Sefaria Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 22 Kehot Publication Society (English Translation)
Sefaria Tanya, Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh 22 Kehot Publication Society (English Translation)
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Tanya
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Written by Rabbi Schneur Zalman of Liadi (1745–1812), the founder of Chabad Chasidism, Tanya is the foundational work of Chabad and presents the philosophy of the movement. Written in 5 sections, the Tanya provides an outline for living a spiritual Jewish life.
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Part IV; Iggeret HaKodesh, Chapter 22
אֲהוּבַיי, אַחַיי וְרֵעַיי!
TWENTY-TWO. My beloved, my brethren and friends:
מֵאַהֲבָה מְסוּתֶּרֶת תּוֹכַחַת מְגוּלָּה. לְכוּ נָא וְנִוָּכְחָה! ״זִכְרוּ יְמוֹת עוֹלָם, בִּינוּ שְׁנוֹת דּוֹר וָדוֹר״, הֶהָיְתָה כָּזֹאת מִימוֹת עוֹלָם, וְאַיֵּה אֵיפוֹא מְצָאתֶם מִנְהָג זֶה בְּאֶחָד מִכָּל סִפְרֵי חַכְמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָרִאשׁוֹנִים וְהָאַחֲרוֹנִים, לִהְיוֹת מִנְהָג וְתִיקּוּן לִשְׁאוֹל בְּעֵצָה גַשְׁמִיּוּת, כְּדָת מַה לַּעֲשׂוֹת בְּעִנְיְנֵי הָעוֹלָם הַגַּשְׁמִי, אַף לִגְדוֹלֵי חַכְמֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל הָרִאשׁוֹנִים כְּתַנָּאִים וְאַמוֹרָאִים, אֲשֶׁר ״כָּל רָז לֹא אָנֵס לְהוּ״, וּ״נְהִירִין לְהוֹן שְׁבִילִין דְּרָקִיעַ״ כִּי אִם לִנְבִיאִים מַמָּשׁ, אֲשֶׁר הָיוּ לְפָנִים בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל, כִּשְׁמוּאֵל הָרוֹאֶה, אֲשֶׁר הָלַךְ אֵלָיו שָׁאוּל לִדְרוֹשׁ ה׳ עַל דְּבַר הָאֲתוֹנוֹת שֶׁנֶּאֶבְדוּ לְאָבִיו.
An open rebuke out of a love concealed: come now and let us adjudge, remember the days of old, consider the years of every generation. Has such ever happened since the days of the world, and where, oh where have you found such a custom in any one of the books of the early and latter sages of Israel, that it should be usage and regulation to ask for advice in mundane matters—what one is to do in matters pertaining to the physical world. (Such was not asked) even of the greatest of the erstwhile sages of Israel as the Tannaim and Amoraim, “For whom no secret is hidden” and “All the paths of heaven are clear to them,” except for the real prophets that were aforetimes in Israel as Samuel the Seer, to whom Saul went to enquire of G–d about the donkeys that were lost to his father.
כִּי בֶּאֱמֶת, כָּל עִנְיְנֵי אָדָם, לְבַד מִדִּבְרֵי תוֹרָה וְיִרְאַת שָׁמַיִם אֵינָם מוּשָּׂגִים רַק בִּנְבוּאָה, וְ״לֹא לַחֲכָמִים לֶחֶם״, כְּמַאֲמַר רַבּוֹתֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה: ״הַכֹּל בִּידֵי שָׁמַיִם, חוּץ מִיִּרְאַת שָׁמַיִם״, וְ״שִׁבְעָה דְּבָרִים מְכוּסִּים כוּ׳ אֵין אָדָם יוֹדֵעַ בַּמֶה מִשְׂתַּכֵּר כוּ׳ וּמַלְכוּת בֵּית דָּוִד מָתַי תַּחֲזוֹר כוּ׳״, הִנֵּה הוּשְׁווּ זֶה לָזֶה.
For in fact, all matters pertaining to man, except for the words of Torah and the fear of Heaven, are apprehended by prophecy only. “And there is no bread for the wise,” as our Sages, of blessed memory, said: “Everything is in the hands of Heaven except for the fear of Heaven,” and “Seven things are hidden…man does not know how he will profit, and when the Kingdom of David will return….” Note, these are likened one to the other!
