Tanya Perek 9 Class 1 (87) Tanya (text based)

Tanya Perek 9 Class 1 War!!! After a detailed discussion of each of the two souls, we arrive, here in Perek 9, with their meeting and conflict, which plays itself out in our lives day by day and minute by minute. The Animal Soul is a heart-mind creature, having its stronghold and base in the...

Tanya Perek 9 Class 2 (88) Tanya (text based)

Tanya Perek 9 Class 2 We read the bulk of the Perek, explaining the Nefesh HaElokis’ desire to rule the body alone.

Tanya Perek 9 Class 3 (89) Tanya (text based)

Tanya Perek 9 Class 3 We relearned more slowly what we did the week before. The unusual form of this Perek: from Mind to heart, from G-dly to animal soul, from limited to unlimited love to Ahava BiTa’anugim.

Tanya Perek 9 Class 4 (90) Tanya (text based)

Tanya Perek 9, Class 4. The Alter Rebbe goes from the Divine to the Animal Soul, and from Beinoni (אהבה כרשפי אש) to imperfect Tzadik (אהבה רבה) to perfect Tzadik (אהבה בתענוגים). Water is explained in three ways here: A. the Divine Soul by itself, B. the Animal Soul’s pleasure seeking, C. The Tzadik Gamur’s...

Tanya Perek 9 Class 5 (91a) Tanya (text based)

Tanya Perek 9, Class 5. [This class has a long introduction about the RaZa whose Yahrtzeit is 11 Marcheshvan]. The Yetzer HaRa tries really hard for us to fail but his purpose is to help us become strong and NOT give in. Mashal from the Zona.