Tanya Chapter 12 Class 7 (104a), Part One.The idea of Hirhur and Machshava are discussed here again, what is and what isn’t an Aveira. Tanya Chapter 12 Class 7 (104b), Part Two.The Beinoni in matters of בין אדם לחבירו both in action and in thought, to learn from Yosef HaTzadik.In Pnimiyus, thought is worse than…

Tanya Chapter 12 Class 6 (103)More on Teva and Elokus and help from above, because the Nefesh HaBahamis is still present and expressed in its stronghold, the left side of the heart even if it never fills the space of “the small city” which means the body. The Beinoni’s Yetzer HaRa (“is limited” by its)…

Tanya Chapter 12 Class 5 (102).Review of last few weeks: 1) Melucha and Memshala2) Two motivations for the Beinoni when he is (only) a Moshel:A. The Teva (nature, which means the animal Soul!!) of מוח שליט על הלבB. The idea that light of Goodness and G-dliness being stronger than darkness. This is actually the G-dly…

Tanya Chapter 12, Class 4 (101).The second way the beinoni (when in the Memshala state) defeats the Yetzer HaRa is due to the idea that this (good vs evil) is a fight between light and darkness (not only “nature.”)And this is also through the help of Chochma, like the idea of הקב”ה עוזרו in the…

Tanya Perek 12, Class 3 (100).The מדריגת הבינוני works because he goes from מלוכה to ממשלה and back again (whenever he chooses to).This is the first class on ממשלה.The idea of מוח שליט על הלב is first of all שליט and מולך.Secondly, it is the idea of בטבע- the nature (even of the Jewish) animal…

Tanya Perek 12, Class 2 (99).The מדריגא הבינוני (as opposed to the מדת הבינוני) is about the interface (alternating) of מלוכה (close to Tzadik) and ממשלה (Beinoni, struggle, discipline).This class describes the times of Davening and Krias Shma (when he is Tzadik-like or Melucha) 1) עת רצון because of the time and how he uses…

Tanya Perek 12, Class 1 (98).Introduction to Beinoni.The Klipa never gets the Nefesh HaElokis, where the two meet the body.The two ideas of מדריגת הבינוני and מדת הבינוני and the great difference between the two.מדת הבינוני is really a functional “one day (hour, minute) at a time kind of thing.מדריגת הבינוני is actually a level…

Chapters 11-12. The joy of Teshuva. This doesn’t contradict one’s need to be forever vigilant about those things one has been weak about in the past. The Rebbe’s unique idea about positiveness in teshuva in our times.

NOTE: This class which is meant to summarize chapters 8-12. is being put put up with hesitation. Rabbi Paltiel based this class on several Sichos (found in “The lessons in Tanya”), but he’s a bit unsure of the accuracy of this information. Please be advised.

Chapter 12, 13. BEINONI. Mind rules the heart has fluctuations: sometimes inspired; sometimes barely surviving. The life of the poor man, Constantly struggling, but he stays alive. Never sins , but it’s almost never easy. Except during Davening, when even the Beinoni is inspired.