וּמַה שֶּׁכָּתוּב בִּישַׁעְיָה: ״יוֹעֵץ וַחֲכַם חֲרָשִׁים״, וְכֵן מַה שֶּׁאָמְרוּ רַבּוֹתֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה ״וְנֶהֱנִין מִמֶּנּוּ עֵצָה וְתוּשִׁיָּה״ הַיְינוּ בְּדִבְרֵי תוֹרָה, הַנִּקְרָא ״תּוּשִׁיָּה״, כְּמַאֲמַר רַבּוֹתֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה: ״יוֹעֵץ״ – ״זֶה שֶׁיּוֹדֵעַ לְעַבֵּר שָׁנִים וְלִקְבּוֹעַ חֳדָשִׁים״ כוּ׳, שֶׁסּוֹד הָעִיבּוּר קָרוּי ‘עֵצָה׳ וְ׳סוֹד׳ בִּלְשׁוֹן תּוֹרָה, כִּדְאִיתָא בְּסַנְהֶדְרִין דַּף פ״ז, עַיֵּין שָׁם בְּפֵירוּשׁ רַשִׁ״י:
As for what is written in Isaiah, “A counselor and a wise one who silences all,” and also, as for the statement of our Sages, of blessed memory, “From him people enjoy etzah (counsel) and toshiyah (salvation)”—this refers to matters of the Torah, called toshiyah. Thus the Sages, of blessed memory, said: “A counselor is he who knows to intercalcate the years and to determine the months,” for in Torah terminology the principium of intercalcation is called etzah and sod, as mentioned in Sanhedrin, folio 87; see there in the commentary of Rashi.
אַךְ הָאֱמֶת אַגִּיד לַשּׁוֹמְעִים לִי, כִּי ״אַהֲבָה מְקַלְקֶלֶת הַשּׁוּרָה״, וְ״הִנֵּה הִיא כְּסוּת עֵינַיִם״ שֶׁלֹּא לִרְאוֹת הָאֱמֶת, מֵרוֹב אַהֲבָתָם לְחַיֵּי הַגּוּף לְשֵׁם שָׁמַיִם, לַעֲבוֹד בּוֹ אֶת ה׳, בְּרִשְׁפֵּי אֵשׁ וְשַׁלְהֶבֶת גְּדוֹלָה מֵאַהֲבַת נַפְשָׁם אֶת ה׳, וְעַל כֵּן, הֵיטֵב חָרָה לָהֶם בְּצַעַר הַגּוּף חַס וְשָׁלוֹם ה׳ יְרַחֵם, וְאֵין יְכוֹלִין לְקַבֵּל כְּלָל, עַד שֶׁמַּעֲבִירָם עַל דַּעְתָּם, לְכַתֵּת רַגְלֵיהֶם מֵעִיר לְעִיר, לִשְׁאוֹל עֵצוֹת מֵרָחוֹק, וְלֹא שָׁעוּ אֶל ה׳ לָשׁוּב אֵלָיו בְּרוּחַ נְמוּכָה וְהַכְנָעַת הַגּוּף, לְקַבֵּל תּוֹכַחְתּוֹ בְּאַהֲבָה, ״כִּי אֶת אֲשֶׁר יֶאֱהַב ה׳ וְכוּ׳״:
However, I shall relate the truth to those who listen to me: “Love upsets the natural order of conduct,” for it is a covering of the eyes not to see the truth. Because of their great love for the life of the body [for the sake of Heaven, to worship G–d with it in a mode of flashes of fire and a great flame because of their soul’s love for G–d], they are properly angry with the agony of the body, Heaven forfend; may G–d show compassion. Thus they are not able to bear it at all, to the point that it drives them out of their mind to tramp about from city to city to seek advice from afar, and they did not implore G–d by returning to Him with humble spirit and submission of the body to accept His chastisement with love, “for He whom He loves….”
וּכְמוֹ אָב רַחֲמָן חָכָם וְצַדִּיק הַמַּכֶּה בְּנוֹ, שֶׁאֵין לְבֵן חָכָם לַהֲפוֹךְ עוֹרֶף לָנוּס, לִמְצוֹא לוֹ עֶזְרָה, אוֹ אֲפִילוּ מֵלִיץ יוֹשֶׁר, לִפְנֵי אָבִיו הָרַחֲמָן וְהַצַּדִּיק וְחָסִיד, רַק לִהְיוֹת ״יָשָׁר יֶחֱזוּ פָנֵימוֹ״ עִם אָבִיו פָּנִים בְּפָנִים, לִסְבּוֹל הַכָּאוֹתָיו בְּאַהֲבָה, לְטוֹב לוֹ כָּל הַיָּמִים.
