Brain of the World of Yetzirah: The Torah That Speaks in the Language of Emotions | 29 Iyar | Day 159

3 mins; May 18, 2023

The Brain of the World of Beriah: The World of the Talmud | 28 Iyar | Day 158

2 mins; May 18, 2023

The Torah as Mediator Between the Shechinah and Creation | 27 Iyar | Day 157

4 mins; May 17, 2023

Defining the “Shechinah”: Mediating Between a Simple G-D and a Complex Creation | 26 Iyar | Day 156

2 mins; May 16, 2023

All Things Being Equal: …but Some Worlds Are More Equal Than Others | 25 Iyar | Day 155

2 mins; May 15, 2023

The Simple Soul: The Essence of the Soul vs. The Soul’s Faculties | 24 Iyar | Day 154

3 mins; May 14, 2023

Understanding the “Resting of the Shechinah”: What Makes Certain Places Holier Than Others? | 23 Iyar | Day 153

4 mins; May 13, 2023

Desire and Commitment: The Two Dynamics That Power the Jew’s Service | 22 Iyar | Day 152

6 mins; May 11, 2023

A Golden Love: The Love That Harbors No Personal Agenda | 21 Iyar | Day 151

3 mins; May 11, 2023

The Upshot of All the Love: The Desire to Connect Must Lead To Actual Connection | 20 Iyar | Day 150

3 mins; May 10, 2023

Eliminating All That Distracts From Love: How the Blessings of the Shema Lead To Reflective Love | 19 Iyar | Day 149

4 mins; May 09, 2023

The End Goal of All the Contractions: When “Love Squeezes the Flesh” | 18 Iyar | Day 148

4 mins; May 08, 2023

The Dual Energy System: Why Does Creation Require Both “Encompassing” and “Filling” Light? | 17 Iyar | Day 147

2 mins; May 07, 2023

Omnipresent Yet Utterly Hidden: How Can Something Be Encompassed to the Last Detail–Yet Oblivious to That Reality? 16 Iyar | Day 146

3 mins; May 06, 2023

Memale and Sovev: Two Modalities of Divine Light | 15 Iyar | Day 145

4 mins; May 04, 2023

Bridging an Unbridgeable Divide: Why G-D Needed Tzimtzum (Contraction) In Order to Create | 14 Iyar | Day 144

2 mins; May 04, 2023

Exodus: Every Era and Every Day | Why We Mention the Exodus During the Shema | 13 Iyar | Day 143

6 mins; May 03, 2023

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