Tanya Chapter 23, Class 1 (171). Introduction to Chapter 23: 1) Benoni through Ahava Misuteres (visualization), 2) requires explaining how every Mitzvah is the greatest and every Aveira is the worst; there is no ‘big’ and ‘little’; 3) which required explaining Achdus vs the opposite of Achdus; 4) now we return to the idea that each Mitzvah is the greatest (Ch. 23) and each Aveira is equal to Avoda Zara. Beginning of Chapter 23: Two Zohars, One about Torah (and God being one) and the other about the (248) Mitzvos (being His 248 limbs). He begins explaining how the Mitzvos are the basis for and the source of life for all the creation, as they are פנימיות רצון העליון וחפצו האמיתי.