It is analogous to a compassionate, wise, and righteous father who punishes his son. Surely the wise son should not “turn his back” to escape and find himself help, or even an intercessor before his father, who is compassionate, righteous, and merciful. Rather, he should have his face looking straight at his father, face to face, to endure his strikes with love, “For his lifelong benefit.”
וְהִנֵּה, לְמַעְלָה, בְּחִינַת ״פָּנִים״ הוּא הָרָצוֹן וְהַחֵשֶׁק, אֲשֶׁר אָבִינוּ שֶׁבַּשָּׁמַיִם מַשְׁפִּיעַ לְבָנָיו כָּל טוּב עוֹלָמִים וְחַיֵּי נֶפֶשׁ וְגוּף, בְּאַהֲבָה וְרָצוֹן, חֲשִׁיקָה וַחֲפִיצָה, עַל־יְדֵי תּוֹרַת חַיִּים שֶׁהִיא רְצוֹנוֹ יִתְבָּרֵךְ אֲשֶׁר נָתַן לָנוּ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאוֹמְרִים: ״כִּי בְאוֹר פָּנֶיךָ נָתַתָּ לָּנוּ תּוֹרַת חַיִּים כוּ׳״ לַעֲשׂוֹת בָּהּ רְצוֹנוֹ, וְעַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר: ״בְּאוֹר פְּנֵי מֶלֶךְ חַיִּים, וּרְצוֹנוֹ כוּ׳״.
Now, above, the aspect of panim (face) is that of willingness and pleasure. That is, our Father in Heaven effuses to His children all the good of the worlds, and life for the soul and body, out of love and willingness, pleasure and delight, through the Torah of Life, His Will, blessed be He, which He gave to us, as it is written: “For in the light of panecha (Your Face), You gave us the Torah of Life…” to carry out His will with it. And of this it was said: “For in the light of the King’s Face there is life, and His will….”
מַה־שֶּׁאֵין־כֵּן לְעוֹבְדֵי גִלּוּלִים, מַשְׁפִּיעַ חַיֵּי גוּפָם שֶׁלֹּא בְּרָצוֹן וַחֲשִׁיקָה וַחֲפִיצָה, לְכָךְ נִקְרָאִים ״אֱלֹהִים אֲחֵרִים״, שֶׁיּוֹנְקִים מִבְּחִינַת ״אֲחוֹרַיִים״.
To the heathens, however, He effuses the life of their bodies without willingness, pleasure, and delight. This, therefore, is referred to as elohim acherim, for they draw from the aspect of achorayim.
וְכָךְ הוּא בָּאָדָם, הָרָצוֹן וְהַחֵשֶׁק הוּא בְּחִינַת ״פָּנִים״, וְאִם אֵינוֹ מְקַבֵּל בְּאַהֲבָה וְרָצוֹן כְּאִלּוּ הוֹפֵךְ עוֹרֶף וְאָחוֹר, חַס וְשָׁלוֹם.
It is likewise with man: willingness and pleasure are an aspect of panim (face). When one does not accept with love and willingness, it is as if “he turns his neck” and achor (back), Heaven forfend.
וְעֵצָה הַיְּעוּצָה לְקַבֵּל בְּאַהֲבָה, הִיא עֲצַת ה׳ בְּפִי חֲכָמֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה: ״לְפַשְׁפֵּשׁ בְּמַעֲשָׂיו״, וְיִמְצָא לוֹ עֲוֹנוֹת הַצְּרִיכִין מֵירוּק יִסּוּרִים, וְיִרְאֶה לָעַיִן גּוֹדֶל אַהֲבָתוֹ אֵלָיו, הַמְקַלְקֶלֶת הַשּׁוּרָה, כִּמְשַׁל מֶלֶךְ גָּדוֹל וְנוֹרָא הָרוֹחֵץ בִּכְבוֹדוֹ וּבְעַצְמוֹ צוֹאַת בְּנוֹ יְחִידוֹ, מֵרוֹב אַהֲבָתוֹ, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: ״אִם רָחַץ ה׳ צוֹאַת בְּנוֹת צִיּוֹן כוּ׳, בְּרוּחַ מִשְׁפָּט כוּ׳״.
The suggested advice (to be able) to accept with love is the counsel of the L–rd in the mouth of our Sages, of blessed memory: “to examine one’s conduct.” Thus one will find with himself sins that require the purgation through afflictions. Then one will see clearly His great love toward himself which “upsets the natural order of conduct,” as in the simile of the great and awesome king who, out of his great love, personally washes the filth from his only son, as it is written: “When the L–rd will wash the filth off the daughters of Zion… with a spirit of justice….”
וְ״כַמַּיִם הַפָּנִים אֶל פָּנִים״, תִּתְעוֹרֵר הָאַהֲבָה בְּלֵב כָּל מַשְׂכִּיל וּמֵבִין יְקַר מַהוּת אַהֲבַת ה׳ אֶל הַתַּחְתּוֹנִים, אֲשֶׁר הִיא יְקָרָה וְטוֹבָה מִכָּל חַיֵּי הָעוֹלָמִים כּוּלָּם, כְּמוֹ שֶׁכָּתוּב: ״מַה יָּקָר חַסְדְּךָ וְכוּ׳״, ״כִּי טוֹב חַסְדְּךָ מֵחַיִּים כוּ׳״, כִּי הַחֶסֶד שֶׁהוּא בְּחִינַת אַהֲבָה, הוּא חַיֵּי הַחַיִּים שֶׁבְּכָל הָעוֹלָמוֹת, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאוֹמְרִים: ״מְכַלְכֵּל חַיִּים בְּחֶסֶד״.
And “As waters (reflect) face to face,” there will be an arousal of love in the heart of everyone who perceives and understands the preciousness of the nature of G–d’s love for the nether beings; it is dearer and better than all the life of all the worlds, as it is written: “How precious is Your chesed…,” “For Your chesed is better than life….” For chesed [which is the aspect of love] is the Fountainhead of the life prevalent in all the worlds, as it is written: “He sustains life through chesed.”
וְאָז, ״גַּם ה׳ יִתֵּן הַטּוֹב״, וְיָאֵר פָּנָיו אֵלָיו, בִּבְחִינַת אַהֲבָה מְגוּלָּה, אֲשֶׁר הָיְתָה תְּחִלָּה מְלוּבֶּשֶׁת וּמְסוּתֶּרֶת בְּתוֹכָחָה מְגוּלָּה, וְיִתְמַתְּקוּ הַגְּבוּרוֹת בְּשָׁרְשָׁן, וְיִתְבַּטְּלוּ הַדִּינִין נֶצַח סֶלָה וָעֶד:
And then G–d, too, will grant goodness and make His Face shine toward him in the mode of a manifestation of the love which at first was clothed and hidden in a manifestation of admonition, and the gevurot shall be sweetened at their source and the judgments become nullified, forevermore.
אֲהוּבַיי, אַחַיי וְרֵעַיי!
(22b). My beloved, my brethren and friends:
מִגּוֹדֶל טִרְדָּתִי אֲשֶׁר ״הִקִּיפוּ עָלַי יַחַד״ וְ״סַבּוּנִי כַמַּיִם, כָּל הַיּוֹם וְכָל הַלַּיְלָה תָּמִיד לֹא יֶחֱשׁוּ״, לֹא אוּכַל מַלֵּט מַשָּׂא לֵאמֹר עִם הַסֵּפֶר כָּל אֲשֶׁר בִּלְבָבִי.
Due to the immensity of my preoccupations which all together surround me and “encircle me like water all day and all night, never holding their peace,”—I am unable to bear the burden to state in writing all that is in my heart.
אַך בִּקְצָרָה בָּאתִי, כְּמַזְכִּיר וּמַחֲזִיר עַל הָרִאשׁוֹנוֹת בִּכְלָל, וּבִפְרָט אֶל הַמִּתְנַדְּבִים בָּעָם, לַעֲמוֹד עַל הָעֲבוֹדָה זוֹ תְּפִלָּה, בְּקוֹל רָם, לְהִתְחַזֵּק מְאֹד בְּכָל עוֹז וְתַעֲצוּמוֹת נֶגֶד כָּל מוֹנֵעַ מִבַּיִת וּמִחוּץ, בְּיָד חֲזָקָה כְּמַשְׁמָעוֹ, שֶׁהוּא ״רְצוֹן יְרֵיאָיו״, אֲשֶׁר לְמַעְלָה מִן הַחָכְמָה וְהַתְּבוּנָה אֲשֶׁר נָתַן ה׳ בָּהֵמָּה לָדַעַת לַעֲשׂוֹת אֶת כָּל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּה ה׳ בְּהַשְׂכֵּל וָדַעַת.
Briefly, however, I come as one who reminds and repeats erstwhile matters in general, and in particular to those of the people who offer themselves willingly—to stand by the (Divine) service, i.e., prayer, with a loud voice: to strengthen themselves very much with all might and power against any internal or external obstacle, with, literally, a strong hand. This refers to the “will of those who fear Him”—transcending the wisdom and understanding G–d gave into them in order to know to exercise all that G–d commanded with intelligence and knowledge.
רַק רָצוֹן פָּשׁוּט וְ״רוּחַ נְדִיבָה״, בְּכָל אִישׁ אֲשֶׁר יִדְּבֶנּוּ לִבּוֹ לַעֲבוֹד עֲבוֹדָה תַמָּה, לַעֲשׂוֹת נַחַת רוּחַ לְיוֹצְרוֹ. וְעַל זֶה נֶאֱמַר: ״כִּי עַם קְשֵׁה עוֹרֶף הוּא, וְסָלַחְתָּ״. כִּי הַסְּלִיחָה הִיא גַם כֵּן לְמַעְלָה מִן הַחָכְמָה. כִּי ״שָׁאֲלוּ לַחָכְמָה כוּ׳״, וּמשֶׁה רַבֵּינוּ עָלָיו־הַשָּׁלוֹם בִּיקֵּשׁ מִדָּה כְּנֶגֶד מִדָּה, וְדַי לַמֵּבִין.
There should be but a simple will and a spirit of voluntary offering in every one whose heart prompts him to serve “a whole service,” thus to cause gratification to his Maker. Of this it is said: “For it is a stiff-necked people, and You pardon,” for pardon, too, transcends wisdom, as “They asked wisdom….” Thus Moses our Master, peace to him, invoked “measure for measure,” and suffice this for the initiated.
וְעוֹד זֹאת אֶדְרוֹשׁ מִמַּעֲלַתְכֶם, שֶׁלֹּא לְהַשְׁלִיךְ דְּבָרַי אַחֲרֵיכֶם, אֲשֶׁר עָרַכְתִּי שִׂיחַ, לִהְיוֹת כָּל אִישׁ יָשָׁר וְהוֹלֵךְ בְּתוּמּוֹ, כַּאֲשֶׁר ״עָשָׂה הָאֱלֹקִים אֶת הָאָדָם יָשָׁר״, וְלֹא לְבַקֵּשׁ ״חֶשְׁבּוֹנוֹת רַבִּים״, מֵ״עֲלִילוֹת מִצְעֲדֵי גָבֶר וּמַחְשְׁבוֹת אָדָם וְתַחְבּוּלוֹתָיו״. כִּי זוֹ, מְלֶאכֶת שָׁמַיִם הִיא וְלֹא מְלֶאכֶת בָּשָׂר וָדָם.
Furthermore, I ask of you not to cast aside my words, the plea I issued for everyone to be upright and walking with integrity just as “G–d made man upright; not to seek numerous calculations” of the pretexts of man’s steps and a person’s thoughts and devices. For that is the work of Heaven and not an occupation for human beings.
וּלְהַאֲמִין בֶּאֱמוּנָה שְׁלֵימָה בְּמִצְוַת חֲכָמֵינוּ־זִכְרוֹנָם־לִבְרָכָה: ״וֶהֱוֵי שְׁפַל רוּחַ בִּפְנֵי כָל אָדָם״ בִּכְלָל, כִּי יַצִּיבָא מִלְּתָא וְתַקִּין פִּתְגָּמָא, שֶׁכָּל אֶחָד מְתוּקָּן מֵחֲבֵירוֹ.
Rather, (every one is) to believe with absolute faithfulness in the precept of our Sages, of blessed memory: “And be humble of spirit before every person”—in general. For it is a set matter and an established proverb that each one becomes better through his fellow being.
וּכְתִיב: ״כָּל [אִישׁ] יִשְׂרָאֵל כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד חֲבֵרִים״, כְּמוֹ שֶׁאִישׁ אֶחָד מְחוּבָּר מֵאֵבָרִים רַבִּים, וּבְהִפָּרְדָם נוֹגֵעַ בַּלֵּב, ״כִּי מִמֶּנּוּ תּוֹצְאוֹת חַיִּים״, אִם כֵּן אֲנַחְנוּ הֱיוֹת כּוּלָּנוּ כְּאִישׁ אֶחָד מַמָּשׁ – תִּיכּוֹן הָעֲבוֹדָה בַּלֵּב, וּמִכְּלַל הֵן כוּ׳, וְעַל כֵּן נֶאֱמַר: ״וּלְעָבְדוֹ שְׁכֶם אֶחָד״ דַּוְקָא.
Thus it is written—“All the men of Israel…as one man associated together,” just as one man is composed of many limbs; but when they become separated this affects the heart. “For out of it are the issues of life.” With us, therefore, by all of us being as truly one man, the service (of G–d) will be established in the heart. And from the affirmative…. That is why it was said: “To serve Him as one part.”
וְעַל כֵּן אֲהוּבַיי יְדִידַיי, נָא וְנָא לִטְרוֹחַ בְּכָל לֵב וָנֶפֶשׁ לִתְקוֹעַ אַהֲבַת רֵעֵהוּ בְּלִבּוֹ, ״וְאִישׁ אֶת רָעַת רֵעֵהוּ אַל תַּחְשְׁבוּ בִּלְבַבְכֶם״ כְּתִיב, וְלֹא תַעֲלֶה עַל לֵב לְעוֹלָם, וְאִם תַּעֲלֶה – יֶהְדְּפֶנָּה מִלִּבּוֹ כְּהִנְדּוֹף עָשָׁן, וּכְמוֹ מַחֲשֶׁבֶת עֲבוֹדָה־זָרָה מַמָּשׁ.
Therefore, my beloved and dear ones: I beg of you to make an effort with all the heart and soul to drive into the heart the love for one’s fellow man, “And none of you should consider in your hearts what is evil to his fellow man”—it is written. Such (consideration) should never rise in the heart, and if it does rise one is to push it away from his heart “as smoke is driven away,” and truly like an idolatrous thought.
כִּי גְדוֹלָה לָשׁוֹן הָרָע כְּנֶגֶד עֲבוֹדָה־זָרָה וְגִילּוּי עֲרָיוֹת וּשְׁפִיכוּת דָּמִים. וְאִם בְּדִבּוּר כָּךְ כוּ׳, וּכְבָר נוֹדָע לְכָל חֲכַם לֵב יִתְרוֹן הֶכְשֵׁר הַמַּחֲשָׁבָה עַל הַדִּבּוּר, הֵן לְטוֹב וְהֵן לְמוּטָב.
For to speak evil is as grave as idolatry, incest, and shedding of blood together. If this be so with speech…; and the advantage of the adjustment of thought over speech, whether for the good or for the better, is already known to all the wise of heart.
וַה׳ הַטּוֹב הַמְבָרֵךְ אֶת עַמּוֹ בַּשָּׁלוֹם, יָשִׂים עֲלֵיכֶם שָׁלוֹם וְחַיִּים עַד הָעוֹלָם, כְּנֶפֶשׁ אוֹהֵב נַפְשָׁם מִלֵּב וָנֶפֶשׁ:
May the good L–rd, who blesses His people with peace, set among you peace and life, forevermore, as is the wish of him who loves you faithfully from heart and soul.
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Pirkei Avot 6:10
Dr. Joshua Kulp
חֲמִשָּׁה קִנְיָנִים קָנָה לוֹ הַקָּדוֹשׁ בָּרוּךְ הוּא בְעוֹלָמוֹ, וְאֵלּוּ הֵן, תּוֹרָה קִנְיָן אֶחָד, שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד, אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד, יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד, בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד. תּוֹרָה מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (משלי ח), ה' קָנָנִי רֵאשִׁית דַּרְכּוֹ קֶדֶם מִפְעָלָיו מֵאָז. שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (ישעיה סו), כֹּה אָמַר ה' הַשָּׁמַיִם כִּסְאִי וְהָאָרֶץ הֲדֹם רַגְלָי אֵי זֶה בַיִת אֲשֶׁר תִּבְנוּ לִי וְאֵי זֶה מָקוֹם מְנוּחָתִי, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים קד) מָה רַבּוּ מַעֲשֶׂיךָ ה' כֻּלָּם בְּחָכְמָה עָשִׂיתָ מָלְאָה הָאָרֶץ קִנְיָנֶךָ. אַבְרָהָם קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (בראשית יד), וַיְבָרְכֵהוּ וַיֹּאמַר בָּרוּךְ אַבְרָם לְאֵל עֶלְיוֹן קֹנֵה שָׁמַיִם וָאָרֶץ. יִשְׂרָאֵל קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), עַד יַעֲבֹר עַמְּךָ ה' עַד יַעֲבֹר עַם זוּ קָנִיתָ, וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים טז) לִקְדוֹשִׁים אֲשֶׁר בָּאָרֶץ הֵמָּה וְאַדִּירֵי כָּל חֶפְצִי בָם. בֵּית הַמִּקְדָּשׁ קִנְיָן אֶחָד מִנַּיִן, דִּכְתִיב (שמות טו), מָכוֹן לְשִׁבְתְּךָ פָּעַלְתָּ ה' מִקְּדָשׁ ה' כּוֹנְנוּ יָדֶיךָ. וְאוֹמֵר (תהלים עח) וַיְבִיאֵם אֶל גְּבוּל קָדְשׁוֹ הַר זֶה קָנְתָה יְמִינוֹ:
Five possessions did the Holy Blessed One, set aside as his own in this world, and these are they: The Torah, one possession; Heaven and earth, another possession; Abraham, another possession; Israel, another possession; The Temple, another possession. 1a) The Torah is one possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written, “The Lord possessed (usually translated as ‘created’) me at the beginning of his course, at the first of His works of old” (Proverbs 8:22). 2a) Heaven and earth, another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “Thus said the Lord: The heaven is My throne and the earth is My footstool; Where could you build a house for Me, What place could serve as My abode? (Isaiah 66:1) And it says: “How many are the things You have made, O Lord; You have made them all with wisdom; the earth is full of Your possessions” (Psalms 104:24). 3a) Abraham is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “He blessed him, saying, “Blessed by Abram of God Most High, Possessor of heaven and earth” (Genesis 15:19). 4a) Israel is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is written: “Till Your people cross over, O Lord, Till Your people whom You have possessed” (Exodus 15:16). And it says: “As to the holy and mighty ones that are in the land, my whole desire (possession) is in them” (Psalms 16:3). 5a) The Temple is another possession. From where do we know this? Since it is said: “The sanctuary, O lord, which your hands have established” (Exodus 15:17”, And it says: “And He brought them to His holy realm, to the mountain, which His right hand had possessed” (Psalms 78:54).
I like to call out to all my Jewish friends:
Zechariah 8:23
23So said the Lord of Hosts: In those days, when ten men of all the languages of the nations shall take hold of the skirt of a Jewish man, saying, "Let us go with you, for we have heard that God is with you." | | כגכֹּֽה־אָמַר֘ יְהֹוָ֣ה צְבָאוֹת֒ בַּיָּמִ֣ים הָהֵ֔מָּה אֲשֶׁ֚ר יַֽחֲזִ֙יקוּ֙ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה אֲנָשִׁ֔ים מִכֹּ֖ל לְשֹׁנ֣וֹת הַגּוֹיִ֑ם וְֽהֶחֱזִ֡יקוּ בִּכְנַף֩ אִ֨ישׁ יְהוּדִ֜י לֵאמֹ֗ר נֵֽלְכָה֙ עִמָּכֶ֔ם כִּ֥י שָׁמַ֖עְנוּ אֱלֹהִ֥ים עִמָּכֶֽם: |
ten men: from the seventy nations. This equals seven hundred for each corner. For the four corners of the tallith there will be two thousand and eight hundred. | | עשרה אנשים: משבעים לשון הרי שבע מאות לכל כנף וכנף הרי לד' כנפי הטלית אלפים ושמונ' מאו': |
Please Judah if a righteous gentile tries ‘to grasp your ‘tsi-sit’ and say: "Let me go with you, for I have heard that God is with you." Open your heart for him/her and share all our Torah. The Torah of Moshe Rabbeinu as it is written and spared and is teaches in the Tanach and all scripture of Rabbinical Judaism………
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